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The result was merge to The Atlantic for now. Should sufficient reliable coverage of the site emerge that would justify a split and summary, then let this discussion not stand in the way.  Skomorokh, barbarian  02:02, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Atlantic Wire[edit]

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Recently created website. Has received some media attention. Is it sufficient? — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 01:17, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• It is sufficient. It is a brand new website that, on its first day, was the subject of a substantial blog on the New York Times media blog as well as several media websites including mediabistro and the Columbia Journalism Review. It is also regularly featured on a variety of political blogs including The National Review Online as well as the New York Times technology blog, gizmodo.com and Anne Althouse to name a few. It is the newest product from the Atlantic Media Company and holds the same editorial standards as the Atlantic Monthly, the award-winning 153-year-old magazine. — KatharineRust (talk · contribs)

  Does it really have the same editorial standards? A number of the top fifty -- and to avoid a flamewar, I shan't be drawn into saying which of them -- look to me like intellectual nonentities, mere blowhards whose prominence derives from bigotry, innuendo, pigheadedness, etc. Would the printed Atlantic actually provide a forum for these people? -- Hoary (talk) 10:42, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep - the NYT blog article seems sufficient coverage, although the article could certainly use a few more sources backing that up. I've trimmed out the (hugely unencyclopedic) reprint of the "Atlantic 50" list, which leaves the article very short and stubby, and leaves me wondering, given its lack of content, whether it might not be better staying (for now) on the main article for The Atlantic? - DustFormsWords (talk) 03:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - The account that created this page seems to be a WP:SPA that seeks only to promote the website as evidenced by their editing history. Soxwon (talk) 04:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Regardless of their intention to create it as spam, it's still an article worth keeping if it happens to meet the notability guidelins - which it appears that it (barely) does. - DustFormsWords (talk) 05:33, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into The Atlantic. JohnnyB256 (talk) 18:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge seems reasonable. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:56, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge seems to be the way to handle it, and eliminate the external links added to articles, as they add nothing to the articles. Dayewalker (talk) 21:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• The Atlantic Wire is its own entity - It's a sister site to The Atlantic, not part of it. Perhaps if there were a page for the parent company, the Atlantic Media Company, then it could be merged onto that, otherwise it should stay on its own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KatharineRust (talk • contribs) 22:07, 27 October 2009 (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.