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 delete. The existence of a deplatforming campaign does not indicate notability without significant coverage by reliable, independent sources. -- Scott (talk) 05:11, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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This isn't substantially identical to the version deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cum Town so WP:G4 doesn't apply, but all the same arguments apply; in particular the near-total dearth of third-party independent coverage.  ‑ Iridescent 15:22, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Insufficient independent, reliable sources from either news outlets or the literature required to pass NORG. ——SerialNumber54129 15:31, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Essentially, the only coverage is a short mention by The Cut[1] (they call it "Cumtown"), short overview in a Vox article about a different subject[2] and a Cleveland Scene article[3]. The other sources are unacceptable, like Patreon, Twitter and their podcast host website. This is not enough. Also for what's it's worth, this is a magnet for newcomers as evidenced by six contestations to the speedy deletion on the talk page. --Pudeo (talk) 15:38, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Happy holidays~! ^{Babymissfortune} 16:38, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep For what it's worth, there is supposedly a campaign to deplatform them from Patreon (and other platforms) going on right now. https://twitter.com/FluctibusFludd/status/1076550243116896258 Jonathan Williams (talk) 02:59, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • For what it's worth, they appear to have one of the most popular podcasts on patreon https://graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators Jonathan Williams (talk) 03:07, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom, can't find significant coverage in sources. GirthSummit _(blether) 19:38, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep due to the ongoing attempts to remove the podcast from Patreon 99.120.225.147 (talk) 23:46, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and rework, podcast is clearly notable, with an ongoing controversy and deplatforming campaign, and the show is in top 4 of podcasts on Patreon with nearly 10,000 subscribers, more than The Last Podcast on the Left, Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!, Doughboys, all which have their own pages and have never been considered for deletion (just three of many examples) Pinchofhope (talk) 00:10, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest an argument based on reliable sources rather than other stuff not having been deleted. ——SerialNumber54129 11:19, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete There are impressive-looking references here (e.g. New York Times, Paste Magazine), however, on close examination of each they contain only the most fleeting mentions, or no mentions at all, of this podcast. Those references that do are either not WP:INDEPENDENT or not WP:RS. To the argument that we should keep it "due to the ongoing attempts to remove the podcast from Patreon" ... WP is not an outlet to extract revenge. Chetsford (talk) 07:56, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Pinchofhope.--MainlyTwelve (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2019 (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.