Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of newspapers in Sri Lanka


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Erik9 (talk) 19:54, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

List of newspapers in Sri Lanka

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Prod removed without any improvement to the article. Wikipedia is not a directory, nor is it a linkfarm. Only one of the items in this list has its own article so the list as a whole appears very spammy. There is virtually no encyclopedic analysis of any of these newspapers here on Wikipedia, and the bulk of this article consists inappropriate usage of external links. If I were to clean up this article in accordance to WP:NOTDIR and WP:EL there wouldn't be anything left in the article.  Them From  Space  09:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions.  --  The  left orium  10:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a valid list in need of editing where the external links have to be converted to red links. Lists of newspapers by country are required navigational tools and also a point of verification for references for articles etc. - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 14:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. One of the functions of lists is to call attention to encyclopedia subjects that we don't have articles on yet, and the major newspapers of Sri Lnaka would appear to qualify.  I don't see a problem with the links; since they seem to link to multiple, competing papers, there doesn't seem to be a major spam problem here.  In the fullness of time, we may have articles here about each of these papers; until then, the links send people to where they can learn more. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: If one country's newspapers aren't notable enough to have a list of them, then none of them are. Mjroots (talk) 07:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.