Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/StreetWise

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 KEEP, with some interest in a merge. I'll add a tag since it's been suggested, but it can be decided editorially. -Splash^talk 23:31, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] StreetWise

Non noteable newspaper; only link to is list of newspapers in chicagoland Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 07:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Merge and Redirect per below --Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 07:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep based on Karnesky's work. If not that, then Merge and redirect to Street newspaper. This is just one of many papers of this type, and if it's not strong enough to survive on its own, then it can be easily folded into this article without issue.--み使い Mitsukai 07:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Slight keep. This is a stub, but I think it is just as notable as Real Change, (which I just fixed a redlink to StreetWise in) and Spare Change. Having been in Seattle, Boston, and Chicago, I can see that Street Wise seems to be the most prevalent, for whatever that is worth. Anyway, all three articles should be treated similarly. If StreetWise is merged to Street newspaper (which wouldn't be unreasonable), the other two should also find homes there. --Karnesky 20:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I've expanded it a little bit. It now contains content comparable to the other two articles. --Karnesky 21:04, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Newspapers are presumptively notable, the burden should be on nom to show otherwise. — Adrian Lamo ·· 21:19, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to street newspaper, unless it can be expanded. I don't see enough independent information to merit independent treatment. Postdlf 05:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment The fact that the circulation is twice that of Spare Change, which has a presumption of notability, should make this particular paper notable (barring any other differentiating content in Spare Change. It also reenforces the subjective belief I mentioned previously that StreetWise was more pervasive. If anyone votes merge, I think it would be beneficial to also say whether or not those articles which haven't been AfDed should also be merged (and why). --Karnesky 18:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
  • As these papers all function the same way, the only variation between them appears to be their city, circulation, and how much the vendors keep. Those are mere statistics, which can easily be incorporated into the street newspaper article, perhaps in table form. Unless one of these papers has something unique about its history or its content (such as notable stories, contributors, etc.), I don't see why any of them should have an independent article when they can all be adequately covered in one. Postdlf 18:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep, but put mergefrom and mergeto tags on the appropriate articles. Nom now wants to merge & redirect this & two other articles. Because it effects multiple pages and there are no deletion votes, this is a discussion which should be had on the talk page for Street papers (the article that the other three articles would possibly be merged to. --Karnesky 13:59, 27 February 2006 (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.