Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red China Magazine

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 DELETE. -Doc ^ask? 18:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Red China Magazine

An article on a magazine that has not been published. Vanity. Hurricane111 23:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

A 'magazine that has not been published?' If it is a magazine then it goes without saying that it has been published. It is a non-profit corporation with a significant readership and a print version for sale. You jump the gun, sir. I would urge you to do your research. --Jon500 00:00, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I retract the statement that it has not been published. However, I still assert that it is not notable - unless you can demonstrate your statment regarding significant readership. --Hurricane111 00:04, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Red China Magazine currently has over 300 subscribers. It's online version receives between 200 and 900 hits a day, and receives hits in the tens of thousands per month. --68.161.132.86 23:45, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Delete. non-notable magazine. Stifle 01:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Significant readership has been established. I should ask that you google the magazine and see what turns up: It is linked to by leading print and internet magazines. It is reviewed and rated and appears in most major literary magazine listing sites. Do you still go so far to say that the magazine is not notable? By what standards? Indeed, would you argue that the contributors themselves, prominent and emerging artists in their fields, are non-notable. Please explain yourself, as opposed to casting a throw-away vote.--68.161.99.74 23:53, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - they have had 4 issues so far, which is not a lot of issues. Whilst I don't know the rules for number of subscribers, I imagine it is probably similar to the magical 5,000 number for forum members - hence 300 is somewhat too few. With only 4 issues so far, it is too new to have established significant notoriety. I could find no google news articles on the magazine. Whilst Alexa might not directly apply in this case (as it is a magazine rather than just a web site), Alexa doesn't recognise it. Since it is an "online magazine", Alexa probably does apply. I am sorry, but it has no claims to notoriety, beyond existing. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 13:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete exactly per Zordrac. -feydey 23:40, 21 December 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.