Wiki143:Articles for deletion/J-14 Magazine

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The result was keep. east.718 at 17:14, January 13, 2008

J-14 Magazine

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Delete Not notable per Wikipedia:Notability (media) or WP:WEB. Strothra (talk) 02:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete too much like an advert. Jelly the Supermodel (talk) 02:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, almost a speedy, no notability asserted. Lankiveil (talk) 04:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC).
• Delete *cough* advertisement *cough* No assertions of notability. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 04:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep OMG! Gross! Didn't anyone like, do their homework on this?!? J-14 is, like, soooo notable (see this New York Times article [1] which states that "For girls from 8 and 14, J-14 and M are two of the country’s best-read magazines"), and is additionally notable (and I am eternally ashamed to admit I know this) for "reporting" that Hannah Montana was pregnant (OMG!!!) (see [2] et al.) Also, per WP:NOT(media) "Notability is presumed for newspapers, magazines and journals that: (#5) are significant publications in ethnic and other non-trivial niche markets" (and the niche market of American tweens drive something like 84% of all U.S. spending). I'm going to stop now, as my level of knowledge of this subject is becoming soooooo frightening. Ψν^Psi_nu 15:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • • I have gone ahead and added these references. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Ψν^Psi_nu 15:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

"I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing." That cracked me up. --Strothra (talk) 16:41, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached after additional sources were added.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Chick Bowen 05:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. Article has been significantly improved since this AfD began. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - I agree with improvements. All three refs from reliable sources actually mention J-14 Magazine so passes WP:N. Sting_au Talk 06:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Clearly meets notability. matt91486 (talk) 08:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete even with these alleged improvements, still reads like an advert. Mayalld (talk) 11:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 12:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - though not my cup of tea, meets notability. Agree a rewrite to make less advertorial though cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Props to Ψν. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

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