Talk:Rice Thresher

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[edit] Notability

I added some references that should help back up its notability, specifically its ACP awards and mentions and ratings as a media source. Should this be enough? Evan7257 16:28, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

  • These may help a little, and I think your references increase the journal's notability to "borderline". I would comment on the links as follows:
  1. mondotimes.com is a directory listing, fails WP:N
  2. media.rice.edu is a press release, fails WP:N
  3. ACP award may confer marginal notability, but probably insufficient in the absence of other claims
  4. uh.edu article - Very trivial mention : article is about Ken Hatfield's comments about homosexuality, fails WP:N
  5. spj.org award - appears to be a minor award: first place for "Editorial Cartooning"
  6. Steve Jackson bio - Article lacks independence, and is tantamount to WP:SELF, is not from reliable source. Are there any other notable alumni?
  7. Rice Women article - article is reprint of the item referred to in the wiki article, tantamount to WP:SELF, and does not show third party source confirming its controversy
  8. Back page article - article fails WP:SELF, and does not show independent source confirming its controversy

Ohconfucius 02:04, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Official student newspapers of major universities are notable. Not all the sources given in the article are of the best quality, and I agree with the spirit of most of Ohconfucius's comments, inasmuch as they pertain to the content, but this paper is notable. Savidan 08:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)