Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WRFD

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The result of the debate was KEEP. —Korath (Talk) 02:07, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

WRFD[edit]

Same as the VfD on WRDF, but this article has the correct title. Wikipedia is not a radio station database. Szyslak 11:16, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It's not; but I don't actually see that this article is unencyclopaedic. The article itself is a decent encyclopaedia article, and is granted relevance because its spinoff WNCI is now Central Ohio's top-rated radio station. Keep TSP 12:34, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Disagreed, for the same reason that parents of a notable person are not by themselves notable. Delete. Radiant! 15:42, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
Keep it. Wyss 17:36, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep. A radio station that has survived >four decades, despite ownership changes. I'm not inclined to start an article for a radio station started by some acquaintences of mine that lasted less than a year, but this seems notable. 6730 hits for wrfd am. With radio stations, I'd be inclined to draw the line at student-run stations, but WP even has articles on some of those. Niteowlneils 19:58, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep — RJH 20:00, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete, just falls under the bar for me. Megan1967 01:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep I agree with Niteowlneils - 4 decades in the radio business is notable. Johntex 02:50, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep WRFD has a rich history that resulted in the creation of WNCI. It was one of the first stations catering exclusively to the agricultural community, it is strongly linked to the politics of agriculture and the founding of the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and it is one of a dwindling number of daytime-only radio stations Earpol 21:15, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) -- Additional comment: the first VfD here states flatly "Wikipedia is not a radio station database." This is not true as evidenced by Lists of radio stations in North and Central America which is clearly an attempt to build such a database within Wikipedia. In fact, if one drills down on this page to a particular state's page, e.g., List of radio stations in Ohio, you will see that the database already contains entries for every station that people could think of, and the standard is to use Wiki hypertext to point to the stations Wikipedia listing, even when such article is waiting to be created.
All radio stations are notable. Keep.--Centauri 01:26, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep - David Gerard 23:00, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete, Wikipedia is not a radio station database. JamesBurns 06:50, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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