Wikipedia:Meetup/NOW/Resources

To avoid deletion, you must prove notability of your topic. For newspapers, this means at minimum your article should include:

• Establishment: Year and founder(s)

A good place to start is the Library of Congress. The name listed under 'Publisher' is often the founder of the newspaper, you can cross-reference the name with historical sources for more information. (Resources are listed by state)

• Coverage: the towns or cities the newspaper publishes to

This information is often listed on mondotimes.com or the newspaper's own website

• Circulation: the reported weekly or daily readers

The American Newspaper Representatives have lists by state.

Beef up your article with history and recognition. Articles that include significant history and recognition/awards are less likely to be deleted.

The following video shows the process to making a newspaper article on Wikipedia. It is six minutes long.

• Notability on Wikipedia - "Wikipedia articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable and independent sources to gauge this attention. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article."
• Verifiability on Wikipedia - "Readers must be able to check that any of the information within Wikipedia articles is not just made up. This means all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. Additionally, quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by inline citations."

• Referencing for beginners