Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melnyks Chinese

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Bryce (talk | contribs) 00:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Melnyks Chinese

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Contested prod. Promotional page for an non-notable web site and podcast. Unreferenced, though there were some when prodded they were of very poor quality. A web search turns up nothing better. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 07:47, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider searching for Mandarin Chinese lessons with Serge Melnyk, and perhaps rename the article to that name. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:01, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just another podcast. Google search for alt names show itunes and facebook links, not enough for notability. Funnyfarmofdoom _{(talk to me)} 08:05, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but what do you mean "just another podcast"? You don't respect podcasts as a media and think since they are free, they are not notable? If you know how many people it helped, you wouldn't say so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:09, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This particular podcast is in top 10 language podcasts on iTunes! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:11, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So source it and make a that claim within the article. That will help to establish notability. But what we are really looking for is coverage in news sources. Funnyfarmofdoom _{(talk to me)} 08:13, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete, given that we can't seem to find any reliable sources for this, and it's of doubtful notability for the time being. Could have potential in the future though, I suppose. dalahäst ^(talk) 08:15, 20 December 2011 (UTC) Keep, in light of the sources that have been added, and other edits that were made since this was listed. dalahäst ^(talk) 11:23, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What I type seems to disappear. Please search by another name. "Mandarin Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk" And Change the title to this name, if possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:27, 20 December 2011 (UTC) Paul (talk) 09:14, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have added links to 3 articles, 2 from Global Times, 2 from China Daily--this is the news coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep please. I've found and added the links from news coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulXX (talk • contribs) 08:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found articles:

Laoshi Online An article in Global Times.
Podcasts, Pound for Pound A recent article in Global Times.
A new chapter for those learning Chinese, thanks to technology An article in China Daily.
Speaking to the World A coverage in Metro News, Canada.

Paul (talk) 18:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)— PaulXX (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:33, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

•Keep. It's a remarkable podcast, notable in the community. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/36009-listen-to-chinese-audio-lessons-w-pdf-transcripts-and-tons-of-dialogs/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.42.183 (talk) 20:14, 20 December 2011 (UTC) — 70.79.42.183 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Weak Keep – Sources are difficult to find, but have been shown to be available. This article addresses the topic in detail. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:25, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reliable sources have been found giving ample coverage to this. Dream Focus 08:58, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - T P 15:56, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The reliable sources added mean this should be kept, but there should be inline citations created from the sources. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:16, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.