Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silver Chips Online (2nd nomination)

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 redirect, the history is available to users. — Nearly Headless Nick 12:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silver Chips Online (2nd Nomination)

Silver Chips Online (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

• Merge and redirect to Montgomery Blair High School. The high school newspaper is not notable outside the context of the school itself. Also, when I say "merge," I don't necessarily mean "merge the names of the staff of the paper for every year of the past five years." --Hyperbole 02:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Note - Previous AfD here. Tevildo 03:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Agree with Hyperbole. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18OO552247O (talk • contribs) 03:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC).— 18OO552247O (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Concur with Hyperbole's suggestion to merge and redirect to Montgomery Blair High School. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Centurion100 (talk • contribs) 03:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC).— Centurion100 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Concur per nom. Merge appropriate content to the school article. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to the school article. This needs to be trimmed extensively to a well-sourced paragraph or so- Wikipedia shouldn't have to serve as a school newspaper's history. --Wafulz 04:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Just merge it yourself. This is articles for deletion, not merging. --Wafulz 04:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep per arguments at previous AFD. --Alynna 05:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge/redirect or, failing that, just Delete. High-school newspapers are not good article subjects, and there's nothing earthshattering in the article that suggests this is some exception to the rule. To top it all off, it's not backed up with reliable independent sources. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete altogether. Not notable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.222.248.72 (talk • contribs).
• Keep - If an online paper can receive an award in its first five years that indicates they are on a good track. The paper reads as good better than my local daily (which is in the top twenty media market. Ronbo76 17:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per original AFD. -Toptomcat 17:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete given repeated request for deletion and majority opinion on this forum. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Levante (talk • contribs) 21:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC). — User:Levante (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Neutral But please note that the vote by new user Special:Contributions/Levante is just part of an effort to censor the article's content; it is not actually a disinterested vote on the importance of the article. The same is true of the vote by Special:Contributions/205.222.248.72. I suggest that votes from new users and votes from IP addresses 205.222.248.72 and 69.255.238.227 be disregarded. Cerberus 00:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Comment, because I believe I have a conflict of interest since I know several members of the news team. Anyway, I'd just like to point out that the article does assert its notability by mentioning its awards, though the rest of the article could use a major cleanup. Also, here is (what I hope is) a nontrivial publication about the paper: [1]. Axem Titanium 01:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Despite its awards, a high school newspaper is still just a high school newspaper. The content on the site is only an excuse for its editors to get their names on Wikipedia; the newspaper is only really notable as it applies to the school. Therefore, delete the page and let the mention on Montgomery Blair High School stand for itself.141.156.173.244 02:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)141.156.173.244 — 141.156.173.244 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Comment Viewing Special:Contributions/141.156.173.244 it is clear that this user is another sock puppet. (Is it worth commenting on this? If not, sorry.) Cerberus 03:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Whether or not 141.156.173.244 is a sock puppet, s/he makes an excellent point. This page reads like an advertisement: "In the future, Silver Chips Online will continue to expand and increase its ability to report on all Blair events and other information of interest to the Blair community." Due to non-encyclopedic content, another vote for deletion. 68.84.135.49 20:50, 6 January 2007 (UTC) — 68.84.135.49 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • I note that this vote is your only Wikipedia edit ever. Quite amazing how many (one??) new users are being drawn to this discussion! Cerberus 22:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Comment I've removed a lot of the fluff from the History section and tried to balance the article better, as well as noting the newspaper's involvement with Google News. Those of you who voted on an article consisting mainly of editors' names may want to reevaluate it. --Alynna 02:49, 7 January 2007 (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.