Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wood County Democrat


 * 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 Wood County Monitor. Eddie891 Talk Work 17:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Wood County Democrat

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This article seems to be a small local newspaper that doesn't seem to pass WP:NMEDIA. It seems to have joined with another newspaper in 2016 and became the Wood County Monitor. So, as an alternative to deletion it could be merged into that article. Since merging to the publisher or an equivalent sister newspaper is mentioned as a possible outcome for non-notable newspapers in the notability guidelines. Although, the guideline has the caveat that what it is being merged to has to be notability itself and Wood County Monitor doesn't seem to be, but I'll leave it up to others to decide if it's the best option anyway. Adamant1 (talk) 02:58, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:37, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:37, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge to Wood County Monitor. Having some history about the target publication would be helpful in expanding that article; its notability can be assessed in an appropriate venue in the future. For now, sub-stub standalone articles for the predecessor publications seem unnecessary. Given that, I would boldly suggest to merge Mineola Monitor as well. -- Kinu t/c 01:23, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ifnord (talk) 17:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Wood County Monitor. The Wood County Democrat is cited a few times on Wikipedia, as seen through its incoming links. When I searched on Google Books, I found that it was cited in other sources as well. I personally take a lenient interpretation of WP:NMEDIA, and I think it's good to have articles on periodicals that are frequently cited even if they don't strictly meet WP:GNG. With the Wood County Monitor, there aren't that many citations, so there isn't a strong case for a standalone article. However, it's a longstanding paper (first published in 1893), so having some information about it at Wood County Monitor seems appropriate. I'd be glad to carry out the merger if this AfD is closed with consensus for it. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:35, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge as suggested. Bearian (talk) 14:49, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge, per what 'merge' votes are suggesting. There are some reliable sources, so merging would help use that content. Idealigic (talk) 21:16, 19 August 2020 (UTC)


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