Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mendota Beacon


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The result was no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 02:43, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

The Mendota Beacon

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Sourced exclusively to state publications. Two-year print run. Probably wouldn't meet WP:ORG. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 23:38, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - not seeing anything I'd consider significant coverage in RS. A redirect to Leadership Institute might be a possibility, but there's not likely a close/clear enough link between the two apart from the fact that they provided startup funding for the paper.  AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I added coverage form the Chicago Tribune which I believe satisfies your sourcing concern.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:48, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep We have a million articles (~) on defunct publications, many of them short-lived. We WP:PRESERVE them as part of the historical record (recording history is part of what encyclopedias do) and because they are useful to our users.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:42, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GeoffreyT2000  ( talk,  contribs ) 00:39, 30 March 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - passes V, NPOV, NOR, in my opinion. Smmurphy(Talk) 18:34, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Onel 5969  TT me 18:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


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