Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maktoob Media

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 15:51, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maktoob Media[edit]

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Maktoob Media

News service that does not satisfy corporate notability or general notability as written, and has conflict of interest reporting. This page was created in article space, then moved to draft space by User:Celestina007, then moved back into article space without discussion by the sleeper account Aslah K, who is probably Aslah Kayyalakkath, a founder of Maktoob. The use of draft space is optional, but compliance with conflict of interest policy is not optional.

The article has been reference-bombed, but an analysis of the sources shows that many of them are passing mentions, or are references to the re-reporting of their reporting (which means that they are a news service, but isn't independent secondary coverage), or otherwise not evidence of notability.

Reference Number	Reference	Comments	Independent	Significant	Reliable	Secondary
1	Economic Times of India	Not a valid link	No	No	No	No
2	Maktoob Media	Web page of one of founders of company	No			No
3	Caravanmagazine.in	Blog by one of founders of company	No			No
4	Maktoob Media	Corporate web page	No			No
5	Thewire.in	Re-reporting of news originally reported by Maktoob	No	Yes	Yes	No
6	Firstpost.com	Re-reporting of news originally reported by Maktoob, but does not mention Maktoob	No	No	Yes	No
7	Firstpost.com	Another re-report of news originally reported by Maktoob, but does not mention Maktoob	No	No	Yes	No
8	CNN.COM	A re-report of news originally reported by Maktoob that does not mention Maktoob	No	No	Yes	No
9	CPJ.ORG	Committee to Protect Journalists - Reports of attacks by Indian police on reporters including one from Maktoob Media	Yes	No		No
10	The Hindu	Report of attack by Indian police on a Maktoob Media reporter	Yes	No	Yes	No
11	TheQuint.com	Report of arrest by Indian police on a Maktoob Media reporter	Yes	No	Maybe	No
12	TheQuint.com	Report of another arrest of a Maktoob Media reporter	Yes	No	Maybe	No
13	Vice.com	More discussion of abuse by Indian police - Did not find mention of Maktoob	Yes	No		No
14	CPJ.ORG	Reports of judicial harassment of journalists including for Maktoob	Yes	No		No
15	suprabhaatham.com	Report of an award to Maktoob for reporting	Yes	Yes	Probably	Yes
16	https://azhimukham.com/	An editorial about Maktoob reporting on caste issues	Yes	No		No
17	Twitter	Report of coverage of Christchurch (NJ) terrorist attack	Yes	No	No	Yes
18	Dailysabah.com	Re-reporting of Maktoob coverage of Christchurch (NJ) terrorist attack	Yes	No		No
19	Twocircles.net	Report of an award to a Maktoob journalist for reporting	Yes	No		No

Reference 15, reporting an award to a Maktoob journalist for an article on caste issues in Kerala, is the only reference that may be evidence of notability. The subject, Maktoob Media, probably is a notable news service. The article was improperly moved into article space by a connected contributor, and should be moved back to draft space for review by neutral editors. Moving the article back to draft space a second time unilaterally would be move-warring, so requesting AFD either to delete, or to draftify and to protect with extended-confirmed protection so that a neutral editor can work on it. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:56, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:56, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:56, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kerala-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:56, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — As stated by Robert McClenon this media organization fails to meet WP:NORG as they do not possess in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources independent of them. Celestina007 (talk) 23:45, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Mostly useless sources. Oaktree b (talk) 00:23, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. No substantial RS here. Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:11, 19 December 2021 (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.