Talk:Future of Local News Act

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How many independent citations are enough?[edit]

@John B123: @Onel5969: This article contains 7 notes.

The first two don't count for notability: The first is a press release. The second is a link to the 2020 predecessor of this bill on Congress.gov. The 2021 version is now in Congress.gov. This bill seems not to have moved since it was introduced, and this article has not attracted much traffic, probably because of that.

However, the remaining 5 notes link to 6 different independent sources. All 6 seem reputable and reasonably well established, though only 2 have their own Wikipedia articles. Maui Now seems to be an independent general interest news outlet, whose primary audience is residents of Maui. Inside Radio, News & Tech, and America's Newspapers are trade associations. Public Knowledge is a non-profit concerned with intellectual property law. The Poynter Institute is a non-profit journalism school and research organization.

??? DavidMCEddy (talk) 18:03, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's very rare for proposed legislation to meet notability criteria. While there is coverage, this falls under the category of WP:NOTNEWS. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:11, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the number of references that count, but the need for all content to be verifiable. A lot of the lead section is unreferenced. Whilst it's acceptable for the lead to be unreferenced if the contents are covered in more depth and referenced in the body, this is not the case here. --John B123 (talk) 18:43, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]