Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Right-financing

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The result was delete. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Right-financing[edit]

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Non-notable economic concept. All sources (those that aren't dead links, at least) are papers by the concept's inventor, Peter Middlebrook (whose own article is currently listed at AFD for lack of notability). No-one else appears to use the term in this way. Yunshui ^雲 _水 11:48, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:49, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Finance-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:49, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete - SEO attempt to promote a now delete article about the concept's inventor; no independent coverage. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:45, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. bd2412 T 16:35, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep I don't see how Yunshui can say that this is not a notable economic term. The World Bank, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development), USAID, DFID (Department for International Development of the UK), Center for Security Studies ETH, the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the United Nations, and United Service Institution of India (USI).

0. In the following link, you can see that it clearly states that Dr. Peter Middlebrook is the inventor of the term. First, the quote: "Peter Middlebrook, formerly an economist with the World Bank, is co-founder and director of Middlebrook & Miller, a ﬁrm specializing in international ﬁnance, economic development and post-conﬂict reconstruction. Middlebrook is the originator of the term and developed the concept of “right-ﬁnancing.” Please see page 1 of "Right-Financing Security Sector Reform", book by P. Middlebrook & G. Peake; also, the following link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23693697_Right-Financing_Security_Sector_Reform

Institutions and entities that use the term:

1. OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development): See pages 75 & 85, of "The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform Supporting Security and Justice: Supporting Security and Justice"

https://books.google.co.ke/books?id=f7bVAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA75&dq=right-financing%20SSR&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=right-financing%20SSR&f=false

2. USAID: see page 18,

URL: https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/SSG_Security_Sector_Institution_Building_Toolkit_Final_2018_1.pdf

3. DFID (Department for International Development of the UK):

https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/SSRProvisionsinPeaceAgreements_ASSN2009.pdf

3.1. As well as SPIRU Working Paper 20, Overseas Development Institute, London, "Security sector financing and fiscal sustainability in Afghanistan", pages 10 & 47.

URL: https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/888.pdf

3.2 And https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/SSRProvisionsinPeaceAgreements_ASSN2009.pdf

4. The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/194961 See pages 23 & 27 in this

URL: https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/194961/DCAF-SSR-11-2015-09-30.pdf

5. The Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Security Sector Reform Resource Centre: in Security Sector Reform 101: Understanding the Concept, Charting Trends and Identifying Challenges, Mark Sedra, Senior Fellow. See pages 5–6.

URL: https://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/ssr_101_final_april_27.pdf

6. The United Nations: Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards, see page 11 of "DDR and Security Sector Reform",

URL: http://unddr.org/uploads/documents/IDDRS%206.10%20DDR%20and%20SSR.pdf

6.1. Also, in "PEACE, CONFLICT, AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA" of the University for Peace, UN,

A READERpages 226, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, see at

http://www.upeace.org/pdf%5CREADER_webpages.pdf

7. United Service Institution of India (USI):

http://usiofindia.org/publications/OccasionalPapers/IndiaandunitednationsPeaceOperation.pdf

8. Ubiquity Press: https://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/10.5334/bbv/

9. Asia Europe Journal: Right-financing the future. Lessons for Asian and European peace processes, see

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5143552_Right-financing_the_future_Lessons_for_Asian_and_European_peace_processes

I would argue that it is a widely used notable economical term — since International Organizations use it, as proven above. Polska3312 (talk) 18:38, 26 April 2018 (UTC) — Polska3312 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Comment - As noted by the AfD proposer, this article may be linked to an effort to gain notability for Peter Middlebrook (see AfD discussion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Peter_Middlebrook). Of the links posted above by Polska3312:

0. this is a 2008 research paper authored by Middlebrook that has been cited 5 time.

1. this appears to be legitimate use of the the term by OECD.

3. and 3.2. This report does not use the term but references 0. (the 2008 research paper).

Jonpatterns (talk) 11:38, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom. HighKing⁺⁺ 12:01, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I am not a wikipedia user / editor but an African economist working with the Ministry of Finance and World Bank in Sierra Leone. This term is used widely in the Security Sector Reform space by the United Nations SSR Unit, US Government, and OECD which is an inter-governmental organization with 28 Government members. I have no comment on keeping of deleting but I find the desire to delete by some users here to be diabolical and biased. If you are not an economist please do online research to improve the article, as there is much online about this subject. I stumbled across this writing an article on SSR, Right-Sizing' and Right-Financing'. You do wikipedia a disservice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.202.194.9 (talk) 17:12, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. Amazing the number of one-off editors any topic associated with Peter Middlebrook attracts. HighKing⁺⁺ 17:31, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think about OECD reference (1.) ? Jonpatterns (talk) 18:43, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Circular definition. The OECD reference had involvement from Middlebrook in phase 2 and also acknowledges "The overall process benefitted greatly from the advice and support of the Critical Review Panel made up of .... Peter Middlebrook ...." The definition in this manual also refers to Middlebrook's paper on "Right-financing Security Forces". The OECD reference isn't "intellectually independent" and is actually a Primary source. HighKing⁺⁺ 19:15, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Created by another likely Middlebrook sock, and irredeemably promotional. Guy (Help!) 20:27, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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