Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/News

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  Move to WikiProject Deletion sorting/News media. - The original page was moved in 2006 from Deletion sorting/Media to Deletion sorting/News to provide a more descriptive title. Consensus is that action needs to be taken in view of BDD's conclusion that tagging an AfD debate using the title "news" is prejudicial in view of the identity of the WP:NOTNEWS content policy. The consistent description of the topic used in this MfD discussion is news media, which would include news media events. Moving to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/News media addresses the stated goals of a neutral way, appropriate sorting, rename accordingly. -- Jreferee (talk) 13:29, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Deletion sorting/News


I expressed concerns about this delsort at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deletion sorting, but I'll restate them here. Since Wikipedia is not a newspaper, I'm concerned that tagging an AfD debate as "news" is prejudicial. And lest you think I'm a fanatical inclusionist or something, let me just say it's quite the opposite. I think we have too many news-y articles and usually vote to delete them. I'm just not sure this delsort is a neutral way to deal with the issue. BDD (talk) 04:05, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Trim to only the "News Media" section, which is an appropriate sorting. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:47, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to WikiProject Deletion sorting/Events, I can't see how a news item isn't an event (unless per Bushranger, it's just about news media itself). -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 05:55, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Trim to only the "News Media" section (and maybe rename accordingly) or merge to WikiProject Deletion sorting/Events, I am neutral about these two outcomes, but I echo the concerns about the current function of this delsort. Cavarrone 06:03, 12 September 2013 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.