Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rome News-Tribune


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The result was keep. John254 17:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Rome News-Tribune

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Delete is every small town paper inherently notable? I don't think so, and nothing indicates that this particular one passes WP:CORP. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC) Keep Appears to be a notable newspaper that's worthy of inclusion.Ecoleetage (talk) 23:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 20:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 20:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Whatever else may be true, Rome, GA is a city of 35,000 people. --Dhartung | Talk 21:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article now has references which prove notability. I would like to propose that all newspapers be regarded as automatically notable, the way cities and towns are. References almost always exist for newspapers, but not everyone knows where to find them, and if other editors didn't have access to the book The last linotype: the story of Georgia and its newspapers since World War II, it would have been harder to prove notability. --Eastmain (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. "Is every small town newspaper notable?" is a bogus argument. The only issue is the notability of this newspaper, and my opinion is that it definitely is due to the facts that it has been published for 165 years, it has been the newspaper of public record most of that time for all of Floyd County, and the paper and many of its writers and editors have received numerous awards for journalism. Perhaps, Carlossuarez46, if you give an article more than a few hours to be developed, you'll see the reasons for its notability become apparent in the article. JD Lambert(T 22:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 *  Weak keep Not every small town newspaper is inherently notable. A paper which has published in a town of (now) 35,000 for 165 years seems notable on the face of it. If we treat this like some campus papers have been judged, then in that 165 years a couple of controversial editorial or libel suit which was noted by other papers would be sufficient notability to produce a keep vote.  I expect that in a sixth of a millenium they have stirred the waters on at least a couple of occasions; it would be very hard not to have. Also they have won some awards over the years, per Google News archive search, such as "'Georgia Press Association presents annual awards to newspapers.'  Atlanta Journal-Constitution - NewsBank - Jun 15, 1985: 'Division B: 1st, Rome News Tribune for "Rome Section"' and "'Newspapers honored for contributions to Georgia AP' Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Apr 12, 2008: "The Rome News-Tribune received the state AP's outstanding news cooperation award,.." Several other stories (behind paywall) seem to describe other awards won by the paper, and appear in other papers. There is substantial coverage of the paper in books, besides "The last linotype (p 403) cited above. See "The Politics of Whiteness: Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South" by Brattail (2004) p. 209 . Edison (talk) 01:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Multiple references are available for the paper. That, along with the age of the newspaper, demonstrates notability for this "small town newspaper". ~ Eóin (talk) 01:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Stifle (talk) 18:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


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