Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mendota Beacon
We have a million articles (~) on defunct publications, many of them short-lived.  We  them as part of the historical record (recording history is part of what encyclopedias do) and because they are useful to our users
— User:E, 10:42, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Editing policy)