Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mountainet, the West Virginia Radio Network


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The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 04:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Mountainet, the West Virginia Radio Network

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Fails GNG, page is full of unsourced OR and never has had any backing references.  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 09:37, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 22:44, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 22:44, 23 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment The article is a mess and due to its pre-internet existence I'm having issues finding sources about the network itself. What I have found are a number of new stories about people formerly involved with Mountainet that inform me that the network existed at the size and scope claimed in the article. I think the subject is probably notable but without reliable sources it's not provably notable. - Dravecky (talk) 19:01, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. My research yield similar results to Dravecky's: various stories mentioning this network in passing but not much detail, for example one-and-a-half sentences here  and two sentences here about one of the newscasters who left, and this one from 1985  naming Mountainet as one of the state's two radio networks.  (The other one, West Virginia MetroNews, still exists.)  Mountainet should be notable, but verification of the details is difficult.--Arxiloxos (talk) 20:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG even with the mentioned sources, specifically WP:GNG #5 "Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention". 1exec1 (talk) 18:38, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: as submitter. Always forget I can do that. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 22:31, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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