Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eastside Sun

Eastside Sun

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Very low on reliable sources to show notability. The website shows a current issue, despite the previous notice that publication was ceasing. I'd say, unless we can find sourcing that explains exactly what the heck is going on with this paper, we shouldn't be covering it. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:23, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 15:32, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 15:32, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "whats going on" isn't the concern. The concern is reliable sources showing this newspaper meets Wikipedia's standards for inclusion (WP:GNG). Many newspapers are notable and newspapers often have public interest, but sources are still needed to substantiate whether or not they have gained notice. I'm not seeing them. It's not clear this is more than a small local paper of the same kind as many other non-notable small local papers. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection..... nor a directory nor a medium for advertizing etc. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 21:09, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep and improve/source, as the text of the second source does assert notability ("the sometimes-controversial monthly publication") -- should be easy enough to find some coverage. --rahaeli (talk) 22:16, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We'd hate to lose the article about our town's newspaper from Wikipedia. But to be fair, Wikipedia's description of The Eastside Sun has been incorrect for nearly a year and the person(s) that put the incorrect information in the entry then LOCKED the info so that anyone reading it would be led to believe the newspaper was out of print and the correct information couldn't be inserted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.178.97.106 (talk) 22:29, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have an opinion one way or the other, but I find it interesting that a newspaper with as many detractors as The Eastside Sun seems to have (I live in Kirkland) would fall under the eye of SarekOfVulcan. Since June of last year this fellow has repeatedly trimmed down this article, inserted erroneous information and finally locked the article. Seems like there may be something petty and personal going on here that Wikipedia should strive to rise above. My name is Ted Warnock and I approved this message.