Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MedPage Today

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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 No consensus. with no prejudice against speedy renomination (non-admin closure) czar  06:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MedPage Today

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Short reason: fails GNG. Long explanation: I first questioned the legitimacy of its inclusion when User:Blindkijin created it in 2008 with a brand new account as essentially an advertisement for the product. After a contested PROD, the article remained with a bit of cleanup. In my WP:BEFORE search, I found a few hits that might allow it to stay under GNG, but I believe these fall under routine coverage and blog-like entries ([1][2]). Nearly all of the gHits are facebook pages, twitter accounts, the Apple app store, or ads associated with the product itself. Another point worth mentioning is User:Blindkijin's very few, non-MedPage Today edits were adding external links to scientific articles that went directly to MedPage's website, leading me to believe s/he violated WP:COI and WP:ADVERT. Jrcla2 (talk) 17:15, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. — Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 00:21, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. — Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 00:22, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:32, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 12:30, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 15:12, 27 September 2014 (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.