Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Song Society

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 was speedy keep‎. Nominator is sock and only other comment is a keep (non-admin closure) Jumpytoo Talk 00:34, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Red Song Society[edit]

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The website is largely a product of a very minor media company in China and most of its contents are blog-style. Everyone can publish their articles (without royalties) on the website and thus the website is subject to pervasive conspiracy theories and yellow journalism. Most importantly, the article lacks sufficient sources to support its independent notability. NZCAJD2 (talk) 09:50, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Websites and China. NZCAJD2 (talk) 09:50, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There is substantive treatment of the website in the Economist and Yingjie/Garrick discusses the Hong Zhenkuai case at length including discussion of the role of Red Song Society (see esp. page 339-40). It also receives mentions in scholarly work talking about neo-maoism. I added a VOA article about the Visual China controversy. Aside from sourcing, the other reasons given in the nomination (blog style, conspiracy theories, yellow journalism) are not valid deletion rationales and has some features of WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Websites can be notable without being paragons of virtue or good editorial practice. Oblivy (talk) 03:12, 25 September 2023 (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.