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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 delete. MastCell Talk 16:42, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daily Journal

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This type of non-notable local paper is made fun of on The Simpsons as The Springfield Shopper. Speciate 23:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep I was able to find several sources like this one, appears to be the major newspaper of Kankakee, for what that's worth. CitiCat ♫ 00:26, 18 August 2007 (UTC)a
  • Weak delete I can't read the entire article listed above, but it does not seem like it's coverage about the newspaper itself, but uses it as an example. I don't really think that qualifies as significant coverage. i said 02:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete major newspaper of a village is not notable in most cases. The article above doesn't talk to the specifics of what makes a newspaper notable--it talks about a minor safety violation. We don't write articles about even felons just because of the crime unless there is something really noteworthy, let alone things like this. (corporate or individual) DGG (talk) 21:50, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Just to clarify - Kankakee County, Illinois has a population of over 100,000, and the newspaper has a daily circulation of 26,000. Of course I subscribe to the New York Daily News, which has a circ of over 800K. Anyway, here are another couple of sources - [1][2]CitiCat ♫ 02:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete as the article currently stands, in particular the total absence of any independent sources. If rewritten and referenced I will reconsider. Nuttah68 09:01, 24 August 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.