Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MarkMeets 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 speedy delete‎ per WP:G12. Bbb23 (talk) 15:16, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MarkMeets Magazine

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Fails WP:NORG -- lacking WP:SUSTAINED notability backed up by WP:RS. Amigao (talk) 00:30, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Websites and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 01:12, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: News media, Entertainment, Popular culture, and England. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:01, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Quite a few WP:V issues with about half of the article unsourced. Lacks sufficient notability -- existing sources include a Wiki Fandom link and a TrustPilot 404, failing WP:RS and WP:INWA, among others. Tvfunhouse (talk) 05:56, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of proposing deletion out of unfamiliarity with the topic, editors should engage in constructive editing. Improving the article through collaboration and research aligns far more closely with Wikipedia’s core values than erasing valuable content.

This proposed deletion is unwarranted and reflects a lack of familiarity with the subject matter. The article concerns a notable and long-standing media brand that has been reviewed and approved by both UK and US Wikipedia moderators. The deletion rationale appears overzealous and poorly researched, especially given that similar media outlets (e.g., Popjustice, The Line of Best Fit, Far Out) maintain pages with fewer documented milestones. Instead of proposing deletion, improvements should be encouraged. Editors unfamiliar with the digital media and entertainment news niche should refrain from making sweeping judgments without due diligence. SmGLis (talk) 09:17, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per my comment below. ~~Delete~~: No sustained, significant coverage, fails WP:NCORP. This article - very promotional in tone - was moved here after being roundly rejected at AfC - see Draft:MarkMeets. I suspect that it was created by an editor with a conflict of interest - the sentence The Drum publication included MarkMeets in “The Entertainment Power 100 2022” list and ranked us 12th globally on their 2023 Entertainment Power List. is taken directly from https://markmeets.com/media-kit/, violating copyright. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 09:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - on further investigation, the whole article appears to be a closely worded copyright violation of https://markmeets.com/posts/markmeets-your-trusted-source-for-entertainment-news-wikipedia/ and could therefore be deleted under WP:G12. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 13:51, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Nothing approaching RS here. First versions were revision deleted for use of deprecated sources. As one of several involved contributors, User:SmGLis has no standing to instruct actual wikipedians. BusterD (talk) 11:03, 30 April 2025 (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.