Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telecommunications Hall of Fame

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The result was no consensus. Cabayi (talk) 15:13, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Telecommunications Hall of Fame[edit]

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Article was flagged for multiple deficiencies in 2012, including notability, which are uncorrected, and I haven't found anything of significance about this foundation. Moreover, according to Canadian government records, the foundation was dissolved five years ago: https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=4315162 -- Thomas H. White (talk) 13:36, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Telecom Hall of Fame is still active: https://opengovca.com/corporation/4337786 The corporate dissolution record cited above is for a different (albeit related) entity, a charitable foundation. BlueStraggler (talk) 18:39, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:58, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:58, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

delete this never seemed to gain traction, I could only find one article in a reputable source that has a passing mention: [1]. The fact that its dissolved is not a problem per-se but it looks like it never was notable. --hroest

Keep although it needs updates. It was certainly notable for a period in the late 2000s, although it seems to have faded away in the last decade. It has been referenced in official Government communications, including by the Minister of Industry [2]. It has been reported in Broadcaster Magazine, which was the Canadian broadcast industry journal for 70 years until it went out of print in 2015. It does crop up in big media like the Globe (cited above) and CTV but the subject matter is usually too technical to be of interest to popular news outlets. There are many other references, but most are in industry specific journals and outlets whose reputation may be hard for laypeople to gauge. BlueStraggler (talk) 18:39, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I should also add that the Telecom Hall of Fame's main impact was in live events (induction and award ceremonies, essentially) which do not leave much of an online footprint and is why they seem to have quickly faded away after the events stopped.BlueStraggler (talk) 19:01, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BlueStraggler if that is the case, it should be clear from the article. The way the article is currently written, notability is not evident. --hroest 21:08, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:59, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:39, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.