Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rite and Reason


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   merge to The Irish Times. the wub "?!"  22:14, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Rite and Reason

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Non-notable newspaper column (it may be a highly informative column, but that's a difft matter to notability). The only references are a collection of links to the column's archive. --WP:NOT a linkfarm Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.   — Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * delete - notability not established. --Damiens .rf 22:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * delete - notability not established. --Damiens .rf 22:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge into The Irish Times. This could have been done without the AfD. --Ave Caesar (talk) 22:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as major column in second-largest Irish daily newspaper. Merge as second choice. Stifle (talk) 18:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No wonder I quit this site. So an internationally famous and internationally quoted religious column in Ireland's newspaper of record is not notable. Yet this 'encyclopaedia' regards minor American cartoon characters as notable!!! Thank you for reminding me why I, and almost all the contributors who were here when I worked here, have left in frustration. FearÉIREANN [[Image:Ireland-up.png|15px]]\(caint)  23:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Question The Irish Times is indeed the country's newspaper of record, but that doesn't mean that everything in it requires a standalone article. Are newspaper columns exempt from the usual requirements of WP:NOTE? If not, how about some references to how support this claim of notability? -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:17, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Try looking at who writes for it and where it is quoted. Everything in The Irish Times does not require an article. But a famous religious column that draws contributions from international religious and secular figures, does. FearÉIREANN [[Image:Ireland-up.png|15px]]\(caint)  23:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have looked at who writes for it, and still don't see what requires a separate article. What's there to say about it other than it attracts some high-profile contributors (cue brief list) and is widely quoted? That would require one or two paragraphs in the The Irish Times article, and possibly a redirect, but that's all. It's six years since you created the Rite and Reason], and in all that time no-one has found anything more to add to it than a few links, so I don;t see much point in hoping that more time will lead to expansion. Merger will do fine. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into The Irish Times. It is only a linkfarm at the moment. --Richhoncho (talk) 13:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


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