Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Washington Sun


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  07:16, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

The Washington Sun

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Website seems to be a blog, and there is only one single source from an obituary that fails to establish notability. Marquis de Faux (talk) 17:50, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete Despite several hours of research, I haven't been able to find anything about this newspaper beside the brief mention in Washington Post obituary of its publisher, currently being used as the article's sole source. According to the Library of Congress, there was a newspaper called the The Washington Sun published ca. 1914–1919, but I can't tell if it has any connection to the subject of the Wikipedia article. The African American Newspaper: Voices of Freedom, while hardly exhaustive, doesn't mention it. I'm afraid I wasn't able to find any sources, reliable or otherwise, about the newspaper. Considering my distance from Washington, D.C., I'm afraid spending time in the library here wouldn't be fruitful. Perhaps an interested editor in the D.C. area might expend the energy to find some paper sources, but until then I'm afraid it isn't notable. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Worldcat lists the newspaper diff, but in the link there to Wisconsin I only see the date 1992. I wouldn't agree that the problem is notability, but verifiability.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:00, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:57, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as a presumably defunct Afro-American newspaper. The WaPo obit is dispositive (therey would not have been wrong about the existence of this man/newspaper.  I can confirm it with this 1992 WaPo article "Joseph C. Cooke, 68, general manager of the Washington Sun community newspaper,"  (Primary Scare Has Jarvis Running Hard in Ward 4: [FINAL Edition] Henderson, Nell. The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext) [Washington, D.C] 19 Oct 1992: d01.).   And with an obit from The Washington Informer.  (IN MEMORIAM: Joseph Clinton Cooke * 1927-2008, Washington Informer [Washington, D.C] 31 Jan 2008: 32.)  It describes him in a long, detailed, laudatory obit. there used to be a lot of black newspapers, I've created articles on a few I've come across before.  Definitely worth keeping .E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:07, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm still puzzled that we don't have a record at the Library of Congress.  The WaPo obit states, "He hired many young people to distribute his newspaper and offered scholarships to a number of students to complete their college education."   But WP:Verifiability#Notability, the policy requirement of WP:Notability, is satisfied with the two new sources.  Unscintillating (talk) 01:53, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Libraries, like librarians, are wonderful, they are essential to civilization, but they are not perfect. not even the Library of Congress is free of error.  You can take my word for this.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:15, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:57, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Google books gives a few more mentions. I don't think anyone doubts the accuracy of the article and the Post source. A published newspaper should be notable. Borock (talk) 06:14, 19 August 2016 (UTC)


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