Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pacific Daily News


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The result was keep.  Sandstein  21:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Pacific Daily News

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Article fails to establish notability of the subject, with no true WP:RS (I'm not sure if Guampedia counts or not, and am inclined to say no), and does not seem to satisfy WP:GNG MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 05:33, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:52, 21 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep., with a reminder that Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article. The present state of any article is not evidence of lack of notability (see Wikipedia's first article on Michael Jackson.) The Guam Daily News was the territory's first civilian paper, with 70 years of history. A cursory web search reveals multiple reliable sources (and suggest more can be found), enough to create a balanced encyclopedia article, even if short.    Note that the subject need not be the main focus of each source, only that the subject is covered in sufficient depth. Changes in ownership, editors, are covered in trade magazines like Editor & Publisher, and there are probably media reference books that compile and verify basic facts about this publication. --Animalparty! (talk) 20:46, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 16:25, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep The paper of record for Guam owned by a company like Gannett meets WP:N by far, and this is definitely a WP:BEFORE failure.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 23:51, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article needs work, but I think it passes WP:NMEDIA. found some good sources, and I found a few more through a Newspapers.com search that I used to expand the article a bit. The newspaper is notable as Guam's first locally published paper and its only extant daily. With sources available to write a verifiable article, it's a clear keep IMO. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 22:22, 1 February 2020 (UTC)


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