Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debonair Magazine

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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. - Mailer Diablo 20:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Debonair Magazine

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Delete, as I see no evidence from WP:RS that this online-based magazine meets WP:WEB. It's Alexa rank is 965,383; this might not be the best indicator, but as the site was officially launched a few months ago, it might be an accurate indicator of at least its short-term lack of notability. Also, while there are a few self-published print issues, I feel that WP:WEB is more apropos, as this bills itself as online content. Also, it is important to note that the "publisher" Hertzman Media Group is owned/operated by the same two individuals who have created this magazine (its only publication, according to its website), and shows no evidence of meeting WP:CORP. I should point out that in my research I've found other magazines of the same title, such as a skin-mag from the 1960s and an Indian magazine of the same name, so the Google test is difficult to apply. This is neither of those, and attempts to find references to it outside of blogs, etc., was fruitless. This may also be a WP:COI issue, as User:Yanks5157, the creator of this article, has no edits outside of this page, and User:Foxycat has added multiple external links to subpages of the webzine's site in multiple articles (now reverted). --Kinu t/c 20:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy delete per G11 and A7. Unique google hits for "debonair hertzman" are to wikipedia & mirrors, the magazine website, and a MySpace page. Translation: not being written about in trade media. --Dhartung | Talk 02:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. the wub "?!" 10:46, 12 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.