Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Labor Environment Action Network

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The result was redirect to Australian Labor Party#Labor Networks. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 00:43, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Labor Environment Action Network[edit]

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This article is about an organisation tat lacks significant coverage that would establish notability. All but two of the sources are from the organisation's web site. The two non-primary sources do not establish notability as one is a guest post in the newspaper from the a member of the organisation, and the second is about that same person's plan to run for political office. My own searches fail to turn up reliable sources covering the organisation; just more mentions. Whpq (talk) 12:35, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  B E C K Y S A Y L E 16:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  B E C K Y S A Y L E 16:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect is okay, although Keep also okay. (revised from simply Keep, by me, given later suggestion of a redirect target) The "news" Google search above yields numerous mentions. This 2011 Sydney Morning Herald article mentions that a review of the Australian Labor Party specifically called for the Labor Environment Action Network to be given a formal role within the party. Their role in the network is often cited for various persons who were "co-convenors" or had other roles in the network. Seems to me that Wikipedia readers would be served by having a short reference article, and that there is enough coverage for an article. --doncram 18:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment - Mentions are not significant coverage. And the specific article you linked to is in fact a copy of a speech given by Doug Cameron (politician), a member of the Australian Labour Party, so it does not represent independent coverage, and as an added bonus, it's also a single bullet point mention in the speech so even that fails to be significant. -- Whpq (talk) 01:50, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • I did not imply it was independent of the Australian Labor Party; the mention was within a review of/by the Australian Labor Party, yes, which has to be internal to the party, and it was mentioned of course by a Labor Party person, yes. However, the network is not a branch of the party itself; per the wikipedia article it is affiliated, in that it is trying to change the Labor party. Note to be a member of the network you don't have to be a member of the Labor party. And the network is seeking more influence in the Labor party, sure, but it is not a part of it per se. It's certainly relevant to cover the fact that the Labor party is considering giving it more of a role. Whatever. Nonetheless, I don't mind a redirect terribly. --doncram 18:24, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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