Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MyDD

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 of the debate was Removed from Afd and discussion of notability and sources moved to talk page. As nominator, I see that it may well be significant, per discussion below. Nobody suggested deleted, so I'm ending the Afd early. Friday (talk) 08:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MyDD

The article says that "MyDD shot to fame during the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election by being the first major news source to break the exit polls..." but I see no verification that this is true. Are they a "major news source"?! Delete as an unverifiable and/or insignificant blog. Friday (talk) 08:48, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bowers, which is also up for deletion. btm 09:26, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. A popular left wing blog in the Top 40 according to the Truthlaidbear ecotraffic indicator see [1]. Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin has published on the page see [2]. Capitalistroadster 09:53, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• I could be convinced otherwise, but the Sentator's use of it is not convincing to me. Is the store where he buys his groceries going to have an article next? It's possible that it's noteworthy for traffic, though. Third-party sources talking of it's importance would go far in convincing me. Friday (talk) 15:12, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. There are 11 Google News Hits references to MyDD including reports in several Ohio newspapers to their influence in the Ohio Democratic primary between Paul Hackett and Sherrod Brown see Google News results [3].

Mother Jones writes of the inflence of Liberal blogs such as MyDD in Hackett's rise to prominence. [4] Feingold's article is a testament to the growing influence of blogs such as MyDD in American politics. Capitalistroadster 16:44, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• It surprises me that an influential blog would have so little content in its article, but it sounds like it might be significant, per the above comments. It would be nice if the article contained verifiable info, though. Friday (talk) 17:05, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep/Expand notable political blog, esp in last US election cycle. 4-5 unique hits in a current Google News search. Jessamyn 22:30, 30 October 2005 (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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.