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The result was delete‎. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 23:31, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coalition against Communalism[edit]

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Fails WP:ORGCRIT and WP:GNG. I quote from the page itself: "Nothing is known about its leadership, its membership or the sources of funding." Iskandar323 (talk) 10:33, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: could not find any coverage or evidence for this organisation at all Jack4576 (talk) 15:37, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is an org. that had impact in the Hindu Textbooks controversy (now linked in the text), and which has been discussed in a number of scholarly papers as an example of South Asian activism in the U.S. I just added three sources and google scholar has more. All the sources can be had without a paywall but you might have to search for the title instead of following links. It appears they were active over a period about 15-20 years ago and then went "dormant" but as one of the sources states (and as the article now says, based on that article) the existence of their website continues to be a potential source of impact.
The article was in a bit of a sad state. I tried to clean it up a bit, more can be done but it's better. FWIW quoted language about "nothing is known" was present on the page at its creation, and may be POV pushing. Certainly the website doesn't mention sources of funding, but that's not necessarily true of the public at large. Oblivy (talk) 03:34, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A small update on "nothing is known". A quick search shows tax forms from an organization (the India Relief and Education Fund) that disclose a grant of US$625 in 2002.[1] This is as OR as WP:OR can get, but it does belie the quoted language. I've adjusted the language on the article. Oblivy (talk) 03:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
One further thought: although the volume of web coverage and academic discussion of this organization, a selection of which is now cited, should satisfy WP:GNG there is a huge gap between relatively brief and unbiased description of the organization as grassroots, and extensive but inflammatory coverage claiming it's anti-Hindu astroturf (maybe to the point of disinformation; sources tying him to George Soros raise red flags). I think it's important to try to establish some WP:RS based and WP:NEUTRAL coverage of the group, made even harder because their own conduct seems a bit shady/astroturfy. One thought would be to merge to the Coalition Against Genocide page, but the claim that they are part of CAG is one-way - CAG claims them as an affiliate but CAC don't claim affiliation, and independent sources tying the two are biased.Oblivy (talk) 06:24, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:39, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete: Fails GNG and ORG. Source eval:
Comments Source
Two mentions, one in a list, another one sentence mention. Fails SIGCOV 1. Kurien, Prema (2007). "Who Speaks for Indian Americans? Religion, Ethnicity, and Political Formation". American Quarterly. 59 (3): 759–783. doi:10.1353/aq.2007.0059. ISSN 0003-0678. JSTOR 40068449. S2CID 143780494.
Mentioned once in a list. Fails SIGCOV 2. ^ Bose, Purnima (2008). "Hindutva Abroad: The California Textbook Controversy". The Global South. 2 (1): 11–34. doi:10.2979/GSO.2008.2.1.11. ISSN 1932-8656. S2CID 145295643.
No info on subject 3. ^ Werleman, C.J. (2022-02-09). "Disinfo Lab: An Online Hindu Nationalist Disinformation Campaign". Byline Times. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
Mentioned once in a list. Fails SIGCOV 4. ^ "Coalition Against Genocide: A Nexus of Hinduphobia Unveiled" (PDF). Hindu American Association. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
About Us page 5. ^ "About Us - Coalition Against Genocide (CAG)". www.coalitionagainstgenocide.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
Two mentions, one in a list, another one sentence mention. Fails SIGCOV 6. ^ Carsignol, Anouck (April 2012). "South Asianism: Militantisme politique et identitaire en ligne" (PDF). e-Diasporas Project at Projet Maison des Sciences de L'Homme. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
BEFORE showed nothing that meets SIGCOV from IS RS addressing the subject directly and indepth.  // Timothy :: talk  06:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge into California textbook controversy over Hindu history. There is coverage in reliable sources, in particular the Kurien and Bose sources, that isn't quite trivial, but there isn't enough for an independently sourced standalone article. The coverage is entirely centered on the textbook controversy, and a merger there would be in keeping with WP:DUE. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:28, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per Timothy. Not enough sourcing to justify an article, or even a merged section elsewhere.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:44, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete No WP:SIGCOV to create an article for this topic.
2001:48F8:3004:FC4:D480:5FD5:9310:3BA4 (talk) 17:59, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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