Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Local (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 was keep. Star Mississippi 16:36, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

The Local (magazine)

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Fails WP:GNG; WP:WEBSITE. No significant coverage presented, no major awards. Before we start using the Digital Publishing Awards cited, "a well-known and independent award from either a publication or organization. Ideally, this award itself is also notable and already has a Wikipedia article." and these awards don't have a WP page and they confer $500 on their awardees which doesn't sing 'major' to me. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: News media, Websites, and Canada. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Leaning keep, but open to persuasion here's my thinking:

1. I agree about the award mentioned above. But their website also mentioned being a two time winner of National Magazine Awards which does meet the criteria mentioned above.
2. Maybe that is enough to establish notability? But also this article plus this add credibility to notability

It's not the strongest keep argument I've ever made, so feel free to change my mind, I'll follow with an open mind. CT55555 (talk) 15:07, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Keep: As the page states, it has been nominated for an award that is notable enough to have its own Wikipedia page. The sources already listed on the page further lead me to believe it's notable. Why? I Ask (talk) 13:34, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment Genuine request for information. Writers in The Local have won awards for their features in The Local, but the magazine itself hasn't. So do the awards confer notability? My thought was no, but I'd be interested... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 11:34, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

• Keep As mentioned by CT55555, two articles won National Magazine Awards in 2022: [1]. Per WP:WEBSITE, a website is notable if "the website or content has won a well-known and independent award from either a publication or organization. Ideally, this award itself is also notable and already has a Wikipedia article." While I think Alexandermcnabb is right to ask whether the notability is inherited (given the explicit guidance in WP:ORG that notability of an organization is not inherited from notable members), it seems that there is support for award-winning content to confer notability. Given that the publication's content is consistently nominated and recognized, I've come to the conclusion that the article meets notability standards required for inclusion. Malinaccier (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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