Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aikido Federation of Azerbaijan

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 03:41, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Aikido Federation of Azerbaijan

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Proposed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Martial_arts/Article_Review Week February 18, 2010, User:Jmcw37 as secretary.
WP:NRVE "No reliable english language sources found to verify notability" jmcw (talk) 17:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. —jmcw (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions. -- Beloved Freak 18:01, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Should be easy to find English language articles, it's English Wikipedia afteral. On the other hand, I wonder if it would be relevant to create an article on Aikido Federations and include it there, with a short information about it. -RobertMel (talk) 22:19, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Azerbaijani-language or Russian-language references would be perfectly acceptable. I am reminded of the recent deletion nominations for national amateur radio associations. The references are probably out there, but are not well indexed by Google. This is a national organization, and its counterparts in English-speaking countries are notable. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 23:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Agreed, English-language references are not required if notability & verifiability can be demonstrated in another language. There are some ghits for "Федерация Айкидо Азербайджанa" which appears to be the name of the organisation in Russian, but I have no clue what quality they are. It would be helpful to have some input from a Russian or Azerbaijani speaker. The Russian version of the article doesn't seem to demonstrate too much notability.--Beloved Freak 23:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was unable to find any reliable sources in English. In Russian all I found was a page that is the same as this one. I also did searches for "Aikido Azerbaydzhana" and "Azerbaycan Aikido Federasiasi" without finding a good source. I don't speak Azerbaijani/Azeri so I'm limited in that regard. However, it would be nice to find a reliable source that is either in English or that someone translated. The references given are simply the home page of the organization (one in Russian, the other in Bulgarian)--neither is a reliable source. The article claims affiliated clubs in only 6 cities and seems to fail WP:MANOTE. Papaursa (talk) 23:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. We made a good faith effort to find notability before the nom and simply couldn't. Fails WP:ORG and WP:MANOTE. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:11, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Lack of sourcing for a national federation means Not notable. --Nate ^t/_c 12:41, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (although disagree that lack of sourcing = not notable). But delete per Papaursa and Niteshift36, accepting good-faith efforts of nominator and others before nomination. No verifiability unless someone manages to find something in another language.--Beloved Freak 14:06, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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