Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mafia Magazine (2nd nomination)

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 delete. Sandstein 10:21, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mafia Magazine

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Article about a magazine which has no reliable sources nor can I find any further claims to notability. This fails WP:GNG and I cannot find anything to help support the lower guide of WP:NMEDIA McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 14:39, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 14:40, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 14:40, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 14:40, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:32, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:32, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I can't find a single secondary source to even verify that this magazine exists, much less that it's notable. This seems like a no-brainer. Article claims it's been around since 2004; if that's true, the utter absence of coverage by any sources seems to indicate it's never going to be notable. For all we know, the entire magazine is online only; there's no sources online that I found that could confirm any of the claims made in the article about the print edition, such as circulation of 50,000, the availability on east and west coasts, and even its very existence - that info could easily all be made up out of thin air. Rockypedia (talk) 16:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete until this can be better improved. Pinging users Huon, Maproom, Madegray and Ekips39. SwisterTwister talk 04:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well, they have a website, and there is a source given, but it's not great. There's also some stuff on Amazon, such as this, but that's not much of a source either, and I'm going to assume that stuff like "Tampa Mafia Magazine" is unrelated. This is a blog. This doesn't look like a great source either. I only read to the sixth page of results so there may be good sources I haven't turned up, but since that's all I've found so far my guess is that, while it pretty clearly exists, it's not notable. ekips39 ❀talk 16:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - other than some brief mentions, can find nothing in searches to show in-depth coverage of this magazine. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:10, 16 October 2015 (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.

Rockypedia, Mafia Magazine is and has been in PRINT since 2004. It is sold in 27 countries. I think your Google is faulty. All sources can be provided. I can even arrange for you to receive a copy to verify that it IS IN PRINT. And/or provide photos of the magazine in print. And considering it has won three awards in the past two years, I think says it has been making a name for itself. Not to mention Ice Cube has promoted the magazine personally. Proof can provided if needed. Just to help you make an EDUCATED decision regardless of the deletion.