Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spark (University of Reading newspaper)


 * 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 no consensus for deletion, but merging would probably be a good idea - though the University of Reading article doesn't even mention it currently. --Sam Blanning(talk) 20:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Spark (University of Reading newspaper)
Delete as it a student newspaper with no notability documented outside the univeristy. Based on the history, there has been a lot of work done, but I can not see how it would ever become notable enough for inclusion. Gay Cdn 19:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Computerjoe 's talk 20:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to the University of Reading. It apparently "opted instead to pursue a path of bias" - sounds like it upset someone... --DaveG12345 04:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as it has served as a useful tool for those of us that used to work for Spark - I've taken out the "path of bias" line, I can guess why it is there, but it shouldn't be. --Oberon2001 21:40, 10 July 2006 (GMT)
 * Keep. Also see Articles for deletion/The Lumberjack (Humboldt State University) and all the articles in List_of_college_newspapers.  Perhaps there should be a policy about the notability of college newspapers.  Until there is one, I see them as notable because they are independant printed news sources in a unique environment of learning. Every one of them has the capacity to break a national or international news story even if only a few of them do. Just as university broadcasting is treated as an exception to general rules of notability in the introduction to Notability (U.S. broadcasters), I think university newspapers should also be handled here by inclusion. Flying Jazz 00:58, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Stifle (talk) 21:49, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Merges are counted as a keep so that vote is not really correct.  I do agree that the material should be merged into the school article before deletion. Vegaswikian 22:00, 13 July 2006 (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.