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Onward State

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Unofficial student-run blog on Penn State topics. The only basis for notability is winning a "Best Alternative Media Outlet" online poll at USNWR's side-blogs, not the main periodical. The website was not even substantially profiled. It was not selected on any other basis than online votes, which the blog attributed to "Facebook, families, a giant student body, a legitimately good blog." That's not enough for notability. GrapedApe (talk) 21:25, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: U.S. News & World Report is a notable magazine in print and online. Winning a poll against Yale is a sign of notability. To quote Kristen Karas' report from Collegian Online: Yale student Max Uhlenhuth, the self-described "go-to guy" for the Timothy Dwight blog, had expected his blog to win because it had been leading in the poll. "It was a rough loss," he said. "But Penn State has a great blog, so no hard feelings." Even their closest competitor admitted Penn State has a great blog. Pmresource (talk) 22:38, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- And yet, it was an online poll. Not a legitimate US News article.--GrapedApe (talk) 23:29, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The New York Times has a blog and online polls. WP:SPS notes: Some news outlets host interactive columns they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professional journalists or are professionals in the field on which they write and the blog is subject to the news outlet's full editorial control. Pmresource (talk) 00:13, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Into Pennsylvania State University. The reference in US News & World Report was a one-shot mention - the blog does not appear to have generated any national (or even regional) notability beyond this single article. I might also add that the earlier AfD was improperly closed, with only one person participating in the discussion - it should have been extended until there was a proper debate. And Adoil Descended (talk) 23:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]