Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue Rice

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The result was delete. The argument that the provided sources do not constitute independent coverage of this topic is convincing. A merger has been proposed, but does not have clear consensus; if independent sourcing of any sort is found, I would entertain draftification requests for the purposes of developing content towards a merger. Vanamonde (Talk) 14:12, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[]

Blue Rice[edit]

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No independent critical coverage found - clearly fails WP:NBOOK (and WP:GNG) ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 03:47, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 03:47, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 03:47, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Delete - can't fine enough in-depth coverage from independent sources to meet WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:44, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Keep - This article is for the comic strip, not the book, so I would argue that WP:NBOOK does not apply. I agree that the case for WP:GNG is not strong. The difficulty regarding WP:GNG here is that due to the age of the strip (1999-2002) there were few online services available and fewer that remain indexed today. I would argue that the Daily Illini constitutes an independent reliable source based on the definitions documented in Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline. There are at least tens of existing original issues archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine which therefore show coverage of the topic, as well as the fact that examples in 2001 and 2002 show it was the top feature in the comics section (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3). Lastly, there is also a reference available for an award given to a feature article on the subject of Blue Rice and its author by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2003. Overcast75 (talk) 18:07, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Those links are to archives of the Daily Illini, the student publication in which the comic strip appeared. Publication there provides no indication of notability regardless of however many issues in which it appeared. The feature article appeared in the university's yearbook, the Illio, and fails WP:INDEPENDENT (WP:NOTINHERITED also applies). NBOOK is for the collection (as having a better chance of independent reviews) and GNG is for the strip as well. Is there independent reliably sourced critical coverage of the strip or the collection outside of the borders of UIUC? ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 09:21, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 08:21, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[]

Delete per nom and Onel5969. Also willing to consider merge to The Daily Illini. Edge3 (talk) 17:53, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[]

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