উইকিপিডিয়া:উইকিপ্রকল্প সংবাদপত্র/উল্লেখযোগ্যতা

There are many newspapers, and not every one is notable. This is a guideline created by WikiProject Newspapers to help assess the notability of newspapers. Feel free to discuss improvements on the project talk page. (In the short term, please just reach out directly to User:Peteforsyth.)

This essay gives some guidance on points to consider in evaluating the notability of newspapers. It supplements the overall general notability guideline and other guidelines that might relate to newspapers, such as organisations, schools and styles.

সংবাদপত্রগুলি তাদের পরিবেশন করা ক্ষেত্রগুলিতে এবং বিস্তৃত বিশ্বে সেই অঞ্চলগুলির প্রতিনিধিত্ব করার ক্ষেত্রে উল্লেখযোগ্য প্রভাব ফেলতে পারে। কারণ এটির প্রভাব দীর্ঘ সময়ের মধ্যে অনুভূত হতে পারে, একটি সংবাদপত্র খুব তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ হতে পারে, অন্যান্য প্রকাশনাগুলিতে সাধারণ পর্যালোচনার ধরণের আকর্ষণ না করে যা সবচেয়ে সহজে উইকিপিডিয়ার সাধারণ উল্লেখযোগ্যতার নির্দেশিকা পূরণ করবে । উপরন্তু, সংবাদপত্র এবং ম্যাগাজিনগুলি নন-ফিকশন (বই, ডকুমেন্টারি, পাণ্ডিত্যপূর্ণ কাজ) অন্যান্য কাজগুলির পর্যালোচনা এবং সমালোচনা করতে পারে, এটি সংবাদপত্রের নিজেরাই এমন ধরণের পর্যালোচনা এবং সমালোচনা গ্রহণ করার প্রথাগত নয় যা প্রায়শই অন্যান্য নন-ফিকশন ক্ষেত্রে উল্লেখযোগ্যতা জানায়। এই প্রবন্ধে, আপনি অনেকগুলি সংকেত পাবেন যা একটি সংবাদপত্রের তাৎপর্য নির্দেশ করতে পারে এবং এর উল্লেখযোগ্যতার মূল্যায়ন জানাতে পারে।

The following are good things to consider in evaluating a newspaper's notability in terms of Wikipedia's general notability guideline (GNG):

• It is referred to in one or more strong reliable sources as the newspaper of record for a certain locale, in the reputational (i.e., subjective) sense.
• It can be verified as a "newspaper of public record" -- that is, identified by government entities as a place to public legal notices.
• It is included in a list of newspaper published by its state government (for instance, here).
• Its leadership is repeatedly quoted in other reliable sources, with reference to their leadership title and their expertise on the publication's topic (e.g., the culture or economic makeup of a town for a local paper)
• The paper has won state, province, or national level awards for reporting, feature-writing, editorial, or photography.
• A history of news media (e.g. a book or an article in an academic journal) discusses the newspaper
• The paper's role in a historical event is covered as central in histories of the event
• Changes in ownership or leadership are covered by other newspapers in its region or covering a similar topic
• Its launch or demise is covered in other newspapers in its region or covering a similar topic
• General media publications with national or international distribution, like Editor and Publisher or The Fourth Estate, cover the newspaper
• Publications that cover the evolving nature of journalism, such as Poynter, Nieman Lab, or Columbia Journalism Review highlight something about the newspaper (e.g., a new business or distribution model, serving an underserved demographic, significant changes in circulation, novel editorial policies...)
• Identified by state government as a place to publish legal notices
• Its party affiliation or bias is a subject of discussion by prominent media commentator(s).
• It is historically significant because it was the first newspaper in a given language in the area, e.g. first Spanish-language newspaper in North Carolina, first Chinese language newspaper in California, etc.
• It is historically significant because it was the first newspaper in the area for a given ethnic or religious group, e.g. the first African-American newspaper in Ohio, the first Catholic newspaper in Ohio, etc.

The following are worth considering, but may not directly contribute to the criteria of the GNG. One way to think about these is that if they pertain, it might be worth some extra effort to find evidence that contributes to the GNG.

• Its content is or has been frequently syndicated or republished in other reliable sources
• Its articles are repeatedly cited (or its scoops frequently credited) by other reliable sources
• The paper itself, and/or its leadership, have held leadership or administrative roles in a journalism society
• The paper is collected by multiple academic libraries or state archives
• It frequently features exclusive quotes from government leaders or leaders of prominent institutions or movements. These could include candidate forums for political races, if they attract participation of the main candidates.
• It is part of a news reporting network, such as ProPublica's Local Reporting Network or the Oregonian's Oregonian News Network.

Benefits of covering newspapers

যেহেতু সংবাদপত্রগুলি প্রায়শই উইকিপিডিয়া নিবন্ধগুলির উত্স হিসাবে ব্যবহৃত হয়, তাই সংবাদপত্রের আরও সম্পূর্ণ কভারেজের ক্ষেত্রে উইকিপিডিয়ার নির্দিষ্ট সুবিধা হতে পারে। যদি একজন উইকিপিডিয়া সম্পাদক বা পাঠক কোনো সংবাদপত্রের সাথে অপরিচিত হন যা তারা একটি নিবন্ধে উদ্ধৃত দেখেন, তাহলে সংবাদপত্র সম্পর্কে একটি উইকিপিডিয়া নিবন্ধ তাদের নির্ভরযোগ্যতা এবং/অথবা এর সম্ভাব্য পক্ষপাত মূল্যায়ন করতে সহায়তা করতে পারে। সংবাদপত্রের মূল্যবান নিবন্ধগুলি উইকিপিডিয়া বিষয়বস্তুর মান আরও বিস্তৃতভাবে বৃদ্ধি করতে পারে।

Additionally, Internet users in general will be better able to evaluate the reliability of a newspaper if they can easily find information about it, whether through Wikipedia itself or through information republished by Google, Facebook, or another service.

সংবাদপত্রের মূল্য সম্পর্কে পণ্ডিতদের উদ্ধৃতি

“ In order to estimate the authenticity of the newspaper, it is necessary to take account of the conditions under which the newspaper is produced. These conditions include not merely the necessary limitations of time and space under which the news is gathered and printed, but the even greater difficulties of translating to a vast and heterogeneous public precise and accurate details of events the import of which they are not prepared to comprehend. ” — Notion attributed to Lucy Maynard Salmon, in a review of her 1923 book The Newspaper and the Historian.

“ ...the newspaper has become a familiar source, although its legitimacy as such does not even yet pass unquestioned. The historian has found much to command in the use of periodical and even ephemeral literature in his study of the past, but during this period he has attached an ever-increasing importance to the reliability of the material he uses.....He recognizes the manifest usefulness that the newspaper might have, yet he hesitates to accept a form of material the authoritativeness of which has not been thoroughly established. ” — Salmon, as quoted by Flora Belle Ludington in "The Newspapers of Oregon 1846-1870", The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. 26, No. 3 (September 1925).

“ The periodical press still remains the most important single source the historian has at his command for the reconstruction of the life of the past three centuries. ” — Salmon, as quoted by Fred Morrow Fling in his review in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 4 (December 1924).

“ The records of such important makers and chroniclers of history should be saved. Unfortunately that is not an easy thing to do. However much faith and hope may inspire the editor, he is not always careful of his files. The short-lived papers frequently vanish completely. Successors to the earlier publishers are often slow in recognizing that what had gone on before in the papers they had acquired was worth preserving for the sake of future needs of history. It is frequently difficult and often impossible to get information about the early files. ” — Meany, Edmond S., "Newspapers of Washington Territory", in Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. 13 (1922).