Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WVIY

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. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 05:38, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WVIY

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This radio station does not appear to have come on the air yet (it claims that it will go on the air this year, but I have yet to see any indication that this is happened), and thus does not enjoy the presumption of notability assumed for established/operating stations that have the requisite sources to verify operation — and there doesn't appear to be the sufficient coverage in reliable sources out there to meet the general notability guideline. PROD was removed by an IP user; while that was immediately reverted, out of an abundance of caution I have decided (speaking as the user who proposed it for deletion in the first place) that it is best to simply take this article to AfD instead. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as WP:TOOSOON. Radio stations that have yet to actually launch do not get Wikipedia articles just because they've been licensed to launch, as one of the base requirements for a radio station to be considered notable per WP:NMEDIA is that it's actually on the air. WPRS used to be lax about actually enforcing this, but the thing is that it's entirely possible for a radio station to gain approval from the broadcast regulator but then fail for one reason or another to launch in time and have its license approval expire — this left us with dozens of articles to delete once we started cracking down on articles about "proposed" stations, because the stations had never launched and were permanently unexpandable. So no prejudice against recreation if and when it's properly sourceable as actually being on the air, but future radio stations don't get articles so long as they still only exist on paper. Bearcat (talk) 14:05, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as TOOSOON DarjeelingTea (talk) 05:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:03, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:03, 17 April 2017 (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.