Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wildlife Aid

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. MBisanz ^talk 08:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Wildlife Aid

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Problem is, not only is Simon Cowell the founder of Wildflife Aid, he's also the owner of the production company that made Wildlife SOS, Animal Planet. So you've got a celebrity setting up a charity, then setting up a production company to promote it, and then selling the programme for commercial distribution. Any one with enough money could do this. It's not public service broadcasting.

The charity itself isn't notable, but the founder and owner of the production company promoting the charity are. I have a real problem with this set up. It's just 'promoting some entity.' Astral Highway (talk) 20:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:18, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

• The fact Cowell is promoting the charity outside of Wikipedia has no bearing on its notability. If he wants it to have any chance of success he pretty much has to. What would you think about merging this until more information is available? - Mgm|^(talk) 13:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
• Keep - the fact that the organization is the basis for the TV show brings the organization significant popular attention that warrants an article. The fact that such attention is generated by Simon Cromwell's deep pockets doesn't mean that the attention isn't there. Perhaps it could be a redirect to the TV show though until more information can be added. Rlendog (talk) 20:55, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

• Keep: Prominent local non-profit organization that has drawn widespread national and international attention -- meets the requirements of WP:ORG. I have expanded the article and referenced it to demonstrate the subject's notability. Baileypalblue (talk) 04:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

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.