Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K9YA Telegraph

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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 keep. Yuser31415 01:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] K9YA Telegraph

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The article does not meet the criteria for notability. --- LuckyLouie 02:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment The article reads like spam, but it seems there may be a chance that this is a notable publication within the subculture it serves. --Action Jackson IV 03:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Within the amateur radio subculture, the two major amateur radio e-zines, www.qrz.com, and www.eham.net do not have Wikipedia articles. The K9YA Telegraph is relatively non-notable by comparison. --- LuckyLouie 03:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment www.qrz.com and www.eham.net are not e-Zines. The K9YA Telegraph is a subscription-only based publication, delivered as a PDF file attachment to e-mail. The K9YA Telegraph is not a website as in the aforementioned URLs.
  • The K9YA Telegraph is read by radio amateurs in over 100 countries. The K9YA Telegraph is staffed entirely of volunteers, offers free subscriptions and has no advertising. The K9YA Telegraph contains original--never before published articles, photographs and cartoons relating to amateur radio.
  • Each month, a ham radio cartoon originally published in the K9YA Telegraph, is reprinted in RadCom, the UK's Radio Society Magazine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcom>. The K9YA Telegraph is referenced in every issue.
  • K9YA Telegraph content has been reprinted and referenced in the Keynote, the journal of the International Morse Preservation Society <http://www.fists.org>.
  • Cartoons and illustrations originally appearing in the K9YA Telegraph have been published in, "HI HI--A Collection of Ham Radio Cartoons" by Dick Sylvan, W9CBT. (ISBN 1-4116-6195-8).
  • The 5th edition of, "The Art & Skill of Radio-Telegraphy" will contain original content from the K9YA Telegraph. --- User:Finley Breese 11 February, 2007
  • Keep per Finley's notations, with a strong admonition to put the references above into the article if you haven't already done so. --Dennisthe2 06:39, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable among radio amateurs, but can't blame a non-HAM not knowing that Alf photoman 15:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep Cites appear to establish it exists, and that it has multiple references in other reliable sources which reprint its content. Does not appear highly notable outside morse code radio enthusiasts and radio hams, but seems to barely satisfy WP:N. Inkpaduta 21:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
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.