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Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association

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Fails notability guidelines as represented in WP:CORP. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:20, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

• Delete as nominator: The one independent "source" provides only incidental coverage, as in the article is about Tibetan culture in the Pacific Northwest. Only 875 Google hits, and the first page of hits comes up with zero WP:RS that provide significant coverage of the organization. Article was previously tagged for notability and only the one source was added. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Keep This organization helped bring the Dalai Lama to Portland, which resulted in the movie Dalai Lama Renaissance (narrated by Harrison Ford). An article published in The Oregonian, and then republished in Seattle Times, writes, "Sunday school classes, dinners and picnics offered by the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association based in Portland also play a crucial role. They teach kids how to write and understand the Tibetan alphabet, perform traditional dances and sing Tibetan songs. They also allow them to see their countrymen," and, "About 400 Tibetans live in the Pacific Northwest, making it one of America's biggest Tibetan communities. In the 40 years since the first immigrants arrived, they've established an impressive framework to teach youth about the homeland." (Tibet's future goes to camp) It has received coverage in Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper Willamette Week [1], as well as many other sites and newspapers [2], [3], [4], [5]. Note that the Seattle Times/Oregonian article says that the Northwest has one of the biggest Tibetan populations in the world; this organization is already important and it is going to be even more important and influential in the genre in the future. -- Andrew Parodi (talk) 07:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - Portland could be the center of Tibet culture, but that does not make this organization notable. The Oregonian and Seattle Times article is the source in the article and as discussed above (and the small portion concerning this group is reproduced above) is not significant coverage. The WW article is an editorial (plus less than significant coverage) and the Asian Reporter story provides trivial coverage of this group. Save Tibet link, trivial coverage. Dalalamamatter lnk, trivial coverage. As to future, see WP:CRYSTAL, we need it to be notable now, and the sources provided do not allow it to pass the threshold. Coverage about the organization itself is needed from reliable sources that are independent of the subject, and the coverage needs to be substantial, not a phonebook listing. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

• This organization is unique, rare, one of a kind, linked to the Dalai Lama -- a major figure in the world -- and has received coverage in notable newspapers The Oregonian, Seattle Times, both of which are independent of the organization. Dtsf (talk) 09:05, 20 August 2008 (UTC)