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The result was delete. SNOW Tone 11:28, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Countries whose citizens have never won a Nobel Prize[edit]

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Unencyclopedic list of WP:TRIVIA. Previously prodded, but the article creator removed the prod template with the rationale that "This information at it not easily available. Information gathered by comparing the Nobel Winners list at the Nobelprize.org with Wikipedia countries by population." (It isn't easily available because it's about as needed as "List of actors who never won an Academy Award" or "List of Presidents of the United States who never made a state visit to Luxembourg", and the information-gathering method flies right in the face of WP:NOR. But I digress.) In truth, I'd love to speedy this as patently unnecessary, but it doesn't fit any speedy criterion that I can see. But it's still a no-brainer delete, methinks. Bearcat (talk) 23:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Trivial intersection of traits. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - A list of countries whose citizens have won a Nobel Prize might be useful, but this is just unencyclopedic list cruft. Astronaut (talk) 23:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete It is a very silly list. Regent of the Seatopians (talk) 00:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Pure trivia. Carrite (talk) 00:32, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Serves no real purpose and is trivia. scope_creep (talk) 03:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, dubious encyclopedic value, unsourced (the information does not appear in the source given). Hairhorn (talk) 03:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete not a notable intersection. a list of countries whose citizens have won, yes. a list (if any), of major industrialized countries without awards, that would be notable. but most countries dont have the support to produce nobel winning citizens. most of them would move to countries which can support research.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Trivial list. --Crunch (talk) 03:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Carlucci[edit]

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I declined a speedy deletion on this but he fails WP:POLITICIAN as a candidate for political office. Gets some local news mentions in campaign coverage. As do most candidates. Nothing biographical to meet WP:BIO. Mkativerata (talk) 23:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Minor public official, not really a politician yet, but certainly not notable enough in any respect. scope_creep (talk) 03:32, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Lack of reliable sources to establish notability per WP:POLITICIAN. Cindamuse (talk) 07:15, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • REDIRECT According to WP:POLITICIAN: "candidates for political office who do not meet this guideline, the general rule is to redirect to an appropriate page covering the election or political office sought in lieu of deletion." A quick search found these sources: LINK1, LINK2 Wbennin (talk) 23:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I fully agree with the redirect in principle, but I can't find an appropriate redirect target.--Mkativerata (talk) 00:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kite Flying Society[edit]

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Non-notable band. Article previously speedily deleted back in 2006. Since then, they have won a minor local award, but otherwise have escaped major notice. Current article claims tenuous links to other notable acts but those are unreferenced and notability is not inherited anyway. A search reveals plenty of links to MP3/video sites and social networking sites, but nothing substantial in reliable sources. Fails WP:BAND. Astronaut (talk) 22:51, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nom. Non-notable band that also fails WP:RS. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete agree links to other more notable acts is not in itsef able tp establish notability simply non notable. VirtualRevolution (talk) 08:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Can't see anything much worth recording there. Peridon (talk) 11:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - lacks coverage in reliables sources. The win in a local music competition isn't enough to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete as a blatant hoax (G3). Mkativerata (talk) 22:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sol Lanitis[edit]

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Possibly a hoax, a search reveals no relevant hits. A quick search of recent transfers shows no one of that or similar name. Quasihuman (talk) 22:22, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 17:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CA Anti-Spyware[edit]

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completely fails to show any semblance of notability, with no evidence it passes WP:GNG. Ironholds (talk) 21:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep (changed from Merge to CA Technologies, and Redirect). I've added a dozen references from high-quality reliable sources (Infoworld, Computerworld, PC magazine and a couple of books), and could easily add a dozen more, as there are actually numerous articles which review the product in detail, or describe the acquisition by CA and subsequent renaming. Clicking on "find sources-News" above, yields over 80 such articles, in high quality venues such as ABC News, CNET, Information Week, PC Magazine and many others. The product itself is notable as one of the first anti-malware tools. That said, now that it is part of CA, it would be ok to merge this information there, and redirect both this and PestPatrol to CA Technologies. HupHollandHup (talk) 21:39, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - of note, this is the 2nd AfD for this article, the first one was here - 10 "Keep"s, not a single Delete other than the nom. HupHollandHup (talk) 21:46, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The last one being in 2005, filled with votes/comments which would now be seen as ridiculous and inane. Since you're obviously so concerned about this poor article's wellbeing, to the point where you've removed PRODs despite not actually doing what it says on the box and fixing the problems, would you mind providing these high-quality sources? Ironholds (talk) 21:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Most of the comments from the last AfD highlighted the fact that this is a notable product, has nearly a million ghits, and that with cleanup, a decent article could be had. These are arguments grounded in policy which work as well today. The Prod box which I removed says "You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason." -which is exactly what I did - I removed it, explaining that a merge and redirect would be preferable. I also added references and otherwise cleaned up the article by removing red links and wikilinking others. You, OTOH, re-added a removed Prod, which is against policy, didn't bother to look for sources before going to AfD which is what the guide to deletion recommends, and are now trying to personalize this AfD. I would strongly caution you against doing that, because not only does it not make your arguments any stronger, it pisses me off. And when I'm pissed off, I can be as unpleasant as you are, believe me. HupHollandHup (talk) 02:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    1) I'm not trying to be unpleasant, 2) thank you for the threats, and 3) I apologise for the re-added prod, I didn't realise (stupid as it sounds) that one had been added before). Lets look at the last AfD, shall we? One raw vote simply containing the word "Keep". "A significant program, and the article is not without merit. File on cleanup for NPOV.", which isn't really a rationale so much as a dust-jacket blurb. "Keep This gets 805,000 Google hits!", when google hits are not evidence. "Keep. I have this program here at work. Absolutely fantastic. It works in real time blocking spyware and gives an audible notice that it's working". Two more raw keep votes, and another OH MY GOD GOOGLE HITS! vote (and yes, I'm calling them votes because that's what they were). The last AfD did not in any way establish or provide evidence that it is a notable program, google hits are irrelevant, and with cleanup, a copy could be printed off, mulched and turned into adequate toilet paper.
    Of the five sources we currently have in the article (this is after you've improved it) we have this, which covers the purchase of CA Anti-Spyware's previous developer and gives so little coverage to Anti-Spyware it wouldn't know the term significant coverage if it bit it on the arse, this, which is not only covering the previous version of this software but doing so in a completely tangential way, this, again, covering the company and purchase, very briefly touching on the product, this, where somebody at the company is providing a useful soundbite and this, which is a primary source, for crying out loud. Significant coverage in third party sources, please. Ironholds (talk) 07:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The distinction you are drawing between the "previous developer" or the "previous version" is meaningless. This is the same product, renamed after an acquisition, and the previous product name redirects to this article. The role the product played in exposing Facebook's "spying" is dominant enough to warrant mention in the Facebook Beacon article, so your characterization of an article highlighting this fact as a "soundbite" is inaccurate, to say the least. HupHollandHup (talk) 14:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    But again, significant coverage. None of those sources are directly about the subject (which isn't essential) and none of them give more than a couple of lines about it (which is). Ironholds (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I've cited and linked to half a dozen detailed product reviews. There are dozens more which you can eaisly find by clicking on "find sources", above. HupHollandHup (talk)
  • Keep - the sourcing in the article indicates that this has sufficient coverage to exist as a standalone article. Notability is established. - Whpq (talk) 16:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Work done since the AFD was initiated appear to have resolved any notability issues.--PinkBull 04:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Excellent improvement work makes this worth keeping now. Passes WP:GNG by some margin. Disappointing that it took two AfDs to get there though. Alzarian16 (talk) 13:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Speedy delete as hoax. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fredrick Yegerman[edit]

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Either a hoax or a non-notable BLP. Totally unsourced, only substantial claim in the text is impossible, and this supposedly pioneering biologist appears never to have been named in any papers or books. Only google hits are for this article, copies of it, and links to it. bobrayner (talk) 21:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 03:21, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Information forensics[edit]

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This is a somewhat complex AFD; basically, I want to delete this article but, as it is big and well established, I think it probably needs discussion.

Recently I have been working extensively on digital forensics topics and this is one of the articles that falls under it's umbrella.

The article was created in 2005 with the edit summary IF: a new field of research - in my searches for references (and personal knowledge of the field) I can find no real sourcing for this particular area of study.

The main reference I can find is this journal. After reading a few of the publications it seems that IF, in this sense, is simply used as a synonym for computer forensics and for digital forensics in general. A Google scholar search and a dig through Athens pulls up no reasonable citations to support this as a separate field.

Finally; the content that exists is mostly "fluff" - as best I can make out this is a very broad concept of "computer forensics as applied to human actions". Sourcing this is a nightmare. Very little of the content can be adequately sourced for merging into other articles.

Based on the above I would like to delete the article to

Sorry for the lengthy rationale :) Errant Tmorton166(Talk) 21:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kudos to Errant for the rationale though, I like a proper explanation! Bigger digger (talk) 17:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blaine Higgs[edit]

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Non-notable "politician" that has never been elected, and candidate for New Brunswick general election, 2010. Hence, fails WP:POLITICIAN. Neither are his other activities notable. No significant coverage. Prod removed with

Add info about Higgs career and education. Establish credentials as a major business leader in New Brunswick - director of Canaport LNG, a very important NB landmark.

Christopher Connor (talk) 20:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. I have discared every spa vote. This leaves the argument that there are sources and this swayed one delete to a keep but there has been a decent analysis of the sources and the argument that they do not count as RSs for notability appears well founded and has not been challenged by any experienced editor. The policy based consensus from experienced editors is that this is not properly sourced so the counsensus is clear Spartaz Humbug! 07:05, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Birkensnake[edit]

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Contested prod, by the creator, with no improvement to the article. Original prod reason - No evidence that the publication, as opposed to one of the entries, is in any way notable. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 20:04, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP I vote to keep. This is a notable publication as it has showcased several important authors and it also won the premier literary award of its class last year. If this publication isn't notable, what small press literary magazine is? Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
AFD was malformatted; Flash Bang Man added their comment first and then the IP came back to add a deletion reason. I re-formatted. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 21:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep notable per reviews and awards, Sadads (talk) 01:58, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Many reviews throughout the net and several awards - certainly notable. 79.52.145.62 (talk) 09:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The significant number of reviews and references make it notable. I would like to see the article fleshed out. EgglandManor (talk) 12:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Are there any reviews besides blogs?Lionel (talk) 23:06, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Both of the reviews I clicked on weren't blogs.JakobBorliner22 (talk) 06:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yes they were--if you clicked on the ones mentioned in the article. Drmies (talk) 02:10, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • The sources there now aren't blogs. If you would like to add a blog as a source, it would be best to discuss it on the talk page first. That way you can get a consensus on whether it is reliable or not.HeartSWild (talk) 07:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • — HeartSWild (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Drmies (talk) 15:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Doing a little source checking reveals that Birkensnake (as well as several other flash fiction articles) suffer from extremely poor sourcing, i.e. blogs and personal websites. It's hard to find significant coverage in reliable 3rd party sources. Hopefully voters here take this into consideration... Lionel (talk) 22:50, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The reviews are blogs: not WP:RS. The "award" was not for Birkensnake, it was for "The Children’s Factory" (it's a red link because it too is not notable). In any event, the Micro Award is not notable either, and it is not a premiere literary award by any measure.Lionel (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep for all the reasons mentioned above. I checked out all the refrences currently used and they are all valid. Magazine exceeds notability criteria.JakobBorliner22 (talk) 06:25, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. (Change to keep for reasons explained below, in response to the additional reviews). Non-notable magazine. The second edition was noted by two bloggers, [1] and [2] (yes, JakobBorliner, those are blogs, and I linked the term so you can see what it is), and that's it. Lionelt's point about the award is well taken. Drmies (talk) 20:07, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I think birkensnake meets the notability criteria with the reviews and awards on the web. Beastwarts (talk) 03:10, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think a lot of people who are voting !keep are confused, so let's clear this up - Birkensnake has NOT won any awards. One story in a single issue has won. The publication itself has not won anything. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 03:16, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can't speak for everyone here, but I never took this to mean that the magazine itself won an award. The article in question very clearly states that one of the magazine's stories received an award. What's the issue?JakobBorliner22 (talk) 09:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I′m one of the editors of Birkensnake (Brian Conn). A Google alert for “Birkensnake” brought me here. I edited the article a couple of days ago, primarily to include the other editor′s name, and have checked the discussion occasionally since then. I don′t have any argument to make about whether Birkensnake is or is not notable, but I wanted to set some things straight and clarify some facts in case they will further the discussion:
  1. There seems to be an insinuation that some of the people voting to keep the article are agents of Birkensnake. In fact, neither I nor the other editor has had anything to do with this article (except my minor edit, as described above). I suppose one of our contributors or friends might have, but if so nobody has said anything to me about it.
  2. We have not won (or applied for) any awards as a magazine.
  3. Since the question of reviews keeps coming up: Issue 2 got long reviews in Big Other, Art + Culture, and Rat′s Reading, plus shorter notices in HTMLGIANT, Luna Digest's Fictionaut Blog, and PubliCola, and also a profile/interview thing in Black Clock. The working definition of the term “blog” seems to be in dispute here; I don′t offer any opinion about whether these are blogs or not. 24.250.21.249 (talk) 04:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • — 24.250.21.249 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Lionel (talk) 20:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for weighing in. Do you have URLs for those reviews? Blogs by themselves are usually not notable, but a bunch of them might add up to something. Good luck getting the third issue together. Drmies (talk) 04:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Sorry, should have said: Big Other, Art + Culture, Rat's Reading, HTMLGIANT, Fictionaut, PubliCola, Black Clock. Thanks, Drmies – Issue 3 binding begins tomorrow! 24.250.21.249 (talk) 04:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Change to keep. While these are indeed blogs, some of them are better than others; I am favorably impressed with the Art + Culture blog, and the number of positive reviews is good. To many of the other keep voters: the way to sway other editors is by presenting evidence, not by yelling at them or making arguments from taste. Brian, all the best, and I'll be looking for a copy in my mailbox! ;) Drmies (talk) 18:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC) 18:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I am a fan of the magazine so maybe I'm biased, but I think it's certainly a notable lit magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by StaceyGanmons (talk • contribs) 08:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • — StaceyGanmons (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Lionel (talk) 20:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I, like the editor, found this page with google. At least it's giving you free press, right? I've been surfing wikipedia for a few years now, but this is my first edit. Take my opinion for what it's worth. The question comes down to whether or not the reviews and the award make this entry viable. There appeared to be some confusion as to what the award was for. The way the entry currently reads, it's very clear that the award was for a story within Birkensnake and not for Birkensnake itself. The entry may not have always been that clear, but it is now. Moreover, it's still significant for Birkensnake that a story within Birkensnake received an award. Maybe not as significant had Birkensnake itself won the award, but it still adds some substance to the claim that Birkensnake is viable as an entry. As for the reviews, there is a glut of reviews on the web. It's debatable which ones are considered blogs and which ones are considered reliable. There's not a clear distinction between the two, even as defined by wikipedia. Between the award (for a story within Birkensnake) and the many independent reviews, Birkensnake is undoubtedly viable as a wikipedia entry. EdwinChowder (talk) 11:07, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • — EdwinChowder (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Lionel (talk) 20:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete According to the article, the first issue received little attention. The second - more, but how much? And the third isn't out yet. Could it perhaps be that this article has appeared in time to give a boost to issue three? (Perhaps I spend too much time dealing with spam...) Oh yes, "binding begins tomorrow". While I do wish success to Birkensnake, I don't feel that this article fits in with Wikipedia's policies yet. Peridon (talk) 12:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • What is it with these anti-snakes and their conspiracy theories? I think you owe the editor an apology. Especially after he even identified himself! I am in no way connected to birkensnake. I only created the article after doing an edit on micro award. it was the one publisher of a winner that didn't have its own page. it didnt take a whole lot of effort to find info on birkensnake either.Flash Bang Man (talk) 15:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As a writer myself, I have nothing against literary magazines. As a Wikipedian, I don't feel this one is particularly notable yet. Couple more issues, maybe something more will turn up. There are plenty of things one can turn up info on that will never get a place on Wikipedia. Peridon (talk) 17:54, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You don't write for the New York Times, do you? I wasn't talking about whether or not Birkensnake is worthy with my last post. I was talking about you loose accusation that the Birkensnake editor was using this as publicity. Are you going to apologize for this completely baseless and slanderous claim?Flash Bang Man (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Flash, anyone who has spent any time at all watching AfD has seen promotional articles so Peridon's speculation, and that's all it was, was not improper. I've noticed your tone becomming increasingly defensive and maybe we all should calm down a little.Lionel (talk) 20:31, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe your right. It just came accross kind of like an accusation. Flash Bang Man (talk) 06:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP even the reviews that are blogs (and not all of them are) easily fit within wiki's criteria for a reliably source. they are blogs by people respected in literature and short literature, not blogs by random nobodys. the only place where blogs are prohibited by wikipedia are in biographies. this is not a biography. an easy KEEP.Cartersfriendly (talk) 14:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • This is very, very incorrect. Blogs can be reliable sources but that depends on the blog. Please read WP:RS and the associated discussions; your broad statement that blogs are prohibited only in BLPs has no basis in any WP guideline or consensus. Drmies (talk) 20:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • You're both saying the same thing here and you're both correct in that blogs in some cases are reliable sources. We're not dealing with a biography here, so that part isn't relevantHeartSWild (talk) 10:24, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • — Cartersfriendly (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. 207.157.121.92 (talk) 18:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note to closing Admin Discussion seems to have attracted a number of WP:SPAs. Of course their contributions are just as important as any other editor, although they may not be as familiar with such policies as WP:SPS or WP:RS, or even WP:NOTDEMOCRACY. Lionel (talk) 20:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • You even had me believing that blogs were prohibited as refs until another user posted otherwise and I went back and reread the guidance. cartersfriendly is right-the blogs used here fit the criteria as reliable sources. they are all of high quality, written by writers or editors highly respected in their field (writing and short stories), and they are only about those topics (writing, stories). case closed. did you actually read them before deleting them? show me what line they violate in wikipedia's reliable source guidance. i'm glad one of the users who previously voted to delete actually went through and read the refs (now removed by you) and concluded that they were reliable and that the magazine is notable. it's moot point anyway, the reviews you left weren't blogs, proving that this magazine has received the required media attention to make it notable.Flash Bang Man (talk) 05:49, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Which is rather ironic given the post below is by one of the blog writers and even he says his blog doesn't qualify. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 05:51, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Did he say that every blog doesn't qualify? Flash Bang Man (talk) 19:49, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, but you indicated that they all qualify. They don't. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 22:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't recall saying that. please show me where I did. Flash Bang Man (talk) 06:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The second post above this - "the blogs used here fit the criteria as reliable sources. they are all of high quality, written by writers or editors highly respected in their field (writing and short stories), and they are only about those topics (writing, stories). case closed." (emphasis added) 69.181.249.92 (talk) 06:27, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Saying that all of the blogs used here are reliable sources is not the same thing as saying that all blogs are. Flash Bang Man (talk) 08:32, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Semantics. This is beginning to remind me of the current debate about the Fox News donation to the Republicans and their moving target as to why they don't consider it newsworthy. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 08:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, it is not semantics. Me saying that the blogs used here meet reliable source standards is NOT the same thing as saying that ALL blogs ever written do. End of story.Flash Bang Man (talk) 08:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
and please don't compare me to republicans or fox news. Flash Bang Man (talk) 08:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I'm the author of one of the blogs referenced as having reviewed the second issue. My blog is not notable. Publicola isn't exactly a blog, however. They are a news org that uses wordpress as their publishing platform. They do original reporting, mostly on Seattle and Washington state politics, but occasionally on cultural stuff like Birkensnake. Maybe in a couple more years Birkensnake will improve their profile (they do excellent work), but they aren't there yet. A couple of reviews, even on places like HTMLGiant aren't much in the way of notability. TheKingRat (talk) 21:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • CommentI've never posted my opinion on here, but what the heck. The whole crux of this debate comes down to the sources of this entry being blogs, thus making them unreliable sources, thus making this entry not notable. This not correct. According to WP:IRS, blogs can be considered reliable sources if they meet certain wickets. NOTE: I don't see any blogs currently being used as sources for this entry. But since it seems to be such an issue of contention if you would like to use a blog as a source, it would be best to put the link on the talk page and discuss why it would or why it wouldn't be a reliable source. Some blogs are, some blogs aren't. I hope that helps.HeartSWild (talk) 07:40, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • KeepThe entry is notable based on the sources currently used. It looks like some additional reliable sources may have been removed in error. There is confusion of both sides of this discussion on what a reliable source is. I encourage everyone to check out: WP:SPS.HeartSWild (talk) 10:16, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for your encouragement. I assure you, though, that after 47,000 edits on Wikipedia I have a reasonably good idea of what a reliable source is, and I am happy that it took you less than a dozen edits to learn this. Let me assure you of something else: there is very little confusion, on the side of the nay-sayers, current and former, of what a reliable source is. Happy editing; I hope you stick around after this AfD is over. Drmies (talk) 15:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I've been on wikipedia for a while, just never created an account. Thank you for the warm welcome!HeartSWild (talk) 07:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • References Duotrope is a quote from (apparently) the publishers of Birkensnake. "BIG OTHER is an online forum of iconoclasts and upstarts". (Forums are not usually considered reliable.) Publicola looks reasonable. Getting there, a bit at least. Micro Award is notability for a story. Note to whoever tagged the statement about the magazine having little media note for its first issue: that's almost impossible to reference, but is a sign of honesty. The 'more' subsequent is potentially capable of referencing, and needs to be referenced reliable (by Wikipedia's standards, please - it's our ball and our rules). Peridon (talk) 10:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Agreed for most of your points. At the end of the day, I think this is a notable entry. Part of this articles for deletion process is to improve articles that are notable. I think we did that here.HeartSWild (talk) 18:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Getting there. I would like to say keep. Just a bit more... Peridon (talk) 18:44, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • So where are we?
  1. duotrope NOT a source for notability as it's a primary source
  2. publicola OK
  3. bigother NOT RS: it's a forum
  4. microaward NOT a source for notability as no significant coverage about Birk.
  5. official website NOT a source for notability as it's a primary source
Having one source for notability fails WP:N as mutiple sources are required. Lionel (talk) 21:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I currently see 3 reviews/references being used that are reliable sources per WP:SPS. I am not counting micro award or the official website as they are there only as sources of information, not notability.HeartSWild (talk) 07:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Art + Culture, Big Other-not an internet message board/forum-and PubliCola are all valid references per wikipedia's standards. Flash Bang Man (talk) 09:02, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Black Clock, mentioned above by the editor, also looks to be a reliable subscription-based publication. Dialectric (talk) 12:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Really? Doesn't it state on Big Others About page: "BIG OTHER is an online forum"? (BTW Peridon already pointed this out.) This isn't exactly open to debate when the source describes itself thus. NEW DEVELOPMENT on Art+Culture - see below. Lionel (talk) 19:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It may describe itself as an online forum, but if you had actually taken the time to read it you would have noticed that it isn't an "online forum" in the sense that most people use it. It isn't a forum/message board where users make posts or discuss topics. Its an online forum in the sense that they have about 20 or so authors that write stories/articles for the website. Not fully checking out a source when you dont like it seems to be a common theme with you. Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
BTW Black Clock is an interview of the editor. That is not independent and thus the source cannot be used for notability. Lionel (talk) 19:47, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So now interviews by independent sources are no longer valid? What other rules do you want to make up in this discussion? Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:34, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Should we tell Diane Sawyer?Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:48, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Independent reviews look legit and the award to Michael Stewart is significant. Bryanskunk (talk) 12:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • — Bryanskunk (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Drmies (talk) 15:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • COMMENT NEW DEVELOPMENT... After reading Art+Culture again I noticed this: "Last week, Brian Conn and Joanna Ruocco, editors of Birkensnake, contributed two Guest Curator posts ... to Art+Culture." Because A+C is publishing Conn & Ruocco's contributions, it casts doubt on A+Cs objectivity and independence. Is this review quid pro quo? Afterall, the review of Birk. comes only a week after Conn & Ruocco contributed. Because of this potential conflict of interest A+C cannot be considered as a source for notability. That means there is only 1 source for Birk., thus it fails notability and per policy should be deleted. Lionel (talk) 19:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • For anyone counting, that actually leaves 3 reliable sources. Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Observation. Does this from A+C seem a little promotional? "The print editions of Birkensnake are four dollars each in the United States and Canada and six dollars each in every other part of the world; it makes a lot of sense to buy a print edition of Birkensnake (ital. mine)." Buy is a hyperlink to an order form. Kinda pushy? Especially since the magazine is free online. Lionel (talk) 19:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • And now he wants to discuss whether or not its a good buy. Flash Bang Man (talk) 20:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delete Despite trying, I can't quite see sufficient, meaningful sources. No point getting into a debate about it, I'm just not quite convinced. Still, I hope someone userfies this and makes a decent article in their space, ready for the NYT mention that would get it over the hill. And good luck to the closing admin. Bigger digger (talk) 21:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Digger, you are exactly right, in all ways. Good luck to the closing admin, seeing through all these SPAs, personal attacks, and wikilawyering. If it has to be userfied, I'll gladly take it. I know the editor! ;) Drmies (talk) 21:40, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • If that's the criteria then we need to delete around 90% of wikipedia. Flash Bang Man (talk) 21:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apology I apologize for anything rude I said here or for offending aynone. But when your first accused of creating an wikipedia article for profit and then compared to Fox News and Republicans its easy to lose your temper. i hope you can see where i'm coming from. Flash Bang Man (talk) 22:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Since no one appreciates my edits and I just piss everyone off I'm going to retire from wikipedia. it was nice meeting all of you. all the best! Flash Bang Man (talk) 22:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Jalali[edit]

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OTRS request for deletion (2010082010006879) and no particularly good reason to keep it; those competitions that he's won have been minor, and the sources barely cover WP:BIO's requirements. I'm particularly leery about the reliability of at least one source because it was written by the guy who wrote the article. Ironholds (talk) 20:04, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christel Miller[edit]

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Not notable filmaker fails WP:GNG and WP:ENTERTAINER. Lede says she is a filmmaker but has no notable film credits whatsoever. Only sources are Sallyport, her college mag, and ZAMI, a non-RS website. No significant coverage, no multiple sources. First AfD was no consensus. I speculate the voters found her to be "promising." Well, more than a year later and... nothing. I regret AfDing a fellow Bruin, but we're building an encyclopedia, not a yearbook. Lionel (talk) 19:51, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete. Nothing in the article proves her notability. It claims she is a filmmaker but no actual films are documented to have been made. Google search reveals nothing additional. --Crunch (talk) 04:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom and Crunch. The subject is described as a filmmaker, yet she has no listing in the Internet Movie Database. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The only substance in this article is her undergraduate career. No demonstrable accomplishments, much less impact as a filmmaker. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 15:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]
  • Delete per WP:TOOSOON. While happy to congratulate her on her accomplishements as a student and intern, she has not reached the point where those accomplishments merit inclusion in Wikipedia... failing WP:ENT, WP:GNG, and subsequently WP:BIO. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 23:43, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Antonette Goroch[edit]

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unclear notability: as the article says - "somewhat popular in the underground scene" Melaen (talk) 19:29, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dylan Scally[edit]

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unclear notability Melaen (talk) 19:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete. Tone 11:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ruby mendez[edit]

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Probable hoax. No refs, no IMDb page, no Fashion Model Directory page; official site link goes nowhere and a G-search offers nothing. Furthermore, several of the modeling claims are clearly false, as this person has never been a Victoria's Secret Angel or Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covermodel and has never appeared on any Forbes earnings lists, let alone topped them year after year.  Mbinebri  talk ← 19:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • delete. As the article says: best known for her self-proclaim title as Extreme Extraordinaire Super Mega Model --Melaen (talk) 19:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Per nom. Even her own homepage leads to a placeholder. Google image turns up absolutely nothing, nor does a regular Google search. Looks like a hoax to me. - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 20:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete as hoax. Later, she attended the prestigious Animalista School Of Extreme Talent in Puerto Rico. Carrite (talk) 00:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely a hoax. Only other "contributions" by creator was to a page which they blanked, which was then reverted by another editor, then vandalized with false info by this editor, before being reverted by another editor again. Carrite (talk) 00:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Careerstallion[edit]

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website with 2500 - 3000 hits monthly as stated in the article...? that seem scarcely notable Melaen (talk) 19:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sribharath[edit]

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dubious notability Melaen (talk) 18:59, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep I withdraw this nomination Martyst111 (talk) 12:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

French Union of Film Critics Awards 2001[edit]

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How is it notable? there's no link to main organization. Martyst111 (talk) 18:44, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - This seems to be a well established and well covered film awards program. Just because there is not yet an article on the organization or the awards program doesn't seem to me to be sufficient justification to delete these articles. Wikipedia is always unfinished. --Bsherr (talk) 18:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Have we met before? Maybe in Cannes? Oh well I'm supposed to assume good faith and point you into the general direction of the International Critic's Week, which was properly linked from the articles. keep. Ideally, the whole bunch of Critics' awards can be merged into one table, rows for years, columns for prizes - anyone? East of Borschov 19:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I found the organization article. It's called French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. I merged ALL the content of the two articles and from French wiki there as a user, called East of Borschov, suggested . These articles are not needed now because the same content is already in French Syndicate of Cinema Critics now--Martyst111 (talk) 19:39, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Pepper[edit]

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Primary contributor has the same username as the record company that represents this individual, so possible COI is at play. All of the sources and external links are either self-published material or links to user-submitted information (ie: urban dictionary). No notability has been established. nsaum75¡שיחת!‎ 18:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Retard-O-Bot[edit]

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Notability not established. References and external links are self-made profile pages on myspace, twitter, etc..Also appears that the record label has a wikipedia account (User:MangledMedia) that has made substantial contributions and/or created this page. nsaum75¡שיחת!‎ 18:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Subject clearly notable but the argument that this is a synthesis and therefore original research has not been refuted. Therefore this may be recreated from scratch but the advice from the discussion is to look at a wider article or include this into another subject as sourcing for a specific article of this type is clearly difficult Spartaz Humbug! 07:11, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stray cow problem in India[edit]

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The article is factually incorrect. The author combined data from multiple sources to reach a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. WP:SYNTHESIS applies here. Vipinhari || talk 18:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article is not at all factually incorrect. Any inquiry through international or Indian media will prove that Stray cows are a serious problem in India and a matter of utmost concern for politicians, economists, lawmakers and journalists. Each of the source referenced here reaches the same conclusion on its own. Any one can see it for themselves.
The main cause, the religious belief, that holds the cow holy (otherwise they would be no problem like in other all countries) also needs to be addressed and inquired into, which itself has been a source to communal tension ( a secular scholar D. N. Jha, who wrote The Myth of the Holy Cow is living under police-protection due to threat of Hindu fundamentalists. Wikipedia, which is uncensored cannot be subjected to such pressure.) Jon Ascton  (talk) 18:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So you think the issue of 'Stray cows' is the most serious problem in India that everyone tried and failed to solve? Vipinhari || talk 19:11, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Of course not the MOST serious but a serious problem all the same, as any unbiased person can see for himself. That means Wikipedia has a page about it  Jon Ascton  (talk) 19:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please use <s>old text</s> to alter the comments you've already posted, so that others will not get confused. My reply was based on that word (utmost) which you've removed in this edit. Vipinhari || talk 01:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. India does have a lot of stray cows roaming the street. We should keep it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CJISBEAST (talk • contribs) 18:52, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep. It badly needs a cleanup ("Of course such milk is absurdly low in quantity and quality and hence a source of malnutrition" - charming) and factual information (just how many cows are too many? numbers, for example). Right now it's more like a collection of old wives tales. But I agree cows are evil! East of Borschov 19:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • According to New York Times the figures in Delhi alone is at least 5000. Added Citation. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/world/asia/05india.html  Jon Ascton  (talk) 19:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep Nominator hasn't explained what the new conclusion was. I don't see it as synthesis at all. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 02:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - numerous documentaries have documented the issue. Brown people are not all the same. Bearian'sBooties 03:06, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Weak keep - needs much work to remove the tone of a rant against Hindu religious beliefs (for example the word "problem" in the title is POV in itself), and the paragraph about cow urine seems completely off-topic. Perhaps something like Stray dogs in Bangkok or Rats in New York City is the way ahead for this article. Astronaut (talk) 04:26, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - This is a legitimate phenomenon and an article should be there to cover it. The problem is Jon Ascton is approaching the article from the angle "I can't believe they are still doing this", which colours the article through out. And he extrapolates news from one city to all of the country. (Not an isolated phenomena: he did something similar in the Kundi (stealing power). Even after explaining that the term "Kundi" is punjabi and is not referred to as such in other states of India, he has not modified the article. Just to show his understanding of Indian subjects is flawed) There are two problems with this article a)There is a "stray cattle" problem in india not just "stray cows" b) The "sacred cow" is one of the reasons for this (obviousls bulls and buffaloes are not sacred, but they are still left to wander the roads).[3],[4],[5],[6]. These issues can be taken care of by normal case of editing. So deletion is not the solution.--Sodabottle (talk) 05:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep. Notable topic, but the article has been written as a synthesis -- needs some editing. utcursch | talk 09:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. title says "Stray cow problem in India" and reference given is for delhi and gurgaon only.Gobade.abhay1 (talk) 22:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I do not dispute that this problem exists. That being said, I don't think that this is the article. The creator of the article seems to have curiously intense interest in the origins of the Hindu religious belief in the sacred status of cows (see the talk page and Reference Desk), and while that in itself is certainly no reason to delete an article, it comes coupled with the pov that the religious belief is a "stupid superstition" (which is presumably why the article creator included unrelated data on the consumption and marketing of cow urine in the article), and as such, the original article was a synthesized piece meant to ridicule Hinduism. Having gone through the article and eliminated much not sourced or germane to the actual topic, there's precious little in the article which does not contravene WP:SYNTH. The Rhymesmith (talk) 02:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:SYN without prejudice to creating an encyclopedic article on Stray animals in India. India has a problem with stray animals just like many other countries. focusing only on stray cows is not fair to the dogs, cats, snakes , sparrows, pigeons , rats, monkeys etc who run free all over India.[7], [8], [9], [10]--Wikireader41 (talk) 07:51, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep::Stray Cows in India, unlike any other animal are a special social-political problem.
Cow Urine has been removed. That's seems OK. I did this section to give an insight into mind of the majority community. Is not this directly connected with stray-cow problem ? What other country has cow-urine as soft-drink ? This is a curios phenomenon itself. It has been talked over in media, why Wikipedia should be an exception ?
A search at Youtube with "Stray Cows in India" will bring a flood of videos, recorded by people, tourists and natives, news agencies not connected with each other. All will show stray cows wandering on streets in almost all Indian towns, not just a town or two.
Similarly a search at google with same entry will show (if one is open-minded, that is) that problem does exist all over India, common people are agitated with this problem, the problem is hot-issue.

 Jon Ascton  (talk) 21:53, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stray cows in India are indeed a unique phenomenon and problem distinct from stray dogs and cats, because of the religious circumstances which do not obtain elsewhere in the world (except Nepal, perhaps). I don't object to an article on the topic> I do suggest that it's either deleted and recreated or expanded and rewritten (without the synthesis and original research). The Rhymesmith (talk) 02:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
almost all Indian towns, not just a town or two. This is what people are troubled about. You are making sweeping statements without sources to back them up. Instead of taking potshots at others (if one is open-minded) why don't you go and find sources that back up yours assertions.--Sodabottle (talk) 04:03, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The topic is notable, but this is one of those rare instances where WP:TNT might be applicable. Seriously take a look at the referencing (despite the efforts of The Rhymesmith to clean up the article. Here are a couple of examples:
From article "The high number[1] of cows wandering on towns, villages and even metros[2]".
Ref [1] is: " - number of cows in India: 200 million [Times of India aug 04]; - number of buffaloes in India: 90 million [Times of India aug 04]"
Ref [2] is: "Cows are frequently allowed to wander where they please, even in cities, where Indians tend to view them much the way Americans and Europeans regard pigeons — an unpleasant but intractable part of the urban landscape. "
How on earth can the above two refs be combined to give the sentence in our article?
From article "There have been instances when rumours that a cow's tail has been cut caused riots so serious that army interference has to be used.[7]"
Whether ref [7] is real or not doesn't seem too relevant, but a "key" point in the article is based on the fact that some rumours have been reported?
Given this kind of synthesis that's going on in the article, it's better to delete it now, and let someone with some grasp of the subject write an article. —SpacemanSpiff 07:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody with "some grasp on problem" will hurt your feelings even more ! Then you will not even find a loophole to get this eyesore off Wikipedia.  Jon Ascton  (talk) 16:01, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


  • Comment Jon you only show your ignorance about the problem with your comment. If Hindus worship cows its only POV pushers who would consider stray cows a 'Problem' and title the article as such. somebody who had NPOV in mind would have called it 'Strays cows in India' Why are cows so special ???? Monkeys and certain snakes ( cobras) also have a special religious importance to Hindus. Youtube videos are not considered RS. also more people die due to rabies caused by stray dogs than ever get affected by stray cows. why do stray cows deserve an article and not the stray dogs ??? are we going to have separate articles on Stray monkeys in India, Stray dogs in India Stray rats in India, Stray cats in India and so on ??? only alternative is to delete and recreate an encyclopedic article on the entire stray animal issue ( with a subsection on cows ). the correlation between stray cows and Hindu beliefs is not scientific and conjecture at best. would like to see some high quality scientific work which suggests this issue is caused by Hindu religious beliefs.--Wikireader41 (talk) 12:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete it ASAP. I don't care anymore what you do to this article (it has been mutilated to nothingness anyway ). But I have learnt my lesson - Wikipedia is not Uncensored.
    This was what happened when Dr D. N. Jha came out with The Myth of Holy Cow ( by the way Wikipedia has no review about this very important book, now we know why ! ) In fact I had plans to make a page on Jha's book, but seeing the conditions here, I would rather leave you alone with your precious sentiments  Jon Ascton  (talk) 16:01, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully you have learnt a lesson that WP:NPOV and WP:OR are pillars of WP. Finding "Problems" in certain cultures and writing articles on them will run into trouble. I am pretty sure an article on Assfucking problem among western cultures would not last very long either.--Wikireader41 (talk) 11:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename, in spite of author's recent request to close as "delete". The main problem with the article is the horribly POV title (which doesn't meet naming policy for neutrality - WP:NDESC), and the lack of balanced content. An article titled Cows in India or Cattle in India probably merits a WP article. It would cover the overall treatment of cows in India, veneration by some religions and people, laws against killing cows in some regions, and yes, the problem with strays (and also the idea, if sourced, that some people don't see it as a problem), and the situation with non-'cow' cattle. First Light (talk) 19:13, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, per Wikireader41 and SpacemanSpiff. There may be something notable for an article or two, but given the article's narrowly chosen topic and the WP:SYN issues here, it would be best to blow it up and start over. It's a conflation of two only loosely related issues, that of Stray animals in India and Cow in Hinduism (which is mostly what Cattle in religion is at the moment). In (some parts of) India there are all kinds of stray animals besides cows, including buffaloes, dogs, sheep, and monkeys. Whatever the unmentioned "problem" in the title is, it's certainly less serious with cows than dogs. Shreevatsa (talk) 08:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I have moved the title to more NPOV Stray cows in India--Wikireader41 (talk) 13:58, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's generally not a good idea to make such radical changes to an article while AfD is in progress… improvements are good, but some changes can invalidate parts of the earlier discussion and cause confusion. In any case, for what it's worth, I still think it's good in this case to delete and start over with a more general stray-animal article. Shreevatsa (talk) 16:24, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and broaden its coverage Literally speaking, I have seen stray cats, deers, racoons, opposums, snakes and other animals in western countries. it is a cultural issue not perceived to be so much a problem by Indians as may be by western tourists. Compared to animals which do and dont stray in western countries, dogs and cows can be considered stray animals in India. may be Indians appreciate and understand animals are not happy when imprisoned. in any case, since it is factual and it is not just cows, i would broaden the coverage to Stray animals in India. --CarTick 16:55, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I also agree a Stray animals in India article would be good to have, but I voted Delete here (WP:TNT) -- if you look at the history of the article you'll see why. :-) Shreevatsa (talk)
That is fine with me. I am not going to do it though. :) --CarTick 20:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Cartick. where I live in US there is a big stray deer problem which causes millions of dollars worth of losses every year by running in front of cars [11] and spreading Lyme disease by carrying Ixodes scapularis. the article could be moved to Stray animals in India easily and expanded. IMO opinion primary focus of the article should be on stray dogs which are much more dangerous and spread rabies--Wikireader41 (talk) 03:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Inverse Order[edit]

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Seems to fail WP:BAND. Provided refs are just reviews of their CD, no actual articles ABOUT the band. Burpelson AFB (talk) 03:31, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete I had originally speedy deleted this article, and it was recreated. The arguments used on my talk page for keeping the article (and my responses to them) are shown below:
    1. Has won or been nominated for a major music award (major in New Zealand - Juice TV Music Video award not sure if this counts?)
      • I would not count this as a major music award. Juice TV is mainly received in the Auckland area - there were plans to "to get Juice TV broadcasting free-to-air on a UHF network that covered most metropolitan and many regional centres across New Zealand. ... The plan did not happen." (to quote from the Juice TV article). The major NZ music award which is internationally recognised are the New Zealand Music Awards
    2. Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network in NZ- KiwiFM and The Rock FM
      • I could find no evidence (other than blogs, etc written by the band) that Kiwi FM or The Rock FM had the band in their national rotation.
    3. They have also charted in the top 40 of the New Zealand rock radio charts
      • This was the one which gave me slight pause! The official source of the NZ charts is the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. The cited source in the article is the RadioScope chart - but this chart only counts for 75% of the official figures (the remainder being from airplay) - and the single was at position 40 for two weeks on the RadioScope chart - they did not chart on the RIANZ official charts (see here).
Overall, I do not see that they meet WP:BAND, hence my delete -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:14, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]



See talk page for discussion —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrJeems (talk • contribs) 04:14, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have responded there, and advise MrJeems to comment on this page rather than the talk page of the article itself -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Radioscope

  • I'm finding it hard to see how any band can prove they were playlisted on a radio station. Looking at a few other similar band pages none of them offer real references to this. The way I see it, the band ranking in the top 40 of the Radioscope Rock charts - a chart used to rank radio airplay - would imply that significant amounts of radio play were achieved? And this could only really be achieved through national radio play - as smaller stations don't have enough listeners to make much of a dent on the charts.
  • Also, I'm still unsure as to what constitutes a relevant reference in terms of online articles. Would an article on the website of a national news provider count? Or an old article in a Local newspaper? It seems to me like there is plenty of stuff out there, its just a matter of presenting it in a way that Wikipedia accepts. Any help would be appreciated.

MrJeems - talk - contributions 15:40, 13 August 2010 (+12 GMT)

  • Actually, you have it the wrong way round - the Radioscope Rock charts do not signify airplay, but purchases - the fact that they charted at number 40 for two weeks shows that they made enough sales; to get into the NZ official charts, you need to have the airplay as well, which there is no evidence of, as they did not make the official chart, only the Radioscope one.Oops, I got it the wrong way round! Also, if enough criteria are met, not all of them need to be proved - national playlisting can indeed be hard to prove (unless, for example, The New Zealand Herald had an article about them which included a mention along the lines of "... and their single xyz was featured on the national playlist for 3 weeks...").
  • Correction - the Radioscope charts do indeed show that they got enough airplay - but they didn't chart because that only counts for 25% of the official chart rating - the remaining 75% is through sales. However, the criteria state Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network - my understanding of RadioScope is that they look at the airplay by the local as well as national stations - there are 25 nationals, about 100 locals (excluding Maori language stations) - As I stated above, I could find no evidence that the nationals had played them, and I think that it is possible to reach #40 by airplay on the locals only.
  • The 3 News article looked promising, but I notice that the writer (in February this year) says they "are still relatively unknown. They’re in that all too familiar limbo, like so many other Kiwi bands and artists, just waiting for their big break." - this does not appear to be the wording about a band who meets the criteria for inclusion! Also, the fact that this is about a gig at a pub does not meet WP:BAND criteria 4: Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.
  • I must admit that the North Shore Times article reference is a surprise - the majority of their 75,000 household readership are in the 35-64 age range! However, that article appears to be about them winning a local competition, which I do not think will meet Wikipedia's criteria.
Overall, unless evidence can be produced that they meet WP:BAND's criteria for inclusion (and at the moment, I personally do not feel that they meet that standard) then I do not feel that the band is sufficiently notable to warrant an entry on Wikipedia at this time. I will leave more detailed notes on your talk page -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 07:55, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —fetch·comms 18:07, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • DeleteSeems no more notable than any number of other similar acts. Inclusion seems more like an attempt to gain/promote notability than record pre-existing notability. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 08:41, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:34, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kurt Halsey[edit]

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The article appears to fail WP:BIO. There has been previous discussion on the article talk page, two years ago, about the lack of notability evidence coming to little conclusion. His work has been published, but there is little mention in Google Books and no mention at all in Google News. There are some fansite discussions and the odd website interview but nothing showing significant impact, international recognition or significant awards. Fæ (talk) 17:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete As borderline BLP. None of the sources used in the article seem particularly reliable to me. Steven Walling 00:03, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Keep all. —fetch·comms 00:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions[edit]

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Also nominating:

All appear to fail WP:CORP. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - as all per Notability for Non-commercial organizations Individual chapters, divisions, departments, and other sub-units of notable organizations are only rarely notable enough to warrant a separate article. - no indication these are. Codf1977 (talk) 19:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • … apart from the several encyclopaedias that they already have individual articles in, of course. Uncle G (talk) 19:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Alabama Baptist Convention is encyclopaedic, in the quite literal sense. My educated guess, without checking, is that the others will be, too. I strongly advise checking. Uncle G (talk) 19:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete There are no references in the general media that establishes notability. Prsaucer1958 (talk) 20:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC) Weak Keep The newly added references establish notability. Prsaucer1958 (talk) 02:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Actually, many of them were already there when I made the edit above. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 03:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep the Alabama article, at least, which has been reborn as a substantive and well-cited historical article through the redemptive efforts of Uncle G. I agree with Uncle G that these topics are inherently encyclopedic, and will be interested in hearing Uncle G's opinion about whether the other articles can be similarly saved.--Arxiloxos (talk) 02:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep all. I'm sure this stuff is notable. Probably crazy notable. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 03:26, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep all. As the state-level organisations (or meetings of them) for a very major American denomination, I would have thought these were notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep all. Agree with Peterkingiron and others arguing for this above. The Alabama State Convention is especially notable, it appears, because of its position on slavery before the American Civil War, which contributed to the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention and splitting apart of the national one - definitely significant and part of sectional tensions. Article needs better explanation and updating with newer sources, as it is overly reliant on the 1881 Baptist Encyclopedia, but clearly there are valid, third-party, academic sources whose authors have studied the denomination, role of religion in southern states, and the way it developed in different states. Given the way demographics have been changing across the SW and West, changes in denominational membership and the state conventions are important today as well.Parkwells (talk) 02:20, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for your contributions. I also created pages for the following state conventions which have been deleted. If you could advocate their restoration I would be very pleased.

State Convention of Baptist in Indiana Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists Baptist State Convention of Michigan Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Nevada Baptist Convention Baptist Convention of New England Baptist Convention of New Mexico Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Northwest Baptist Convention Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey Toverton28 (talk) 02:54, 25 August 2010 (UTC)toverton28[reply]

  • Some of the nominated articles should be kept, some deleted, a follows:
  • Following the sourcing mentioned below, and the work on the various articles, I am happy to change my recommendation to Keep all on the above list -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 18:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As for the other articles which Toverton28 has asked to be restored, without looking at them, I would suggest that if they are referenced, they should be restored otherwise not.
Comment May I remind participants at this AfD that such organisations would not be inherently notable (unless someone can find a policy or guideline that says so) - to show notability, there needs to be significant coverage in reliable independent sources; also even if some of the conventions are notable, that does not mean that all of them are. The articles I have suggested keeping have such references - excellent work, by the way, Uncle G! You'll notice that I extended this to include "Further reading" - I would hope that someone would be able to get a copy of this reading and add inline citations in the article! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 06:27, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep all. These are independent organizations that are members of a national association, not branches of the national organization. There seems to be plenty to be said about each: history, membership, churches, schools, missions, controversies etc. Some of the articles establish notability by citing sources, the others could easily be expanded and improved to show notability. E.g. this book search for the Arizona organization. We should not delete articles on subjects that are clearly notable just because the article does not yet include citations to prove notability. Better to add content and citations than nominate for deletion. WP:BEFORE. Articles for other state Baptist conventions, if notable (most probably are), could be created or restored, but should have significant content and citations so they are of value to the reader. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - The "individual chapters/divisions..." language of WP:CLUB does not apply as these are affiliated, but distinct/independent groups from each other and the Southern Baptist Convention. As I noted above in response to Phantomsteve, it seems each, or at least most, on their own meets WP:ORG. Novaseminary (talk) 00:03, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just for fun, does anyone want to nominate the Alabama article for DYK? The tagline could be something to do with the number of members it represents (1.3 million). I think it squeaks under the line for date and % expansion. A childish suggestion, and as a serious editor I am certainly not recommending this action. The article is still very much in flux with a lot to be added, and is decidedly short on pictures. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's not beyond the bounds of possibility, and not as silly as you might think. Diogenes and Alexander was listed for DYK whilst at AFD. They held off the DYK discussion until the closure of the AFD discussion. On the other hand, that was me as well, it was only a fortnight ago, and we've already got two other DYK listings out of this discussion for history of Baptists in Alabama and history of Baptists in Kentucky, both of which are also me. So I'm not going to suggest the Alabama article. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 02:45, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I won't either. I was being a bit sarcastic and apologize for that. But given the size and history of the organization, the amount already in the article and the amount of content that could be added, the nomination does seem sort of daft. Still, it has stimulated improvement, which is good. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stadium (Akon album)[edit]

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Per WP:CRYSTAL and WP:HAMMER there is not yet enough confirmed info on this album. This could have been a simple PROD but based on experience with "upcoming" albums in this genre, I bet it would be removed without comment. Also, the fact that the singles already have lives of their own is irrelevant when the album is not yet a reality. DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating Stadium Music (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) because it appears to refer to the same album under a different title. Astronaut (talk) 23:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good job, I didn't notice that near-duplicate article. The fact that they both exist might just indicate that any information about the new Akon album is unclear and unconfirmed. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 02:48, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hej jeg hedder kalle med stort K

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pimcore[edit]

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Promotion for non-notable software product; article written by its developer. I have not found coverage beyond the brief mention here. Haakon (talk) 16:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Could this be speedied? Doesn't assert any notability or give any references that aren't its own website. Chris (talk) 17:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It gives this, which is why I didn't nominate for speedy. Haakon (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as advertising. A brand new WP page for brand new software. Carrite (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete - All the references are from Pimcore.org. No history or secondary sources which would place it above WP:ADVERT. SteveStrummer (talk) 01:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete by FisherQueen (talk · contribs) at 13:33, 21 August 2010 per A7. Non-admin closure Armbrust Talk Contribs 12:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flaming Guitar[edit]

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This article about a web-published comic fails the WP:WEB guidelines for notability as well as the general guidance. Searching Google and GNews reveals nothing of significance. The comic appears fairly newly created so there may be mileage in an article if it wins some awards or gets published via a recognized notable publisher; however there seems little prospect of notability (in a Wikipedia sense) being addressed in reliable independent sources in the near future. PROD removed so raising for AFD. Fæ (talk) 15:47, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • A7 No notability even asserted. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 15:51, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Forget notability: this one runs into verifiability, the cornerstone of the project and one of the few Rules that define a good article instead of getting used as a club by deletion-happy (sorry, past trauma) being intended as a tool to help make good articles. V basically means that the word of an open wiki is not good for much. All articles have to be able to give a proper answer to the question "Says who?" This is no minor issue. Check out the scam attempts after the Boxing Day tsunami, or better yet, don't. Flaming Guitar doesn't seem to have any third-party sources backing it up, nor can we expect it to acquire any in a reasonable length of time. If the authors or other people are interested in acquiring a copy of the article after the AfD closes, feel free to ask me or another admin. --Kizor 19:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Delete non-notable web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant. Thanks, Starblueheather (talk) 06:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Delete as non-notable web content. It will take a lot more than a discussion on a web forum before this can be remotely considered for notability. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 10:03, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was deleted (CSD A7) by RHaworth. NAC. Cliff smith talk 19:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trackula[edit]

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Deleted and then restored after I read the talk-- brought assertion of significance over to article. Nothing at BillBoard or Allmusic, however, leads me to believe meets WP:BAND. Not able to locate significant coverage in reliable, 3rd party sources to show does meet WP:Band. Dlohcierekim 15:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • A7 Opening for notable act ≠ notable per WP:MUSIC. It was also sourced to another WP article, which you can't do. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 15:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And 10 pound hammer hammers me with another A7! Cheers, Dlohcierekim 15:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. This is an unlikely redirect target so.... Spartaz Humbug! 07:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Association football (soccer) ball skills[edit]

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This page consists mainly of Youtube links and is otherwise redundant to Association football tactics and skills. I wouldn't mind a redirect but the current article is useless in encyclopedic terms. De728631 (talk) 15:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - per nom. Not really an encyclopaedic topic, since Wikipedia is not a "How to" manual. – PeeJay 20:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Not sure of the copyright of the videos linked so maybe the should be removed but it is informative/encyclopedic on skills used in football. Mo ainm~Talk 21:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This page is informative and useful and there is no overlap with the Association football tactics and skills. How is this list really different than something like Karate stances or List of Taekwondo techniques? The difference is they don't have external links to useful multi-media videos. Also this page has been up for less than a week, so please give it some time for the content to be enhanced as this is only a framework that has originally been set up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgates456 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • And there is the problem, Wikipedia is not supposed to provide external video content for every single section at all, it is an enclopedia that mainly provides informative text. As was said above, Wikipedia is not a how-to manual and does not rely on Youtube as that cannot be regarded as a reliable source. Not to mention possible copyright issues with those links. So if we remove them, there will be nothing left that is not already explained in Association football tactics and skills. And Karate stances as well as List of Taekwondo techniques have lists of references from reliable sources; and they are, as far as I am aware, the only articles dealing with these techniques while there's already another detailed article on football skills and techniques. Rather than starting a completely new page, the existing article should be worked upon. De728631 (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • An unsourced article is not a reason to delete. Mo ainm~Talk 23:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • An article that is redundant to another one is a reason to delete. We don't need two pages on the same topic. And unsourced material may well be deleted as original research. De728631 (talk) 00:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Where is the redundant article? If you read some the text referencing other people's names of where the moves came from, this is listed nowhere in the other article you mention! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgates456 (talk • contribs) 13:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Not encyclopedic. - 4twenty42o (talk) 10:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • How is it not encyclopedic? It explains types of ball skills used by football players and an encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of topics, if someone wants to know what a nutmeg is or a step over in relation to soccer they can find it here. Mo ainm~Talk 11:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment This is encyclopedic.. That mess of an "article" as stands is either a joke and needs to be deleted or needs to be cleverly merged into a soccer/football article. I personally think it should be deleted and be done with it. - 4twenty42o (talk) 21:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm wondering how one is suppose to build an article?! As I said, this page has been created less than a week ago and I did it to try and create a framework with information to be added in later. Should there not be some reasonable time period... (in months I'd expect) for a page to get a reasonable amount of information?
  • This page is already large enough as it is and I don't think should be merged into the 'Skills AND Tactics' page you're referencing. I originally wanted to split the page into a separate Tactics and Separate Skills, and this was a way to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgates456 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • So is the description of the Preki move a suitable reference? How is this different from Superman punch? Should we not instead tag the article 'Needs references'?--Bgates456 (talk) 14:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Anything of note to the game of football is redundant (or at least, can extremely easily be made redundant) to Association football tactics and skills. Anything notable for being one individual's trademark belongs in that individual's article. Once you remove those, the list becomes extremely trivial. As an aside, if this somehow ends up as a "no consensus" close, please move this to its correct title at Association football ball skills. --WFC-- 07:10, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy redirect duplicate of non-youtube based article. Sandman888 (talk) Latest PR 07:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Redundant article that is completely unsourced and bound to cause confusion with the similarly titled article. Merge any salvageable content to Association football tactics and skills. Uncle Dick (talk) 16:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Per nom. Argyle 4 Lifetalk 18:41, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 03:25, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of Obama first family vacations[edit]

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Questionable relevance. Nothing but an infodump of various trips that the Obamas took. Seems like an unnecessary list. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 15:25, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete- I think the best policy here to apply is WP:NOTNEWS. This is something that, while receiving coverage in the media, sure, just isn't encyclopedic. Its tabloidish stuff that nobody down the line is going care about. Umbralcorax (talk) 16:04, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Indiscriminate dump of non-notable information. List cruft. Obama and the first family are obviously notable but that doesn't make him King Midas, i.e. every single act he performs becomes gold and notable. Further, there's no indication that these excursions were significant within Obama's life or administration; one might argue for example that Theodore Roosevelt's travels were of significance since they were major news stories and in some ways influential on his life and career such many are still remembered in history books, but the same is not true of these. Indeed, most of this article's content wouldn't make the cut within the article about Obama himself. - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 17:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Given the controversy over the Obamas' vacations it's obviously notable. If not, the New York Times would never have reported on them. But futhermore, it's obviously notable by Wikipedia standards as well. If not, someone should hang an AfD tag on the Little White House article. --74.248.43.156 (talk) 17:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - WP:NOTNEWS. Coverage in the NY Times is not de facto establishment of notability. If that were countless miniscule items of local interest would qualify for unwarranted articles on Wikipedia. For that matter, regarding presidents, not every press conference merits an article either, yet a great many of those make national papers. - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 20:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The Obama family has been the target of alot of controversy over their vacations so because of so much media attention we should keep it. CJISBEAST (talk) 18:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What controversy would that be, exactly? I have not heard anything from a source I'd call reliable stating that there was anything controversial about this. Umbralcorax (talk) 19:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you should read the article before you have it deleted, you could learn something by reading it ... like what is in the very first reference. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:13, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You mean the first paragraph that sounds like a right wing blog entry, not an encyclopedia? Umbralcorax (talk) 15:48, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Except it doesn't come from a blog, its from The Daily Telegraph. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment.. I read the article. It's not helping to make the case for its notability, including such things as "After a week of vacation at the White House, Obama speaks at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia to promote education." This is considered vacation exactly how? --Crunch (talk) 18:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That claim about some kind of White House "vacation" was simply not present - nowhere to be seen - in the ref that was given to support it. The ref only talked about his address to school kids. I've just deleted the claim from the article.  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:22, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:IINFO. A listing of vacations taken by the Obamas is neither encyclopedic nor notable. Gobonobo T C 19:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - The bottom line is that we don't need a list of somebody's vacations clogging up Wikipedia, such information is clearly trivial and does not conform to the notability standards we employ here. Any non-trivial criticisms of Obama's Vacations should be added to the pre-existing article; Public image of Barack Obama. -Marcusmax(speak) 23:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete the only reason cited for keeping is that "people" (ie right wing birthers) have found the vacations "controversial" - POV Fork. Active Banana ( bananaphone 02:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apparent double–voting via socks. There's strong evidence that the two "keep" !votes that were entered by IPs above were made by the same person, and that they're both socks of a now-blocked editor. Please see this ANI post for details of what looks to me like block evasion and vote stacking, via socking. None of the named accounts here appears to be implicated, btw.  – OhioStandard (talk) 02:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I don't see it violating any Wikipedia rule, and the President's vacations have been controversial in these days of partisan news programs. The Wikipedia rule is "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." This American Life just had a story on FDR and Warm Springs vacations. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The FDR Warm Spring vacations were a little different because 1) He set up a second residence there, known as the Little White House. 2) He founded a hospital for polio patients there. 3) He died there. It's a lot different than the Obama's spending a week on Martha's Vineyard one summer and a weekend at the Grand Canyon another. Also Wikipedia is not This American Life.--Crunch (talk) 04:31, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. On several grounds: WP:NOTNEWS and WP:LIST for starters. Claims that the Obama vacations have been controversial are not particularly true, any more than any detail of his personal life (or any other presidential vacation) is under the microscope. What's next "List of brands of clothes worn by Michelle Obama" or "List of famous people who have visited Obama White House"? If the vacations are "in the news" it's only because they are on vacation right now, which speaks to WP:RECENT. --Crunch (talk) 04:26, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your argument is called reduction to absurdity. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:33, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, nonsense. An attempt to create a controversy where there is none. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 04:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - No other such articles exist for any other President, or "first family", or any other person at all. This is plainly a WP:COATRACK for a subtextual political message. SteveStrummer (talk) 07:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The first ref in the article says, of Obama, "Although he appears to take more holidays than his predecessors, they have usually been very short. His five this year will total just 20 days - he did not accompany his wife and youngest daughter to Marbella, Spain. As well as Florida, Maine, and an 11-day stay in Hawaii over Christmas and New Year, he and his wife spent two days in Asheville, North Carolina in April. " Contrast this to another passage in the same ref which says, "President George W. Bush spent a total of 879 days on holiday in his eight years in office, according to Mark Knoller of CBS, the unofficial statistician of the presidency." Will our friends on the "keep" side of the aisle please do the math and, with the result in hand, please reconsider whether their motives are fully representative of "neutral point of view"? With every assumption of good faith, it still just looks like a non-starter to me. Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 09:31, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What exactly is your argument, I can't comment unless I understand what it is. Your just reciting a quote that I added to the article. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. George W. Bush took 110 vacation days per year, on average. This article claims Obama took somewhere around 20 vacation days last year - nevermind that, according to the first ref, some of those were interrupted when various crises arose. The President has taken 20 days so far this year which, projected to a full year, works out to around 30 days per year. Let's average the two years, and agree we're still going to count a planned vacation day that gets interrupted by a crisis as a full vacation day: this means President Obama takes around 25 vacation days per year, on average. You can invoke all the Wikipedia policy pages you like to try to whip up the idea that Obama's vacations are somehow excessive and thus deserve their own article, but I don't honestly see how common sense can allow you to make such an argument. I'd have greater confidence in the "neutral point of view" of contributors to this article if they'd been half as eager to create a corresponding article about Bush, who took more than four times as many vacation days. And, no, I don't think such an article would belong in the encyclopedia, either. Anyway, I'm not going to debate the point with you further: the objective data just makes the whole premise this article is based on way too far-fetched for me to take seriously.  – OhioStandard (talk) 04:18, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Tracking someone's vacations, no matter who that person is, is hardly an encyclopedic subject. Any controversy concerning the vacations could be mentioned in the main article, which is another thing entirely than listing everywhere he -- and the family -- goes. /Julle (talk) 11:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You are parsing the title incorrectly. Try again. It is not "first family-vacation" it is "first-family vacation". Cheers. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:43, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep of course. The objections above are bizarre. Indiscriminate collection of information? Let's delete all lists then. Lack of notability? Tell that to the media that is devoting so much time to reports on the firsst family's vacations. Bush did it too? OK, somebody should make a list for Bush. --Neil Brown (talk) 17:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Can we maybe not resort to "right wing bias" arguments in this discussion? I'm a conservative and I voted delete on neutral grounds, i.e. that just because a notable person does something that briefly makes the news does not make that event notable in its own right. It does not help a deletion debate to accuse a group, who may actually be participating in the debate in good faith, of some wrongdoing. - OldManNeptune ⚓ 19:12, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Delete I could really go either way on this one. I would say merge, but I'm not sure where to put it. All I know is that the status quo isn't acceptable. Doc Quintana (talk) 20:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The actual controversy of Obama taking all these vacations can easily be put into Public image of Barack Obama, but the trivial list of where he went is not needed. My thoughts; the topic is notable but the list of vacation spots is not. -Marcusmax(speak) 00:06, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine with that. Doc Quintana (talk) 00:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as severe POV nonsense, and an obvious attempt to portray a political opponent as AWOL, despite the point made above that Bush took four times as many days of vacation per year. While it is somewhat interesting to see how many ways made-up attacks can be directed at Obama, Wikipedia should not amplify the attempts. If this topic is of any verifiable significance, it can be covered in one sentence in another article. Also WP:NOTDIRECTORY. Johnuniq (talk) 07:54, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The article addresses a topic covered on the front page of The New York Times this weekend see this link, and has been a regular subject of reportage in major newspapers. The article as it exists provides adequate reliable and verifiable sources to establish notability. Alansohn (talk) 00:53, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete – Wikipedia is not the news. This also smacks of recentism. –MuZemike 05:39, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, if any of these vacations are of sufficient "lasting importance"/notability, they would be mentioned in the relevant main articles. Clearly, not every vacation that the Obamas have taken is notable and a list of them is not appropriate. Axem Titanium (talk) 06:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment Is it WP:SNOWing yet? Active Banana ( bananaphone 16:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keepable - there's no point anybody sticking their heads in the sand, this topic has been extensively covered in the media. Not just the individual instances but the sum total. Some of the objections here are it's inherently POV - well maybe, there's been something of a ding-dong about this and Republicans have been keen to highlight Obama's holidays, so having an article on this is doing them a favor. Having said that, I'm satisfied we could and possibly should produce articles for the Bushes and Bill Clinton too. It smells of recentism otherwise, but sources exist for those other potential articles too. It's OR/synthesis of a topic; the topic as a whole is not notable because only individual holidays get press coverage and they are clearly non-notable single events - I can see the point but there's too much written and argued about the holidaying habits of Obama for this to convince me. The fact the sum total of holidays is being discussed is relevant - these are not just random press snippets for individual holidays being collated. It's trivial. Not sure. Obama's holiday decisions are made after careful consideration including political aspects. Sometimes it shines a light on his political priorities or needs at the time (e.g. the short trip to the Gulf; this article really should include more sourced critical commentary about why that decision was made and the public reaction to it - plenty of sources do exist for this). An analagous situation is the British left-wing politician Blair, who famously holidayed with the controversial conservative Italian premier Berlusconi (the surprisingly warm chemistry between the men was hotly debated in the media) and the fact that he stayed in Egypt is also informative (it says something about Egyptian-Western relations - by contrast, Blair could hardly holiday in Iran, and while that seems obvious or trivial now, an observer from 10 years in the future might find it quite insightful - and it says something about Blair too, who became a Middle East peace envoy and established a foundation for Christian-Islam discourse). A decent article could be put together about Blair's vacation activity. So there's no reason to think that the sheer existence of an Obama article is inherently trivial or political. Is this article currently in a rubbish state? Yes, but it's not spewing out vile levels of bias, nor is it breaching BLP, and it has some sources - to which many more could be added, particularly with a view to critical commentary (not criticism! There are sources about why Obama chose some of these places, and the political effectiveness or impact, and that information should be integrated). Why not give this page a chance, see if it can be brought up to scratch, and whether corresponding articles can be produced for similar politicians? TheGrappler (talk) 02:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The articles you suggest (vacations by other politicians) do not exist because they are inherently non-encyclopedic. A lot of material is published by reliable sources, but we do not pick out all the bits that we think are interesting and put them in an article because the topic is not notable. Sure, there is current interest in Obama's vacations because his opponents make up a new attack as often as they can, however Wikipedia should not be used as part of that process. Come back in six months and recreate the article (see the deleting admin for a userfied copy) and include some reliable sources that have an analysis of the mid/long term significance. Right now, there is nothing but an echo chamber. Johnuniq (talk) 08:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    What would it take for them to be encyclopedic? They don't seem to be either inherently includable, or inherently non-includable. It's a question of sources. I am not talking about synthetically combinging tidbits of information into an article - a press-cuttings compilation doesn't deserve an article - but the fact is there has been extensive analysis both for the vacation habits - taken as a whole, not just one event at a time - for GW Bush and Obama, and Blair too. "Because his opponents make up a new attack as often as they can" is actually relevant in all three cases (vacations are often used as a big stick to beat politicians with, this is certainly not an anti-Obama thing), but there have also been defenders in all three cases, and overall analysis too. TheGrappler (talk) 11:23, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as recentism without a shelf-life. About as notable as List of Obama basketball games or List of people Gerald Ford hit with a golf ball. These all made it into the news, but that doesn't make them notable encyclopedia articles. First Light (talk) 19:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is a difference here in that I can't recall seeing holistic commentary on "Obama's basketball games taken as a whole", or "Gerald Ford's golf ball people-hitting incidents taken as a whole". Whereas the Obama vacations issue has been address in third party sources holistically. I disagree to some extent with recentism - there would be sufficient third party sources to create similar articles for quite a lot of leading politicians, dating some time back. TheGrappler (talk) 21:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't see "significant coverage" of the vacations "as a whole" - only individual coverage and quotes from opposing politicians who say that the president shouldn't be taking all of those vacations. This type of thing happened even more during the Bush era, and probably during every presidency. It's just politics, and isn't notable in and of itself. First Light (talk) 23:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Merge the summary paragraph to Public image of Barack Obama. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Why would an encyclopedia have a list like this? Mention of the controversy surrounding whatever trips he has taken may make for a good section about his presidency, but a trip-by-trip list as its own article? No. HubcapD (talk) 21:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

James D. Murphy[edit]

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This article is about an author of an organisational process improvement model called "flawless execution". I can find press releases and mentions, but not substantial coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. Whpq (talk) 15:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as advertising. Afterburner is known worldwide for its consulting work around its proprietary organizational development and continuous process improvement model called Flawless Execution. Carrite (talk) 18:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The two books clearly exist and there is a small biog on the HarperCollins website although it is arguable whether this is enough to establish notability. I've only found one minor review for one of the books but, on the other hand, I've seen worse cases which have been kept. The article could be stubified to get rid of the advertising material. If a decision is made to delete this one, I suggest we look at the companion article Flawless Execution which seems to have even less to recommend it.--Plad2 (talk) 22:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fellowship of Friends[edit]

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Article contains nothing resembling a reliable source regarding this organization. Prior nomination seems to have been a misfire. bd2412 T 15:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

  • Of note, the most extensive third party discussion I can find on this organization is several pages in a book titled Deadly Cults: The Crimes of True Believers. bd2412 T 15:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
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  • Comment – I agree that the present article contains no information from reliably independent sources. Despite the considerable efforts of multiple contributors, the resulting seemingly-neutral language appears, from what I can glean about the subject, to be quite misleading about the nature of the organization. It may be possible to remedy errors of omission using information such as that in the book BD2412 cites (which, according to the Wikipedia article, Deadly Cults, appears to be regarded as a reliable one) but, failing that, I believe the present article is worse than nothing because it contains no indication of significant information that might be considered what actually makes the group notable. ~ Ningauble (talk) 18:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I've looked, and don't see anything about what these folks actually believe in other than on their websites. There is anecdotal material available in that book, but just that type of info would not provide a full picture, and may violate BLP, so, with only a primary source, BD2412 is probably correct. Because many deleted articles are found to contain defamatory or other legally suspect material, deleted pages are not permitted to be generally viewed. However, they remain in the database (at least temporarily) and are accessible to administrators, along with their edit history unless they are oversighted. Any user with a genuine reason to view a copy of a deleted page may request a temporary review (or simply ask an administrator to supply a copy of the page). Note that these requests are likely to be denied if the content has been deleted on legal grounds (such as defamation or copyright violation), or if no good reason is given for the request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.53.93.50 (talk) 17:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - This article suffers from several issues: reliable sources, BLP, NPOV and probably notability. I've been an active editor and would have to agree that the main source about them is their own website, or the Deadly Cults book, which got the article listed in the BLP noticeboard. While not a cause for deletion, the edit warring, 3RR violations multiple page protections and mediation for an article with questionable notability could be considered. --Moon Rising (talk) 20:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sledger (Software)[edit]

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No notability for this product given to warrant it having it's own page. Drivenapart (talk) 13:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTE; I can't find any independent secondary sources, no significant coverage. Miles Blues (talk · contribs) 15:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. I also could not find any coverage in any reliable sources; just some forum postings here and there, but nothing past that. –MuZemike 04:58, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per reasons listed above. Also a WP:COI issue with the original author, as seen here. --Teancum (talk) 09:59, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: per nom and above, obvious ad. Dewritech (talk) 18:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. —fetch·comms 00:24, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unbelief[edit]

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As far as I can tell the central thesis of this article is bunk (that there is an school of 'unbelief' that has developed since the 18th century) and it's all original research on that basis. Would be more suited to a blog. We are not a publisher of original research. Cameron Scott (talk) 13:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, per nom, it's an essay with no sources. Nuujinn (talk) 13:36, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I have stated my position on the talk page of the article. --Saddhiyama (talk) 13:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Comment. The subject would appear to be covered already at agnosticism and freethought. These may be redirect or disambiguation targets. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • In earlier, deleted, edits, this used to be just a plain redirect to belief … when it wasn't an article about a band, that is. Uncle G (talk) 14:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete current content and redirect title to Belief. bd2412 T 15:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Unwikified and unsourced original essay. Carrite (talk) 18:31, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Unambiguous WP:OR in the form of someone's opinions. No prospect of anything verifiable. Johnuniq (talk) 07:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but restart. A lot of the material is actually covered in scepticism. Most of the article could be taken to wikiversity and page actually about unbelief developed. The admitted serious flaws in the current page should not restrict the development of a more suitable page on the topic.Harrypotter (talk) 18:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question, Harrypotter, can you point to any reliable sources provided significant coverage of "unbelief" as a distinct concept?
      • Answer, please check other wikipedia language pages (I've just added some more!)Harrypotter (talk) 19:06, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • ?????????? Wikipedia (in any language) is a not reliable source. moreover, Sourcing requirements between language versions of wikipedia differ, so the fact that other languages have an article provides no support for the idea we have one. --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Moreover, the ones I've checked are equally unsourced and many are tagged as original research. --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I am afraid I disagree with you - the fact that other languages have an article provides some support for the idea we have one, but maybe not sufficient. Looking through the pages, aside from the Russian page, please could you detail which ones are tagged as original research. Perhaps more pertinent is that some of them link to infidel on the English wikipedia, although there is also a page on kafir and kofer which would also be relevant. perhaps a solution might be having a redirect to one of these?Harrypotter (talk) 19:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I can say with 100% certainty that the Swedish, Danish, Spanish and Dutch iw-links you added are corresponding articles on the term "infidel", they have nothing to do with "unbelief". Therefore I have a suspicion that the rest of the languages in the group of iws you added (which by the way corresponds to the already existing iws to the infidel article) may very well be equivalents to "infidel" as well. --Saddhiyama (talk) 16:16, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am afraid I disagree with you - that's nice but wikipedia is not a reliable source, I'm not sure what needs to be said? The bottom line is that the article *we* have is unsourced, and without evidence that it *can* be sourced, it will be deleted. --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Please could you at least take the trouble to explain why you reject the suggestion of a redirect page. I would be very grateful if you could do this. I feel that in the interests of civility this would be a big step forward. Thanking you very much in advacnce.Harrypotter (talk) 19:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Harrypotter, did Cameron reject the suggestion of a redirect? What I believe he is getting at is that unless significant coverage in reliable sources according to the policy at WP:RS can be demonstrated, this article will be deleted. Nuujinn (talk) 14:01, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - original research without the virtue of references to support it--Utinomen (talk) 21:58, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, the word is actually used above all in chatolic countries but spreading somewhere else in last decades. I think wrong whether delete or include in other articles incoherent with its meaning. The specification is always an encyclopedic worth and not a disvalue. --Barrrower (talk) 07:48, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Wikipedia has articles about topics, not an article for every word in the language. This article is unreferenced and not about any topic in any way distinct from articles such as skepticism. Where it rambles on about religious unbelief, its topic is covered by other articles such as agnosticism and atheism--JimWae (talk) 18:17, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. See please: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19850612en.html Candice--217.202.248.0 (talk) 06:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The article is correct and recently improved in its incipit. It is perfectly in accordance with wikipedia's criteria. --Iserden (talk) 21:05, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • this article started out as a barely intelligible personal essay. It is still completely unsourced & unfocussed. I do not see a single improvement other than it is slightly more readable. The lede is unstable because nobody can figure out what the topic is. Not every word in a dictionary merits an encyclopedia article.--JimWae (talk) 21:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't agree. Unbelief is not a word but a "category" born some decades ago that concerns the contemporary expression mainly used to indicate the refusal of religious belief. I discovered that in Italy exists a review entitled NONCREDO (I unbelieve)[17]. If we follow your point of view, I'm afraid, wikipedia should became only copy and repetition of old encyclopedias. The value of it, on the contrary, is to be a "contemporary" encyclopedia, better of the paper ones because more complete and rich. --Iserden (talk) 06:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • No encyclopedia, old or new, print or digital, has an article for every word in the language. That is what dictionaries are for. This article has no sources and no topic to focus on -- other than what is already covered in other sourced articles. The 1985 papal document never defines "unbelief" nor does it ever distinguishes unbelief from atheism in any way. I note that the 2 votes below are by editors with less than 80 edits each, and in the case of one editor at least are mostly just formatting, unsourced opinions stated in poor English, and/or edits to See also sections which often were just links to this article. @Iserden: As the creator of this article, it is understandable that you would defend it. However, the problems it has are not being addressed - neither with edits nor with arguments here. Does unbelief include both disbelief and nonbelief (neither of which have articles)? Does it require some object (such as a deity, a moral code, or a religion?), or is it generalized skepticism and uncertainty? If it does require an object, there already are articles for atheism, agnosticism, nontheism and irreligion. Additionally, roughly 80% of the sentences still have major syntactic flaws - like they were written by someone without a grasp of the English language. --JimWae (talk) 18:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*keep. I had some doubt because the article is a little pletoric and confused in some its parts. Now I decided to maintain, but it is to be improved. --Baboshed (talk) 07:31, 24 August 2010 (UTC) *Keep. --Londers (talk) 11:03, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    • Could you elaborate why you want to keep this article? --Saddhiyama (talk) 21:17, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Also Londers and Baboshed exhibit remarkably similar editing tendencies. They both have few edits to a handful of religion/psychology-type articles, they both stopped editing early March of this year only to activate briefly within the span of 4 hours to vote in this AFD. I know we have to AGF, but there is also WP:QUACK. --Saddhiyama (talk) 21:29, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • FWIW, I had noticed the similarities in style myself. Nuujinn (talk) 22:24, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as personal essay and original research, without any mainstream academic sources that demonstrate a connection between 'unbelief' and the content in the article. First Light (talk) 19:22, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep I should prefer the initial definition of 217.202 but the article is however good and unbelief is an important concept both philosophically and religiously. Frankly, I don't understand certain will to delete cultural article which make wikipedia better and more complete. --3manol (talk) 09:22, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Something odd here, another editor with the same writing style who has returned simply to vote in this AFD. Same handful of edits in similar areas. --Cameron Scott (talk) 09:25, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The two above, Londers and Baboshed, have been confirmed investigated as socks of the article's creator: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Iserden. 3manol looks to be part of the same flock. Barrrower also has been confirmed checkusered. "Possible" but non confirmed, though all are from the same city and the first four have been blocked. 4-5 Keeps all from one user.... First Light (talk) 14:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as unencyclopaedic original research. Would need a complete rewrite with reliable sources to remain viable. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:09, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Ward (Chapel Hill)[edit]

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This town councillor fails WP:POLITICIAN as he is only a local official. The question is whether or not he meets the general notability guidelines. I don't think that he does because although there are lots of mentions of his name in news sources, I can't find any significant coverage of him in independent reliable secondary sources. If that can be found, I would be happy to keep this article, but I don't think it's there. BelovedFreak 12:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. sourcing has not been demonstrated and the new material has been reviewed and found wanting Spartaz Humbug! 07:14, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flux2D/3D[edit]

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IP Contested PROD - Software with no indication of notability. Codf1977 (talk) 12:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete. Primary sources and sources that simply state Flux is the software used by the researchers. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 12:57, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as advertising. There needs to be a Wiki out there for software products, doesn't there? Carrite (talk) 18:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep Software is very well-known and used widely by engineers. Article is very informative and references are good Terveetkadet (talk) 15:08, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I agree with Terveetkadet. Blanchardb's comment is incongruous (IMO). The fact that the software is used in preparing so many scholarly articles demonstrates its notability. Unless Blanchardb is an expert in the subject field, I suggest deferring to the opinion of the researchers using the software. — HowardBGolden (talk) 06:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please have a look at the new references and links 3Dsoftware (talk) 10:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • General reflexions

> When i was young and we were still working with papers, we used to have an Encyclopædia Universalis at our library at school (more or less the same as the Encyclopædia Britannica). What is Universalis if some appears and some not? Wikipedia in english has the difference to be the common Enclyclopedia space worldwide (compare to Wikipedia in German, Spanish, Danish or French, etc addressing to a part of the community only) not only the one for north American people. One could notice that Wikipedia currently rather mention American software. Is it fair? Does it mean that we all need to work with the same tools? (of course we could think about famous work office suite...).
Of course, in my opinion, this 'Universalis' questions also applies for history facts, actors, philosophy, etc.
> About the comment that the software is used by searcher (which are only about 20% of the users in total), I was wondering:
- Does researchers works has to be hidden? Isn’t it part of the scientist community knowledge? Isn’t part of the of the knowledge to share on Wikipedia?
- Wikipedia prefers to link to .org web sites… which mean we’ll specially link to research works and publications. Otherwise information may not be trivial if linking to industrial users?
- In general, electrical devices optimisation (= energy saving) is an interesting debate and people may be concern with such topics and tools.
=> Shall i rather suppress those links to searchers work (I see some other simulation tools only mention 1 or 2 reference, which could limit verifiable and non-trivial information level).
> About the « as advertising » mention, i’m a bit surprise when i see some other sotware articles (sofware or company names). Are they advertisement? (if yes this would not be fair). Have they all reliable and verifiable and non-trivial references? What do they describe: technical features? History ? Functions? Group organisation? Applications? (which may be a good link to many applications in Wikipedia).
What is advertisement and what is not? What is useful to show in the Encyclopedia for the reader? 3Dsoftware (talk) 10:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Software appears to be the subject of multiple legitimate academic studies. Article is informative and not too spammy. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Fails to meet WP:GNG, it is not the subject of any of the references, it is merely mentioned in some of them. To quote "Significant coverage means that sources address the subject directly in detail." None of these sources address the software directly, they mention it was used in whatever piece of research they are actually discussing. This source doesn't even mention it... I'd put strong, but I think it unnecessary. Bigger digger (talk) 17:18, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Bigger digger (talk), I suggest you look at the G2ELAB website again. Search for "Flux". Here is a quote from it, "Flux is a research and commercial software dedicated to modeling of electrical devices. It is the result of a 25 years collaboration between the team and the CEDRAT compagny. Based on finite elements method, it is widely used all over the world, in many universities and compagnies." (In this quote, "the team" is G2ELAB.) I hope this helps you reconsider your (unnecessary to use strong) delete. — HowardBGolden (talk) 01:54, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. the two sources provided are trivial mentions and noone else has put forward any sources that are not assertions Spartaz Humbug! 07:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Air Brasd'or[edit]

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No indication of notability. Disputed prod. a reference has been added to a warship that the airline is supposed to be named after. Google provides very little noq (talk) 11:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Lots of things ceased to exist before the Internet - but there is a lot about them on the Internet. Do you have any verifiable sources or are you just supposing they exist? I see nothing in the article that indicates notability even without sources. noq (talk) 17:24, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Mark as a stub. This is an article about a historical organization. Carrite (talk) 18:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not a hoax per Time Table and of interest to airline historians per Air Times page. Carrite (talk) 18:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Who claimed it was a hoax? How does it meet the requirements of WP:ORG or WP:GNG? - that is the reason it is here. How does the page you listed show anything other than it existed? What is 'historical' about it? noq (talk) 18:43, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article was mistitled; its name was "Air Bras d'or" (with a space). The article was moved to the correct spelling but this AfD (and the search links at the top) still reflect the incorrect spelling. I'd try to fix the AfD's title but I'm worried I'd screw something up with all the transclusions and templates that go with AfDs. If you search "Air Bras d'or", you find a little more. Also, this article needs re-writing; it was clearly written by someone not fluent in English (probably French Canadian). It's likely that a search of French Canadian media may turn up more. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
or maybe not. Having said that, even if there is a connection, these may still be good-faith efforts to contribute that have been misinterpreted.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep. I admit to being partial to keeping an article about a defunct airline that lasted as long as this one did. Found two published references to the company: [18] and [19] PKT(alk) 19:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Non-notable charter/freight airline. Article claims fleet size of only six aircraft. Unsalvageable. 17:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Delete. I'd like to see it kept, but no sources shown get it past the depth of coverage argument of WP:ORG (Deep coverage provides an organization with a level of attention that extends well beyond routine announcements and makes it possible to write more than a very brief, incomplete stub about an organization). There is currently no comment/analysis/other that means a decent article could be created. This is proabably a result of its age, but there are probably thousands of firms now closed that don't have an article on wp. Bigger digger (talk) 20:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep by rough consensus, but a definite consensus to improve/rewrite. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Racism in Israel[edit]

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Most of the content is not actually about racism, because a large proportion of Israeli Jews is of the same ethnicity as the Palestinians. I think this article is just another attempt to heap criticism on Israel, for which we have other more balanced articles. This needs a rewrite or a trip to AFD. JFW | T@lk 06:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC))

A. What is the justification for this page, Is there already a racism page on larger nations than aiming at tiny Israel?

B "OR" it's all a collection of essays, and has a problem of original research.

C - The sources are from obscure books and other enreliable sources

D - The tone is not proper.Ip82166 (talk) 08:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • delete it is one big blog with one agenda tendency to make Israel look like racist.RS101 (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep for the reasons I have provided above. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 09:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Some of Haaretz's writers are so infamously on the extreme (like Gideon Levi and others) that are infamous about that, in any case, who has mentioned Haaretz? or ADL?) I mentioned books. I is all cherry-picking, essay-collection, nothing substential, nor a real sourceful article. As to editing, you can edit the Racism in Palestinian Authority as well.Ip82166 (talk) 09:31, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    To quote you: 'The sources are from obscure books and other enreliable sources', which clearly implies that all the sources are 'enreliable', which is not the case under enWikipedia policy. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 09:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(1) Other, similar articles exist such as Racism in the United States or Racism in the United Kingdom
(2) this is a WP:content fork of Human Rights in Israel - specifically, it is a more detailed version of the section Human Rights in Israel#Ethnic_minorities, anti-discrimination and immigration laws;
(3) all of the material is reliably sourced, so if the article were deleted, the material would have to go into Human Rights in Israel, but that latter article is already too large;
(4) this is a rather new article, and is going thru rapid changes now ... time should be given for it to settle down;
(5) there is significant, active discucssion on the Talk page
(6) there is a discussion underway to re-name the article to the less offensive "ethnic discrimination in Israel".

For all those reasons, it should be kept. --Noleander (talk) 14:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Defending your own article???
  • Strong Delete - For many reasons:
Reliable sources
The creator of this articles uses (or shall we say chooses out) some extremely controversial writers and fails to balance the article and to rid it of his point of view.
Sephardists are a race?
What kind of crap is that? just because some extremist utters the word racism doesn't it make so. Note: I think the aforementioned statement needs a source to back it up; it is strong opinions of this sort, stated as though they are obvious facts, which argue strongly for the preservation of this page.
No racism in US State Depatment quote
I can't find anything about racism in the link supposedly citing it.
Blogging - cherrypicking
All in all it's one blog of carefully chosen bits and pieces to prove a point.Colourfully (talk) 14:12, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Coloufully: why did you vote to "Keep" the article Racism in the Palestinian territories? "Keep appreciate that someone can admit that there's wide racism in Palestinian society, authority, it's almost racist to say that Palestinian Arabs can't be racists but Israelis can...Colourfully (talk))" --Noleander (talk) 14:24, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Because there are no criticism pf Palestine, but there are plenty of pages critcizing Israel including using the flag "racists."Colourfully (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge this article into Human Rights in Israel and Anti-Arabism#Israel. No need for yet another POV fork. Marokwitz (talk) 14:44, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - "Either rewrite it or delete it" is not a valid rationale to file an AfD. If there are editorial concerns with an article, take those concerns to the article talk page. if there is unresolvable disagreement among parties, then follow steps in dispute resolution. Otherwise this is just one big WP:IDONTLIKEIT trip. Tarc (talk) 15:12, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment it seems like an important topic to have an article for, and other countries with similar issues have articles for the topic. I do see a problem that very few pages link to it, making me question how important the article is; therefore, if it is decided that there is too much controversial content, it would not be a huge loss to delete the page. Miles Blues (talk · contribs) 15:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding "very few articles link to it" : this article was created only a few weeks ago. An "orphan" tag could be added to the top to encourage editors to create links. --Noleander (talk) 14:40, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep As I said on the talk page of Racism in the Palestinian territories every society on the planet has racism. It needs improvement and balance, but that is true of most articles on Wikipedia.AMuseo (talk) 16:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep/Merge - I believe the article concerning racism in Palestine should simply be merged with this one. Palestine is under Israel's governmental jurisdiction and I see little reason to distinguish the two in an article of this nature. The topic itself is notable, this article is reasonably well sourced, and "clean it up or delete it" is not a valid reason for nomination. If this article has content problems that is an editorial problem that should be brought up on the talk page and worked out by editors, and attempting to wipe the slate clean will not be productive to that end. Full disclosure, I am pro-Israel, but I think it is foolish to deny that racism exists on both sides within Israel, and should be given a fair and neutral article. - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 17:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Comment - Those of you advocating "Merge" into Human Rights in Israel please be advised that this is already a sub-page of that page. Human Rights in Israel is already 115K as it sits and reintegrating the information seems impossible without breaking the camel's back. I am very uncomfortable with the POV-laced flavor of this article's title, but the topic absolutely merits inclusion. Carrite (talk) 18:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - I hate the title of this article, but it's clear that the issue of Israel's relations with its ethnic minority population is one of the BIG issues of the world today and well worthy of encyclopedic coverage. I think any call to reintegrate this information is impractical. I urge a retitling of the article. I'm sure the struggle over precise content will be ongoing, as such "hot button" topics generally are on Wikipedia... But the general call here at AfD seems obvious for KEEP. Carrite (talk) 18:11, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I want to clarify that I agree with you on this, but my "keep" vote is largely on the condition that whatever usable content of Racism in Palestine be merged and the article be expanded to include Palestine and racism by Arab Israelis. My keep vote is under the understanding that Israel be defined as Israel's political holdings, which includes Palestine. The article is valid but is also non-neutral. Might suggest a merged title of Racism in Israel and Palestine as a compromise? - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 22:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe, but as it stands now it aught to be deleted.Colourfully (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep most of the current page is original research as what constitutes precisely as racism in Israel is highly debated. Much of the info on this page is identical to the apartheid comparison page. However, there is a racism in the Palestinian territories, so there can be a racism in Israel page. I say we have a page where the first part is dedicated to proven racist incidents, and another section where the rest is analogy, commentary.Tallicfan20 (talk) 04:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"Original resaerch" is a reason to delete.Colourfully (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - There appears to be a broad trend in WP to create articles on "Racism in <some country>". See, for example, the article Racism by country, and the Category Category:Racism by country or region. Also, see Navbox "footer" templates such as: {{asia topic:racism in}}. It looks like about 35 countries have articles on "Racism in..." (or "Ethnic issues in ..") so far, but they appear to be steadily increasing in number. --Noleander (talk) 14:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The actions of Israel have been declared racist by many notable and reliable sources. They have racists laws in effect discriminating against others. So the article is justified. Dream Focus 16:28, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep If RS say its rasism it is.Slatersteven (talk) 18:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The books cited are not RS, nor are the selecting of extremists writers in Haaretz.Colourfully (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There appear to be a large number of sources. Not all of them books or by Haaretsz (which as far as I am aware is regarded as RS. Slatersteven (talk) 19:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete because of the above (top of page), plus it exaggerates, has many POV as "facts", instead of putting it in a form of "disputed cases."Ip82166 (talk) 12:02, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete It's sickening to see still an obsession by some to categorize anything Israel does, especially in defending itself to survive, as racist.RolesRoice (talk) 11:09, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I find it interesting the number of 'votes' to delete this articel who have 'voted' to keep Racism in the Palestinian territories.Slatersteven (talk) 11:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Fairness has never been a hallmark of the I-P topic area, unfortunately. Conversely though, I did call for a keep here and a "delete, but..." on the Palestinian one; the "but" is that IMO the subject is notable, but the current article is garbage. should be incubated/userfied, and started anew and with less acrimony. Tarc (talk) 12:53, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not a reason for delete, just re-work.Slatersteven (talk) 13:04, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep 'Racism in...' is unfortunately rampant in all areas of the world and a legitimate article, in this case specifically, article needs to be expanded and improved. BUT, there should be a much better NPOV outline/template for this article (and the Palestinian one) to follow. --Shuki (talk) 15:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep - Article needs improvement, but deletion isn't the solution here. Perhaps an RFC would be an appropriate forum to resolve some of the more tendentious editing disputes. SnottyWong talk 17:41, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - flawed article, but a legitimate topic. There is plenty to say about racism and discrimination in Israel, as the length of the article shows; there are also concerns about bias, but those are issues to be resolved by editing, not deletion. Robofish (talk) 22:31, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - needs rewrite/rescue. Tangurena (talk) 21:14, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mkativerata (talk) 02:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barrett Trotter[edit]

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Seemingly non-notable college football player wjematherbigissue 11:05, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Whitty[edit]

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Appears to fail the criteria of WP:MUSICBIO. Being featured on compilations such as "Freakscene: Cork Is An Anagram Of Rock (2004)" does not demonstrate notability. Sharing the stage with other artists at one time or other is not notable. Being in a (unspecified) Hot Press reader's top ten poll is not notable, as the criteria specifies "national music chart".

Based on http://irishmusiccentral.com the only label he has released CDs with is Whimsical River Records so notability comes down to whether this label is notable. Using Google searches the first and only name (for at least the next 5 pages of results) that appears with this label is Ian Whitty and as "Will O' The Wisp" has track 5 listed as "The Whimsical River" it seems reasonable to deduce that Whitty is this label's only artist.

The article was created in 2008 and has been worked on by various contributors (including Ianwhitty&theexchange (talk · contribs)) and so it appears unlikely that reliable sources demonstrating notability will be added in the near future. Fæ (talk) 10:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 07:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brady Hall[edit]

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Non-notable director. The films aren't notable, and the only references are IMDB, a blog reporting on a convention, and personal webpages. Fails WP:BIO Tassedethe (talk) 10:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep I see a great need. 200.123.148.35 (talk) 13:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see a great need, too. It's for a policy-based rationale showing that this person is documented in independent reliable sources, rather than in first-person web log entries. And, looking around, I see nothing to satisfy that need. There are no sources to be found at all. This person's life and works are not independently and reliably documented. Delete. Uncle G (talk) 14:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Lionel (talk) 01:38, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete it, Brady's a bit of a tosser. --90.231.163.98 (talk) 02:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep He directed "Jerkbeast".waxwing slain (talk) 02:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, well known in the industry: a hitmaker of sorts. 160.39.54.86 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:13, 23 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]
  • Delete. No real content here. Cthulhu 23:37, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This page has been here for over 4 years without any problems until now, you don't suddenly become non-notable after being notable for 4 years. 68.45.109.14 (talk) 09:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep and improve through regular editing. Well, as notability guidelines receive "fine-tuning" over time, what was considered notable enough 4 years ago can indeed change. But one has to consider if his being writer/director/producer of several films might be seen as meeting WP:CREATIVE. Did the films themselves receive critical response? As they appear to have received media attention, per WP:CREATIVE, that notability is his. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 00:04, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. No reliable secondary sources to establish notability per WP:BIO. No notable creative works are attributed to subject. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Turnkey Consulting[edit]

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Non-notable run of the mill IT security consultancy - lacks significant coverage, fails WP:CORP, the third party refs in the article (that work) don't cover the company in any major detail and have the feel of vendor provided text. Codf1977 (talk) 08:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Links to references now corrected and further reference added. As stated, the entry was intended to be purely factual. There is no intention for this to be advertising. Wording was carefully considered based on other, similar wikipedia entries for other consultancies. Apologies if any offence caused - feel free to take the page down if it really is in contradiction with wikipedia policies but I would prefer constructive suggestions as to more appropriate wording. If further evidence is required to prove notability please advise whether or not further, similar articles would suffice.User:richard_james_hunt

  • Delete. The links provided do not establish notability as in coverage by multiple independent sources, they are all primary sources, maybe except for that single newsfeed in note #1. De728631 (talk) 18:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. No sources have been adduced so the keep arguments are by assertion. Spartaz Humbug! 07:18, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

North-East Regional Development Agency, Romania[edit]

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Let's use a two-pronged approach to evaluate notability here:

  • Is the Agency inherently notable for what it is or does? Well, it's not a government agency, for one. At under 100 employees, it's not especially large. Essentially, it's a group of technocrats who receive EU funds and decide how these will get spent – no doubt mirroring similar entities across the EU. A worthy endeavour, but not something that jumps out as encyclopedically notable.
  • Is the Agency notable for having been covered in independent, reliable sources? Searching in English, we get <100 Google hits, none of them especially illuminating. In Romanian, the numbers are higher, but the quality of the hits does not, as far as I can tell, rise to the level of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Lots of links to them from city halls and prefectures and the like. Links from local businesses, too. A couple of speeches by local politicians mention the Agency in passing, as do some local and business newspapers. But nothing in any greater depth than a line or two, it seems.

Hence, I would argue for deletion. We link to the Agency's site at Nord-Est (development region), as is proper. But do we really need this massive chunk of wholly uncited bureaucratese on a small agency without any administrative powers that no reliable source has bothered to cover in any meaningful depth? I would submit we do not. Biruitorul Talk 04:03, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. "Need" is a subjective term inappropriate in application to recommend article deletion. It is important that we focus discussion on notability and whether or not citations can possibly be culled from reliable secondary or third-party sources. That said, in my opinion, through a comprehensive search of online data, I do not believe that the article can possibly be sourced to support either notability or inclusion on Wikipedia. Cindamuse (talk) 04:41, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • We do have a complete set of regional development agencies for England - these have equivalent geographical scope ("regions" as defined by the EU). See e.g. East of England Development Agency and more generally Template:Regional planning in England. However it looks like the English development agencies also have funding from UK central government, not just reallocating European funds. Do the Romanian development agencies have comparable budgets and roles? It's unfair to look at the number of staff - the budget may be quite high per staff member since the agency will be disbursing funds. Similarly we don't necessarily need to have entirely English-language sources. It's anglo-centric to have articles for the British regional development agencies but not the Romanian ones purely for linguistic issues, but I would understand it if the Romanian equivalents have less importance and smaller budgets. What kind of annual budget are we talking about for them? I would suggest anything in the region of €50 million would make the agency notable enough for its own article - that would be smaller than the English equivalents but not by an order of magnitude, and especially in a country as poor as Romania, would be a very substantial sum. TheGrappler (talk) 22:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Actually, keep - on closer reading of the article, the budget is at the order of magnitude that I suggested made it worth keeping. It's not a long way behind the English development agencies, and any governmental body throwing around hundreds of millions of euros in the course of a couple of years seems worth keeping. TheGrappler (talk) 22:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • TheGrappler, allow me to address some of your points:
    • This is not a governmental body, as the very first line of the article makes clear.
    • I have no idea what budget the agency has; neither the article nor their website seems to say. They are indeed throwing around tens of millions of Euros in Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds, but their operating budget (employee salaries, etc) is likely far smaller.
    • Notability comes from "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", not from the size of one's budget, whatever that may be.
    • In case I wasn't clear enough, I performed a thorough search of Romanian-language sources on the Agency (I'm a native speaker) and came up short. As far as I can tell, there simply isn't significant coverage available.
    • If kept, what sources would you use to rewrite the article? In its current form, being entirely uncited, it is unacceptable for our standards; it needs to be rewritten wholesale from the reliable, published, independent sources upon which this encyclopedia relies. What sources might those be? If they don't exist, then we can't really have a valid encyclopedia article about the Agency. - Biruitorul Talk 23:50, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I agree that in its current state the article isn't very good. But I see nothing in what you wrote that proves deletion is necessary. Whether the body is strictly "governmental" or not, isn't really relevant - it is one of a network of designated regional development agencies, that were created to comply with EU law. It would be nitpicking to say it's not "official" in some sense. Of course, their staff is relatively small and so is the budget of their operations per se, but it's the fact they are responsible for the disbursement of pretty serious amounts of money that makes it noteworthy (maybe more so than most bodies with similar staffing, which usually are responsible for far smaller sums of money; for similar reasons most banks with even just a few hundred employees are clearly notable, while we wouldn't have articles on most manufacturing businesses with similar staff levels). The bulk of this article doesn't need to be sourced to independent sources - key facts like the amount of grants made make more sense to be sourced to the organization itself. A source does not need to be independent to be reliable. For information about their creation and purpose, perhaps the primary or secondary legislation that established the agencies could be used? I'm quite happy with this article being replaced by a far briefer one - something along the lines of East of England Development Agency - that just summarizes what it does, where it's based, when it was established, and the kind of budget involved. On balance this RDA appears to be just as significant as its English counterparts. TheGrappler (talk) 01:27, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'll grant that the Agency's own website can be used to verify certain facts (say, general data about programmes implemented). And I'll grant that the enabling legislation could be used "with care... to make straightforward, descriptive statements" (per WP:PSTS). However, we still fall short of WP:GNG, which does require at least some independent coverage. Even if 90% of an eventual article is sourced to the website and to the law, the other 10% will have to come from (presumably, in this instance) newspaper accounts. But I'm afraid those are still lacking at the moment, and that's why I say notability is not established. - Biruitorul Talk 04:47, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I take the point that notability is not inherent, but I'd be surprised if there's not enough coverage to satisfy GNG - one problem with this type of article is that sources are unlikely to be completely independent e.g. such an agency tends to get mentioned by people who've been funded by the agency! I suspect there will be EU technical papers which consider the agency, which may be worth digging for. It's the sort of administrative stuff that I doubt will feature much in newspapers. However, I'd be tempted to take the rather dull mentions by prefectures etc as a sign that the agency does fairly wide-reaching work within its scope, and therefore passes the GNG. It strikes me that this is the sort of thing that ought to be notable since the analogy to the English equivalents is not a stretched one. If this is not to be kept as a standalone article, perhaps some of the content (e.g. about staffing and budget) should be merged to a general article about regional development agencies in Romania? TheGrappler (talk) 13:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • In terms of prefectural etc. mentions, those are indeed dull: a link here, one here, etc. And yes, I've suggested that Nord-Est (development region) would be a good target for mentioning the Agency if this isn't kept. I'm not saying it's not at all notable, just probably not enough for a standalone article. - Biruitorul Talk 14:36, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • That makes sense. Having separate articles for the development region and the agency that administers the funding seems excessive if sources are so thin on the ground. But would it be better to merge than delete? I can't see that there is any benefit from deleting this article and its history, rather than doing a bit of content merging and changing this page to a redirect (which would allow the history to be accessible to anyone wanting to build a more substantive article if sourcing became available?) TheGrappler (talk) 14:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • Yes, I could live with a merger. We may as well keep this discussion open and see if anyone else has something to say, but a merger of relevant content and a redirect to the article on the region wouldn't be a bad outcome. - Biruitorul Talk 19:31, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • Sounds fair enough to me! There's a fair amount of material on this page as it stands, which would be useful to anyone doing work on the merged article. And it seems to be doing no harm whatsoever to leave it in the page history, so I do hope that at the end of this debate it doesn't end up deleted and the page history made inaccessible! If the closing admin is going to delete this, could they userfy a copy to my userspace, please? Cheers, TheGrappler (talk) 01:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                      • Hi there to everyone ! My name is Ovidiu Savu, I am an employee of the North-East Regional Development Agency and - for 2 years - I have been appointed to be the coordinator of my agency's and my region's representation office in Brussels. At the same time I am the author of this very debated article. Well, thank you TheGrappler for your pertinent considerations as well as to Biruitorul...I don't want to be too long, I just want to say that I have seen articles less interesting than ours that are still online and nobody initiated debates on various topics. I am not accountant and I am not dealing with financial figures but if this piece of information is really so important to you, you may know that the annual budget of the agency is somewhere around Euro 5 million (operational costs only)...In Romania there are 8 development regions and 8 development agencies. You may search everywhere you may want and you will see that our agency is ranked no. 1 in terms of funds absorbed, projects implemented, activities, etc. In this respect I find that the article is quite relevant, does not harm anyone and, even though was not written with style (I am really sorry for not being a real journalist or a professional editor)it presents key information sourced from the website, our presentation brochures and....that's it. If you will finally decide to delete, then the decision must be taken based on far more reasons than the ones already listed. Keep up the good job !
                        • Actually "searching everywhere we want" is proving to be the problem! If you could direct us to appropriate sources it would be very helpful, especially if they were from the EU or Romanian government. TheGrappler (talk) 21:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete per nom. Article does not meet notability criteria of WP:ORG, completely lacking reliable secondary sources. Article is excessively promotional in nature. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:41, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

43d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron[edit]

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This had a prod tag removed by User:Inniverse. In accordance with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/609th Air Communications Squadron and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/4th Combat Camera Squadron, this squadron is not notable. Buckshot06 (talk) 07:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy close. Wrong forum, Divya Desai is a redirect. It had some content before it was changed into a redirect but that content is a subset of the current target article. I would for that reason not recommend to list it at WP:RfD. (non-admin closure) Pgallert (talk) 07:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Divya Desai[edit]

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Reason Ashishraikar (talk) 06:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. merging needs sources content. No objections to a redirect Spartaz Humbug! 07:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Castle Football[edit]

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British University sports club, no indication of any form of notability, not clear what level they play at. whole page is un-sourced. No coverage of the club outside it's own facebook page, does not appear to have own website with which to confirm any of the details.

Fails WP:V and WP:GNG - Delete. Codf1977 (talk) 07:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - other than the occasional exception involving Oxford and Cambridge, sports club at British universities are pretty much non-notable even on their own campuses, and totally non-notable in the wider world. I work at a university and it's unusual for anyone at all other than the players' friends and partners to bother going along to a sports match or in fact to even know one's taking place. Unlike in the USA, sports clubs at UK universities are essentially social clubs little different from the chess club or the rock music society....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge - deserves a mention on the college's page, but nothing more. GiantSnowman 19:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge. Per GiantSnowman. Argyle 4 Lifetalk 20:04, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment presumably the merge suggested above would consist solely of adding "the college has a football club" or similar? Presumably we don't need to add such wonderfully encyclopedic content as "Other highlights for Castle AFC in 2010 included the social to Newcastle in February, where we were joined by social members How, Finnegan and Tom ‘Jersey Boy’ Miller, as well as the lovely ladies of Castle WAFC. Duy Anh impressed the local ‘talent’ with his dance moves, whilst they did their utmost to avoid those thrown by MP Horrocks. Meanwhile Chief Snitch Ian Stewart was taken to hospital following an altercation between his head and a moving vehicle. Unconfirmed reports suggested that the vehicle came off worse. Given the Club Captain’s disposition for a good burger, it was perhaps unsurprising that the night ended in McDonald’s." to the main college article......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:32, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge to something along the lines of Chris's suggestion. This should be about one line in the parent article. It doesn't have enough coverage to be anything more than that. Alzarian16 (talk) 14:17, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Mention of the club at University College, Durham would be adequate. Uncle Dick (talk) 19:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maps of Chicago[edit]

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There is no point to this page with a few maps. WP:NOTREPOSITORY CTJF83 chat 06:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete and categorize or move to Commons, per many others above. First Light (talk) 19:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. —fetch·comms 00:32, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Best Roller Coaster Poll[edit]

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Article about a website. Doubtful notability, claims to be "widely regarded as the best and most accurate of any roller coaster poll available due to its ranking algorithm" but cites its own website as the source. Seems almost to be an advertisement for the site itself. A quick Google search turned up no secondary sources on this, seems to be self-promoting and a minor website at best. Velociraptors (talk) 19:56, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • SPEEDY DELETE; violates WP:NOT on several levels, plus WP:ADVERT --mhking (talk) 20:04, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete no secondary sources at all. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 20:05, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP. Firstly, it is a page that I have created and I am willing to work on it to prevent it from being deleted. One of the main reasons behind creating it was almost 70 Wikipedia pages refer to this poll and it is widely regarded across the world. Yes, in its current form there is only one secondary source. To please the lack of secondary sources argument, I'll add some more secondary sources within the next few days such as: [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]...etc. A lot of these sources are from websites across the world, with a lot of them considering the poll as one of the best, if not the best. Therefore, I think the page should stay with the minor modifications I have stated above. Themeparkgc  Talk  00:27, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Update: I have included the secondary sources listed above in the article. Is more work required to prevent it from being deleted? Themeparkgc  Talk  02:38, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Comment - I'm not seeing enough significant coverage in reliable sources to demonstrate notability. Most of the sources in the article aren't very reliable, and [28] and [29] are brief mentions. [30] is at least mostly about the subject, but it's part of a travel blog of the LA Times. Are there any newspaper or magazine articles about this site? P. D. Cook Talk to me! 19:16, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Yes. Find significant coverage in a couple of reliable sources. Have any major newspapers or magazines written articles about this poll? I think even one major news outlet reporting on this in depth would convince me to !vote keep. P. D. Cook Talk to me! 12:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would have thought that the LA Times article would have been considered a reliable source. The article has been written by an LA Times writer and is published on the LA Times website. I can't see how this doesn't constitute a reliable source. I have found an article from the Vancouver Courier archives. Before I add it to the article, does it constitute a reliable source? Themeparkgc  Talk  21:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do admire the fact that you're working to improve the article. The problem is that even though you do now cite an article from the LA times, that article is not about the website. The article mentions "Mitch Hawker's Wooden Roller Coaster Poll" as a link underneath the panel of experts section. So, even though the site is linked to and Mitch Hawker is mentioned, the article you cited is the independent research of an LA times writer about the best roller coasters and NOT actually about the website (despite a minor mention in the article). The Vancouver Courier article seems better, because it mentions "In the meantime, it was recently ranked number one in Canada, number nine in the world, and third in the Over 40 category in the most extensive roller coaster poll ever, conducted by Mitch Hawker, the unofficial coaster guru for enthusiasts around the world". This is better, but it is still just one paragraph. What I'd like to see is an article or two that specifically discusses your roller coaster poll website, or some aspect thereof, from a secondary source like the LA times. So, basically, an article specifically *about* the website. If you can provide such source(s), I will gladly withdraw my nomination. As is, I think you're getting there. Even more minor mentions like you've provided would probably help to establish notability. Thanks, Velociraptors (talk) 12:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Lacks sufficient coverage in reliable secondary sources to establish notability. Blog articles and press releases are not adequate. I have some sympathy because it's difficult to find mainstream coverage of amusement park-related subjects, but WP:WEB rules the day. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:49, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. There is a strong consensus to delete based on a thorough analysis of the sources and known facts against the relevant notability guidelines. Mkativerata (talk) 02:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nickel Children[edit]

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Previous editors had CSD'd this on as a blatant advert; either that was cleaned up or the problem never existed. I personally believe the article is probably notable enough to be kept, assuming that the poster (in the image) is accurately representing its awards. However, I believe we should get consensus on the issues of advertising and notability. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete No hits on Gnews at all except a blank New York Times directory listing which mirrors IMDb. Here's a breakdown of the awards:
    • Halloween in July — not a notable festival. (Note that one film listed here, Make-out with Violence, does appear notable, as it was shown at notable festivals and has extensive reviews in reliable sources. That transfers absolutely zero notability this way, however.)
    • Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival — So non-notable they don't even have their own domain name. (Although they might wanna reconsider their name so it's not one letter away from "yiff.")
    • Dragon*CON — has a (somewhat spammy) article at Dragon Con), but not enough to confer notability upon the film.
    • Chicago Horror — can't be bothered with more than a directory listing. Also not a notable festival.
    • ValleyCon36 — must not be notable if the first hit is a Facebook page.
    • Renovation 69th — Also not a notable festival.
  • I couldn't find any third party reviews online at all. Extensive searches turned up only places to view it online or unreliable blogs. Films aren't speediable under any circumstances, so we can't speedy this one; it's not spammy enough for G11. However, it fails every possible notability guideline, and the awards bestowed upon it are meaningless towards WP:NFF. (Also, "award winning" is the most overused term ever.) Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 12:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: While Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, is certainly a notable event and they are hosting a film festival, based on news coverage and the convention's press release, the selections for that film festival won't be made until 2011. - Dravecky (talk) 05:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Reno Worldcon Announces Film Festival". File 770. May 4, 2010.
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fleet Street Singers[edit]

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Failure to establish notability. Blitzer Van Susterwolf (talk) 04:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete another non-notable student acapella group.--TM 12:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. There is a clear consensus that the subject of the article is not notable and that the purpose of the article is to promote its subject (note the latter reason derives from more than the mere allegation of paid editing; paid editing not being a reason in and of itself for deletion). Mkativerata (talk) 02:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Luca A. Longobardi[edit]

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This is a paid editing piece that was solicited by it's subject in violation of our conflict of interest guidelines and our policy that Wikipedia is not a medium for self-promotion. This page was developed through this job on elance.com in which the client "lucalongobardi" wrote looking to create a nice report story page on my company also I would like to attach my name as the founder of the company, to my wife name, that she´s already on wikipedia, and increase exposure on google. and also I would like to hire somebody that can increase my exposure and my company exposure on search engines. The service provider is "annaloza", the same account name as the single purpose account that signed up to create this. This should be deleted as a promotional puff piece of a nonnotable subject. ThemFromSpace 04:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*Note: Main contributor has moved a section of the page to here. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 22:36, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
*Now at AfD. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/State Capital LLC. ThemFromSpace 22:57, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'Delete Fails notability. Married to a notable person does not work in my opinion, and mention in a few places as head of company is not what I would consider comprehensive coverage. Paying someone else to write an article about you or your business is the same as doing it yourself, as far as I am concerned. Self-promotion. If you are truly notable you will eventually get written about without paying. Turgan Talk 10:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Self-promotion of a non-notable person. Could have been Speedied. Edward321 (talk) 15:06, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:54, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kateryna Kozlova[edit]

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not notable enough player for a WP bio Mayumashu (talk) 19:25, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete. G11: http://www.worldscibooks.com/lifesci/6620.html —fetch·comms 03:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Textbook of Structural Biology[edit]

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A good faith entry but one that falls outside of the scope of Wikipedia. Most importantly, this textbook article does not meet the notability policy for books. This may be more well-suited elsewhere. Airplaneman ✈ 02:49, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep and improve. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Racism in the Palestinian territories[edit]

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Essay-style article, a seemingly random collection of blog-style commentaries, virtually none relating to the proposed subject of the article. The entire article is based on the hypothesis that opposing Israeli occupation is tantamount to racism, if that hypothesis is not accept then the validity of the content automatically falls. (there also quite a lot of Reductio ad Hitlerum fallacies). Soman (talk) 02:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep :::Style is no reason to delete, Then, on the other hand, I saw you try to expand the 'Racism in Israel' page...Ip82166 (talk) 11:18, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep - Malek, I can't see anything wrong here. it is all full of valuable backedup data, no essays here.RS101 (talk) 09:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
RS101, I haven't expressed an opinion about the article. I think you're replying to Soman's rationale for nominating the article for deletion. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 21:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I take it that RS101 is refering to me as royalty, ;). --Soman (talk) 21:59, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Merge - This article contains nothing that is not or should not be better contained within Racism in Israel. I see no reason for there to be a specialized sub-article when that one already covers the topic. May be suitable to advise editors of that article that if anything is contained in this one that should be salvaged, they should save a copy for incorporation into the other. - OldManNeptune⚓ (talk) 04:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - After reviewing this further I feel like political motives are unfortunately behind the nominations. I therefore support merging this article with Racism in Israel with the understanding that NPOV be strictly adhered to and the resulting article be cleaned up thoroughly. I feel my prior vote of delete was inappropriate to the situation, I had not realized that these two articles were essentially at odds with one another. - OldManNeptune ⚓ 17:06, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Article created for obvious purposes of political soapboxing. No redeeming features, no chance of bring up to acceptable quality. Zerotalk 05:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How did you come to this conclusion?RS101 (talk) 15:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It is way greater and wider than that subject.RS101 (talk) 15:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Noleander advocated WP:SUMMARY for keeping Criticism of Judaism, although all the subjects within that article are given full coverage elsewhere. (See Avis' last post.) I fail to understand why Noleader chooses to take a contrary stance regarding this article. Chesdovi (talk) 12:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I do not "take a contrary stance" - in fact, I think this article should be kept. Please do not take my comments out of context. I simply stated that there was already an existing article that had a section on this topic: if that article gets too large, the WP:Content fork and WP:Summary style policies kick in and a new article is warranted. This topic (racism in any country) is highly notable. --Noleander (talk) 14:31, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep Unless you delete Racism in Israel which is worse in tone, unreliable sources and collection of essays.Ip82166 (talk) 08:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC) — Duplicate !vote: Ip82166 (talk • contribs) has already cast a !vote above.[reply]

*keep I wish ADL would be accepted by critics of Israel. and Haaretz is quoted here as well, so? There's so far no argument for deleting it, What essays are here? the point was made that one's bias view should not dictate deletion. No none's including Palestinian's racism should be pardoned.Ip82166 (talk) 09:25, 20 August 2010 (UTC) — Duplicate !vote: Ip82166 (talk • contribs) has already cast a !vote above.[reply]

  • Um, being anti- or pro-Israel has nothing to do with whether or not something meets our policy on reliableness. I personally wouldn't cite *from* the ADL on general principles, as I find them to be full of shit on a number of things, but nor would I automatically challenge its use as a source. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 10:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - the topic itself is notable, but this article is crap. I generally dont support deleting articles that cover notable topics, but we are better of starting with a blank page to write an actual encyclopedia article than we are trying to fix this screed. There is nothing here worth saving, not one version in the history of the article comes anywhere near being a valid article. So, either delete or stubbify until a real article can be written. nableezy - 09:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep There is no reason why this poorly written page can not be improved by members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Palestine. There will eventually be a page about racism in each and every country/territory. Why rush to delete? Chesdovi (talk) 12:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If there were more than 2 sentences in this article worth saving I would agree with you. I think the topic itself should be covered, but this doesnt come anywhere close to being an encyclopedia article and not a single version in the history is worth saving. nableezy - 12:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You Nableezy have removed vital information by historians , including anything racist by the Nazi infamous Ex Mufti, and to dismiss a source because someone doesn't like the message? Dont shoot the messenger, Don't convert it into "unreliable source", the tag which you wrongly inserted there.
I removed crap cited to crap. I dismiss crap sources. You used such sources as WND and self-published books to write this crap article. So long as this place remains an encyclopedia those are unreliable sources. nableezy - 14:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have also observed that in the last 24 hours you have removed important information by a user on Israel National News (a well noted news source) showing its well notoriety in books, cited in RS media outlets such as: The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Guardian, Foxnews. But you have removed it (what is your fear???) with some noensense argument there.Colourfully (talk) 14:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the appropriate venue to discuss such topics, but since you ask I removed original research from that page. nableezy - 14:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep There is a wealth of material to be added on Palestinian Arab racism, most notably towards blacks. The encyclopedia has relatively poor coverage of the Arab slave trade, but one of the legacies of this trade is the endemic racist attitudes toward blacks found in Palestinian society. It needs coverage, not deletion.AMuseo (talk) 13:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • KeepI appreciate that someone can admit that there's wide racism in Palestinian society, authority, it's almost racist to say that Palestinian Arabs can't be racists but Israelis can...Colourfully (talk) 13:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody has said that. nableezy - 14:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not explicitly... just push for deletion of this article about racism among Arab Palestinians. But to argue against the deletion of Racism in Israel...Colourfully (talk)

When you dont know what you are talking about you should remain silent. And I see you are doing the exact thing you are saying is "almost racist" here. nableezy - 14:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Racism should be documented in an article for every country. One exception is: if there is a parent article about "Human rights in ..." or "Discrimination in ..." that is small-ish and can hold a section on the racism topic, the material could go in that parent article. --Noleander (talk) 14:31, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete (or, conditionally, Move to Article Incubator) - Noleander's point is right in theory, but numerous others are right that the article as began fails badly on WP:NOT#SOAPBOX, and is on trajectory where it could almost never be NPOV or Encyclopedic. I say that because (1) the article lacks any coherent structure, and functions as a laundry list at present, without distinction between prejudiced comments and larger historical trends; (2) fails to take seriously the prejudice-racism distinction; (3) treats historical claims about Israel/Palestine as racism per se (which as presently laid out can lead to endless edit wars, but never an encyclopedic article); (4) hasn't begun to address the complex problem that Jews, the target group of anti-semitism, rarely appear in the Palestinian territories as anything other than settlers or soldiers, complicating the meaning of racism (imagine "racism against whites in Robben Island prison" as an article). If some editors are serious about taking on such issues, they could well work on it in Wikipedia:Article_Incubator. Perhaps more usefully, we could split the Anti-semitism section as currently written into an also incubated "Racism in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict" article, and keep the anti-Kurdish and anti-black sections (which are currently horribly written, but lack these structural problems). Then, when some work is done we could put a Summary back in this article. However, I withhold support for anything other than delete until editors interested in something other than Soapboxing step forward to work on this.--Carwil (talk) 15:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Continue rescue I still think there are structural issues best addressed by a "Racism in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict" article, and that the article has numerous flaws. But substantial improvement has occurred. More editors, especially those who don't work full time on I-P issues would be really helpful.--Carwil (talk) 16:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, Lots of text in the article has nothing to do with racism. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 17:04, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - This is pretty clearly a tit-for-tat POV-push in response to the existence of the unfortunately titled sub-page Racism in Israel. The article was launched only on August 15. One would think that this topic could and should be handled under the general aegis of "Antisemitism," allowing, of course, for the fact that Palestinian Arabs are themselves Semitic. Carrite (talk) 18:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - I've removed several poor sources and added the 2009 report from the US State Department. It's still a very poor article, but the subject is notable. --Frederico1234 (talk) 20:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Well done article. Not "random" at all. Concur w/Nab that the subject is notable. At AfD, if the subject is notable, one is to look beyond the refs in the article and not limit one's analysis to those. The issue is the notability of the subject, not the quality of the article. As to that -- sofixit.--Epeefleche (talk) 03:14, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Keep and remove redundant tags that resemble vandalism. Racism in the Palestinian territories is documented by reliable sources. The article has a lot of potential (certainly more than Racism in Israel) and I say this AFD is premature. I mean come'on, Arabs cannot sell land to Jews says the Palestinian leadership. How is that not totally racist? Wikifan12345 (talk) 03:39, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep - Why can't we discuss racism in the Palestinian territories, yet there is a huge Israel-apartheid page, and another page about "racial and ethnic discrimination in Israel?" All you have to do is watch Palestinian TV to see Jews being described as the sons of apes and pigs, having desecrated the scriptures, killing prophets, Protocols is a huge seller, as is Mein Kampf there. Racism can be said to be a reason why Palestinians have and continue to attempt attacks inside Israel behind the Green Line. Also, it was mentioned about blacks there too. Not to forget anti-Non-Muslim violence, which while is religious discrimination, is akin to racism. Wikipedia's credibility is on the line, especially when far-left editors are trying to have their way and only present their side, and hide all other arguments. Tallicfan20 (talk) 04:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Totally different issue. Israel has racist laws that discriminate against Palestinian people. The suicide attacks are from being treated like garbage all the time. The attacks increase according towards actions by Israel. The fact that some disgruntled people get on television and say something, doesn't represent the nation. Dream Focus 16:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Not a totally different issue. I am disappointed to see that political anti-Israeli motives are behind this. I voted delete but I did so under the understanding that the Racism in Israel article be expanding to include racism in Palistine and racism by Arab Israelis. I simply don't think it needs two different articles when it is one country under a single jurisdiction. However, if the only options are that we have an article discussing Jewish Israeli racism while ignoring Arab Israeli racism or keep two articles, then I would most definitely prefer we simply keep this article and clean it up. More importantly, I think editors need to stick to WP:NPOV and not foist a transparent political argument in favor of or against the existence of articles. - OldManNeptune ⚓ 17:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Needs a lot of work, but that is no reason to delete.Slatersteven (talk) 14:11, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Reading through the article, it does seem politically motivated. Are sources like http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/ reliable? One reliable source is the United States state department which at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/40258.htm don't under Occupied Territories sums up the situation very well. Are there any reliable sources, outside Israel, that talk about this as a major problem? In any nation you can find a small number of people preaching racisms and publishing their own poorly selling magazines, but do they represent the nation, or even a considerable percentage of the people? Do the Palestinian people have actual laws that are racist? The Israels certainly do, so their article is justified. Dream Focus 16:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is if it isn't politicially motivated to dub laws Israel uses for security as "racist?" Your double standards are indeed pretty standard on the anti-Israel side of the debate.Tallicfan20 (talk) 16:38, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Many reliable sources state those laws are racist. At Wikipedia we go by reliable sources. And Israel continuously stole that land because they wanted their ancient boundaries, those areas only for just Jews to live, and no one else. How much more racist can you get? Dream Focus 22:39, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Last I checked "reliable source" or not, Wikipedia adheres to NPOV and avoids weasel wording. It is correct to say that many observers label Israeli policy as racist, but it is not a neutral statement of fact to outright label it as such with no qualifier as to who says so. That also has nothing to do with the deletion debate at hand, could you possibly refrain of injecting political bias into what is intended to be a neutral process? - OldManNeptune ⚓ 23:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and Incubate - IMO a healthy dose of WP:TNT needs to be dropped onto this article so we can try to begin again fresh. A lot of shit has been stirred up lately with the mediation results from Israeli apartheid, resulting in a lot (moreso than usual in the I-P topic area) of "Well if we're gonna have THIS on the Wikipedia then I'm gonna go create THAT" tit-for-tat editing. In its current form, this article has been crafted largely out of spite and is far too reliant on jpost, ynet, harretz, and (mind-boggle) worldnetdaily for sourcing. There may be a notable topic here, but building on the current foundation is not the way to go. Tarc (talk) 14:36, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep No brainer. If there is an article about Israel and Apartheid, then certainly there should be an article about the racism (including apartheid? against Christians) by the Palestinians. --Luckymelon (talk) 23:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The poor quality of this piece does not invalidate the need for it. Clearly notable and sufficient reliable sources speak on the subject. Plot Spoiler (talk) 01:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I am unconvinced by arguments that this article is politically motivated. Most articles are. If you are voting to delete this article for that reason, why are you not voting to delete Racism in Israel for the same reason? Yes, there is racism in Israel. And there is racism in the USA, and Mexico, and Canada. And guess what, yes, there is racism in the Palestinian territories too. How idiotic and transparent do you have to be to vote to delete this article but keep the Israel article? 174.112.83.21 (talk) 01:57, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fix. Serious POV issues, created as an attack page of sorts, quite clearly a tit-for-tat piece in response to its israeli counterpart. That said, the subject is notable and the sources are many. It should be rewritten, and I hope the rescue squad does that. Throwaway85 (talk) 03:07, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: It's time to close the AFD. The tag has been on for more than 2 days. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikifan12345 (talk • contribs)
    AfDs are usually open for 7 days, barring a forecast of snow. Tarc (talk) 03:43, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Exremely important. long overdue. I agree with Wikifan123 to close it.RolesRoice (talk) 11:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Structuring comment -- There is no "illegitimate topic"-based argument for deleting this article. Rather, there is a WP:SOAPBOX argument and an argument that the text can not be modified to Wikipedia standards. It would seem that Delete will not achieve consensus, but that does not exhaust the above discussion. Numerous people, mostly voting for delete, have argued that the article must be restarted. Two of us have proposed use of the Article Incubator or WP:TNT to fix the article. Please weigh in on whether you support that as you comment.--Carwil (talk) 15:31, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Article has been improved significantly since the AFD was filed. It is supported by plenty of reliable sources. For an infant article I think it is pretty solid. You can't expect a featured-status in the first week. IMO editors are more upset at the content rather than any concern for policy. Wikifan12345 (talk) 20:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Really, Wikifan, it's a mess. Filled with "x-org or y-individual (often not notable) charges z-person/policy with racism" statements that in half or more of the cases argue that the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is racist per se. Also, ungrammatical, poorly organized, and lacking in any sources attempting to systematically evaluate the situation. WP:SOAPBOX and WP:CHERRY predominate. Given the major policy violations and stylistic concerns, is it so much to ask to shunt the text into the incubator until these problems are resolved and we have a good Start-class article (FA status may be a long time coming :) ).--Carwil (talk) 14:56, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination and Zero. Tec15 (talk) 13:25, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep 'Racism in...' is unfortunately rampant in all areas of the world and a legitimate article, in this case specifically, article needs to be expanded and improved. --Shuki (talk) 14:21, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: To all the people voting Keep for "balance" with Racism in Israel (or whatever it's been moved to), please note that all Racism by Country articles cover their entire geographic scope. Which means that a discussion of racism by Israeli settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza will be inevitably included in this article. To not do so would be a POV fork.--Carwil (talk) 14:56, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: Do you know what a POV fork is? I saw a few editors trying to shove in bizarre info about racism among settlers and israeli soldiers, it was totally bogus and had no purpose in the article. Gaza and the West Bank are not part of Israel, settlers are not residents of the Palestinian territories. Any racism goes in racism in Israel. The article is about racism among Palestinians, not Israelis. Wikifan12345 (talk) 02:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Further discussion of this issue is not relevant to the AfD, but is happening on the NPOV noticeboard.--Carwil (talk) 03:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for {{rescue}} by the Article Rescue Squadron. SnottyWong chatter 17:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Article needs work but deletion is not the solution here. Perhaps an RFC would be appropriate to resolve some of the more tendentious editing issues. SnottyWong chatter 17:45, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - flawed article, considerably more flawed than Racism in Israel, but like that one it is a legitimate topic. The article should be kept and improved, not deleted. Robofish (talk) 22:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - the article is well sourced, and the subject is notable. It can be improved, but WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not a reason to delete. Noon (talk) 22:57, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This is clearly notable and the long list of sources is an indication of this. The level of racism (or lack of it) is notable for any country.Dejvid (talk) 13:08, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The article does seem a little one sided. Cases of Palestinians confronting racism would be nice but perhaps none exist and that is not grounds for deletion.Dejvid (talk) 13:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 07:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DC Anti-War Network[edit]

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Defunct Washington DC-based antiwar group. When I created this article back in August 2005, the claim to notability was very slim even by 2005's standards. I reviewed all of the references today, and of the reliable sources, none of them constitute substantial coverage, if they mention the group at all. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:05, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • That's actually a *lot* of mentions. You can't expect every WP subject to have a comprehensive chronicle prepared by a secondary source. This group passes the test, there's no reason to pick it to death. SteveStrummer (talk) 03:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I always get confused at this point. Are you saying if a sufficient number are added now, before a decision, you would withdraw AfD? Or that doing so should count as part of decision. I don't want to do a lot of work for nothing. CarolMooreDC (talk) 22:12, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My response in this case specifically referred to the comment about keeping the article as historical record. Substantial coverage is still required even if a group is defunct. As for withdrawing AFDs, I have a personal policy of not withdrawing AFDs unless I obviously made the nomination in error and no comments have been made (in which case, I will just delete my errant AFD page), because AFDs often spur positive changes for borderline articles (a good thing).
Your comment about "I don't want to do a lot of work for nothing" is the real kicker when it comes to AFDs. Someone could pour hours of work into an article nominated for deletion and it still gets deleted. In the case of DAWN, I went through online and on Highbeam Research, and I've found a lot of mentions, but not any substantial coverage that would work towards clearing notability. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and merge to Opposition to the Iraq War. Insufficient reliable secondary sources exist to establish notability of group as a separate article, however, it should be included as part of the general survey of anti-war sentiment during the Iraq War. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mkativerata (talk) 02:48, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (album)[edit]

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Non-notable album; exclusive release for Australia only. Contains tracks found on other albums, nothing special. Didn't chart. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 01:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:57, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Andrzej Majewski[edit]

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Unreferenced BLP for which I can find no reliable sources or significant independent coverage. Majewski sounds notable, but I can find nothing to verify the claims made in the article. I also checked the three interwiki articles and they are unsourced as well. If the article content is not verifiable, then notability cannot be established. Jezebel'sPonyoshhh 20:18, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete unsourced BLP, please consider a prod next time. —fetch·comms 00:52, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:55, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Urban Institute Press[edit]

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This page has no reliable sources other than than Urban Institute Press website. It reads more like an advertisement than an encyclopedic article. - tbone (talk) 16:09, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 15:02, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GHG Vehicle Test Group[edit]

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GHG Vehicle Test Group is just a an identical test group. Its a definition and there is not enough content for an article. In addition, the article is unsourced as the only reference is a dead link. Beagel (talk) 18:26, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete unless expanded to make clear what it is about. From the merge tag on it I gather that it is something to do with US vehicle emision standards, and perhaps it might be merged. If kept it needs to be tagged "unclear" and "globalise"! Peterkingiron (talk) 14:22, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. –MuZemike 19:08, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Passport (Terminal Emulator)[edit]

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Software product with no evidence of notability. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 05:22, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - No indication that it is of any notability Codf1977 (talk) 12:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

if they do not warrant their own articles, i suggest placing a template at the bottom of the terminal emulator and ssh articles listing programmes of this type. S3819 (talk) 01:25, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete. Article does not cite any sources necessary to establish notability per WP:N. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:57, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:44, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UltimateZip[edit]

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Software product with no evidence of notability. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 05:33, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Another example of why we need a CSD tag for products that don't assert notabilty. Toddst1 (talk) 06:33, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - I see no indication of notability. Agree with Toddst1 generally on this point. Shadowjams (talk) 05:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - no indication of notability, one of an unknown number of trivial shareware utilities.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 16:34, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:11, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SecureFX[edit]

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Software product with no evidence of notability. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 05:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious Delete: A great example of why we need a CSD tag for products that don't assert notabilty. Toddst1 (talk) 06:31, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Template: Delete as advertising. Carrite (talk) 01:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Note also that this is part of a walled garden of articles promoting the products of a "Van Dyke Software Inc." Cf. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SecureFX, SecureCRT. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:29, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AbsoluteFTP[edit]

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Software product with no evidence of notability. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 05:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. –MuZemike 19:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maria de Guzman (designer)[edit]

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Non-notable fashion designer. Fails WP:CREATIVE and WP:BIO. No evidence of notability: a fashion designer; has founded a company. Has picture. Appears to have one brief article in the specialised Australian Filipina Magazine. I imagine the only reason she got this coverage was because of her combining X and Y, a group with few members. Unable to find anything else. Article is simply a vanity and promotional piece created by the subject. A previous version Maria de Guzman Fashion Designer was speedied for advertising and this one could have as well if someone hadn't removed all the spam and cruft. The creator also blanked her talkpage and removed the prod without addressing the concerns nor giving an explanation. Christopher Connor (talk) 15:34, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The creator also vandalised the redirect Maria de Guzman (to someone else) and converted it into a second vanity piece along this one, which almost lead to it being deleted. Christopher Connor (talk) 15:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Lacks coverage about her. The only sourcing in the article is from www.australianfilipina.com describing her as "an upcoming fashion designer" and breathlessly leads the article with "Three months ago, a new fashion designer burst onto the Sydney scene. Her name is Maria de Guzman and she’s a proud Australian-Filipina!". The Fashion Forward festival decribes her as "an emerging fashion designer whose first collection is being launched at this years forward fashion festival." In other words, she may become notable in the future and seems to have got off to a good start, but that's not sufficient for inclusion now. - Whpq (talk) 18:14, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete per nom. Stub article with no reliable secondary sources to establish notability. Uncle Dick (talk) 17:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:44, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Material Girl The Musical[edit]

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Unsourced roumours. A google search for "Material Girl Musical" gives no relevant hits. MichaelJackson231 (talk) 15:42, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Mallis[edit]

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Notability is questionable. Article claims Michael Mallis has created one film, however a google search reveals only a single IMDB page for the film and no special recognitions. Nothing else on Michael Mallis could be found, leading me to believe he does not meet the requirements of WP:BIO. Velociraptors (talk) 15:54, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per WP:NPF & WP:TOOSOON. Not enough quality secondary sources to prove that he is notable enough just with this one film. Miles Blues (talk · contribs) 15:24, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:49, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...Coiled in Obscurity[edit]

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Clearly fails WP:MUSIC. Bootleg release (which we tend to get rid of on sight anyway), so no label for obvious reasons. No coverage, again for obvious reasons. No hint of notability, and no possibility of there ever being any. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 22:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to NetHope. Spartaz Humbug! 07:20, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NetHope NetReliefKit[edit]

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Non-notable; belongs as a paragraph in the article NetHope. Orange Mike | Talk 23:26, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep this article is in serious need of jargon-free statements about what this does, but it is a significant invention meritorious of an article. Reading into the source material gives a much clearer indication of what this does. Unfortunately this article seems to be written by techies who are only user-friendly communicating with other techies. I added the solar powered element to one sentence (a key element), but amongst the wikilinked jargon I can't see a way to write it in english without losing clarity about what this actually does. Being placed in the NetHope article will serve to bury this invention under the article about the organization. Trackinfo (talk) 01:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Substantively, keep or merge. The topic clearly meets the inclusion guidelines given the coverage in independent reliable sources. Procedurally, speedy keep (including its imputation of bad faith) because of the nominator's failure to comply with WP:BEFORE, in particular the blindingly obvious point #4. Bongomatic 01:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete and merge to NetHope per nom. Barely enough information to even establish context for an article. Not notable enough for a listing separate from the parent company article. Uncle Dick (talk) 18:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

EXtremeDB[edit]

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This article is written in an advertising manner and all the sources listed are created by executives in the company. Some of the sources are broken links or spam. A google search reveals that there are no sources to back up the claims of notability. Mars2035 (talk) 03:54, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am a user of this software and find the eXtremeDB article informative. I know the documentation well, so I can add some references. However, since you have initiated this effort to remove the article, I would appreciate your providing more information/guidance. First, please point me toward the Wikipedia page for a software product that you believe _is_ appropriately referenced, so that I can use that as a model.

Second, what links appearing on this page do you consider to be "spam"? That seems to be a subjective judgment on your part.

Third, please justify you statement that "a google search reveals that there are no sources to back up the claims of notability." When I google "extremeDB" and examine the first three pages of results, I find news articles from such publications as EE Times, Dr. Dobb's Journal and other journals reporting the news that the vendor has made to this product. Do you dispute that these are objective publications with high standing in the software industry, that these publications have no commercial interest in eXtremeDB, yet consider changes to the product to be newsworthy?

Your explanation of how your Google search justifies deletion of this article seems extremely cursory. Please explain what *exactly* you searched on and what you would have NEEDED to see in this Google search to "back up claims of notability". As stated above, my search on the product name confirms that well-regarded news media covering this product's industry believe that it is important enough to deserve news coverage. Also, a Google search on this product's *product category* (that is, a search on its software type, without using the product name) returns pages about eXtremeDB very high in the returned results. Is *that* what you are looking for in terms of confirmation from Google regarding the product's notability? I frankly don't see the connection -- but you are the one who has introduced google search results as somehow establishing notability. Welllstein (talk) 00:38, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since you seem to be interested in improving this article, I will cancel my nomination for its deletion. My problem with the sources in this article are that they are all produced by people who work for the company. These do not qualify as reliable sources. The links that I called spam are the 6th and 7th on the list (you will see immediately when you look at them). I also have reservations about using Dr. Dobbs journal and EE Times as sources, because usually these sources are written as promotional articles by the companies that own the software. If you are looking for examples of software articles, you can see the page about BerkeleyDB or Wikipedia:notability_(software). I hope you are successful in improving the article so that it complies with Wikipedia's policy.--Mars2035 (talk) 02:39, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for canceling your nomination to delete the page. However, I think your statement regarding EE Times and Dr. Dobb's Journal shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between news, on the one hand, and promotion, on the other. DDJ and EETimes are in fact professionally edited magazines; I think the editor of Dr. Dobb's Journal would take issue with your statement that his publication's content is "written as promotional articles by the companies that own the software." Yes, sometimes publications do use wording from organization's "official" statements (just as some political reportage sometimes use terminology set out by a politician or congressional report), and they do, indeed, publish articles by practitioners. But that does not take away from the fact that an independent "real" editor - that is, someone who does not have a stake in the article's subject -- has vetted and chosen that text for publication. That sort of gatekeeper function is getting rarer in the Web 2.0 world, but a good argument can be made that it is (or was) a better way of filtering information than the "everybody's an editor" model of Wikipedia.

You write, "The links that I called spam are the 6th and 7th on the list.(you will see immediately when you look at them)." Are you referring to articles from Dr. Dobb's and Embedded Systems Engineering? No, I do not see that they are spam. To me, they look very much like other technical articles, published in magazines that interest people in a particular field. Please back up your claim that they are spam. Where would such articles have to appear in order for you *not* to label them spam?

Finally, you still haven't told me -- what exactly were you looking for in your Google search that would have convinced you of the topic's notability? Is this a standard endorsed by Wikipedia, and if so, where in the Wikipedia rules and guidelines can I read about it? Welllstein (talk) 03:22, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment - One of the best written software ads I recall having seen on WP. Carrite (talk) 01:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Spam, spam, spam, spam.... 18:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
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The result was redirect to Cardiology (album). Content may be merged at editorial discretion. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Like It's Her Birthday[edit]

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Fails WP:CRYSTAL and WP:NSONGS. A song being released as a single does not make it notable. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 18:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, the song has been on high rotation on many radio stations internationally, it will most likely land on various notable charts worldwide upon its official release. Anthonyd3ca (talk) 05:46, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your first statement is unsourced and your second statement is crystalballism. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 08:43, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was merge to Conor Oberst. A separate discussion can be made for forking off a new discography page. —fetch·comms 00:37, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of songs with Conor Oberst[edit]

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Only 3 articles link to this article, and those 3 are the artist's article, the list of songs done by a group including that artist, and the group itself. The list is rather long and excessive, so if it doesn't merit deletion, it should at least be trimmed and put into the discography section of Conor Obersts's article. cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 22:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to List of political parties in Sweden#Minor parties. Spartaz Humbug! 07:26, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Will of the People Party[edit]

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A political party that received fewer than 1,000 votes and only has one major political viewpoint – on mobile phone masts. Not sure if this is going to meet WP:N or WP:POLITICIAN. The New Raymie (t • c) 23:37, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Weak keep - The absolute lowest of all possible bars for informational pages on political groups. Absolutely an obscure organization, nobody is doubting that, but Wikipedia has a capacity and, I argue, a duty to document such things. Carrite (talk) 01:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Let's be sensible. There are 200 nations in the world. Most of them have political parties and elections. In almost any country people have the right to start a party and try to get votes. If this party does something that the news media finds notable then write an article on them. Their (the media's) bar is low enough, no need to set WP's even lower. Borock (talk) 08:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The fact that party got very few votes and was focused on one narrow topic should not exclude it being documented as a legitimate part of the Swedish election. See argument by Carrite, above. Also, WP:POLITICIAN is more aimed more at individuals not at parties, I think. --Crunch (talk) 03:50, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It is already documented in the official records of the election. I don't see what benefit there is to WP having an article on them as well. They could be listed in the main article on the election, giving all the information in the article. Borock (talk) 13:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Preece[edit]

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Non-notable athlete. Fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. Few or no reliable sources discuss this individual in a significant way. Article also has an "autobiography" cleanup tag on it, although I don't see any obvious indication of a WP:COI. SnottyWong yak 23:38, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:44, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Akram Pedramnia[edit]

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Fails GNG, and fails WP:AUTHOR. I searched in Persian but couldn't find any references for the article. Most of the references of the article are the articles by subject and not on her.This article has been deleted in Persian Wikipedia.Farhikht (talk) 14:43, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete per NOM. I had a pretty weak search as well and can't find anything to indicate notability.--NortyNort (Holla) 14:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree. The article cites no sources that are about this person. I've looked around and cannot find any sources about this person. I've read the fa: Wikipedia discussion and no-one there cited any sources about the person. The only thing that I did find, ironically, was a conspiracy theory page complaining that this article had been nominated for deletion asking for it to be challenged. It recites what this article claims, and then says "I'm unable to find much more information on her.". So even the conspiracy theorists outwith Wikipedia cannot find sources, either. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 14:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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