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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 18:36, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Bombay Tribune[edit]

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Hoax? I first draftified this to give the editor a chance to make clear what it is about, but they put it back with minimal improvements, and I still can't find out what they really try to describe here. There is very little evidence for any Bombay Tribune, never mind one that is "market leaders in terms of circulation", even though it is only a supplement: "Bombay Tribune[1] is a free supplement of The Bombay Tribune". Fram (talk) 15:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 15:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 15:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While there are claims for notability, none of the citations provided support the claims made. This is a borderline hoax as Fram describes. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:07, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The editor added certain 'warnings' to the page (i.e. citations/references) that date back to September of 2010, while the article was created yesterday. The website is locked and I am unable to access this. Can anyone else confirm that it is blocked for them? Fakescientist8000 (talk) 18:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt. This website was created a month ago (see archive.org and their Twitter posts). The first version of this article was speedily deleted in December, the week the website appears to have been created. Politanvm ^talk 18:54, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Subject doesn't meet the notability. --E.Im anoff ^Snatch 20:36, 21 January 2022 (UTC) — E.Imanoff (talk · contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of Elshadiman (talk · contribs). [reply]
Delete: Hoax. Reminded me of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Delhi Times (newspaper), another hoax of a similar type that is now at AfD. Java Hurricane 10:53, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails GNG. The site's footer section still has a lot of "Sample page" from website's template. - SUN EYE 1 16:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: as per nom. and all above. - Hatchens (talk) 15:05, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
delete the name "bombay tribune" feels oddly familiar. I think there was a newspaper by that name in historical days, but I also think it was closed in the historical days. This seems to be just another product/organisation trying to piggyback the original brand name. This happens a lot in India. But we should document this somewhere in case of someone else recreates the article. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 04:39, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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