Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Occidental Quarterly

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The result was keep. Wizardman 20:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Occidental Quarterly

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Appears to be a non-notable fringe journal. The only independent, reliable sources provided in the article discuss a whites-only dating website, proposed by the publisher of the magazine. While coverage in Newsweek may make the website (or at least the controversy surrounding it) notable, the website is separate from the journal and does not confer notability on it. Gwernol 20:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

• I find many mentions of the publication, but the only piece I see that is a profile is this article at the Huffington Post, "More White Supremacists in the Closet" by Joshua Zeitz. I suspect that isn't enough to establish notability. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 21:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, coverage exists including criticism and support. Not a lot, but sufficient. --Dhartung | Talk 21:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

  The first of these seems to be an article about Arnold Schwarzenegger that doesn't mention the Occidental Quarterly. The second appears to be about William Regnery, not the journal. The third mentions in passing that Abernethy is on the board of the journal but is not about the journal. The final one is not a reliable source and isn't about the journal, again it just mentions it in passing. None of these, as far as I can tell, are useful sources for showing that the Occidental Quarterly is notable. Gwernol 21:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

• Keep g-news pulls up some other hits as well, such as a mentions in this and this. Those are passing mentions mostly, but hits at g-books and g-scholar show a number of third-party publications citing issues of it as a reference. I think that's sufficient to demonstrate notability. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 22:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Clear sources for notability given and cited in the article. DGG (talk) 22:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

  As far as I can see, the only sources cited in the article are about Regnery and his dating website, not about the Occidental Quarterly, which is the subject of this article. Gwernol 23:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 00:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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