Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RedState

RedState

An un-notable blog with NO assertion of notability - the only possible claim is that one member (Ben Domenech) wrote for one week on the Washington Post before getting fired (and that info is duplicated on his article, anyway). Fails WP:WEB, and probably WP:VAIN. It was tagged for prod, but untagged by a user with a grand total of 14 edits. Delete. Proto::type 15:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. I'm also uncomfortable with the tone this article takes. Words like "excoriated," "castigation," and "inflammatory" don't often appear in Neutral Point of View encyclopedia articles. I'm inclined to agree: this fails WP:WEB and possibly WP:VAIN as well. Scorpiondollprincess 15:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. It is the conservative counterpart to Daily Kos (though, arguably, not nearly as popular). It is notable per WP:WEB#1 because it gets cited all the time in the press, usually because notable people comment there. See, for instance (a random selection):
  • Editorial (2006-04-07). "Blogged Down in a Sea of Anger". Washington Post.
  • Mike Madden (2006-02-01). "Bloggers analyze Bush speech quickly, with partisan fervor". Seattle Times.
  • Edward Morrisey (2005-10-09). "How Harriet Unleashed a Storm on the Right". Washington Post.
  • Editorial (2005-10-30). "Best of the blogs". Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
  • Staff Writer (2005-05-18). "Political Parties Use Technology Differently". Washington Internet Daily. (RedState is a subject of this story.)
  (A ProQuest search gives 32 hits on "RedState". A LexisNexis search over the previous two years gives 40 hits.) Founder Ben Domenech is a notable (and controversial) figure, and all articles about him generally namedrop RedState. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 19:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Kaustuv. --TheFarix (Talk) 19:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep - it's somewhat notable. I rm'd the irrelevant links. SB_Johnny | ^talk 19:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a very well known blog that has received coverage outside the blogosphere. Vickser 20:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, although ranked lower than Daily Kos it is the most serious of the top three right-wing political blogs. "Blogosphere Ecosystem" (political blogs) ranking of 85[1], Technorati ranking of 502.[2]. As the Domenech deal shows it has a Beltway audience. --Dhartung | Talk 02:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)