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The result was delete. Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 00:11, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Qabaristan

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"Foreign language dicdef. Article content: "Qabristan (Persian/Urdu: قبرِستان, Hindi: क़ब्रिस्तान, translation: Land of graves) or Kabristan, is graveyard or cemetery. Qabar means grave in Persian, Urdu and Hindi." - Altenmann >t 23:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete: I think it should qualify under CSD, and also WP:NOT. --Ragib (talk) 01:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete at least (could be speedy). As stated above. --Stormbay (talk) 03:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of cemeteries#Pakistan. The article is a dictionary definition that already exists in Wiktionary, but it is a potentially useful search term. Thryduulf (talk) 11:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. What makes you think that it's a probable search term on English Wikipedia? Also, why List of cemeteries#Pakistan? The article says that the term is also used by Iranians and Indians, and I doubt that anyone would type "Qabaristan" to search for lists for national graveyards in that area. The native speakers would probably use क़ब्रिस्तान and قبرِستان anyway. — Rankiri (talk) 16:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect per Thryduulf - this is a potential search term, but the current listing is merely a dicdef and is unlikely to rise to a stub in English WP. Bearian (talk) 13:06, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. If you're going to claim that it's a potential search term, could you please respond to my previous comment? Needless redirects clutter up Wikipedia and I see no reason why anyone would type "Qabaristan" to look up a list of Pakistani graveyards. The article is an orphan. Google Web shows 154 unique results for Qabaristan -"Gora Qabaristan" (Gora Qabaristan, Karachi is an irrelevant subject).

Delete: WP:NOTDIC, WP:ENGLISH. — Rankiri (talk) 13:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikiepdia is not a dictionary, and in particular, English Wikipedia doesn't provide definitions for non-English words. -- Whpq (talk) 16:11, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Jim Ivins Band

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The result was delete. JForget 23:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Jim Ivins Band

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The creator contested the prod. I can't find significant coverage per WP:MUSIC. I'm adding their album: Back To Reality EP to the nomination also. Joe Chill (talk) 23:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

delete both - no evidence of notability. - Altenmann >t 23:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete band fails WP:BAND; album fails WP:NALBUMS. Skier Dude (talk) 02:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both as stated by Skier Dude. --Stormbay (talk) 03:32, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both, fails notability per WP:MUSIC. Searching finds no significant coverage in reliable, third-party, sources. Esradekan (talk) 05:32, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Fair Deal (talk) 23:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/-izzle

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The result was soft redirect. soft redirect to wiktionary, I left the page history so feel free to transwiki if there is any usable material here Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

-izzle

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Pure dictionary definition with no hope of making encyclopedia article

The article name is invalid; article names in encyclopedias are supposed to be nouns or verbs (and not even adjectives), so it violates WP:MOS, whereas affixes are valid articles in wiktionary.[1]

The topic is invalid as well, the topic is supposed to be an underlying concept and not purely a word or purely lexical- that's what dictionaries do, and do it far better than we can here.

The article contains a simple list of words that happen to match a particular lexical pattern- again, dictionaries do it much better, and are usually more complete as well.

There is a good wiktionary article that covers the same ground: wiktionary:-izzle, and a list of -izzle's there.

This is a textbook case of Wikipedia is not a dictionary, this is a dictionary entry with no realistic chance of recovery. - (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 23:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Soft redirect using {{wi}}. I think it's reasonable to think there could be an encyclopedia article (or redirect to a section of an article) on the topic, but the current entry is not appropriate. --Cybercobra (talk) 23:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not with this title I think. And in any case it's terribly lexical; and is already in the lexical companion.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 23:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That does not mean it could not improved by focusing on the history surrounding its derivation. Currently though, it is indeed not that sort of article, hence why redirect is appropriate middle-ground. --Cybercobra (talk) 21:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kizzeep ~~because I wanted to say that~~ because I think there is a minimal amount of sourcing [2] and in the regular search that can establish some notability. MuZemike 23:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly notable as a dictionary entry, but it's just a purely lexical scheme for forming words, and there's a very good entry in the lexical companion for it, and the name is invalid.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 23:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

keep. It is not about a word or suffix per se, but about a certain lingo fad. - Altenmann >t 23:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lingo is exactly what goes in the wiktionary. The whole article is etymological, and the material is practically identical to that in the wiktionary. It seems to be just a dictionary entry, in the wikipedia.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 23:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just because it's mediocre now doesn't mean it can't improve in the future. --Cybercobra (talk) 02:30, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keepizzle (I also wanted to say that) I found two articles [3] [4] that assert its notability as a part of pop culture. This could be more than a dictionary entry if more emphasis was put on the invention and impact. But then there's WP:DICDEF... talking birds 01:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's a perfectly notable pop culture dictionary entry in the wikipedia, which has a policy against that.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 10:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems unlikely that this leopard can change its spots, as the topic is inherently dictionary like.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 10:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I think Kizzle would be the correct form rather than *Keepizzle. This is not a dicdef, this is (the beginnings of) an encyclopedia article about a morpheme. WP:DICDEF doesn't mean that words and parts of words are not legitimate topics of encyclopedia articles. +An gr 16:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's the point, it's an article about/with a name that is a morpheme. The wikipedia doesn't have those.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 16:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, actually, it does. One is even a featured article. Some words have enough to be said about them to warrant an encyclopedia article, and the "-izzle" morpheme may well be one of them. This article already tells us more than the Wiktionary entry can or should, or there's still lots of room for improvement. +An gr 16:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thou is not a morpheme.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 19:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I note that the encyclopedic knowledge you claim that this article could have is not currently present. Can you give us an example of encyclopedic knowledge that this article lacks that would be inappropriate for the wiktionary?- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 19:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Free morphemes are morphemes too, and both bound and free morphemes may be interesting enough to warrant an encyclopedia entry. As for encyclopedic information the article could have but that doesn't belong in Wiktionary, there's the fact that the -izzle word game/cryptolect has become notable enough that at least one restaurant has used it as a pun in its name. The fact that -izzle did not originate with Snoop Dogg but was popularized by him also does not belong at Wiktionary (though it's there anyway, incorrectly under the "Etymology" section). There's some encyclopedic information at wikt:fo shizzle, too, that should be removed from Wiktionary and added to Wikipedia, if it can be sourced, since it's not etymological. +An gr 20:57, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Although etymology is defined in the wiktionary as "An account of the origin and historical development of a word." for obvious reasons, that transitively applies to morphemes, and that's doubtless why the history of suffixes is present in all dictionary entries on suffixes that I've seen. Given the integral part of Snoop Dogg to popularising this particular suffix, I completely fail to see how the wiktionary entry mentioning him is anything but appropriate, and also fail to see how this requires an encyclopedia entry.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 22:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete without prejudice. As it currently stands, this duplicates the better presented wiktionary entry, and so doesn't belong on Wikipedia. I imagine that it will be possible to write an encyclopaedic article about the term, but this isn't one. If you were to write, one your best bet would be to delete all that is here and reference the Wiktionary entry to give you a couple of sentences of the introductory paragraph. Thryduulf (talk) 16:25, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Transclude to Wiktionary, then soft redirect as above, using {{Wi}}, per WP:DICDEF --Tckma (talk) 18:40, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per WP:SNOOPDOGG. 69.253.207.9 (talk) 21:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:NOTDIC. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jane P. Perry

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The result was delete. JForget 23:45, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jane P. Perry

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She is a preschool educator but not notable. There are no outside sources. BillNote (talk) 22:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Doesn't pass WP:NOTABILITY. Billbowery (talk) 23:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "Preschool educator" seems a highly inaccurate summary; she's a research coordinator at the Harold E. Jones Child Study Center at UC Berkeley. She's apparently been published in some capacity. I think she may qualify under WP:ACADEMIC or WP:N, although I'm probably not going to do the legwork myself to establish such. Also, note that Jane p. perry redirects to the article for the Child Study Center, although there's no actual mention of Perry at that article except in a footnote. Maybe a merge is appropriate. Or maybe she's not actually notable at all; I'm just sayin'. Propaniac (talk) 23:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete As the research coordinator, the notability is to be judged as a researcher according to WP:PROF. Her one significant book, Outdoor play is by a leading academic publisher and is in over 500 WorldCat libraries, but has been cited less than a dozen times--ditto for her journal articles. Not notable. DGG (talk) 03:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete on basis of DGG's findings. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. The fact that subject has a PhD and works at a university, along with the observation that most of the article is a somewhat prolix discussion of her research work, certainly qualifies application of WP:PROF. However, long biblio actually only references a few works, especially the Outdoor Play book, which DGGs analysis indicates has not been influential. Neither is there any other obvious basis for a claim of notability. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 18:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 4 (2nd nomination)

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The result was CSD-G4. Joe Chill (talk) 23:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 4

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The creator contested the prod and added a link to a blog. I can't find significant coverage for this per WP:MUSIC. This was deleted in AFD previously as in Yesterday. Joe Chill (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I tagged this as CSD-G4 just in case it is a significant match to the previous version. Joe Chill (talk) 22:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Inherited

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The result was delete. No prejudice to recreate later. If anyone is interested in userfication, let me know. Tone 15:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Inherited

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I can't find significant coverage for this film An admin contested the prod and added a major revamp template to the article for him because the creator said that he submitted the article with barely any info on accident. His article Monster Ark which he created after shows that it isn't true. Joe Chill (talk) 22:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yes this is true, I cannot find other sources. i think that the admin mis-understood me. While one of my articles was subitted on accident , but not this one. I did look to find other sources, but as of yet, i cannot find any other then IMD.--Tim1357 (talk) 23:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only other source i could find [5]

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Thanks for the info. Joe Chill (talk) 23:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete without prejudice and userfy to author's sandbox at User:Tim1357/sandbox/The Inherited in anticipation of its return. I cleaned it up and expanded it, but there is as yet not enough RS to support notability guidelines. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 01:48, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I recently added information to the synopsis. I had sent an email to the director to see if he cared to add anything that might prove its notability the new text is his.--72.171.0.146 (talk) 19:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no sources to establish notability -- Whpq (talk) 16:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:NF at this time. I believe userfying to the author's sandbox would be the best course of action. Narthring (talk • contribs) 04:38, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torrage

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Torrage

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Contested PROD by drive-by IP with no reason given and no improvement. Several day old service cannot possibly pass notability standards for inclusion yet. No non-trivial coverage. Wperdue (talk) 22:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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delete nonnotable software piece. - Altenmann >t 23:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: All that I can find is trivial mentions. Joe Chill (talk) 00:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: There is in fact non-trivial coverage of this service by independent parties, if you look for it. TorrentFreak & Saving The Interwebz @Wperdue: Age of the subject does not automatically preclude it from being notable Toastysoul (talk) 16:37, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Doesn't appear to be any significant coverage at all. What coverage there is (including the immediately above) appears to be reprints of press releases, hence not independent. ^Bongo_matic 18:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda Skitka

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 18:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Linda Skitka

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Professor of psychology who doesn't meet notability requirements for professors. ~Eliz81 ^(C) 22:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The above link to Google Scholar list many publications, two of them with more than 100 citations. Meets WP:ACADEMIC #1. --Crusio (talk) 00:24, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Good cites. GS h index = 21. It is a puzzle why this article was prodded. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Delete I do not see anything spectacular or notable about this professor. It seems like generic professor information. I see no mention of national awards as a leader in her field.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Although true that there are no obvious awards claimed, she very specifically satisfies WP:PROF #1 – her research record is quite notable. WoS shows 42 hits with citations of 168, 62, 56, etc., indicating her work has had a clear and appreciable impact on a mainstream academic field. Agree with above – unclear as to why this appeared here in AfD. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 21:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Comment. In addition to clearly passing WP:ACADEMIC #1, service as president of the International Society for Justice Research conveys notability. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:32, 20 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

~~Delete~~ Keep I don't believe simply authoring a lot of papers is sufficient to meet WP:PROF #1; the criteria states that "The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources." Are there any such reliable sources that demonstrate not simply that she wrote a lot, but that her writings have "made significant impact in her scholarly discipline?" I saw a user above mention something to this effect regarding WoS; I don't recognize that term offhand. Could you expound please?

Regarding her presidency of the ISJR, as per criteria #6: "The person has held a major highest-level elected or appointed academic post at an academic institution or major academic society." What I've found so far on the ISJI has failed to show that they qualify as a "major academic society." Their website counter shows just over 13,000 hits, and the sole reference on the Wiki page for the organization is to it's own website. I also have some question if a self-authored resume really qualifies as fulfilling WP:BLP, but I suppose it's not a major point. Can someone show either a source demonstrating the "major academic society" status of the ISJR, or else the "significant impact" her research has had? - Qinael λαλεω 01:12, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Explanation of WP:Prof #1 follows: Publishing papers is not sufficient to achieve notability for academics and scientists. What counts is the impact they make on the scholarly community. In the area of academic and scientific research impact can be measured objectively by counting the citations to papers made by other independent sources. These citations are available from several places for example Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus and others List of academic databases and search engines. Statistical measures, such as the h index are applied to these findings. All these matters have been discussed extensively in the past and present academic AfD pages and User:Qinael should read these as well as the subjects cited. Standards for notability are higher for scholars than in many other areas of Wikipedia. Hundreds of sources are needed for an academic or scientist whereas some articles in WP have less than half a dozen. As a rule of thumb an h index of between 10 and 15 is often considered borderline; outside those limits no contest. An h index of 21 is pretty good by the standards applied in these AfD pages. For this subject it means that at least h squared (= 441) other authors have cited the subject's work. The Presidency of ISJR may not by itself be sufficient in itself to achieve notability but adds to it. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:11, 23 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
- Thanks; changed opinion above as per previous poster's comment and subsequent searching. Professor does appear to meet WP:PROF #1 standards. - Qinael λαλεω | δίδωμι 16:30, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wasfia Nazreen

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wasfia Nazreen

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Non notable activist. No independent coverage in the media about this activist. Most of the web hits are self-published sources, or activist blogs. The "BBC Interview" claim that once existed in the article is actually a 2 line quote in an article about a protest in San Francisco. Subject is not notable in Bangladeshi media as well (both Bengali and English), other than writing a few op-ed columns or letters to editors. The prod was contested, so I propose Deletion. Ragib (talk) 22:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment on her as photographer. We read that Wasfia has mentioned in a news report by BBC about a torch run[2] and other leading journals[3] for her work with Tibet and other subjects, including her photography[4]. Her photographs have been exhibited in different venues around the world. Note 4 points to a long and ruminative blog-like article, amid which her work gets a single sentence. And no source is adduced for the claim of worldwide exhibition. -- Hoary (talk) 23:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP - Jornalists get very few coverage in the medias worldwide unlike Model Girls or Actresses. So COMMON SENSE should be applied to find one's importance/notability.--Planetbd (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It is possible to place few billion "^{[citation needed]}" tags all through wikipedia but unfortunately very few articles are being attacked with the tag which seems to be NOT FAIR. 99% Bangladesh related articles and at least 75% articles of total wikipedia can be deleted VERY EASILY for the lack of so called "Reliable Source" or "Any source at all". What's the catch of making wikipedia EMPTY?--Planetbd (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the foundation of Wikipedia is verifiability, and if someone cannot produce references to support notability, how would we know if the subject is notable or not? There *is* a criteria of notability of journalists, and unfrotunately, the subject fails WP:CREATIVE. Unless, of course, someone can produce references (from reliable sources supporting the criteria. As for fairness ... well, Wikipedia *is NOT* fair to non-notable topics/subjects that fail the criteria of notability. If you find other non-notable stuff, feel free to nominate them for deletion as well. Finally, if there is any obscure Bangladesh related topics (not covered by Bangladeshi media or any other reliable sources) that are not notable, please feel free to list them, so that we can discuss their notability in their AFD pages as well. Thank you. --Ragib (talk) 05:25, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(i) 99% Bangladesh related articles and at least 75% articles of total wikipedia can be deleted VERY EASILY for the lack of so called "Reliable Source" or "Any source at all". (ii) What's the catch of making wikipedia EMPTY? I don't think that your first assertion is true, but let's suppose that it is. The second assertion seems to imply that removal of unsatisfactorily sourced articles would empty Wikipedia. Wrong. Wikipedia has a very large number of articles that are, or easily can be, well sourced. -- Hoary (talk) 05:47, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete a non-notable subject, with the article written in a way as to give no specific details on the subject but the related topic in general. Very little biographical information anyway. Shiva (Visnu) 19:31, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It appears that the bio is actually an auto-biography ... either the subject, or someone else wrote it about her. See the same text appearing in her Facebook profile (link redacted on second thought). The informal nature of the text and the grandiose claims in the article already raised red flags, and her facebook profile just confirms that ... it's simply a vanity autobiography (or at best, a copyvio of her facebook profile). --Ragib (talk) 23:18, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook tells us: Wasfia is the first Bangladeshi to govern relations between Bangladesh and Tibet. Strong believer of strategic campaigns & grassroot activism, her work is an alchemy of political and humanistic principles- merging visuals, poetry, music, dance, freedom advocacy and political activism as tools to spread awareness of Tibet's Freedom Struggle. ¶ Meanwhile, Wikipedia tells us Wasfia is the first Bangladeshi to govern relations between Bangladesh and Tibet^{[citation needed]}. Her work is an alchemy of political and humanistic principles, merging visuals, poetry, music, dance, freedom advocacy and political activism as tools to spread awareness of Tibet's Freedom Struggle. ¶ How remarkable. The Facebook entry is illuminating, if not necessarily in the way intended. I'd assumed that "govern" was a typo or one of several glitches of the mental lexicon (surely by "alchemy" she means "amalgam"), but as I read this thing in its entirety I started to wonder. Here's how it ends: She now breaths [sic] her time between Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and Bangladesh. In conjunction with the usual activist ordeal & teaching English to ex-political prisoners and exiled nuns & monks, currently she is working on a book, and a historic event in her motherland (more details coming soon). ¶ Well, let's see the independent commentary that the book brings, and let's see how this "event" actually does go down in history. Delete. -- Hoary (talk) 23:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. While it is true that notable journalists are frequently not themselves the subject of non-trial coverage, the same cannot be said for notable activists. The subject of this article is claimed to be notable for activism, which doesn't appear—at least for now—to be supported by sources. ^Bongo_matic 18:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wacoz

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The result was delete. Jclemens (talk) 23:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wacoz

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Declined prod. Prod reasoning was: "Not notable. Only ten items on Google link "Zimbabwe" with "Wacoz". In addition, the references provided in the article speak nothing of Wacoz." The same criticisms apply, even after several additions to the article. Google searches turn up only this page and the Wacoz blog. None of the other references given mention Wacoz, including the book, which is searchable on Google Books. One link is 404. The Wacoz blog is just a series of postings about current affairs in Zimbabwe, most if not all of them are just copies of wire service articles. There's surprisingly little mention of Wacoz itself. Either a hoax or a case of overactive imagination. Hairhorn (talk) 21:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per WP:V. No evidence of notability presented. The two promising references (#s 3 and 4) both fail to open for me. If either contained substantial references to Wacoz, I'd change to Keep. If both did, I'd go Strong Keep. But currently, this is deletable. --Dweller (talk) 15:57, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. When it was prodded I tried to verify the existence of this organisation, and couldn't. Fences&Windows 22:19, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. SilkTork *^YES! 17:20, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon

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This page is composed almost entirely of OR backed up with pseudoscientific psych-speak. If it has been documented in any notable source (which excludes damninteresting.com, thank you), I have been unable to find it. An earlier AfD seemed to fail mostly on the basis that the original nominator was unregistered and initially bungled the application. At the very least, complete the merge into synchronicity, which seems to be synonymous but actually has legitimate documentation. Angio (talk) 19:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of un-notable, unsourced neologisms. Dlabtot (talk) 22:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sorry that the article isn't properly sourced; this is NOT synchronicity, which are meaningfull collisions; Baader-Meinhof are noticed because of the lack of meaning. htom (talk) 00:05, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - According to whom? The problem is the complete lack of appropriate source material. Angio (talk) 00:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Problem The problem is that the St. Paul Pioneer Press hides its copyrighted columns behind a pay-wall, so it's difficult to cite their use of the term. I'll put up the two links that are currently free:

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=12A047FC9855DBC0&p_docnum=1 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=129F4C77823867B8&p_docnum=2 with the text from each (and claim that these small quotes are permissible under fair use):

... Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Plus: Our community of strangers
Harley Dust: "The other night, a contestant on 'Wheel of Fortune' won a trip to Turks & Caicos. Since I had not heard of this location before, I made a mental note to look it up.
"Yesterday in the Pioneer Press, I read an article about the Haitian boat that crashed near the Turks & Caicos islands. I mentioned this to my wife, a faithful reader of BB, and she told I'd just had a B-M! She told her sister, and she announced to everyone that I just had a B-M.
"Not being a reader of BB (sorry), I had no idea what they were talking about.
"Today I started reading BB in order to understand this new language." ...

from the first, and here's the second:

... Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Tuesday e-mail from Queen of the Hop: "I'm a staff member of the Minnesota Historical Society. Recently a longtime friend of the Society, Floyd Risvold, passed away, and some memorials were designated to MHS. Our curator of rare books, Patrick Coleman, used some of the memorials to acquire a copy of a book entitled 'History of Wiskonsan' (Buffalo, 1846), which we believe Mr. Risvold would have loved to see in our collections. The book includes an inscription alluding to the fact that the book was in the collection of Abraham Lincoln and was presented to his coachman, William P. Brown, but actually turned out to be a part of a somewhat successful scheme known as the 'Coachman Forgeries.' First time I'd ever heard of this scheme is when I read our blog on 8/3 about the acquisition. Log on to our Web site for more info: [tiny URL pointed at:] http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/pdf/604_lincolnforgery.pdf
"Now comes the phenomenal part: Last night on an episode of 'History Detectives' (Channel 2) was the story of a woman in Oregon who ended up with a bound book of sheet music from an estate sale -- sheet music signed in a few places 'A. Lincoln' and 'Abraham Lincoln.' She was hoping that she was in possession of a priceless piece of American history. But, you guessed it -- after the detectives went around the country talking with Lincoln biographers and historians, as well as a handwriting forensic specialist, they determined her copy was part of the Coachman Forgeries, crimes perpetrated by Eugene Field and Harry Dayton Sickles. [Bulletin Board says: See [same tiny URL reference]]
"Please tell me this is a B-M. In fact, less than nine hours passed between the two experiences. [Bulletin Board says: That's about as pure as a B-M can come!]
"P.S. William P. Brown was Lincoln's coachman, and in the '30s he did sign these books (and many more) and his signature was notarized, but neither he nor the notary knew that the information pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, including the signatures, were added after theirs."
Throw the cow over the fence some hay!
Mamallama of Como Park: "The August 3 PP contained a story provided by the Associated Press, which began: 'Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. made his first public appearance Sunday since sharing a beer with the police officer who arrested him and President Barack Obama.'
"So now we know the identity of the person who was with Mr. Gates when he broke into his own home. But what was the president arrested for? And why was this not reported earlier? ...
"What's that you say? What about cows, fences and hay?
"Never mind!" ...

Actually, this article has been deleted before; http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Baader-Meinhof_phenomenon_%28deleted_24_Jul_2008_at_20:31%29

Here's a local blogger using the term: http://jennydagle.blogspot.com/2007/02/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.html

And here's a reference to a book using the term: http://www.harmlessfraud.com/?p=1210 htom (talk) 19:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete even though I love damninteresting; they are usually better with citing sources and further reading, though. - 2/0 (cont.) 16:06, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Never heard it called this, and now that I have heard it called this, I will probably never again hear it called this. We've all experienced the phenomenon of reading a word like "vitreous" and then seeing it again on the very next item we were reading. The article is about a coined phrase that is not notable, and too bizarre to ever become so. Unless you logically associate a terror group with an everyday experience. Mandsford (talk) 20:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge with synchronicity. Not at all notable by itself; no easily accessible good sources are available. Bearian (talk) 21:56, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not only is it OR, it uses an inaccurate assessment of the Serial position effect (Recency effect is redirected); Recency deals with stimulii that are the most recent in the tested string as opposed to primacy, the first in the string. Article: "its primary cause as being the recency effect, in which the human brain has a bias that lends increased prominence to new or recently acquired information." Recency effect itself has been shown to vary greatly depending on the pace of the presentation, indicating that it has more to do with presentation for which long-term and working memory abilities are efficient. I do not know of any studies that indicate that the effect exists outside of lists of information given in a short amount of time. The article speaks of recency as being about recent vs long-term memory, not most recent in a list of recent things. Synchronicity is completely irrelevant and should not be used to include this info. The article then wanders off to explore the truism that having a memory of something makes you capable of noticing it more. I am sure we are all aware that science is extremely good at proving truisms, but until it proves this one (hopefully I am wrong and it has and this article can be merged there), this article is superfluous to WP. And all to promote a web forum where people who spotted two citations! of something can amaze their friends. Anarchangel (talk) 01:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a mis-leading truncation of the article; several other explanations are offered. The claim advanced, however, is that it is explicitly and only the first and second encounters with the item, so lists don't come into it at all. And it's not a web forum, but a newspaper column published on actual paper (and pretty much not on the web, hence the difficulty in citing it.) htom (talk) 05:42, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Neologisms can, of course, be notable, but I don't see strong evidence of verifiability (blogs are usually discounted, although we'd probably accept a lexicographer's blog). Very interesting - if slightly weird and probably offensive to those who suffered at their hands - but without better referencing... delete. --Dweller (talk) 16:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth (surname)

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The result was delete. Jclemens (talk) 23:12, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seth (surname)

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Delete unsourced one-liner about a surname that has been tagged for 2 years without improvement. No indication that this surname is notable nor the sweeping claim is properly applied to any living people who may have this surname. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per Carlos. Even if there is a source to prove the claim made, no need for an article about every surname in the world. Mandsford (talk) 22:45, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Carlos. If someone can source this comment, maybe it can go elsewhere (disambig page for the phrase seth?), but isnt there a rule about <1k stubs being unsuitable for article status?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:53, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WLIrc

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The result was Withdrawn and Redirect. It would have been nice if the redirector mentioned that in the AFD. Joe Chill (talk) 23:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WLIrc

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I can't find significant coverage for this software. Joe Chill (talk) 21:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Not covered in any reliable sources, so no indication of notability. --Cybercobra (talk) 23:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep as redirect. Was redirected to Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients on 11 August 2009 - six days ago. Just glancing at it as a layperson, seems to be OK, no need to have the redirect deleted, no need to delete revision history. Power.corrupts (talk) 22:59, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehr (name)

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The result was Now is disamb page. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mehr (name)

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Delete unsourced one-liner about a name without any indication why this name is notable in the slightest. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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~~Delete~~ The article, written three years ago, says, in its entirety, "Mehr is a surname and title in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan." Well lah-dee-dah! Mandsford (talk) 22:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Convert into disambiguation - Mehr Hassan, Mehr Chand Mahajan, Mehr Abdul Haq, Mariella Mehr, Farhang Mehr, Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Nathaniel Mehr, Kabud Mehr... Seb az86556 (talk) 22:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Convert per Seb. That's a good idea. This will be okay if it's a mehr disambiguation page. Mandsford (talk) 00:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have inserted the proposed disambiguation-page as hidden. Requesting Speedy close of AfD. Seb az86556 (talk) 09:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Convert per Seb, unless an editor expands significantly upon why this name is unique and notable. Narthring (talk • contribs) 04:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/User Requirements

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User Requirements

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Essay; Original research mhking (talk) 21:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, going on WP:SYN. We aren't a repository for essays such as this. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete: Essay. Joe Chill (talk) 00:13, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: WP has several articles on aspects of Requirements (whether for IT systems or otherwise) but nothing on the key topic of Business Requirements, and, until now, nothing on User Requirements. I agree that the essay style needs some work, but I believe the topic should be kept. Downsize43 (talk) 05:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- To be frank, yes, the topic should be kept, but in all reality it needs to be something different that doesn't reek of synthesis. Unfortunately, I have no better ideas.... --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 03:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:OR. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete May be a valid topic for an article, but would require complete rewrite, so no point in keeping this essay. No predudice against creating a valid sourced article.Yob Mod 15:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Dawn (2010 film)

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The result was delete. JForget 23:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Red Dawn (2010 film)

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Delete unsourced WP:CRYSTAL ball article about a rumored film. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:NFF. JohnCD (talk) 21:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can't even find this title on iMDB. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice, as the film might happen and the article can come back then. The press coverage of a remake of Red Dawn would best be icluded in a section in the original's article about plans for a remake. Just a tad too soon for it to be on its own. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 22:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:NFF. Joe Chill (talk) 00:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NFF; plenty of information exists at Red Dawn#Remake. No problem with recreation if filming does begin on this planned remake. —Erik (talk • contrib) 18:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chuck Britz

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The result was no consensus. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:56, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck Britz

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Delete unreferenced weasel-worded bio without demonstrable notability. "Working with" (whatever that means) notable people doesn't make you notable; notability is not inherited nor is it contageous. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no indication of notability on his own merit. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 23:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep - and allow editors to look for additional sourcing. It appears that he is a notable recording engineer. His work with the Brina Wilson and the Beach Boys predates the Internet and material may be in print sources. Material such as [6], [7], and especially [8] would indicate that not only did he have a hand in the recording of the works of teh Beach boys, but that this work was noted by others. -- Whpq (talk) 16:37, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep A perfect example why WP:BEFORE should be policy, noms should do the due diligence of checking for refs which 15 seconds on Google news can easily find.

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Keep. Notable for work with the Beach Boys. Potential to be expanded for DYK. Location (talk) 23:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Association of Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW)

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The result was keep. Listed for 12 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:15, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Association of Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW)

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I don't see a 6000 person union as being particularly notable. The page also looks like a sort of advertisement. Irbisgreif (talk) 20:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep I agree that the current article has (many) problems, but that alone does not mean it should be deleted. The union has made some news stories ([9] comes up on a quick Google search) and has some potential third-party sources ([10]). This could potential be a better article, let's improve this rather than delete it. Fleerz (talk) 23:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - tone is grossly inappropriate, and there may be COI problems; but the subject matter is vital to the history of the labor movement in Canada. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:41, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scenarium

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scenarium

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Delete other than various turns at vandalism, this article hasn't moved in 2 years and its unclear whether this is some service or some custom in the Netherlands - or neither, for that matter. Fails WP:GNG and there's barely any context here, too. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - from the link, it seems to be an ad for a service connected with funerals. Not notable; searches only turn up a bar in Rio de Janeiro. JohnCD (talk) 21:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:N. Maybe someone could create an article on the bar in Rio de Janeiro. Joe Chill (talk) 00:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sherri TV Series

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The result was redirect to Sherri Shepherd Sitcom. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sherri TV Series

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Non-notable future tv series. The only refs I can find are the tv company press release: [11] I42 (talk) 20:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gonna go with Keep and clean up for now. Granted that iMDB is not the best reference, but a) it does show on there, and b)my experience is that it will ultimately reject anything otherwise. No prejudice to delete if this doesn't go as hoped. Clean this thing up and give more information. Basically, let's let this article grow out a bit instead of jumping the gun. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Article creator blanked the page (since undone) and wrote "Somebody Go ahead and Delete this. I didn't know that there was Already a Page of this Article" at the talk page. I didn't know either. It looks like this other page may be Sherri Shepherd Sitcom. Clearly at the end of this process only zero or one of those articles should remain. I42 (talk) 18:33, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Summer sinclair

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The result was delete. JForget 23:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Summer sinclair

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This seems to be a hoax. I have spent some time searching and can find absolutely no confirmation. Searching on Summer Sinclair produces this American actress but her middle initial is E and she is older. Searching the name together with Channel 9 or Channel V or MTV produce nothing relevant. (The tv.com and popstar.com ones look promising but contain no information). Finally, the version originally input contained negative information, since properly removed, but if that had been true this search would surely have produced something. Conclusion - this is probably a hoax, and at best unsourced and unverifiable BLP about a 16-year-old. Delete. JohnCD (talk) 20:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Hoax. Joe Chill (talk) 00:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete, obvious hoax. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Me Plus One (Annie song)

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The result was no consensus with leave to speedy renominate. 2 relists and 20 days is long enough. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me Plus One (Annie song)

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Never released as an official single. Most of the background information is just a duplicate of Some Girls (Rachel Stevens song) (and incorrectly split, at that). The sources don't assert notability independent of the album. PiracyFundsTerrorism (talk) 20:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment. This debate wasn't sorted so a second relist makes some sense. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessie Louis Kostoff

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The result was Speedy delete g7, blanked by author. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jessie Louis Kostoff

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An IP contested the prod. All that I can find is trivial mentions. Fails WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 19:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have been around for awhile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.7.86.232 (talk) 21:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's only been around for a day. Even if it has been around for a long time, it doesn't matter if it's not notable. Joe Chill (talk) 21:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Like Joe points out, lifespan on Wikipedia means nothing. Doesn't gvie references except a few copyright notes, some notes from an audition at HRC, and an honorable mention somewhere. Oh, and their webpage. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not Delete, Discography with BrooM has been added, see discography page on BrooM Website. —Preceding comment added by Broommus (talk • contribs) 03:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)--Broommus (talk) 03:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Please read WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 04:35, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd also suggest reading WP:COI. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- We have read it; one thing to note is we support what King Jess (Jessie Kostoff) has produced, BrooM has been around since 1995, he has produced a number of albums with BrooM and helped a number of artists with their albums for free under the self proclaimed label BRP – Big Rain Productions” We used to catch all the shows all over Montana, and look forward to what is coming next from Jessie Kostoff. Jessie deserves to be credited for what he has done. A bit of a local celebrity! He is no super star, however; he is something/someone that should be noted, and the future is growing for him!--Broommus (talk) 02:10, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Why is it so hard for you to go by WP:MUSIC if you have (supposedly) read it? You should also read WP:CRYSTAL. Joe Chill (talk) 02:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Artist King Jess has produced, OMS, Yung Stiff, Aaron Wirth Band, K-Raw, Red Truth & Ghos (North West Nightmare), Rezd Out Kings, all they have is myspace pages.. all are struggling artists.

So what? Joe Chill (talk) 02:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TBF is a real person! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.174.95.71 (talk) 03:38, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So what? You're real. Do you think that you should have an article? Joe Chill (talk) 03:42, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- I grew up with Jessie Louis Kostoff. We both lived in Deer Lodge MT. We finally became good friends when we attended Powell Co. Highschool. We started our own rap group and had a pretty kick ass time drinking and smoking. Our friendship remained through the years. Jessie took part in over 37 unsanctioned bare-knuckled fights under the tudeledge of Otto Ronneker. It saw the birth of B.R.O.O.M., a band with which, I starred as a lead singer. B.R.O.O.M., went on to make four albums under the roof of his Big Rain Studio. Sometime near the end of BROOM, Jesse, under the King Jess name, rekindled the rap/hip-hop interest. He performed and also produced songs/albums for some local Butte MT talent. Jesses graduation from MT Tech and his employment with the state of MT have taken him to Great Falls, where he currently resides. With the power of the newly formed Dark Mountain Cirkus, Jesse performs under the identity of The Bad Father. With his sidekick K-Raw, they form bonds with The Northwest Nightmare comprised of Red Truth and Gos. Along with The DMC, he has also been linked to underground and highly illegal opium dens and rubnhugs.--Zenmachine73 (talk) 04:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - So what? Joe Chill (talk) 04:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Before commenting on this AFD, please read WP:COI, WP:RS, WP:VERIFY, WP:MUSIC, and WP:CRYSTAL if you haven't which was all posted above. Joe Chill (talk) 04:43, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1S (methodology)

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1S (methodology)

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With no matches on Google News and nothing relevant in Google search, this appears to be not actually in use and should be removed as a neologism. Previously raised as a PROD but reverted without discussion; consequently this AFD is an opportunity for discussion. Ash (talk) 19:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - completely unverifiable. -- Whpq (talk) 16:43, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge and redirect to 5S (methodology) where it is already mentioned. Not enough content for it's own page, and certainly not without references. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - What verifiable content would you merge? Would you merge The principle way to remember it is "Shit:Everywhere". 1S.? The "methodology" is completely unverifiable and likely a hoax. -- Whpq (talk) 01:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - This edit is the extent of the merge that could be done. If it is decided that 1S (methodolgy) is unverifiable, then the section should be cut from the 5S article. Keeping the 1S redirect doesn't hurt. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:44, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - One of the issues of discussion is verifiability as the nominator found no sourcing, the article provides no sourcing, and I have found no sourcing. Nor does it appear that you have been able to find any sourcing. Verifiability is a Wikipedia policy. Merging unverifiable material is not a desirable outcome. -- Whpq (talk) 12:56, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Agree. The author of this page inserted the 1S content into the 5S article [12]. That user was notified, see User talk:Ioooi1978. I am now presuming that this 1S thing was made up. If it does turn out to be real, then a redirect would be suitable. delete. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        I cut mention of 1S from the 5S article.[13] --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:05, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It is a neologism at best; unable to find sources to verify the term. Narthring (talk • contribs) 04:46, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RCTV logos (second nomination)

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RCTV logos

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unfinished nomination, and nobody could be arsed to fix it. As usual. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete new rctv logo? Tsepelcory (talk) 15:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Logos are already in the main article, no need for an article about just the logos. Narthring (talk • contribs) 04:52, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Under My Feet (Celldweller)

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The result was delete. Tone 15:05, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Under_My_Feet_(Celldweller)

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Articles for deletion/Under My Feet (Celldweller)

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All articles I've listed here are about patently false/nonexistent releases by the band Celldweller BrentonRyan (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because they are all patently false (i.e. nonexistent) singles added to Wikipedia by the same user:

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Delete unless someone comes up with some RSs. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all per nom and as unlikely redirects. --Wolfer68 (talk) 22:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, but i am pretty sure that 2 of these: :Louder_Than_Words_(Celldweller) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), :Birthright_(Celldweller) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) have been released or are UPCOMING or they might be promos.--Priveledge (talk) 03:32, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A released single doesn't make it notable per WP:NSONGS --Wolfer68 (talk) 06:41, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Couldn't find any information on the songs released as singles. If someone believes they are legitimate singles they could try finding their record label (I wasn't able to) and working from there to find the releases. Even if they were releases that doesn't automatically mean they pass WP:NSONGS. Narthring (talk • contribs) 05:12, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonardo Ciampa

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The result was delete. —harej (talk) 09:44, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leonardo Ciampa

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Vanity article for a non-notable composer/pianist/organist. Only independently verifiable facts about him are a few minor performances in the Boston area. Article has been tagged as needing citations several times over its five year history. Three self-published books do not qualify for notability. Grover cleveland (talk) 19:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Mr Ciampa appears to be following this AfD discussion on his blog and has invited his blog readers to take part in this discussion. Grover cleveland (talk) 03:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If he has that many readers, that would indicate notability, no? BonGens (talk) 09:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- There's no indication that Ciampa's blog has many readers. As for his Wikipedia article this page (http://stats.grok.se/en/200908/Leonardo_Ciampa) indicates the article is receiving very few hits aside from editors. Compare to Vladimir Horowitz who's been dead for 20 years: (http://stats.grok.se/en/200908/Vladimir_Horowitz)THD3 (talk) 13:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Then there's no problem of Ciampa's mention of the AfD on his blog, I guess. 66.30.117.55 (talk) 13:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - No one has claimed that there is a problem with the mention - it was simply noted as a relevant piece of information.--SPhilbrick T 18:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Mr. Cleveland is incorrect on many points. "Only independently verifiable facts about him are a few minor performances in the Boston area." Untrue. Most of the facts were easily verifiable on amazon.com, bostonglobe.com, as well as leonardociampa.com and faultbook.blogspot.com. "a few minor performances in the Boston area." Untrue. Major performances have occurred at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, and important cathedrals in Europe including the Stefansdom in Vienna. All of these facts are easily verifiable on the web. To throw a "citation" tag after practically every sentence, without researching any of it, is a clear case of vandalism. 68.162.214.17 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
- leonardociampa.com and faultbook.blogspot.com are personal sites run by Mr Ciampa. "Consortium Internationale Compositorum", cited as a source and publisher for some of Mr Ciampa's works, "was founded in 2008 by Leonardo Ciampa and Andrea Amici.". Ciampa's books are all self-published. Wikipedia notabiliity requires "significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." Nearly all the claims about Mr Ciampa in the article are either unsourced or originate, in one way or another, from Mr Ciampa himself. The exceptions are some Boston Globe articles that afford Mr Ciampa only minor mentions that do not meet the Wikipedia criteria for notability. Grover cleveland (talk) 02:59, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - "...some Boston Globe articles that afford Mr Ciampa only minor mentions ..." Untrue. This was a full-length article and documented an important premiere of an orchestral work in an important hall: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F674A084B9BEB7D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM BonGens (talk) 09:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - This article, which I have just paid $5 to view in the cause of Wikipedia, is a human-interest piece mostly about Ciampa's Italian-American background that says very little about the music and doesn't review the performance. The performance was scheduled to take place at the Strand Theater, whose mission, according to its website, "is to serve as a cultural and educational resource to artists and audiences regardless of race or cultural background, age, ability, gender, economic level, or sexual orientation." Grover cleveland (talk) 14:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - According to the 'Globe,' there were two performances, one at the Strand and the other at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University (an important hall). The Pro Arte Orchestra is a well-known, all-professional orchestra, by the way. 64.61.60.146 (talk) 14:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete. A vanity article which is primarily being maintained by an anon editor who is probably the article subject. Previous editors GiovaneScuola2006 and LorenzoPerosi1898 (both blocked as a sockpuppets) were most likely the subject as well. Grover cleveland's requests for citation were entirely reasonable and the hostile response by 68.162.214.17 was uncalled for. Further 68.162.214.17's use of the Ciampa's own website and blog do not meet the criteria for WP:Verifiability. Finally, Sander's Theater at Harvard is hardly a major concert venue. If everyone who played there and/or self-published a few books had an article in Wikipedia, the article load would increase ridiculously.THD3 (talk) 02:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- "Sander's Theater at Harvard is hardly a major concert venue." Excuse me?! 64.61.60.146 (talk) 15:00, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep.I completely agree that Grover Cleveland's adding "Citation" to every other sentence constitutes vandalism and ill will in this instance. I don't think there is basis for doubt that Mr. Ciampa is a well-known performer and composer in America and Europe who has played everywhere that the websites say that he has. (By the way, the correct spelling is Stephansdom, not Stefansdom.) It seems probable that User:THD3 and User:Grover cleveland are sock puppets who consistently use the same turns of phrase, edit on the same pages, etc. BonGens (talk) 02:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- BonGens, if you're going to accuse me of being sockpuppets with User:Grover cleveland, you should have the guts to back it up via an administrator. Otherwise, you should delete the claim.THD3 (talk) 11:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Ciampa is a famous musician. If someone wants to claim that he's lied about places he's played and things he's done, that's ludicrous. Are the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and Lavazza Chamber Ensemble also lying that he's performed with them? 66.30.117.55 (talk) 13:38, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- And another user with almost no edit history mysteriously shows up!THD3 (talk) 13:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- — 66.30.117.55 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Delete. Claims for notability are not supported by reliable external sources. Fails WP:MUSIC. LK (talk) 04:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note. I am recusing myself from all further discussion of this article and removing it from my watch list. In the past 24 hours, I have been accused of sockpuppetry, had my real name and physical location listed, and Leonardo Ciampa has tried to contact me personally. This is not worth my time (especially considering that the article receives so little traffic) and it's definitely not worth the aggravation and lost sleep. Life is too short.THD3 (talk) 14:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep given the six interwiki links (de:Leonardo Ciampa, es:Leonardo Ciampa, fr:Leonardo Ciampa, it:Leonardo Ciampa, la:Lionhardus Ciampa, pt:Leonardo Ciampa). They can't all be wrong. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've never seen this argument in an AfD before. A few points:
  - Notability requires coverage in independent reliable secondary sources. Interwiki links are not reliable sources, and they often are not independent of each other. None of the interwiki links, as far as I can tell, cites any sources not in the English Wikipedia article, and none gives any reason for Ciampa to be notable beyond what is in the English article.
  - If a user is capable of creating a vanity articles in English, he is equally capable of creating vanity articles in other languages, especially given the easy availability of translation tools on the internet.
  - Since English is the biggest Wikipedia and has the largest coverage of many areas, many other Wikipedias proceed by copying and translating articles from the English Wikipedia. I have noticed this in the field of classical music (where I am an active editor).
  - Other language Wikipedias may have different criteria for inclusion from the English Wikipedia. So, even if Latin Wikipedia, say, is "not wrong" in having an article on Ciampa, it doesn't mean that English Wikipedia needs one.
- In sum, I really don't think the existence or nonexistence of interwiki articles is a valid argument for (or against) an AfD. Grover cleveland (talk) 15:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- They can all be wrong if they were all created and maintained by the same person/persons. You haven't looked at them, have you? Look at their edit histories. Notice how it is the same accounts editing across many of them. Three of them were all started by the same IP address. GiovaneScuola2006 has edited four out of the six, all of which were created on the same day, three out of those four within minutes of one another. The only reason that xe didn't edit the final two (la: and pt:) is that they are translations. And even then, la:Usor:LionhardusCiampa (and la:Usor:BonGens — a unified account and thus the same as User:BonGens here) edited the la: article. It's not hard to guess who "LionhardusCiampa" is.
  Your rationale holds no water at all, upon investigation. I suggest trying a different one. ☺
  Incidentally: Whilst checking all this out, I've found the evidence that shows pretty conclusively that User:BonGens is both a sockpuppet and Ciampa xyrself. So whilst your rationale didn't hold water, it was at least useful for showing the places to find the sockpuppetry evidence. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 07:27, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As a composer and author, Ciampa is notable enough. High profile organist gigs cement notability. Binksternet (talk) 16:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- If you have reliable sources that he is notable as composer, author or organist, could you add those to the article? Then I would be happy to withdraw the AfD. As of now, I don't see any sources for this. Cheers, Grover cleveland (talk) 21:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - You apparently think the Boston Globe article is deficient. I think it suffices. The whole article is about Ciampa and his Sicilian suite, including the punning title which reads "His Suite Smells Of Success", yet you complain of it being "only minor mentions" unworthy of Wikipedia. I disagree—it is enough to establish notability. Binksternet (talk) 00:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I just don't see how it meets WP:MUSICBIO or WP:COMPOSER. Grover cleveland (talk) 00:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Reply - It's irrelevant, WP:MUSICBIO and WP:COMPOSER, along with all other topic-specific notability guidelines, are inclusive not exclusive. In other words, if a person meets the requirements at WP:COMPOSER then they are considered notable even though they may not meet WP:N. Those guidelines are intended to allow Wikipedia to include subjects that could be considered notable despite failing the requirements. But if a subject meets the general requirements then it doesn't matter if they meet any of the specific requirements. Leonardo Ciampa has been given "significant coverage" in "reliable sources" and thus meets WP:N regardless of anything else. To give another example, Bill Clinton plays the saxophone but probably wouldn't pass the requirements at WP:MUSICBIO, is he then not notable? -- Atama ^chat 18:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        I just added two links to Ciampa-written articles in The American Organist, the voice of the American Guild of Organists. That guild is hard to penetrate online, but it appears that Ciampa is an active member, writing articles, and playing at least one concert for the Guild in 1990. This industry-focused activity increases his notability. Binksternet (talk) 01:20, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. I recently heard Leonardo play his own works which were inventive and musical. I also heard him improvise. He invited the audience to submit a hymn for his improvisation. All was quiet and so I volunteered “Lift High The Cross” for he tune. He did a masterful improvisation, starting with a minor variation on a melodic fragment of the tune, progressing through several other variations and ending with a very busy fugue. His technic is outstanding and his composing style is mature. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.173.23.178 (talk) 21:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Strong keep. The malicious campaign by Grover Cleveland is highly unfortunate, and unhealthy for Wiki. Leonardo Ciampa is an extremely well-known performer and composer. (He has been reviewed numerous times in the Globe, by the way -- Richard Buell, Ellen Pfeiffer, et al.) 64.61.60.146 (talk) 14:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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- Please, No personal attacks. Grover cleveland (talk) 18:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Towards Grover cleveland or towards Leonardo Ciampa? BonGens (talk) 20:28, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - The only personal attacks here are towards Grover cleveland, who has been described as conducting a "malicious campaign" and, especially, THD3 whose physical identity and location have been published as part of a campaign of online and offline harrassment^{[citation needed]}, successfully driving him away from this discussion.
    - I've opined that Mr. Ciampa is not notable by Wikipedia standards of notability. That's not a personal attack -- it's an essential part of the Wikipedia process for deciding what articles are and are not included in the encyclopedia. Nowhere have I said anything about Ciampa as a person outside of his qualifications to have his own Wikipedia article. I have not, for example, described him as "malicious".
    - The No personal attacks policy applies primarily to other Wikipedia editors, not to the world at large. Is Mr. Ciampa taking part in this discussion, or editing his own article, anonymously? If he is, then that violates Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest policy and possibly Wikipedia:Autobiography, and he should stop doing so, and confine his edits to topics in which he does not have a personal stake. Note especially from the latter page: If your life and achievements are verifiable and genuinely notable, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later and If you create an autobiography you must have no promotional intent and must be willing to accept it being neutralized if it is not neutral, or even deleted if it comes to that. Grover cleveland (talk) 20:45, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - I see a lot of edits on this page by Grover cleveland. I call that a campaign. RoverRexSpot (talk) 21:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Other people call it discussion, which is of course what this page is all about. Uncle G (talk) 07:27, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Grover cleveland's anti-Ciampa campaign is disgusting. The AfD is baseless. RoverRexSpot (talk) 21:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Grover cleveland's behavior is deplorable. There is nothing in Mr. Ciampa's successful career to doubt.76.24.30.120 (talk) 01:24, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn musician. Complete lack of non-trivial coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Though I am impressed with the band of single purpose accounts he's managed to rouse up to make bad faith attacks on the nominator. Reso lute 04:54, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. More citations are always welcome, but at present, WP:N/WP:MUSIC is not nearly established. (also, the partisanship of the Keepers is creeping me out. try not to take this personally.) Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 05:04, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with both Resolute and Andrew Gradman. For "creepiness," consider the volume and virulence of Mr. Cleveland's commentary on this page. RoverRexSpot (talk) 06:03, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Your opinion of the nominator is completely irrelevant to the discussion, and a complete failure to assume good faith. The truth is, if you can't bring up policy reasons to support your argument, the closing admin is highly likely to simply dismiss your position. Reso lute 13:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. Despite his own self-promotion and the misbehavior of his meatpuppet army here, and despite the poor quality of most of the sources in the article, the 2002-10-03 Globe article is clearly nontrivial third-party coverage of the type required by WP:RS, as is a review of one of his concerts in the Globe on 1996-09-06 ("Marciano shows star quality in US debut", unfortunately behind a paywall). So he (barely) seems to meet WP:MUSIC #1, and if the international performances can be sourced he would also meet #4. However, if this is kept then some sort of sanction (perhaps involving a user conduct RFC) seems warranted to keep him away from his article so that it can be maintained more neutrally: WP:N is not optional. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:04, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for being an "internationally-acclaimed organist" as per an article about him in the The News Leader ([14]). Also per this interview about his writings, and this article in the Boston Globe which tells his life story as well as the other thirty odd articles pulled up by Google News that mention him. Icewedge (talk) 06:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment It's worth being aware that all three books by this person were published by AuthorHouse, which is described as a Self-publishing company. Relevant to your consideration of Notability. JD Caselaw (talk) 07:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - This is not news. Grover cleveland has mentioned this already twice, THD3 also mentioned it. More importantly, where have these publications been used to establish the subject's notability? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:24, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - One local (U.S.) newspaper's assessment of what is or isn't "internationally notable" is a ludicrously slender piece of evidence for something like that being true. --Calton | Talk 15:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per independent sourcing, noted above by David Eppstein. (And delete editor for anyone who asserted that Sanders Theater is not a notable venue. :-) ) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:25, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets Wikipedia:Notability with non trivial articles in the News Leader and the Globe. Should also meet WP:MUSIC's international tour standard, with the News Leader's statement: "Ciampa has made seven European tours encompassing Italy, Austria and Germany. He is particularly admired in Italy, where he has played in numerous international festivals.", but that's just extra. --GRuban (talk) 15:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: The article(s) in the Globe seem to be fairly significant, but the article in the News Leader is substantially (although not entirely) a copy & paste from Ciampa's website. I question how reliable this particular article is as a source. Andrew Jameson (talk) 18:31, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - So they wrote a fawning article. That happens. If some different source were to write an article questioning some of the laudatory statements, we could start adding "alleged" or something to them in our article. But until then, we have to go with the fact that no one seems to be questioning what they said. Anyway, that's an issue with how our article is written, not with whether we should have an article at all. It shows that a newspaper in another state cared enough about Leonardo Ciampa to devote a fair bit of column space to him, which is what Wikipedia:Notability is about. It's enough for that. --GRuban (talk) 18:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - "Reprinted press release" would appear to be the actual argument, not "fawning article" as you would try to spin it. --Calton | Talk 15:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Subject of article fails to meet standards for inclusion laid out in WP:MUSIC. L0b0t (talk) 17:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep Gruban's analysis. Arguably meets WP:MUSIC although I'd like to see more evidence for that. Icewedge also makes a good catalog of sources. We should make our decision independently of Ciampa's behavior or the rude behavior of his apparent fans. JoshuaZ (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep All the people complaining that he doesn't meet WP:MUSIC are missing the point. He meets WP:N thanks to the significant coverage by the Boston Globe and other media. It doesn't matter if his musical achievements consist of playing a kazoo in the second grade, if he meets the general notability requirements then he is notable. -- Atama ^chat 18:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete With all due respect to Mr. Ciampa, whom I am sure is a excellent composer/pianist/organist, Wikipedia establishes notability requirements and the references in the article do not appear to clearly meet those requirements. The Newsleader source is marked as an advertisement and should be disregarded. The October 2007 Boston Globe reference is the definition of trivial, listing his upcoming performance as an activity alongside the Rising Star Quilters Guild's quilt show. It seems that the "His Suite Smells of Success" article is the only non-trivial coverage and that one piece doesn't seem to meet WP:MUSIC or WP:N as far as I can read for free. David Eppstein also includes the 1996 review, but I'm inclined to take that as trivial, since Mr Ciampa is not the subject of the article based on the title. Even if it were non-trivial, it would be arguable whether two articles qualify as multiple, IMO, and the overall over-promotion of the other sources would bias me toward arguing that it does not. Can someone who has spent the money to read these two articles comment on whether either one meets WP:MUSIC #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.") and describe the scope of the 1996 review? Celestra (talk) 15:52, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The News Leader source is not "marked as an advertisement", it's got the words "ADVERTISEMENT" on each side as delimiters for two blocks of ads, which blocks happen to be empty. Compare it to, for example [15], or [16] where the placeholder is actually carrying ads. --GRuban (talk) 16:05, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - You're right about that, but I don't think that detail changes the overall nature of the piece. The piece reads like an event announcement or press release and it lacks a specific byline. I would still consider that to be trivial coverage, and not overly reliable for details about the subject. Celestra (talk) 17:53, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - In fact, the bulk of that Newsleader piece is word for word from what the subject wrote on his bio page at www.musicamultimedia.net, which would be consistent with it being an announcement or press release reprinted in that paper. Celestra (talk) 18:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - currently we have 10 references of which, breaking them down... the Newsleader is an advert that simply repeats the unverified claims of "internationally-acclaimed" and "one of the most gifted and versatile musicians of his generation" which is pretty high praise so I'd expect to see some pretty substantial critical review other than local rags. The Consortium site I'm afraid is not independent ("Leonardo Ciampa and Andrea Amici, CIC Founding Directors"), the Boston.com local news like all local news would advertise the opening of an envelope (this is very important for promotion but it's hardly discerning) - its purpose is to promote an event not be critical of the artists or the work. The concertonet.com links are self published, the encyclopedia.com are teasers for his own work. Maybe the market he works in is niche but nothing pops up that allows us to have an independent authority as to his skills. After all we (i.e. wikipedia editors) cannot judge the works but must let others judge for us. I find a lot of promotion but little that is judgemental and that is what is worrying. Also, though probably as notable as ghits, I'm having trouble googling for a torrent. In the music business if no one is ripping your music then you are very new or very very niche. He's not new, so its niche. ps: actually I love church organ music which being a secular humanist (aka to Americans I guess that means I'm an atheist) is kind of a odd dichotomy but hey ho. Ttiotsw (talk) 18:20, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- ...I don't think claiming you can't casually pirate someone's music is a reason to claim non-notability. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 20:10, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - yes it is valid because we have so little else. We're scraping the barrel here. Given I'm having trouble finding an actual critical review then, like our use of ghits, it does help establish how widely known the person is. A google search which has the person's blog, (their wikipedia article, and forks), paid-for directories (e.g. www.concertartist.info) their myspace, then obviously ghits isn't going to help so other ways of establishing notability are needed. In music you try torrents; the point is that it should jump out who says he is "acclaimed" and "gifted". Ttiotsw (talk) 08:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The Encyclopedia.com links are there because the American Guild of Organists doesn't have a searchable archive of past issues. Those links aren't there as "teasers for his own work"—I put them in and I don't know Ciampa from Adam. Binksternet (talk) 21:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - But they are his own work that you are linking to via Encyclopedia.com. The American Guild of Organists establishes that he is an organist but as it is a trade group paid in part by subscriptions from the members so it is not independent of the organists. They establish he is an organist but not notability in that field. Ttiotsw (talk) 08:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - The guild does not let non-notable organists use their journal to dispense advice on how to improvise. The fact that Ciampa's submission was either sought or accepted establishes notability within the organization. There are many members who do not author articles in the journal. Binksternet (talk) 09:31, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Notability within the organisation may be grounds for inclusion in that trade publication but isn't grounds for inclusion in Wikipedia. Ttiotsw (talk) 10:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The Concertonet link is not self-published by Ciampa. RoverRexSpot (talk) 04:42, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - A good point - the [17] though is more a fan site that is insufficiently distanced from the musicians. It does a great job of advising events but this doesn't establish the notability for those that they interview. Ttiotsw (talk) 08:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note to self and others. I was checking around and I fixed a broken weblink on Pro_Arte_Chamber_Orchestra_of_Boston and noticed the currently listed conductor is now emeritus (retired) but then I saw Gisèle Ben-Dor has/had conducted for the PACO (notice she is a redlink here) and on her own page she indicates that "is described by the Los Angeles Times as "a star on the rise.a ferocious talent." "Ben-Dor casts her spell," the Boston Globe reported, "a tremendous musician, expert technician, charismatic performer." which is fine praise BUT if you look at the reviews [18] then she kindly links to who says this and when. It is brilliant - it makes our life so easy and THAT is how notability is established because someone else says 'x' and we can identify who says that. All Ciampa needs is a press page whereby he links or references who says he is what he says he is and then this AFD is moot. Ttiotsw (talk) 09:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The PACO is obviously interesting because I did find an letter by Ciampa regarding a reviewer called Ellen Pfeifer in which Ciampa pulled the race card in which he says of his "...shock of reading Ellen Pfeifer's review, which was ethnically clueless on two levels (Living/Arts, Oct. 14).". Bizarrely enough Ellen Pfeifer's review could help establish notability though it doesn't support the descriptions we have of ciampa's work. Ttiotsw (talk) 10:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC) (amended by me to fix spelling of Ciampa from Ciampi !the senator!) Ttiotsw (talk) 16:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I recall reading a Sunday spread in the Boston Globe, about half a page, with various letters to the editor regarding Pfeiffer's review and the ethnicity question. It was a Sunday Globe, probably the Sunday after the premiere. There had been much talk about Ciampa's Suite Siciliana being the first major "Sicilian" classical work. Pfeiffer's review caused ire in the Italian-American community, many of whom wrote letters to the Globe ... and Pfeiffer responded ... and from that point on, Pfeiffer was not asked to review one piece of Italian music, not even opera. You will not find one Pfeiffer review in the Boston Globe after October, '02, in which there is so much as one Italian work on the program. It was a "notable" episode. Respectfully, I don't know what some of the editors here want. Commissions by major musical institutions, premieres in major halls, reviews in major newspapers, articles in magazines, blogs that are popular enough to elicit many responses here ... What more do some of these Wiki editors require? Anyone for whom the New York Times does not say, "The greatest musician of the age," must be deleted? That's a lot of deleting. BonGens (talk) 14:54, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - - Please don't edit other people's comments. Binksternet (talk) 15:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - No, the problem is that references seem to wander back to the subject or have insufficient independence from the subject. If there has been extensive touring then there will be newspaper records of this, if there have been CDs published then there will be reviews (having the CDs published by a label that the subject is a founder isn't independent). Looking at other artists web sites then thee is no end of praise BUT they specify WHO SAYS THIS. With Ciampa's web site we see "particularly admired in Italy" - OK great BUT hey *please* a link to La Stampa, Corriere della Sera etc please even if it is regional and we see "acknowledged as one of the most gifted and versatile musicians of his generation" - OK great, we're not the critics, so WHO SAYS THIS ?. On the issue of Ellen Pfeifer as a critic it seems that she moved jobs and is now the Public Relations manager at the NEC - New England Conservatory [19] after 3 decades at the Globe, the Herald, and the Phoenix [20] its not surprising that she never reviewed much else - she moved jobs ! I don't care if people want to not use a critical review. It just means we're left with less so making this AFD that much easier. Ttiotsw (talk) 16:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Nah, just that they have actual notability and actual impact, rather than wildly inflated puffery and recycled press releases. --Calton | Talk 15:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wildly inflated -- even vanity -- biography of a distinctly minor composer of, at best, local repute. Using claims of "internally notability" on mention in a local newspaper -- a story of somewhat suspect origins -- is an extraordinarily slender reed to hang justifications on. The various SPAs vociferously arguing EVERY SINGLE POINT don't help the impression of an organized promotional campaign. --Calton | Talk 15:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/XpanD

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The result was G11 NAC. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

XpanD

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It is advertising for XpanD, which appears to not be notable. Angel Cupid (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete G11 (Spam). So tagged. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camille Fronk Olson

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Camille Fronk Olson

DELETE: She is a minor scholar of limited, if any, real influence. Being Dean of Students at LDS Business College may matter in Utah, but it doesn't matter anywhere else. I don't mean to hurt feelings; nevertheless, I think the article should be deleted.

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She isn't a notable scholar. She has a few minor mentions in Deseret News, for a book published by Deseret. Nothing in Google Scholar. Fences&Windows 19:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP. Camille Fronk Olson has written multiple books. A search for Camille Fronk will be more revelaing. Plus, she was the dean of students as LDS Business College. I strongly feel we should keep this article.Johnpacklambert (talk) 19:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have so far found one article by her in Google schoolar. This is the link, I think. https://doi.org/10.1023%2FA%3A1018868010058 . Mrs. Olson only got married in about 2005, if not later, and so there are many publications by her under her maiden name. Thus the important search is for Fronk and not Olson. Although, I have not done the Olson search, and thus it may also give me insight.Johnpacklambert (talk) 19:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks John for pointing out her alternate name. Still only four hits in Google Scholar, with few citations. Does she really meet the criteria at WP:PROF? Being a Dean of students doesn't give anyone notability. Fences&Windows 20:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you do a search with just C Fronk you will find seven articles or other listings involving her, why your search only got four I am not sure. However, as I point out in the article there are multiple books by her, books she edited, and multiple articles. The fact is that most of her articles do not appear in what is covered by google scholar, but they are not the be all and end all of such matters. As I have tried to point out, her works have reached a broad number of people outside of the narrow points of academia.Johnpacklambert (talk) 20:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that Olson does meat the criteria for notablitiy. Specifically I would cite criteria 7 for academic notability. The amont both her books and even more so her speaches are cited I think makes her someone having significant impact outside of academia in her academic capacity.Johnpacklambert (talk) 02:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Does not appear to pass WP:PROF: Google scholar and Google book searches for her find no evidence of academic impact nor of the sort of strong outside impact needed to pass #7. Re Johnpacklambert: "The amont both her books and even more so her speaches are cited": what citations are you finding? I don't see any reliable sourcing for her impact. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not appear to pass WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:41, 13 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Delete per above comments regarding WP:PROF. Being dean of students at a minor business college probably isn't enough by itself, and I see no non-LDS Church-related sources. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:56, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as not meeting the WP:prof notability level. 4 (or 7) papers and a book is really not much - I know PhD students with more papers published.Yob Mod 15:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deuces Aren't Wild

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The result was delete. JForget 22:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deuces Aren't Wild

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Article about a non-notable card game which contains only the game rules. Author contested the Prod to with the rationale "This description of a card game is one of hundreds on wikipedia" but that is not a valid reason to keep. The only ref since added appears to be to the author's own site (and is a direct copy of it); which suggests it may be something they devised themself, and is not a reliable source. I42 (talk) 18:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Not notable, author's blog is the only source, rationale for keeping given by original author is invalid, no Google hits other than the blog. Looks like something the author made up. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:16, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No external sources. Not notable. LK (talk) 04:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can't fine sources beyond the blog. Hobit (talk) 13:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manish Pitambare

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The result was withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure). --Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 16:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Manish Pitambare

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The person in question sounds commendable, and his death tragic, but unfortunately, he does not appear to meet the notability standards of WP:BIO. Vicenarian ^{(Said · Done)} 18:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. An early promotion to Major might be notable but would still fail WP:ONEEVENT. De728631 (talk) 19:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment I created the article. When I was working on another, unsourced article (about Chandanwadi, Thane‎), the Major's death and posthumous Gallantry award was one of the references I found. I thought that I would create the article. If the article is kept and improved by someone more knowledgeable about the subject, I'd be happy - if the decision is to delete, I won't be worried. My vote, then, is neutral! -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 19:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commendable work! However, having looked at the sources and reading over WP:BIO, I think the late gallant gentleman is certainly commendable, but not notable enough for inclusion. Cheers, Vicenarian ^{(Said · Done)} 19:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a note on the talk page for WikiProject India (Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics‎) - if one of their project members can improve the article, then they can. Having re-read my article, and the sources, I am inclined to agree with you, Vicenarian and De728631, but suggest we give WikiProject India the remaining 6 days before the AfD expires to improve the article. ~~If no one has improved it by Saturday, I'll add a delete vote here!~~ -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 20:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete NOT MEMORIAL. DGG (talk)
Keep Kirti Charkra awardee. As the second highest peacetime award to military personel in India this one definetely deserves a Wikipedia article. --Deepak D'Souza 07:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This shows that only 34 Indian Air Force have received this award since inception in 1952 and this says that only five people got it in 2007. It appears to be a rather selective award and it should at least considered to be as notable as AVN Awards. I think merging to a new List of Kirti Chakra awardees might be an appropriate solution for now. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 16:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I think that's a fair solution, SpacemanSpiff! If at the end of the AfD process, should the result be Delete, then perhaps this could be done. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 20:05, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Delete and merge can't be done together, our licensing terms require that a merge means that the page is kept and after the content is moved, the resulting redirect is maintained. Alternately, the page can be moved to the new title, and the resulting redirect deleted; but the history has to be saved. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 22:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He won a high ranking award for gallantry. Why that seems to rank lower than porn film awards for notability is beyond me. Nick mallory (talk) 14:57, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As a recipient of India's second-highest award for gallantry in peace time, I think he is notable enough to warrant an entry. As SpacemanSpiff says, this isn't awarded a great deal, and so I would consider this noteworthy. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 15:32, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nomination Withdrawn based on presented arguments. Thanks, Vicenarian ^{(Said · Done)} 15:35, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biplab Pal

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The result was delete. Jclemens (talk) 23:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Biplab Pal

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The person doesn't really seem notable. No hits on Google News, but a few on Google. Lourie Pieterse 18:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I can't find significant coverage per WP:BIO. Joe Chill (talk) 00:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable. Kevin (talk) 06:24, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 22:13, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of shopping malls in Kuwait

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The result was Delete as per consensus. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of shopping malls in Kuwait

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Delete WP:NOT#DIRECTORY of shopping malls in Kuwait - of which all of 1 is here listed. No references either. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I did a search and there is an article called list of shopping malls in united states. It was a fairly good sized list. One current problem with the article is that there is only one mall listed. If there were 20 malls listed this would make the article a lot more interesting, but the poor state of the current article is no reason to delete it. If we keep it some day it might grow into a complete list, and from there users would be able to click on the individual malls. I notice that there are also articles on many individual malls in the united states. So there is a strong president that the topic is notable. Why would a list of malls on one country be notable and a list of malls in another country not be notable. Even if there were no malls in a particular country, that subject would be notable, and if there was a list of world wide malls that was broken down into a list by country, then each country needs a list even if it contains no malls, but these articles might explain why there are so few malls or no malls in those particular countries.

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Delete That's basically a WP:WAX article. There're almost no malls in Kuwait, and a list this small has no point. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per TenPoundHammer CloversMallRat (talk) 02:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete The article is short, but Creator Panavesht's editing history is even shorter. He has contributed to only one other article: List of shopping malls by country. Not sure if I believe WAX, as creator is a pretty smart guy with his own blog in Iran, according to his user page. Anarchangel (talk) 03:38, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkish-Lebanese relations

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The result was keep. Jclemens (talk) 23:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish-Lebanese relations

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POV-y and unreferenced. Ironholds (talk) 18:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Since the article was nominated less than an hour after it was posted, the question should be whether this topic could be notable at all, rather than the current content. Based on my review [21], I find this bit of information which, by itself, is evidence to me of a significant relationship: "Lebanon has become one of Turkey’s rising trade partners. The trade volume between our countries has recorded a remarkable 76 percent increase just last year, pushing the $1 billion mark. Furthermore, the increase in our bilateral trade since 2005 is an astonishing 454 percent. That is, trade between Turkey and Lebanon has quadrupled within the last four years. Moreover, bilateral investments also constitute an important dimension of our commercial relations." Perhaps it would have been better to have composed this in user space first, as opposed to starting it and then working on it as time permits (I'm assuming that Colchester, as with most of us, has a busy schedule); on the other hand, perhaps it would have been better to wait a little bit longer before nominating this, unless it was an unacceptable topic. Author has seven days or so to improve this, and I hope that he/she shall do so. Mandsford (talk) 19:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Waiting for someone to look for references. A plausible topic, given the history. Edison (talk) 19:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are two reasons given for deletion, and they are neither of them valid reasons: "POVy" is merely a matter for editing--I've never even seen that actually given as a reason at AfD before-- and "unreferenced" is not a reason, just unreferenceable. Blind searching of the exact phrase in an article title like this is not a good faith effort to meet WP:BEFORE. Given they are practically adjacent, and were once part of the same country, there can certainly be presumed to be references. DGG (talk) 03:50, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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In addition to !vote above, Move to Lebanon-Turkey relations according to the naming convention that we go by (i.e., names of the two nations, in alphabetical order). Mandsford (talk) 22:50, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as above. These are two countries that are going to have relations between them, not just some illogical pairing nobody in their right mind would consider. Agree with the above poster too re: the rename. Problems with POV, etc. can be handled with editing. Umbralcorax (talk) 23:19, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a legitimate article on the relations between two countries with plenty of historical, geographical, political, and cultural overlap. Drmies (talk) 23:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This could potentially become an interesting and somewhat important article. But I also agree with the rename suggested above. Fleerz (talk) 23:47, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. They're almost next to each other. What was the nominator thinking? There's loads of news reports stretching back decades about their relations. Fences&Windows 00:52, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is one of those rare X-Y relations articles that actually makes sense to me. Niteshift36 (talk) 09:35, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Regardless of quality of article now (i havent checked it thoroughly so i dont know), they assuredly have a history of relations worthy of a good article. rename if that is the protocol for articles like this. understandably brought here, considering the number of potential articles in this series. hey, how about a set of articles on each of the possible combinations of trilateral relations (hehehe)?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palestine–Turkey relations

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The result was Keep as per consensus. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Palestine–Turkey relations

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POV-y and unreferenced. Ironholds (talk) 18:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Not much there yet, but the topic is plausible, given the history as part of the Ottoman Empire. References and article improvement, anyone? Edison (talk) 19:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree that the topic is plausible, and the Google News search [22] seems to bear this out. "New Palestinian Embassy inaugurated by presidents" (just last month) and this from the Jerusalem Post [23] (apparently, Israel thinks that Turkey is a close ally with Palestine) indicates that this has room to grow. POV-iness and references are problems that can be fixed. Mandsford (talk) 19:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This article has some interesting aspects. One is the present state of diplomatic relations between the occupied areas now called Palestine (by those who favor a "two state solution")and Turkey. Does occupied "Palestine" send and receive accredited diplomats, or is it via Israel? From the establishment of the British Palestine mandate until 1948, there are apparently reliable sources for diplomatic relations via the British with Turkey, per the Holocaust Encyclopedia[24]. Jewish European refugees arriving in Turkey got visa to Palestine through the British. Previously, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire[25]. Do we have articles on "Relations" between parts of one empire? Is this better covered in another existing article or articles? Edison (talk) 00:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep actually, Speedy Keep. There are two reasons given for deletion, and they are neither of them valid reasons: "POVy" is merely a matter for editing--I've never even seen that actually given as a reason at AfD before except in the companion AfD -- and "unreferenced" is not a reason, just unreferenceable. Blind searching of the exact phrase in an article title like this is not a good faith effort to meet WP:BEFORE. Not just obvious that there would be relationships, but enough has already been found. DGG (talk) 03:57, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above. Turkey recognizes both Israel and the State of Palestine, by the way.John Z (talk) 05:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
STRONG DELETE This article is a nonsense stub with zero sources or references. Delete, with extreme prejudice. The Scythian 02:42, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as notable; needs to be 100% re-written with some sourcing. Sometimes POV can be reason to delete to re-write in an unbiased manner; this is not so tainted to be unsalvageable. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep as above. Just needs expansion and referencing. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 13:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodstrup

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The result was delete. Tone 15:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Woodstrup

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The page is an etymology of the family name Woodstrup. I proposed the article for deletion with the comment, "The etymology of a less-common family name is not inherently notable. The page cites no sources and has no clear indication of notability." PROD was contested by User:Woody62, who added an external link to the town of Vodstrup, Denmark, on Google Maps and another to the CV of someone called Bart Woodstrup. Neither counts as a reliable source for the etymology. In addition, etymologies are not typically included on Wikipedia. There is also no evidence that the family name comprises a notable topic. Cnilep (talk) 18:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete -- Without any reliable sources, it is impossible to claim notability or include this article in WP. The article argues against its own notability by stating this is not a long history name, few people have it. — CactusWriter | ^needles 20:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Not notable. Someone could call it "fam-cruft", not that I would stoop to such a pun, but it'll just tempt people to do that until it gets deleted, so best delete it now. -- Noroton (talk) 14:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to lack of secondary sources. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cody arnoux

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The result was delete. JForget 23:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cody arnoux

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fails WP:ATHLETE - has never played for either a professional or senior amateur team, only mediocre amateur ones. Ironholds (talk) 18:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 13:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:N --Angelo (talk) 14:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no evidence of notability, if it is kept it should be moved to Cody Arnoux. Spiderone (talk) 15:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
speedy delete, no circumstantial changes since Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Cody_Arnoux. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 15:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per Jmorrison, first AfD only closed a week ago, nothing significant has changed in that time -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:33, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete WP:CSD - G4, recreation without circumstance change.--ClubOranje^T 10:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeetIRC

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The result was Withdrawn and Redirect. Joe Chill (talk) 18:18, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LeetIRC

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I can't find significant coverage for this software Joe Chill (talk) 18:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No coverage in any reliable sources. --Cybercobra (talk) 22:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

About 10 hours after this was filed, it was redirected to Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients#LeetIRC, which I feel is highly appropriate. ~ Amory (user • talk • contribs) 17:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/America's Got Talent (Season 4 Auditions)

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The result was keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. The issue of merging can be discussed on the article's talk page. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 22:28, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

America's Got Talent (Season 4 Auditions)

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Articles for deletion/America's Got Talent (Season 4 Auditions)

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certainly not notable. Acts that didn't even get through the first round? Delete. Ironholds (talk) 18:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I, the creator of this article, think it should stay because if this was included in the original, the original article , America's Got Talent (Season 4), would be crowded with too much information and make it much harder to navigate around the page, and even to edit the page. This is why i organized the audition info into a separate article, making it easier for others to edit and navigate around the page. I have also included the references on this page for all the audition info, so there is no need to delete this article for those reasons. This is my argument against the deletion of this article. Cpudude91 (talk) 19:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If the page is deleted, then this information IMHO should be returned to the full AGT S4 page from which it was split. Including of the failed acts in the AGT season articles has been done ~~each season~~ since season 2 to show, in part, the sheer diversity of acts that compete. I did not particularly object to the split-out, but I would object to the loss of the information overall. - TexasAndroid (talk) 19:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've certainly not seen that. There's an inclusion of failed acts accepted into the show yes, but this is a list of those who failed to even pass the auditions. Ironholds (talk) 19:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Check out the seasons 2 & 3 page. This style was developed during season 2, discussed quite a bit on that season's talk page, and has been kept in the two seasons since. If the style needs to change, that's an issue for the talk page of the current season, not an AFD, IMHO. - TexasAndroid (talk) 20:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Season 3 includes "auditions were held at X, Y, Z, here's some notable schmucks who failed to get through" - not a list of everyone who auditioned ever in every location who was featured in any episode of the TV show for more than 0.5 of a second. Ironholds (talk) 21:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Season 3 also includes a full list of the acts who were eliminated, not just a paragraph.

Yorksmanwiki9 (talk) 22:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Season 2 & 3's pages are just as comprehensive as season 4. I should know, as I typed in most of that data back then, working through the RNO summaries as reference, and listing each act that failed or succeeded. - TexasAndroid (talk) 23:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep essentially summarizes a number of episodes in a single article. RadioFan (talk) 19:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It actually summarizes only the rejected acts side of those episodes. It would not be too hard to collect the accepted acts info from the history of the main AGT article, but then you would have the issue of duplication of information between this and the main AGT S4 page, where the accepted act information has already migrated down the page. - TexasAndroid (talk) 19:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have included all the audition info from the acts that did pass through, but did not include any info beyond the auditions Cpudude91 (talk) 21:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - The information should be merged to America's Got Talent (season 4), there is no merit to having its own article, especially since the article is essentially just a list. Gage (talk) 02:07, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep- If the article is merged, it will be hard to navigate around the AGT Season 4 page, which makes editing and navigating the webpage very difficult, which is why it was created.Cpudude91 (talk) 02:20, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep While I don't think that individual episodes of a TV series are inherently notable, the summary of a season generally is. In this case, the audition phase of AGT has had episodes that get the highest Nielsen ratings, and even the reruns do well. As such, I think it's a legitimate spinout of the Season 4 article. Mandsford (talk) 23:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Merge~~ - Per previous reason. Gage (talk) 01:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I split the page because it is hard to navigate the AGT S4 page when the audition info is there. When it is split, it is much more organized and easier to edit and browse. Cpudude91 (talk) 02:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. You only get to !vote once. Anything after the first !vote should be shown as Comments, or just as responses like this. - TexasAndroid (talk) 14:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Just to let people know, relisting does not mean that you need to, or get to, !vote a second time. The idea of a relist is that a consensus cannot be discerned from the existing debate, so more time is give, in the hopes that additional people will express opinions, or that the existing debators can move towards a useful consensus. While there's nothing wrong with restating opinions after a relist, it's not really necessary, and people should definitely not "revote". - TexasAndroid (talk) 16:21, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's an honest mistake that most of us, including I, have made once, and it's one of the few instances where it's okay to strike through someone else's edit as part of the correction, which I've done a few times. Although the debate isn't a vote, the closing administrator does look at the heading of each argument to get an idea of how many people are weighing in on the subject. Mandsford (talk) 14:06, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Household seismic safety

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The result was no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:52, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Household seismic safety

Article consists of a guide to preparing one's home for an earthquake. Wikipedia is not a howto guide. Cynical (talk) 17:33, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Agree with nom: non-encyclopedic, . - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 01:55, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cleanup and keep - this is in dire need of clean-up, particularly because it is written as a "how-to guide" - reflected both in style ("we should be prepared for earthquakes from home itself") and content (for instance, a focus on what needs to be done to protect homedwellers rather than the consequences of failing to perform those tasks). However, those are not deletion-worthy problems. What's more interesting is the topic - Risks of nonstructural earthquake damage might be an alternative title, and more inclusive of non-residential premises with essentially identical issues. I didn't really think much about this area myself until I was caught in a seismic event. It is certainly true that non-structural damage caused by earthquakes can be substantial; this article's obsession with making sure household objects are well-secured is not misplaced! This would be an appropriate article to include any statistics on the scale of such damage (from destruction of property to loss of life or limb). We have articles like Seismic retrofit and Earthquake engineering that focus on protection from structural damage in earthquakes, but non-structural damage is also a safety issue. There is government advice on the non-structural aspect of household seismic safety ([26] is linked from our article, for instance, although it is rather patchy and the underlying FEMA source would be better) and although it shouldn't be regurgitated in a "how-to" format, it should be reported neutrally in the same manner as "duck and cover" and related nuclear protection advice would be reported in our articles on Civil Defense. TheGrappler (talk) 03:12, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. That subject is probably worth an article. Here is a good source [27] to show that there is published material on that subject (that is not written in a how-to format). However, I think you could just as easily start that article from scratch as start from the how-to material in Household seismic safety. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 04:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I take the point that a substantial-to-complete rewrite is required, I'm just not sure that's a good reason to delete the article in this case. It isn't actively harmful in its current state, just badly written - the content itself is actually better than it sounds (the way it's written make it sound like an exemplar from WP:NOT but the facts expressed are actually good information), and it is (loosely) sourced to the link given. Of course, converting the "how to" language into "FEMA suggests that good practice is to" is largely pointless since it would be better to incorporate higher quality sources like the one given (for which, thanks).TheGrappler (talk) 21:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Please remember that WP:NOT (and WP:NOTHOWTO) is a WP:Policy. The article, as written, goes against policy. Unless the article is brought up to standards before the AfD process closes, it is likely that the closing admin will delete for this reason. If someone wants to save the text and rewrite the article, userfication is an option. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 23:10, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - WP:NOTHOWTO is indeed policy. This article should not read in the way it does. But I feel that deleting it immediately on this ground alone would be missing a distinction. It is not inherently a how-to guide, it is merely written in the style of one. All of the content merely documents the official non-structural earthquake safety advice for householders in the Bay Area. The fact that residents are advised, for instance, to secure bookshelves and mirrors is sourced and worthy of inclusion - just in need of a stylistic rewrite. Compare this to an article describing how to adjust the carburetor of a Ford F-series. Rewriting that in a descriptive style (reporting what various manuals say, rather written as a list of instructions) would not bring it within WP:NOTHOWTO. TheGrappler (talk) 19:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cleanup, keep. As per TheGrappler. Would need an entire rewrite though. Greenleaf (talk) 13:53, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep An important topic to have. It should be presented as a list, not a how too guide, listing the steps the government site says to do to keep yourself safe. Dream Focus 22:00, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki to wikiHow. It is a worthy how-to. Leave a soft redirect, to build a scholarly treatment of the subject, complementary to the how-to article. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:34, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MTV Europe Music Awards 2009

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The result was delete. Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 00:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MTV Europe Music Awards 2009

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fails WP:CRYSTAL horribly. The nominations won't even be announced until September. Ironholds (talk) 18:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as premature and of little use to a reader right now. Rodhull andemu 18:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete fails WP:CRYSTAL, lacks any useful content RadioFan (talk) 19:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:CRYSTAL concerns. Bravedog (talk) 21:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is it really worth it to delete an article that will be created again 3 weeks from now? Not that I am saying we should keep this as it fails WP:CRYSTAL. --> RUL3R^{*flaming | *vandalism} 20:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment yes --RadioFan (talk) 11:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was about to say that 1 of those 3 weeks would be spent in this AfD, but then I realized it was going to snow here...No point in saving it, but by this time, I don't find any point in deleting it though, so neutral. --> RUL3R^{*flaming | *vandalism} 12:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Chronology (Rohl)

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New Chronology (Rohl)

The result was closed per WP:SNOW, and the recommendations on when a non-admin should close. I will not oppose reversion of this, if I'm in the wrong, but it seems pretty plain that this is a non-controversial, speedy close, since even the nominator doesn't think it should be deleted. Unit Anode 23:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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An editor at New Chronology (Rohl) insists on adding a {{notability}} tag, apparently on the basis that academic theories that are not widely accepted in their field are subjected to different notability criteria, a position with no obvious basis in WP policy. David Rohl's New Chronology has been covered in a number of popular books by Rohl (one reaching number 2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list), 2 other academic books (one in German), and at least three TV documentaries. Naturally the popular books and TV generated some secondary coverage too. Is this enough for notability, or should the article be deleted or merged back to David Rohl (from which it was recently spun out to permit better development)? Rd232 ^talk 18:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. notability certainly established. Rd232 ^talk 18:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Isn't nominating an article for deletion and then voting to keep a violation of WP:POINT? john k (talk) 20:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - If the nominator is voting to keep the article in AfD then that's the equivalent of withdrawing the nomination. I agree that this bad-faith nomination is somewhat pointy. (And yes, it's a textbook bad faith nom because you don't really want it deleted.) I wonder if an administrator can somehow wipe this AfD out like it never happened? -- Atama ^chat 20:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and close. If the nom doesn't actually want the article deleted, then he shouldn't have nominated it. This can just as easily be discussed at the article's talk page.--Atlan (talk) 22:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All American Day

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The result was delete. Tone 15:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All American Day

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All that I can find for sources in searches are the official site and the article itself. Fails WP:ORG. Joe Chill (talk) 18:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete The "All-American Day Charitable Fund" doesn't seem to have gotten notice either, none at all in the nine years since it was founded. "all+american+day"+charity&btnG=Search&um=1&ned=us&hl=en&scoring=a| GNG search. Whether this is about the "day" or the "charitable trust", it doesn't meet the standard for notability. Most of us know only one "All American" day that happens, four days into July. Mandsford (talk) 22:42, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I didn't see anything from reliable sources on this group in a quick Google News and Google Books search. Where are the reliable sources? How does this meet WP:N? I don't see it. It makes me suspicious. -- Noroton (talk) 14:14, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/From Central Park to Sinai

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The result was redirect to Roy S. Neuberger. I did the redirect so feel free to merge anything useful Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From Central Park to Sinai

This book is not notable in it of itself. At most it should be merged into the author's page. Joe407 (talk) 08:33, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Roy S. Neuberger. I was the one who brought this article down to its current version, and I don't really see much here that's worth saving. A bunch of reception stuff, maybe, but probably not. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 16:24, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. First, the book is QUITE notable, as noted below re "copies... given out." The book has changed lives for the good. There is a Higher Judge; I don't have to defend the book. AV=Elul Ba. 'Nuff Said re the book.

As for the Wiki article(s): Re your "Please do not take this personally. I gave myself a good few weeks away..." on my Talk Page I too left this matter alone from before Tisha B'Av thru now, post-Nachamu "weekend." Isn't there an editor you can contact who has the skills to pull together, from all the deletions that were done to both articles, something to do this/these articles justice ?? Dad7 (talk) 19:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From time to time Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis's Jewish Press column mentions that she's speaking somewhere and that copies of a particular book, translated into (typically Hebrew or Russian) were given out.

Before all of the edits, it was noted that From Central Park to Sinai was reprinted several times, edited into a post-Sept-11 re-issue, translated (Hebrew,Russian), etc. etc. Now that all of that was edited out, first you want to get rid of the book article, then perhaps the author's article?

I've seen your editing and you have demonstrated quite well that you probably could do what I ask above; of course no one has more than 24 hours per day, as Joe407 notes on his home page per "The big challenge with Wikipedia is not to lose yourself (or your job) in it..." Dad7 (talk) 19:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete doesn't seem to me why this book is notable. Book's worth could probably be measured by the number of copies sold, but not the number of copies given away. All that's necessary for that is someone rich. There's no verifiable evidence on the many lives changed, except a few anecdotes. If the author is notable, then Merge, but doesn't look as if he is either. Greenleaf (talk) 14:12, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Regardless of the book's notability, I will comment that it seems worth reading. One of the reviews cited, Yaakov Feitman, is a person I know and good opinion to trust. While I stand by my ADF nomination, I am putting this book on my to-read list. Joe407 (talk) 05:36, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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merge Not enough for a separate article, & , since the author has written other books also, the merge should be into that article. There is enough to justify one. I agree that "given away" is an indication that there would need to be very good evidence of notability. DGG ( talk ) 23:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge anything useful to the authors page, leaving a redirect. Readers are better served by not having to click around finding small articles, when they can be better covered in one.Yob Mod 15:39, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Appears to have been reviewed by several publications that appear to be reliable, including Jerusalem Post, Publishers Weekly, and several topic-specific (but nonetheless independent) sources (The Jewish Press, The Jewish Week, The Jewish Observer). Sufficiently little content to be merged. The fact that there is rulebook support for an article on this book to be kept rather than merged or deleted demonstrates one of the problems with GNG. ^Bongo_matic 18:24, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WVRI

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The result was Close per Nate's redirect. NAC. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WVRI

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Delete unsourced one-liner about radio call letters, if we believe the contents we know what it isn't, but what about what it is? Not notable. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep WVRI call was used by a licensed radio station in Florida in the past. Article needs to be improved to reflect that. Notability isn't temporary. RadioFan (talk) 19:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirected to WJRR, the current calls for the station at 101.1 in Orlando. The WVRI calls were used for just over a year and the station's format under those calls was also very brief. This can be closed. Nate • (chatter) 00:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magic Alarm

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The result was delete. JForget 23:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Magic Alarm

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Delete unsourced one-liner about nn software. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no assertion of notability. Ironholds (talk) 18:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I found 0 sources for this. Joe Chill (talk) 18:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, NN. Need a new speedy category for software. 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 23:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for notability concerns, entirely aside from the WP:V problems Joe Chill mentions. CRGreathouse (t | c) 17:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Apart from missing notability and references, the article does sound like a commercial advertisement. Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RockIRCd

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RockIRCd

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A new IRCd program that is not notable. A search for this has turned up no reliable sources on this nor any significant coverage, nor any other evidence this meets WP:GNG Triplestop x3 17:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:N. Ironholds (talk) 18:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I can't find significant coverage. Fails WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 18:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

do not delete note: i'm new to wikipedia and don't know much about it's formatting. the only reason that it does not have hardly any coverage is because it's a new program. leetirc has been out for three years now and rockircd only a few months. Linuxlove8088 (talk) 18:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If it doesn't have any coverage, it doesn't have any coverage and should be deleted. See the criteria for inclusion at WP:N. Ironholds (talk) 18:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

well excuse me for trying to put stuff on wikipedia, i should have... well i'm getting too angry. i guess what i'll do is i'll copy the article to a text file and let the rest boil. Linuxlove8088 (talk) 18:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't take it personally. I too think this IRCd is important to cover but the only way we can do that per the current WP:N guideline is to merge some of these smaller articles into a larger article (which is currently a work-in-progress). --Tothwolf (talk) 16:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Comparison of Internet Relay Chat daemons#RockIRCd to save the trouble of requesting undeletion of this article later when these are all merged into a larger article. --Tothwolf (talk) 16:50, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i've done that now... well added rockircd into the tables listed.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maddzart

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The result was delete. Tone 15:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maddzart

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Notability against WP:MUSICBIO is not demonstrable. Apart from event listings on Google and a couple of mentions on Google News only reveal this story where Maddzart is mentioned in the context of another singer, as he was part of a line up who recorded a previous version of the song in question. There are no significant news items to support the claims made here and the article has already been tagged for over six months for re-write due to the problem of notability. Ash (talk) 17:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong delete; no good sources, and the fact that the one and only real author of content on this article 1)only edited one other article and 2)hasn't been active in two years, suggest that this musician is not notable. — DroEsperanto (talk) 23:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cypress TrueTouch

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The result was redirect to Cypress Semiconductor. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cypress TrueTouch

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Non-notable product page. The term Cypress TrueTouch is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor rather than a generic type of product (such as a Multi-touch screen). The minor element of description here could be easily merged to Cypress Semiconductor or as an exemplar in Multi-touch. There are results in Google News but these all appear to be press releases (by Cypress or Samsung) or recycled press releases in product specification pages and "market watch" type articles; most of which have very little to say about the product and much more to do with the financial performance of the company. Having been marked as needing re-write for over six months, there seems little prospect of finding third party sources to demonstrate notability in accordance with WP:ORG. Ash (talk) 17:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Promotional, fails WP:GNG. Verbal chat 17:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Cypress Semiconductor. It's a remotely plausible search term, so probably shouldn't be a redlink.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 17:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect - After a searching, all I can say is that the results are filled with press releases. A redirect to Cypress Semiconductor makes sense.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eugen Campu

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The result was delete. JForget 23:49, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eugen Campu

- Comment-- I see this was closed early without saying why, but I'll take responsibility for calling it a SNOW delete. DGG ( talk ) 23:56, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:PROF. Ray^Talk 17:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom, poorly-sourced and claims made in the article are not congruent with this. Anyone actually solving the Riemann hypothesis would be assured of worldwide fame, but I can't find any evidence of such. Rodhull andemu 18:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Searching finds lots of strange pages (I can't post the example I intended because it is blacklisted!), but nothing supporting WP:GNG or WP:PROF. Sadly, not even incorrectly claiming to have solved the Riemann hypothesis is notable (list of 35 failures). Note that the companion Vasiliu Lucilius (mentioned in article) has been deleted three times. Johnuniq (talk) 01:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. Let's do what we always do and look for GS cites. They come to zero. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:24, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. As noted above, the claim of significance for this subject cannot be verified. —C.Fred (talk) 16:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Crank entry. Hairhorn (talk) 21:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Google scholar shows no notabiliy for his mathematical research and his claims of a proof of the Riemann hypothesis are not widely accepted. He does not seem to have had the impact necessary to pass WP:PROF #1, nor does he seem to pass any other of the WP:PROF criteria. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tock-tock

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The result was unilaterally speedily replaced with a disambiguation page. I've also redirected Tock tock to this new dab page. Thryduulf (talk) 10:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tock-tock

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Page was tagged as needing verification in August 2008. Currently exists as a note saying it "previously redirected to List of Caribbean membranophones, probably incorrectly." The article's talk page indicated the tock-tock is a beetle and that the redirect was was wrong, and questioned whether the article should even exist. I added what I could find about the term, and it appears to be a Trinidadian term for claves (though the page I found seemed to indicate that the word claves was well-known and used as well). I also found a reference to the beetle, but searching the scientific name brought up other spellings that seemed to me more likely. There is no Wikipedia article for the beetle in question. The page could be used as a redirect to claves, but seems to me to be to minor to warrant doing, or to an article on the beetle, if one is created, though the other names seem better candidates for that. My feeling is it should be deleted (my explanation is better on the talk page), but I defer to the judgment of the group Some jerk on the Internet (talk) 17:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alert management

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alert management

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I left this when it was first made as it showed potential. However, it has been abandoned in its current state as essentially an advertisement for the research firm Gartner. Orphaned, non-notable, unreliably sourced. Delete ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 17:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination stealth spam about a non-notable neologism, another gee-whiz IT method for businesses that the consulting firm cited as the only real source would be more than happy to help you set up. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. Frank Dalton

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The result was keep. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 22:11, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

J. Frank Dalton

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This article is about someone who, from 1948 to his death in 1951, fraudulently claimed to be Jesse James. It has been repeatedly filled with overlong nonsense, most of it unsourced or poorly sourced. Per WP:ONEEVENT, there is really no reason for a separate bio. I have put one short, sourced paragraph on this person in the main Jesse James article, which is about all the weight it deserves. This article should have its history deleted and then a protected redirect to Jesse James#Rumors of survival should be created at this title. *** Crotalus *** 16:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As the Gbooks hits show, he was a notable imposter. An article containing unsourced or poorly sourced parts in not a reason for deletion, it is a reason for improvement. Edward321 (talk) 00:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Agree with everything said above Fleerz (talk) 23:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Keep - There is a huge controversy now raging in various historical, genealogical and treasure-hunting circles whether or not J. Frank Dalton was really the outlaw Jesse Woodson James. In REALITY, very little about this issue has ever been DEFINITIVELY PROVEN one way or the other. Evidence exists that J. Frank Dalton was recognized or known as Jesse Woodson James by certain people as early as the late 1880s, and that Dalton had been recognized as Jesse Woodson James by various people THROUGHOUT the whole time period extending from the late 1880s-1951. Therefore, strictly speaking, it simply isn't true that Dalton was reputed to be Jesse Woodson James beginning in 1947/1948. It was on May 19, 1948 ( on the front page of the "Lawton Constitution" newspaper ) that an affidavit was made public that Dalton had written on April 24, 1948, stating that he was in fact the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James. This newspaper article was the first the general public became aware that Dalton might be Jesse Woodson James, but there were several people ( who could be cited ) extending all the way back to the 1880s who were well aware of this possibility. Much of the controversy currently surrounding this issue is based on the provocative research findings of 3 men: (1) Henry J. Walker ( 1908-1970 ), who studied the life of Dalton for about 13-14 years and published his findings in a book titled "Jesse James THE OUTLAW" ( 1961 ); (2) Rudy Turilli ( 1919-1972 ), who scoured the U. S. for about 18 years for facts about Dalton, and then published his findings in a booklet titled "I Knew Jesse James" ( 1966 ) (3) Orvus Lee Howk ( 1905-1984 ), whose in-depth 35-year research into the life of Dalton resulted in two books on the subject, namely, "Jesse James and the Lost Cause" ( 1961 )( written under the pseudonym Jesse L. James ), and "Jesse James Was One of His Names" ( 1975 ) by Del Schrader and Jesse James III ( = Howk ). Additionally ( and very importantly ), many of the results of the PRESUMED exhumation of Jesse Woodson James at Mt. Olivet Cemetery ( Clay County, Missouri ) in 1995 are questionable and widely disputed, and the implications of the failure to exhume J. Frank Dalton at Granbury, Texas in 2000 have kept the debates surrounding Dalton at a high level of engagement among people who are concerned with these historical mysteries and issues. Unfortunately, many people who are NOT well-informed on these subjects appear to be of the opinion that within the last 14-15 years it has finally been IRREFUTABLY PROVEN that J. Frank Dalton was nothing more than a Jesse James imposter, but, IN REALITY, to date no such IRREFUTABLE PROOF has ever been produced by anyone. This Wikipedia article is an attempt to gather together in one place some of the better-known information on J. Frank Dalton, in order to help stimulate objective research into his life. In my opinion this is an important and interesting topic which definitely deserves its own article. I disagree that the article as written contains a lot of nonsense, rather it is simply an account of many of the odd facts, events and topics involved in J. Frank Dalton's life. Some of these events and topics may appear to some readers to have the character of nonsense, but anyone who actually takes the time to research Dalton's life will find these events and topics to be very real indeed ( although quite unusual ). The subject of Dalton's life is definitely a difficult and convoluted topic which cannot be satisfactorily treated in a brief or summary manner. ( This opinion was written on Aug. 21, 2009 )

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Todd Williams (The Young and the Restless)

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The result was redirect to The Young and the Restless minor characters#Todd Williams. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Todd Williams (The Young and the Restless)

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not notable fictional character, and article consists entirely of information contained in The_Young_and_the_Restless#Current_cast_members UltraMagnus (talk) 16:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

UltraMagnus DGG specifically asked you to "find a merge--always preferred"[28] why was this advice not followed? Ikip (talk) 20:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article is already merged – or at least copy-pasted – to The Young and the Restless minor characters#Todd Williams. Jafeluv (talk) 21:15, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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"Non-notable" is not a compelling reason for deletion. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 15:39, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Non-Notable — strong delete. ;) Cheers, Jack Merridew 05:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - regurgitation of plot summary; no evidence of independent notability. --EEMIV (talk) 05:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable. — Satori Son 14:50, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:JNN s not a valid reason for deletion, especially when not true. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 15:43, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I disagree, no matter how many times you repeat yourself. — Satori Son 16:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - You can deny a banana is a banana, but it does not change the fact that it actually is a banana. The facts in this case are that the content concerning a recurring character is verified through multiple reliable sources and played by a name recognized actor on a recognizable and long-running TV show. Thus, it meets any logical or common sense standard of notability for a paperless encyclopedia. Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:10, 13 August 2009 (UTC
    - m:DFTT. Jack Merridew 02:32, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the character appeared once in 2003, once in 2004, and a couple of times in 2009 and is a non-notable character. If you really insist on having info on the character, add it to the The Young and the Restless minor characters article. Dmarex (talk) 22:38, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Per your suggestion, I have merged the content following the GFDL and WP:PRESERVE. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 04:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Merging during an AfD is disruptive. You know this and have been cautioned about it before. Cheers, Jack Merridew 04:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Notable — strong keep. Ikip (talk) 20:55, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Can we all agree to merge this page into young and the restless? Ikip (talk) 21:05, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to The Young and the Restless minor characters#Todd Williams, since the content has already been copied there. Jafeluv (talk) 21:15, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, we are all arguing over a redirect. Is it really worth all this effort over 71 characters? #REDIRECT[[The Young and the Restless minor characters#Todd Williams]] Ikip (talk) 21:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

merge or redirect if there's enough material in the main article. This could have been done without coming here, and no reason has been given for why a redirect at least would not have been suitable. I'd have done it when I deprodded, except that for fiction I don't know I think someone who does should decide between redirect and merge. DGG ( talk ) 00:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
redirect as merge already done.Yob Mod 15:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dissing

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The result was delete. JForget 23:50, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dissing

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Primary reason: WP:DICDEF. Secondary reason: article is clutching at straws to appear notable--just look at the wikilinks. Supposedly the Dutch 'translation' of the verb is Dissen--a charming little town in Germany--and the Dutch 'translation' of the noun is Diss (it's not; it's either dis or, in the case of the Osdorp Posse, disje)--a small town in England. This article is a bad dictionary definition, and WP isn't even for good dictionary definition. Drmies (talk) 16:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Plastikspork (talk) 17:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: it just seems to be copy & pasted from its Wikitionary entry with no other reason for it being notable/no other content. Wikipedia isn't a dictionary, anyways. talking birds 17:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete, it's just a copy of a wiktionary entry. — DroEsperanto (talk) 18:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NAD. JohnCD (talk) 20:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City of Bath Technical School

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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. Non-admin closure.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 11:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

City of Bath Technical School

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No claims of notability. Full of spam, OR, no RS's. Mince basically Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 15:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep--I don't see how a school like this, that's been around for quite a while, would not be notable. Having said that, the article is a total mess, of course. Drmies (talk) 16:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. There's a rough consensus that high schools are inherently notable for AfD purposes.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 17:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - it is not correct to say that there are no RSs. The article makes clear that the page is mostly based on documents held at the Somerset Records Office. Such documents are publicly available to allow verification. Sure the page needs some cleaning but that is an editorial matter. I would not be particularly adverse against a merge into Culverhay School. In many ways it is quite convenient to put the information together on predecessor schools in the present school page. However, that would be a matter for a subsequent merge proposal. Meanwhile we have a high school with the thick end of 200 years history and several quite distinguished alumni, for example here. TerriersFan (talk) 20:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - i think, after taking a look through it, that all the relevant information for an article is in there. Just probably not in the most coherent way. The article contains references (albeit agf) with the article itself written in good faith also. A decent Copy-edit as opposed to full on deletion is probably in order. --^{SteelersFanUK06} ReplyOnMine! 21:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Since the article has been reasonable changed since I submitted it to AfD, as the nominator I would like to Withdraw nomination -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 22:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Rogers (singer) (3rd nomination)

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The result was Procedural close - the last AfD closed a mere five days before this AfD began. Give it a rest, please. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brandon Rogers (singer)

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Delete. Last AFD came to no consensus with a reccomendation for renomination. WP:NOTINHERITED tells us that just because somebody appeared on American Idol, it doesn’t make them notable and worthy of an article. This fails WP:MUSIC and WP:BIO. He's done nothing of note since leaving Idol (failing WP:1EVENT); the album he has apparently released has not charted. WIKIPROJECT IDOL GUIDLINES DO NOT HOLD ANY WEIGHT AT AFD. I also suggest WP:SALT to prevent fans from recreating. DJ 15:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - doesn't meet the notability criteria McMarcoP (talk) 15:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep - He does seem to be the subject of many non-trivial articles, although these are all in reference to his being booted from Idol. He has also performed music for a notable work of media as stated in the notability criteria. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where are these sources you speak of? And besides, thousands of people audition for American Idol each year and about 100+ are subject to trivial sources. We need to use WP:COMMONSENSE. DJ 17:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy Close This AfD was started less than five days after the last AfD was closed as No Consensus. Aspects (talk) 20:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re-read the opening argument. "Last AFD came to no consensus with a reccomendation for renomination" DJ 20:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was not a recommendation for renomination, it was closed as no prejudice against speedy renomination, but according to WP:NPASR: "However, when the no-consensus result is due to lack of participation, the closer may specify no prejudice against speedy renomination." The result was not due to a lack of participation, so the NPASR should not have been applied. Aspects (talk) 20:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator. AI fanboys need to learn that they are no exception to the notability rules. Bravedog (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, speedy close. No less notable than he was five days ago. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What?!?! The result of the last AFD was No Consensus. That doesn't mean that he is notable. DJ 23:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, but it means that there's no reason to believe community opinion has changed, and there's no net gain in wasting everyone's time and generating even more acrimony. Whatever possesses you to be so obsessed over this that you harangue virtually everyone who doesn't share your opinions and do what you canto make the editing experience here unpleasant? Rather than combing through harmless material whose removal, even if perfectly carried out, generates only minimal improvement to Wikipedia, why not try on weed out the harmful garbage? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't the place for you to air you view on the AFD process. This is. DJ 23:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it is. This is supposed to be a civil discussion of the issues involved, and everyone who posts here is allowed, probably encouraged, to explain their positions, which may or may not call for discussion of process issues in the context of specific discussions. But it's not a place for you to cast aspersions, over and over and over, on editors who disagree with you, or, maybe worse, editors who you expect to disagree with you. You really need to develop a better sense of perspective, and not take such personal offense from the simple fact that not everyone agrees with you. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 00:01, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's nothing to do with offence. You may not have noticed but this is a debate, not a vote. Therefore, I can debate with any point that I see fit. So stop with the personal attacks. I think that you're the person who has problems with other people disagreeing with you, not me. DJ 00:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can "debate with any point" you see fit, but I can't "air my view" on points I think relevant? Now you're just being hypocritical. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 00:30, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. You're attacking the user, not the comments. Big difference. DJ 00:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm referring to your comment, a few lines up, that I shouldn't "air my views" on the AFD process here. There's no point in attempting to hold a discussion with someone who manifests no awareness of his comments less than an hour earlier. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 01:05, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was talking about you airing your views on WP:AFD, rather than this particular discussion. We appear to have had our wires crossed. DJ 01:13, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep for the time being per WP:COMMONSENSE. Every country has these terrible shows which amazingly are hugely popular. Another editor said this particular one is the #1 rated show in the biggest media market in the world, I trust it at face value. Consequently, many, many people will be interested in such articles on the contestants, there is a useful role for Wikipedia, and as long as the articles are sourced and there are no BLP concerns, let's keep them for the time being. Nominating them for deletion is a drama magnet, new editors will try to recreate them if deleted, megabytes of frustration, divisive and confrontational stuff that sucks the life out of the community. Maybe there is a border infringement on the highly celebrated WP:N. And so what?, Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy, and we have no shortage of space per WP:NOTPAPER. Lets come back in two years time. In all likelihood, these dayflies will face a completely uncontroversial deletion. In the meantime, we can spend our time more wisely building an encyclopedia. Power.corrupts (talk) 11:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- In that case, wouldn't something like List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5) be more appropriate? DJ 15:10, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not sure if you are ironic with "more appropriate". That article is even more detailed, and each character in the expanded socalled "list" has its own article. It's a good example of the enormous amount of energy Wikipedia editors put into this field. Must be interesting stuff for an anthropologist or sociologist. But my point is equally valid there - keep out BLP concerns, OR, POV and ADVERT, in that order of priority, and let's revisit the stuff in a couple of years, decisions will be swift. Power.corrupts (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as notability is not established by reliable secondary sources. I could be persuaded to change my vote to keep if this problem can be fixed. Plastikspork (talk) 17:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep Procedurally, it's sad that a new AfD takes place 5 days after the previous. Although I don't think that all American Idol ~~rejects~~ losers deserve an article, this kind of haranguing is a sad waste of Wikitime (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 19:01, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Close as no consensus and wait a month Given that the previous AfD was closed with the specific statement that a relist was desirable because of "a (unintentionally) disruptive nomination" and the exact same nomination was given again, we are more likely to settle the issue after a pause. DGG ( talk ) 00:07, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ethnic Groups in Rwanda

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greenpress.com

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greenpress.com

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The creator contested the prod. All that I can find is trivial mentions. Fails WP:WEB. Joe Chill (talk) 15:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not relevant. McMarcoP (talk) 15:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Can't find anything which would establish notability. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as either spam or non-notable web site. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 20:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep this page This page has info about the website greenpress.com. The idea for this site is similar to those of other wiki sites such as digg.com or facebook.com. Its a very relevant site. daveiba —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daveiba (talk • contribs) 20:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The website is not notable. Joe Chill (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Agreeing with Joe Chill - intentions don't make notability. McMarcoP (talk) 07:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Article is now at Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2009_August_15 -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 07:24, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joanna Stands Strong

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The result was speedy delete as part of ongoing "Alis Peña Payan" hoax. ... discospinster _talk 15:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Joanna Stands Strong

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Upcoming film with no assertion of notability. The release date, stated to be in late 2010, is mentioned in the past tense. WP:CRYSTAL. Delete. Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pugs and Kelly Show

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The result was redirect to KMNY. Tone 15:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Pugs and Kelly Show

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Radio show with no assertion of independent notability. A redirect to the radio station, KMNY, has been reverted by the creator. Delete or redirect. Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - not notable in itself, it might be relevant enough to be mentioned on the KMNY article. McMarcoP (talk) 15:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 21:58, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect redirect to station article. lacks notability. RadioFan (talk) 12:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rassool Auckbaraullee

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The result was speedy delete. as copyright violation/G12 JForget 23:54, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rassool Auckbaraullee

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No indication that this self-published author is notable by Wikipedia's criteria. Prod contested by IP. ... discospinster _talk 14:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - interesting, but no indication of relevance McMarcoP (talk) 15:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Can't find any ISBN numbers which is the basic criteria of notability for books Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No sources are given, and a simple Google search provides only flimsy evidence at best. I agree that this page does not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. edwardchelski 19:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete, copyvio from http://www.booksie.com/rauckee. This is the third time that Rassool has created this copyright violation, and has yet to explain how, even if it weren't a copyvio, he would be notable. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rassool Russell Auckbaraullee and [29]. Rassool Russell Auckbaraullee got salted to prevent recreation, so he recreated it at this title. It's been deleted at this title three times already. It's time for some User blocking. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional birds of prey

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The result was no consensus. Because of the expansion, KevinOKeeffe's comment no longer applies. With that said, there is no consensus between keeping and merging. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:22, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional birds of prey

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Sorry, but how many fictional birds of prey are there? This is far too specific a list to go anywhere, unless there's a bird of prey genre of fiction I'm not familiar with. Currently there are only two entries, both from the same comic book. I just don't see this going anywhere. Maybe there's another entry or two, but that still won't make it notable. Prod declined by an admin, to my amazement. Hairhorn (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete If this list included stuff from ancient mythologies, well maybe, but Condorito, and Son of Condorito? Do lists with only two items (especially non-Notable ones) really need to exist? I think not. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per KevinOKeeffe McMarcoP (talk) 15:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per KevinOKeeffe although I would argue there aren't really enough mythological birds of prey to make the list worthwhile. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Comment - I don't really think this list should be kept, but I disagree with Hairhorn's statement that this couldn't be made into a good list. There are already extensive lists at List of fictional birds (which would include birds of prey as a subset) and List of fictional owls (which would be a subset of birds of prey). Even just selecting the most notable entries on those lists, there would probably be enough fictional birds of prey for a good sized list. Also, many other lists of fictional animals have been kept at AfD in the past (see my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional deer and moose. ~~That being said, I think a list of fictional birds of prey would be redundant with the current lists for birds and owls, so I don't really think there is a need for it.~~ Calathan (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Now that someone has added many more entries to this list, I've realized that it does make some sense to have this as a separate list in addition to the main list for fictional birds. There are already several lists separated out from the main list, including List of fictional ducks and List of fictional penguins, and the List of fictional owls I mentioned above. I think the lists are more manageable and easy to read when broken up like this. I think the main bird list should link to the sub-lists more promenently, instead of just listing them at the bottom, but I think keeping several lists makes sense. Calathan (talk) 05:07, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of fictional birds and redirect. Obviously (I'd hope) a merge is preferable to a deletion. -- Quiddity (talk) 19:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Or Keep, per Calathan's comments. I just realized the list has drastically grown since it was nominated. -- Quiddity (talk) 06:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
merge as suggested just above. it will be more useful combined. This could have been discussed and done with AfD. DGG ( talk ) 00:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Humanx Commonwealth planets

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The result was keep/merge. There is consensus here to retain the main list, and to accommodate much of the content from the other individual articles somewhere. Magioladitis has smerged many of these articles to Humanx Commonwealth, which is a good point to start addressing this situation from. Recommend that a central discussion be started at Talk:List of Humanx Commonwealth planets on how best to incorporate the individual articles and see if there is consensus for a mass merge. Should this discussion falter, the articles should be relisted in smaller batches. Skomorokh 23:25, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Humanx Commonwealth planets

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This article and all article linked within it lack notability. Should be deleted or merged to Humanx Commonwealth#planets RadioFan (talk) 14:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages because they are similarly not notable.[reply]

Additionally, I'm nominating the following related pages about characters within the Humanx universe. They should also be deleted or merged into the main article.

~~Delete~~ -- All linked articles are about fictional planets that just are not notable -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge -- The claim of non-notability is, of course, preposterous, but there's a good case to be made for merger -- the list is short enough not to overbalance the host article, and probably too short to stand on its own. RandomCritic (talk) 14:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - notability is demonstrated by references to 3rd party sources. These articles have none. Even once merged into the parent article, references are still required.--RadioFan (talk) 14:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note - I wasn't quite finished listing the nominated articles when the above 2 !votes were posted. The last 4 articles in the list above were added to the list after the above comments were made.--RadioFan (talk) 14:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Discussions for similar but separately nominated templates/article:
--RadioFan (talk) 14:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete some, merge others - Looking at the other articles added I can't see what makes them in anyway notable either. I do like the way RandomCritic put it though - "The claim of non-notability is, of course, preposterous" - I would support a merger for the planets and another for the species. I've updated my vote accordingly. -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment None of these articles have references and I'm not finding references outside of the books themselves. Will merged articles be similarly unreferenced?--RadioFan (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete after looking at the two planets in stand-alone AfDs, I looked at the rest of the stuff in the navbox; it's all non-notable stubby in-universe stuff. nb: AAnn#References seems to be asserting that it's a copyvio. Cheers, Jack Merridew 14:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the list, merge the planets into it. That's how we deal with excessively fine granulation in fictional articles: put 'em in a list. Jclemens (talk) 15:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge list entries; Keep the List. Individual entries lack notability on their own, but they would be fine in the expository context of the aforementioned list. --Cybercobra (talk) 16:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep list and merge entries into it. Artw (talk) 17:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Though Humanx Commonwealth#Planets might be a better merge target. Artw (talk) 17:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - If the resulting content doesn't make that article too long, I don't have a problem with that. Jclemens (talk) 17:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the planets and the characters. Redirect the list to Humanx Commonwealth#Planets. It's quite obvious. All these planets don't have any real world significance, the articles gave no readl world information and fictional planets are a common subject in... science fiction. Every science fiction novel about other civilitations includes and some fictional planets. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge nothing — anyone actually look? damn near the same drivel is already there (*both* theres). Sheesh. Jack Merridew 06:42, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- … which makes step #2 of the merger process a very easy one. It does not magically change a merger into a deletion. Uncle G (talk) 07:16, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge all relevant information from the plants, into one area. Make sure to keep anything not already there. Keep Aann, it having enough valid information to have its own article. Merge the other animals into one place, they short enough to fit together. Preserve, do not destroy. Dream Focus 19:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question Every time a sci-fi book is released we will be creating redirects for every single made-up word is used? I hope not. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure, why not? Redirects are cheap--look at WP:REDIRECT for all their possible uses. Jclemens (talk) 21:43, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don;t agree with that. I think we have to evaluate somehow the information. I don't like the idea that Wikipedia can become an indisciminant collection of everything. If we have a book series, you should descrube the book elements as they appear in the books, as part of their plot. We can do more things if some of these elements are described from third party sources. That redirects are cheap that doesn't imply that we create a redirect for every possible word, otherwise we ll end up taking a phone catalog and create articles and redirects for evry single person in this planet (and if we extend our work in science fiction, in other planets as well). -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and consider separately. A good case can me made for merging most of these, but the merits of each article depend on its particular use in the series (setting for one novel versus five, for example). In any event, several of these (Hivehom, Tran-Ky-Ky, Thranx, AAnn) should certainly be kept as redirects as they are likely search terms for information about the series. Eluchil404 (talk) 07:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Please note these changes that happenned recently. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the main one, and then discuss separately for each article whether it is appropriate to merge, or whether any actually do warrant a separate article . I'd be surprised if many did, but I'm not going to try to decide that 20 articles at a time. And nominating the combination article along with the detailed ones is the sort of procedure that destroys any hope of compromise on fictional topics. We came pretty near, and perhaps we can get there by consistently keeping all such combination articles at AfD. DGG ( talk ) 00:35, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree that the List should be nominated separately and after the discussion for the rest. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the list. Merge all the planets into the list.Yob Mod 15:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

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The result was merge to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:08, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

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Articles for deletion/Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

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Call it a procedural AFD, as I don't think a prod would stick. No sourcing, no references, simply an exhaustive plot summary and list of trivia. No awards to support notability. Yngvarr (t) (c) 14:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, SOMEBODY had to write an article on this. I watch the show and can tell you that it's a real episode. I also found another place with very limited information: http://www.tv.com/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy/wrath-of-the-spider-queen/episode/888893/summary.html You can also watch a video of the episode on YouTube. InMooseWeTrust (talk) 14:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think the fact it exists is the issue here. treelo _radda 14:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - and delete it hard! I can't find any non-trivial coverage of this episode or any evidence it has won awards or any evidence it had a significant real-world impact on anything. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It has no sources and any article that isn't sourced should be deleted.(74.249.134.59 (talk) 19:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]
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Merge to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy after triming the plot. That is where the article has context. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 18:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge: per Schmidt. Unlike Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, this isn't notable. Joe Chill (talk) 14:32, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zsanett Égerházi (2nd nomination)

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The result was No consensus. The article's supporters are invited to strengthen the references used to support Ms. Egerhazi's claims for notability. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zsanett Égerházi

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The subject of this article does not appear to meet any of the WP:Pornbio criteria for Notability, nor does the subject appear to meet the more generalized criteria for BLP Notability. Furthmore, this article has been tagged for both Notability and Sources since January of 2008. The six citations this article has, include two links to IAFD, plus four links to her own, self-published porn website. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 13:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - I can't find anything that asserts notability from WP:Pornbio Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note - I google news searched for vega vixen, her early alias, and this Chinese article pop up. Not knowing how to read Mandarin, I babelfished and hilarity ensues. Morbidthoughts (talk) 19:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She does seem to get sufficient mainstream coverage (this article in index.hu for example - poor quality Google translation for non-Hungarian readers), and this is gibberish in translation but someone obviously considers her worth writing about. I can't see a problem with referencing the subject's own website for uncontroversial claims such as "eye color". – iride scent 11:30, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:GNG critera. WP:PORNBIO are criteria for inclusion, not exclusion and are intended for porn actors, not models. Having tags for additional sources and clean up are requests to fix the article, not reasons for deletion. Chuthya (talk) 11:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Unsure~~ I'll say that the hungarian source represents some level of awareness in hungarian mainstream. She might be a popular figure in hungary or something. The guys at the Hungarian wikipedia should make a good article of her with good sources so it can be translated here, with translated quotes from the sources. The chinese source is a review of a porn tape where she acts, it's explaining the plot of the tape and it's not coverage about her or her carreer, so it shouldn't count at all. --Enric Naval (talk) 15:48, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ooooooooooooooops, her article was AfD deleted from the Hungarian wikipedia (translation) due to not fullfilling their own PORNBIO (translated) which appears to be very similar to our own. So, delete since it can't even show notability at the hungarian wikpedia, where people can read the language of the sources and are knowledgeable of who is notable at that country. If she gets an article showing notability in the hungarian wikipedia then someone can translate it here. --Enric Naval (talk) 15:56, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The sources found so far are either trivial or probably unreliable. Epbr123 (talk) 18:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:BIO: "Non-triviality is a measure of the depth of content of a published work, and how far removed that content is from a simple directory entry or a mention in passing that does not discuss the subject in detail. A credible 200-page independent biography of a person that covers that person's life in detail is non-trivial, whereas a birth certificate or a 1-line listing on an election ballot form is not. Database sources such as Notable Names Database, Internet Movie Database and Internet Adult Film Database are not considered credible since they are, like wikis, mass-edited with little oversight. Additionally, these databases have low, wide-sweeping generic standards of inclusion." Does not present intersections of reliable and independent sources. Full of Wikipuffery (sources which are either not reliable or does not say anything about the subject). Algébrico (talk) 18:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per Chuthya - also, referring back to the previous AfD for this person, she is markedly more popular in the UK and Europe --FleetfootMike (talk) 19:08, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Public Sights

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The result was speedy delete. per author request Plastikspork (talk) 18:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Public Sights

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non-sourced; violates WP:CRYSTAL mhking (talk) 14:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The creator claimed, in the summary of the initial edit, that he's the producer. No third-party sources, and principal photography has not begun. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The creator asked that the article be deleted; see my talk page. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 14:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I suppose that the users comment on you talk is not quite explicit and clear enough to just db-author, so I guess we have to run through this. NN, delete. Chzz ► 15:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Doesn't meet the future films policy, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, etc. Accounting4Taste:talk 17:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Jacaranda Foundation

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The result was no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:03, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Jacaranda Foundation

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Non-notable organization; article is loaded with self-promoting puffery mhking (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This organization is notable and I myself am not part of this organization so this article does not have the purpose of self-promotion. If one is studying the effects of AIDS in Malawi and the millions of orphans this rampant desease is causing, they will also need to know what is being done to combat this problem. The Jacaranda Foundation is trying to give these kids a future. This article's purpose is to inform people about what is being done and in what way these sorts of problems can be solved, and is not for promotional purposes, solely for informative purposes. User:alasimpara(talk) 22:18, 10 August 2009 (GMT +8)

Comment: Unfortunately, this is promotional; that is, promoting "what is being done and in what way these sorts of problems can be solved". Therefore, this intent is not of a purely encyclopedic nature, and falls under Wikipedia's definiton of promotional. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This article needs a lot of improvement but the foundation has been mentioned on CNNs heroes segment (on November 30, 2008) and has been mentioned in Ivanhoe Broadcast News. Seems to meet notability to me. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 19:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC) I don't have the video of the CNN segment but I do have the transcript if anyone would like it. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 19:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jade Marcela

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jade Marcela

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No reliable sources, and doesn't pass the criteria at WP:PORNBIO. Epbr123 (talk) 13:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No indications of WP:Pornbio, or otherwise general Notability. No sources; all original research, apparently. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 02:35, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no reliable sources. Algébrico (talk) 18:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship

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Article pertains to a single season of a lesser-known sporting event. Probably not that notable to have its own article. Slayer of corrupt (talk) 13:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I pretty much agree with Slayer. Because the World Nine-ball Championship is almost only well-known to the public of this sport, its perhaps not that necessary to create articles only about editions of the event. For most pool fans, telling where and when the event was held and who won in that particular year is adequate info. All of that is mentioned in one article. Mickey in a Dress (talk) 04:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete-Just redundant information. How many encyclopedias out there have articles that are only about specific years of an annual tournament? If you look at most of them, they neither contain articles for editions of the event, nor the annual event itself. Just the name of the sport being played and some important information.Duke17 (talk) 08:40, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moosa Anwar

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The result was delete. JForget 23:56, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moosa Anwar

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This is a non-notable activist. In the future he may become notable. Being beaten in police custody does not give rise to notability. The cited references do not rise to "significant coverage", nor were any other references I found in a search (note that there appears to be at least one other person of the same name who has received some coverage). Bongo matic 13:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I read over the sources listed in the article, the Maldives News website seems like it could be a reliable source and these articles seem to refer to the article subject fairly often. However, the article mostly reads like a CV to me, pruning the article could result in very little information that doesn't constitute WP:OR as judging from the contribs of the creator (his only contribs are to this article). -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete none of the claims of notability are all that notable RadioFan (talk) 13:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Although the story is newsworthy, the character is not notable - not yet anyway. McMarcoP (talk) 15:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The cited sources do not suppot notability Rirunmot (talk) 17:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia

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The result was Keep, but rename to Ethnic Cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 22:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia

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An obvious POV-fork from 2008 South Ossetia war and Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war. The relevant section in the main war article is 2008 South Ossetia war#Humanitarian impact and war crimes. Offliner (talk) 12:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is a genuine artice I think. It has sources and is being expanded. Samogitia (talk) 12:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you have any other perspective on this article, please, expand it and place facts that are more important in you oppinion. I think it would make more sence. Samogitia (talk) 12:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy delete Despite that someone may argue that it is a legitimate subarticle of the SO War, it is not. It is a POV fork of some of the content failing WP:TEND among others. (Igny (talk) 12:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]

There is already a legitimate subarticle: Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war. I see absolutely no need for this very obvious POV fork. Offliner (talk) 12:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia also violates WP:POVFORK, because we have an article Abhazia, what do you think? Samogitia (talk) 13:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any other non-Russian or non-Georgian or non-Ossetian users, who could judge this article? Because I think people from Russia, Georgia, Ossetia or Abhazia would be too biased on this issue. Samogitia (talk) 13:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As well as Lithuanian. Taamu (talk) 13:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop these ad hominem comments. Every user on WP has equal rights regardless of his nationality. FeelSunny (talk) 18:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Google Books, no results on Scholar or News. (Igny (talk) 13:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Delete. Another weasel-worded POV fork. — Rankiri (talk) 14:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The fact there were some human rights abuses directed at civilians on the losing side of a recent war, while unfortunate, is also pretty much a given. It would have to be pretty serious & widespread to justify creating a separate article, apart from the one about the 2008 war itself. However regrettable, a handful of individual circumstances where angry Ossetians behaved like scum towards their Georgian neighbours does not constitute an instance of "genocide." KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The references presented on the article don't say a word about the genocide of Georgians. The guy just tried to express his (or her) own opinion. Taamu (talk) 14:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Chzz ► 15:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom--as a POV fork. Drmies (talk) 17:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete POV fork based on a foundation of serious factual inaccuracies. LokiiT (talk) 18:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. POV fork. FeelSunny (talk) 18:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename as Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia. This is similar to Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia, a legitimate article. The phenomenon was very well documented and supported by conclusions of international organizations.Biophys (talk) 22:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm, did you read the article? I mean what kind of article is that, "Oh look that guy said something about genocide or something..." There must be a genocide going on there, if not a genocide then surely an ethnic cleansing... (Igny (talk) 03:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Delete less than 1% of civilians reported killed/missing is not a genocide. The author has no idea what an actual genocide is. It's rather insulting to those whose families lived through an actual genocide. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 09:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article 2 of this convention (1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide) defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." So, estimated (by you) 1% of population is a part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Samogitia (talk) 11:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So according to that definition this couldn't be considered a genocide. Thanks. LokiiT (talk) 13:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename as Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia. Samogitia (talk) 11:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. [30] and [31] put the number of civilian casualties at 69. Some genocide. — Rankiri (talk) 14:08, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- There are many sources that tell something different. For example,
We burned to the ground all Georgian towns and villages in South Ossetia

“We burned these houses. We want to make sure that they [the Georgians] can’t come back, because if they do come back, this will be a Georgian enclave again and this should not happen.” The officer went on to describe events during the fighting, including the execution of a Georgian armed man...[32]

In order to commit Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing, you have to go after people, not houses. Burning an abandoned house isn't even a felony the in US. And you have one execution. One. That's not a genocide. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 21:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Putin has given us an order that everyone must leave or be shot'
Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings
Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks
HRW on ethnic cleansing in Georgia
Russia's buffer zone creates ghost villages in Georgia
'Ossetia Is for Ossetians, Let the Georgians Suffer'
Bukovsky: Brezhnev was better than Putin
Georian version Great supplementary materials.
Flaunting impunity in Russia's 'security zone' By Lawrence Sheets, September 10, 2008, Herald Tribune
And this is an opinion piece which might be interesting for Russian participants who voted here: [33]. Biophys (talk) 15:16, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which of these sources classified the violence as genocide? — Rankiri (talk) 15:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

None. I would guess he thinks listing a bunch of irrelevant articles will strengthen his vote. Much like how the article itself cites irrelevant sources in an attempt to bring credibility to its factual inaccuracies and original research. LokiiT (talk) 15:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a nice list of selectively picked sources, but this doesn't address the main problem with the article, namely, that it's a POV-fork and there is no reason why people couldn't edit/expand Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war instead. Offliner (talk) 15:32, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename as Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia. Kouber (talk) 19:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Biophys, I'm not sure you read your own sources:

Source 1: Just Putin bashing. That's not even backed up.

Source 2: "But a dozen interviews with those who fled the fighting, and a trip through seven Georgian villages just south of the fighting, indicated the killing this month was not that systematic, nor on that scale — based on what is known so far."

Source 3: “Detailed analysis of the damage depicted in five ethnic Georgian villages shows the destruction of these villages around the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, was caused by intentional burning and not armed combat.” – Houses not people

Source 4: “The organization’s researchers in South Ossetia on August 12, 2008, saw ethnic Georgian villages still burning from fires set by South Ossetian militias, witnessed looting by the militias, and learned firsthand of the plight of ethnic Ossetian villagers who had fled Georgian soldiers during the Georgian-Russian conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia” – again houses, not people.

Source 5: “The Russians are starting to control the situation,” said Shura Terashvili, 68, one of the few people left in the village of Brotsleti, south of Irganeti. “Yesterday a Russian armoured vehicle stopped and asked if everything was okay. There have been some food shipments from Tbilisi too,” she said, adding that she rarely ventured on to the main road for fear of what she might run into.”

Source 6: “After Georgian soldiers stormed South Ossetia and killed Vitaly Guzitayev’s friend, he hid in the woods. Once the Georgians left, he set fire to the elegant brick homes of ethnic Georgians who lived nearby.” – I’ve yet to wait Putin get blamed for this.

Source 7: Anyone who thinks Brezhnev was better then any Russian ruler is on crack. Maybe he was better then Yeltsin the Alcoholic, but other then that…

Biophys, read your own sources. Otherwise I will use them to counter your own points. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 21:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As of today, all Georgian villages in South Ossetia has been destroyed. They are empty, almost no one lives there. People have been forcefully evicted, with a stated purpose to get rid of them (see citation above). They have been evicted or killed based on their ethnicity. This is classic ethnic cleansing (please rename).Biophys (talk) 02:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're an extremely experienced Wikipedia editor. Should I really point to you that it's a matter of policies, not sympathies? — Rankiri (talk) 02:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What sympathies? People have been killed or driven away based on their ethnicity. That's an ethnic cleansing by definition.Biophys (talk) 13:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! The whole Wikipedia is a matter of sympathies, the policies just get in the way. (Igny (talk) 03:21, 12 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I trust you read the definition. So here it is again: "Ethnic cleansing is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a local majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory." It says members of an ethnic minority. Members, i.e. people, i.e. human beings. Homo Sapiens. Not houses. Why is this so hard to get? What happened in the Georgian enclaves of South Ossetia, is that the Georgian population knew that war would come, and they left their houses voluntarily. The others left when the Georgian army was routed. The extreme majority of Georgians left before the Russians and Ossetians even came, before they entered. In the end, gangs of Ossetian hooligans burned abandoned houses. You have to have, what is beyond the wildest imagination possible, to call hooligans burning abandoned houses, "ethnic cleansing". HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 03:42, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What else could they have done? Uhhh geez, maybe warn their neighborhoods? Blockade the Georgian Army from entering. Tell the UN everything that's going on, that's about to happen. Instead they saw a conflict, and they chose to flee. They didn't rise up against an invading army. Didn't protest against Grads being used against civilians. Rather, they abandoned their homes and fled. Those homes were abandoned. In came the Ossetian hooligan gangs, and burned down abandoned homes. That's not even a felony, much less ethnic cleansing. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 03:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename as Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia. A valid sub article, even Russia's foreign minister Lavrov admits ethnic cleansing is happening in South Ossetia[34]. --Martintg (talk) 05:45, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He is talking about South Ossetians being ethnically cleansed. Not Georgians. Are you sure you have the right article? HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:27, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename genocide in the title is POV but there is no doubt that there were ethnic cleansings. We might expand the subject by titles like Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia as proposed by Marting (that would include pre2008 expulsion of Georgians from the Ossetian-controlled territories of SO or even Ethnic cleansings in South Ossetia that would additionally discuss alleged forceful expulsion of Ossetians from the Georgian-controlled territories of SO in 1992-2008. Alex Bakharev (talk) 06:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Abandoned homes burned down is now ethnic cleansing? Wow, this is just sad. There would have been ethnic cleansing had the Russians not intervened. They intervened, so no ethnic cleansing took place. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:27, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Burning abandoned houses to prevent people of particular ethnicity from returning is indeed ethnic cleansing. If you have sources telling that the purpose of burning was something else you are welcome to introduce it to the article Alex Bakharev (talk) 06:28, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't care if you are an administrator or not, next time you delete my quotes on the talkpage, action will be taken - I'm glad you understand that Mr. Bakharev. Also, burning abandoned houses is not ethnic cleansing. If people wanted to return, here's the thing: they still own the land, they can still comeback there and rebuild the house. US is giving Georgia over a billion dollars in aid, these houses cost at most $50,000 to build. Say six people per house, 18,000 total, (actual number much less) you're looking at 3,000 houses rebuilt, that's 150 million. If you tried to argue that burning down abandoned houses is ethnic cleansing in any western court, you would be laughed out of court. Please, either make an actual argument, or don't make an argument. I don't know what the purpose of the burning is. I do know that burning abandoned houses isn't ethnic cleansing.

Comment on renaming proposal: We should answer one question: did ethnic Georgians decided to leave themselves, or were they forcefully thrown out of the country by Ossetian militias. If Georgians decided to leave themselves with the retreating Georgian forces, that would clearly not amount to ethnic cleansing. If ethnic Georgians (yes, people, and not houses) were forcefully driven of the Republic of South Ossetia, than it amounts to ethnic cleansing. One more thing: ethnic cleansings are a systematic measure, they are started on government level, and are supported by state forces on state, level, i.e. state versus ethnos, not ethnos vs. ethnos. Otherwise that would be an inter-ethnic conflict. FeelSunny (talk) 07:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. Everyone agrees the old name is really bad. Irrespective of the result of the deletion debate, the article should not stay at the old name, so I moved it. --Xeeron (talk) 11:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename Rename to Ethnic Cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia ----Bosoxrock88

Any particular reason? Or you just contributing to the tally? HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Most of those who want to keep article are not giving any reason why we need this WP:POVFORK. All the content in this article is already present in 2008 South Ossetia war and Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war. The article Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war is not too big, so I don't see any valid reason for creating this fork, instead of expanding that article. Should we fork Genocide of South Ossetians by Georgian forces as well? Isn't this kind of forking a prime example of WP:POVFORK? Offliner (talk) 16:57, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename per Alex Bakharev. In fact I had already planned to start the article named Ethnic Cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia myself. I don't think the year is needed here. Närking (talk) 17:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What facts will you be using? Here, I'll provide some: In 1989, the population of South Ossetia had 65,000 Ossetians and 28,700 Georgians. Before August 8th, the population of South Ossetia had 45,000 Ossetians and 17,500 Georgians. Looks to me like people just left due to war. As a comparison, in 1989 there were 74,913 Russians. By August 2003 only 23,420 Russians remained. Clearly, according to the logic of this article, Russians were ethnically cleansed from Abkhazia. Here's a fun fact Narking: when war hits, people flee. And they don't return. This is voluntary, there's no ethnic cleansing involved. If there's an earthquake in California, in a major region, lots of people are going to flee. This article's logic would then accuse said earthquake of Ethnic Cleansing. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As said earlier I'm not taking part of your blogging. And yes, it's voluntary to flee if people shoot and bomb at you. Either you flee or die. Närking (talk) 20:21, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Riiight. So all those Georgians that didn't flee, died. And then were resurrected and interviewed by HRW. It's magic I tell ya. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 06:07, 13 August 2009 (UTC)" (This was previously removed by Alex Bakharev, so I'm edited it back in with the original date, I though administrators are above such things. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 09:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC) )[reply]

From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: "Ethnic cleansing: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity". Närking (talk) 20:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Narking, since you like Merriam Websters so much, why don't we look up expulsion - "the act of expelling or the state of being expelled". Since most of the Georgians left before either Ossetians or Russians got there, "the act of expelling" doesn't really qualify, since in order to perform an act, the people actually have to be there, doing the expulsion. The state of being expelled requires that assumption to be challenged. That requires Georgians, trying to peacefully comeback to Ossetia. This has not been tried. It also requires all Georgians to be expelled. Yet there are still people of Georgian decent, living in South Ossetia. So no matter how many times you highlight expulsion it won't make be actual expulsion taking place. What happened here was that people knew that a war was coming, (on both sides) and ran from war. Then abandoned houses were burned. Using this logic, Americans were "ethnically cleansing" Iraqis from Iraq. It's just so pathetic to watch you people try to grasp onto something, anything, that the Russian Army did wrong, even if the event happened before the Russian Army actually entered the area. Yes, Ossetian hooligans cost Georgians $150 million, in damages. But causing $150 million in damage doesn't qualify as genocide. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 21:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This battle of semantics seems irrelevant, as there is documented WP:RS evidence that asserts that some form of ethnic cleansing did occur. After Georgian forces withdrew from South Ossetia on August 10, South Ossetian forces over a period of weeks deliberately and systematically destroyed ethnic Georgian villages. . .looted, beat, threatened, and unlawfully detained numerous ethnic Georgian civilians, and killed several, on the basis of the ethnicity and imputed political affiliations of the residents of these villages, with the express purpose of forcing those who remained to leave and ensuring that no former residents would return. From this, Human Rights Watch has concluded that South Ossetian forces attempted to ethnically cleanse these villages[35]. As I say below, the problem with the renamed article is not that ethnic cleansing didn't happen but that the article is extremely one-sided in its coverage of the subject and some of its ideas are not explicitly supported by any of its references. — Rankiri (talk) 22:50, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I believe that quote is out of context. There was systematic destruction of property, but the lootings, beatings, unlawful detentions, and killings were not systematic. They were done by hooligans, or those seeking revenge. I find that unacceptable, but we cannot call systematic, that which is not systematic. The official policy set by Medvedev was to prevent civilian deaths, and killings/beatings would be directly counterproductive to that, and lootings/detentions would be indirectly counterproductive to that, as people might try to save their property or escape. I'm all for documenting these horrible events, but it wasn't done a systematic scale. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – a rename to something like 2008 attacks on ethnic Georgians in South Ossetia would be okay as well, but with 1% of the people killed (69 civilians in S. Ossetia) there is no substantial source for ethnic cleansing – to say nothing of genocide, even if the Georgians did flee from their houses during the fighting. (Ethnic Georgians fleeing to the Georgian side during a war is not tantamount to an ethnic cleansing.) I have not seen any scholarly, non-partisan source for claims of ethnic cleansing from what has been posted on this AFD so far. Granted, the history here is very fresh, but we don't write encyclopedias based on our take on the news and Wikipedia is not a news blog. The present thing is thus an unreliable POV fork – as also noted by commenters above. PasswordUsername (talk) 19:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is the "keep" side actually going to debate, or are they just going to vote? FYI: Wikipedia is not a Democracy. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename --Yopie (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Argumentation? Offliner (talk) 21:01, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Biophys. Ostap 23:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete If the other side won't argue, I'm voting twice. So far all of their arguments have been pretty much thrown out of the window. 69 civilians killed, out of 17,500, is "ethnic cleansing". Looks like the blacks "ethnically cleansed" the whites in the Rodney King riot. Yopie - what would you like to rename the article to? Did you even bother reading it? Cause if you did, you would have noticed that it's already been renamed. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 05:55, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think voting twice is permitted. --Martintg (talk) 10:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bummer! HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete All information is present in another article, and there is absolutely zero evidence of genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia. There was ethnic cleansing, but no more than the ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the tie eater's forces in Tskhinval. As Offliner mentions above Genocide perpetrated by Georgia in South Ossetia is a most viable article, which if this article is kept, is looking more and more viable, particularly when looks at the google results. All top searches for 'genocide south ossetia' is in relation to accusations of genocide by Georgia in South Ossetia. Even worse, is that genocide took place in 1920, 1991-1992 and 2008 --- that's 3 articles that can be built --- well 4 actually --- one article could be an all encompassing article which goes into detail the long, long history of Georgians acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Ossetian people, with main articles for each of the acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing perpetrated against Ossetians. Read Georgia for Georgians for example, where Gamsakhurdia referred to Ossetians as "trash that has to be swept out through a tunnel" -- it is a doctrine and policy that is basically a recipe for genocide and ethnic cleansing, and it is little wonder that Saakashvili admires Gamsakhurdia (and Stalin too) given the genocide and ethnic cleansing that he ordered in August 2008. Anyone like to start those articles? --Russavia ^Dialogue 06:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

??, the article has already been renamed to 2008 ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia, so your rationale is invalid. Human Rights Watch confirms ethnic cleansing has occurred in South Ossetia, see here --Martintg (talk) 10:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HRW doesn't confirm ethnic cleaning. "From this, Human Rights Watch has concluded that South Ossetian forces attempted to ethnically cleanse these villages. Approximately 22,000 villagers, the majority of whom had fled South Ossetia before the conflict started, remain displaced." Attempted murder isn't murder. Not the same thing. HRW placed in black and white, for people like you. Furthermore the Georgian population of South Ossetia is 17,500. 22,000 villagers lost property. So 4,500 non-Georgian villagers, lost property, according to British sources and HRW. Ethnic cleansing? Once again, if you want to talk about property damage, feel free to. But the HRW uses the word attempted. It's not hard at all to interpret the word attempted, as attempted. And also 2=2. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge back to 2008 South Ossetia war or Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war. The subject is a POV-fork for significant issue. It would be better dealt with in a more general article. Peterkingiron (talk) 12:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

However ethnic cleansing has occurred before the war. Alex Bakharev has made a good suggestion with regard to renaming and expanding the scope to discuss ethnic cleansing from 1992 to the present day. --Martintg (talk) 19:21, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before the war more Ossetians then Georgians fled the region of combat. In addition, between 1989 and 2003, over 50,000 Russians left Abkhazia. Are you going to say that Russians were ethnically cleansed? Alex Bakharev's idea would be wonderful, if those pesky things called actual facts didn't get in the way. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The title was changed, but the article's very first sentence still reads "2008 ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia, started during and after the 2008 South Ossetia war genocide of Georgian people was conducted in South Ossetia and other teritories occupied by Russian and South Ossetian force." The article's references appear to be poorly selected and misquoted. The NYT reference, for example, is titled "Ethnic Cleansing in South Ossetia?" and plainly says that [b]oth Russia and Georgia are accusing the other of ethnic cleansing. Some of the references don't even mention the term "ethnic cleansing" and one of them actually puts it in quotes[36]. The only two sources that demonstrate that some form of ethnic cleansing took place are The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Human Rights Watch, and Human Rights Watch clearly states that All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War and that in a number of instances Georgian forces carried out indiscriminate and disproportionate artillery attacks on South Ossetia, and in some cases during their ground assault carried out attacks that had an excessive impact on civilians with respect to the anticipated military advantage.[37] Considering that the information is already present in 2008 South Ossetia war#Humanitarian impact and war crimes and Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war and that both of these articles appear to be much more balanced in their treatment of of the subject, my earlier recommendation—delete in accordance with WP:SYNTH, WP:UNDUE, WP:POVFORK—remains unchanged. — Rankiri (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the renamed article still stays mostly POVed, of course. I beleive it's because it was only made to advance pro-Georgian POV in WP - from the very beginning. FeelSunny (talk) 18:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This is a notable article. I understand that there is an Anti-Georgian camp who oppose this article, but that is not a reason to delete it. However I do believe "Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia" would be a more appropriate name for the article. Ijanderson (talk) 17:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So instead of actually joining the discussion, you launched an Ad Hominem against the other side. Now that's what I call desperately grasping for straws. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 19:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm sorry, are you talking to me Historic Warrior 007? If you are, please take a look at this [38] Ijanderson (talk) 22:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

War produces refugees. And 2 + 2 = 4. So where's ethnic cleansing? According to your logic, Hurrican Katrina has ethnically cleansed Americans here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpEd1x-WLjo So umm, yeah, I believe I was talking to you. And I've yet to see an non-laughable argument for ethnic cleansing. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 01:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Yes war does produce refugees, just seems to be a bit weird that all the ethnic Georgian refugees were kicked out of South Ossetia. This is what makes it ethnic cleansing. Also I was unaware that Hurricane Katrina was a war or that Hurricane Katrina was a dominant ethnic group which forced mass expulsion on the population of New Orleans? I must be wrong. I suggest you take a look at a dictionary definition of the term "ethnic cleansing".

"thefreedictionary.com": "The systematic elimination of an ethnic group or groups from a region or society, as by deportation, forced emigration, or genocide./ the practice, by the dominant ethnic group in an area, of removing other ethnic groups by expulsion or extermination" [39]
"dictionary.reference.com": "the elimination of an unwanted ethnic group or groups from a society, as by genocide or forced emigration." [40]
"askoxford.com/concise_oed": "noun the mass expulsion or killing of members of an ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another." [41]

Ijanderson (talk) 09:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't systematic. There was no forced emigration. Mass expulsion? It doesn't qualify.

Comment Here are some recent reference I have added to the article which say ethnic cleansing did take place in South Ossetia [42][43][44][45][46][47][48] Also I ask everyone to search "ethnic cleansing geogians 2008" in Google news [49] There is 233 relevant pages. Also to all people who say this article is against WP:POVFORK, why do you not say the same about the Holocaust and the Srebrenica massacre etc? Ijanderson (talk) 09:31, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are comparing 150 million in property damage and 69 deaths to the Holocaust?! Oh I cannot wait to see the Jewish response to this. And in Serbrenica, 8,000 people died. Not 80. You're off by only about 10,000 percent. But your arguments draw a great emotional response. HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 19:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: as per IJanderson977 - Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/2009_Lithuania%E2%80%93Russia_crisis - looks like someone has a Vendetta against Russia, and doesn't realize that Wikipedia isn't about vendettas. This "gem's" summary: "Russians stop Lithuanian trucks from entering Russia...so political crisis has now engulfed Russia and Lithuania." HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 22:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename It was a bad thing but not a genocide. Info is good and genocide should be mentioned if directly quoted but common sense says it was not a genocide. It could also be mereged into another article if it cannot fill enough space to make editors happy or is a blatant POV fork.Cptnono (talk) 10:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So that vote is a keep/merge, right? HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 19:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename per Alex Bakharev. Colchicum (talk) 18:43, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackberry Storm 2

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The result was merge to Blackberry Storm. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blackberry Storm 2

Complete speculation with non-concrete sources. RIM has not stated facts about the phone yet, everything is speculative. Doesn't conform to WP:CRYSTAL. Wait until phone is released with complete specs official from RIM. Ejfetters (talk) 12:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. It is unconfirmed. Sure RIM is planning to release new devices in the future, but there is no source suggesting that it will be a Storm 9550 rather than something else. It would be better to wait until the release of such device is announced. McMarcoP (talk) 13:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Blackberry Storm. Lacks the significance to justify a standalone article. RadioFan (talk) 13:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect and Merge to Blackberry Storm. Not notable for an article at this point and blatantly WP:CRYSTAL as nom pointed out -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per Cabe6403 Chzz ► 15:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Blackberry Storm since article violates WP:CRYSTAL by being speculative and unconfirmed. --Cybercobra (talk) 16:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brianna Blaze

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The result was delete. JForget 21:55, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brianna Blaze

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No reliable sources, and doesn't pass the criteria at WP:PORNBIO. Epbr123 (talk) 12:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Having had a quick look around I support the nom's argument that this does not pass WP:PORNBIO. Other than the base stats the article seems to comprise mostly of WP:OR -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 13:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly doesn't pass WP:Pornbio, and its difficult to imagine how this could otherwise achieve Notability. Of the three cites, two are to bulletin board posts. Merely having a listing at the IAFD does not confer Notability. And that's all she's got; no awards, no nominations for awards. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete, fails notability per WP:PORNBIO. Esradekan (talk) 00:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:ENT criteria since she has been in over 30 productions. WP:PORNBIO are additional critera for inclusion, not exclusion rules. Chuthya (talk) 11:38, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment So, just out of curiosity, how many of these little throw-away, direct-to-video porn films must a person appear in, in order to satisfy WP:ENT, in your opinion? Because I'm rather getting the impression your answer is any integer > 0. Suffice it to say, there's no indication that appearing in "over 30" of these little films meets WP:ENT, as can be readily ascertained by clicking on that link. And for the record, by adult film industry standards, 30 films is a very brief & minor career. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 13:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply For purposes of WP:ENT:1 "multiple" would mean >1. Chuthya (talk) 13:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Seems to be a relatively non-notable flash in the pan, minor starlet at best. ThuranX (talk) 16:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Doesn't seem to pass any notability criteria. The links in the references don't seem to be reliable sources. If it can be shown that they're reliable, my !vote should be discounted. -- Noroton (talk) 01:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF)

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF)

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Contested prod. lacks coverage in 3rd party sources. No solid claims of notability in article, no references. RadioFan (talk) 11:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete The organization exists but I found only 1 trivial mention in an independent source [50]. The article reads like an advert, and would need to be re-written if/when sufficient third-party sources are found to establish notability. Abecedare (talk) 07:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no reliable sources covering this with any sort of depth of coverage. -- Whpq (talk) 20:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pocketbook (song)

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The result was no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pocketbook (song)

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there are concerns that although the song has recieved reviews it might still fail WP:notability (music) as it was never officially released, did not chart and was not covered by other artists. furthermore the majority of users cannot access the source to verify the cover-art. Lil-unique1 (talk) 11:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The article is okay, for one, though the only content is the critical reception (usually there's none of that!). But it had to be released for critics, and it has been covered by several reliable sources. Jennifer Hudson is notable, anyway, which makes me think that the real reason this is being proposed is that there is not a lot of content about the song. It needs writing, production (music video), credits, and more to become a well-structured article. ceranthor 12:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - the critical reviews are almost entirely single line entries imbedded within a review of the album. That demonstrates notability for the album, not for the song. -- Whpq (talk) 21:05, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge to Jennifer Hudson (album), fails WP:NSONGS. While there are references, there is no indication that this song has charted or received any significant awards. The critieria for songs is much more stringent and this one doesn't meet it. RadioFan (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Tentative keep - I did not check the reviews but there seems to be acknowledgement that there are several reviews. If that is the case, the song meets the general notability requirements and so the specific music criteria that RadioFan brings up are irrelevant. A song that meets WP:N is notable regardless of charts and covers. Rlendog (talk) 20:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I highly recommend reviewing the sources which will show you how much actual critical review there is of the song versus the album. -- Whpq (talk) 21:05, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Jennifer Hudson (album). Rather than guessing, I looked at the sources. Aside from two excpetions, Pocketbook is mentioned in the overall context of an entire album review which also mentiosn many other tracks from the album. The exceptions are the NY Daily News which does not actually mention "Pocketbook", and Billboard which is a short piece that is actually about "Pocketbook". Given the lack of reviews specifically about the song and no indication of charting or award winning in some way, a redirect is the appropriate action. -- Whpq (talk) 21:02, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keeper Of Dreams (band)

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The result was delete. Tone 20:09, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keeper Of Dreams (band)

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Fails WP:MUSIC totally; Hungarian Myspace band, yet to release their debut album (it's coming out in September through a non-notable Hungarian indie). No coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources, no extensive concert touring, no indication of notability whatsoever. Should have been an A7 speedy but the tag was removed by one of the Single Purpose Accounts that created the page and added the band's name to every other article they could think of. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 09:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages because solitary album by above band, not yet released:[reply]

Comment Perhaps you'd like to bundle Taste Smashed To Pieces with this? Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 10:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Done, I think... if I've got the bundling wrong somewhere, feel free to fix! Blackmetalbaz (talk) 10:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both All content I've found in searches is from user-submitted sites. I'd have {{db-band}}'d this if I found it on new page patrol. The fate of the album seems to rest on the fate on the band, so I say delete both. Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 11:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Speedy Delete - I support whoever speedied it to begin with. Totally fails WP:MUSIC. Absolutely no sources on the album article to assert any kind of notability what-so-ever. The only non myspace source on the main band page is in Hungarian so I can't vouch for any content although it did appear to be an independent, journalistic site similar to ones like this. Regardless, one source on a website of contestable reliability with no claims to notability. Speedy. Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both, lacks coverage in 3rd party sources. fails WP:MUSIC RadioFan (talk) 14:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete [both], highly non-notable. Wonderful conflict of interest by Markmaczak (talk · contribs), the band's drummer.--Canniba loki 15:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete both Chzz ► 15:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both per nom. Drmies (talk) 17:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete both per WP:GARAGE. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 17:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cachalot (fictional planet)

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The result was no consensus. A lot of differing opinions here, but absolutely no agreement. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:14, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cachalot (fictional planet)

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Non notable fictional planet. Article lacks references as well. The article in fact copes information from Cachalot (novel) Magioladitis (talk) 09:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete fictional planet with fictional notability. Wikipedia is not a fansite. Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Humanx Commonwealth, lacks notability to justify a stand alone article RadioFan (talk) 14:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - As RadioFan puts it. I'd gander that most of the articles linked here List of Humanx Commonwealth planets would not stand up to scrutiny at AfD resulting in redirects or deletions -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment see similar nomination for remaining articles related to fictional planets (and species) in this book series here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Humanx Commonwealth planets
Merge Lacks notability on its own, but would be fine in expository context of the aforementioned list. --Cybercobra (talk) 16:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Cachalot. --EEMIV (talk) 17:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Cachalot redirects to Sperm Whale--RadioFan (talk) 19:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well DUH! ;-) I mean, redirect to whatever article exists for the base fictional universe and/or originating text. --EEMIV (talk) 19:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge nothing — anyone actually look? damn near the same drivel is already there (*both* theres). Sheesh. Jack Merridew 06:40, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Humanx Commonwealth. A lack of material to merge does not necessitate deletion. Eluchil404 (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And every made-up planet and word mentioned in a sci-fi book is not a reason to have a redirect. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:04, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps not, but it is my belief that every planet which is the primary setting of a book is. Eluchil404 (talk) 18:55, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I repeat because some people are suggesting merging. The whole text already exists in Cachalot (novel). The new fact is that someone had the idea to copy the text to Humanx Commonwealth. Right now we have the exact five lines in three places. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:49, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would have said merge as usual, but on the basis of the above comment, it would be better to have it as a separate article, and link from the other locations. In any event there would surely be a redirect, so a deletion nomination is not appropriate. And if there are only 5 lines, perhaps we need to expand the discussion, wherever we put it. DGG ( talk ) 04:13, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

5 lines because someone had the bright idea to copy the text of this article to other places. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Cachalot (novel) per WP:N, as this hasn't recieved significant coverage in reliable third-party sources. Some of the other articles listed as potential targets are also on shaky ground. Them From Space 16:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Annubis (fictional planet)

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The result was redirect to Humanx Commonwealth. A merge, effectively, but since there's nothing to merge that's not already there, what's the point? Black Kite 12:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Annubis (fictional planet)

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Non notable fictional planet. Article lacks references as well. A fictional planet, country, city, location etc. is something very common in... fiction. This doesn't imply that all are notable. Magioladitis (talk) 09:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete fictional planet with fictional notability. Wikipedia is not a fansite. Cheers, Jack Merridew 12:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Humanx Commonwealth, lacks notability to justify a stand alone article RadioFan (talk) 14:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - As RadioFan puts it. I'd gander that most of the articles linked here List of Humanx Commonwealth planets would not stand up to scrutiny at AfD resulting in redirects or deletions -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment remaining similar articles nominated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Humanx Commonwealth planets--RadioFan (talk) 14:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Lacks notability on its own, but would be fine in expository context of the aforementioned list. --Cybercobra (talk) 16:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- What exactly to merge? Can you please tell me one prhase of this article that we should put in the other as is? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:32, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge nothing — anyone actually look? damn near the same drivel is already there (*both* theres). Sheesh. Jack Merridew 06:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- … which makes step #2 of the merger process a very easy one. It does not magically change a merger into a deletion. Uncle G (talk) 07:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There is nothing to merge anywhere. Doctorfluffy (wanna get fluffed?) 20:52, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smokey (Friday) (2nd nomination)

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The result was Keep Smokey, Merge others to List of characters in the Friday series. Latter two characters are clearly not independently notable, Craig Jones is borderline and could possibly be expanded out again with more sourcing and third-party coverage. Black Kite 12:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Smokey (Friday)

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WP:PLOT and others. No indication of any significance outside of the film, and much of the content is incorporated into the main film articles anyway. Fancruft and no signs of notability. —Dark ^talk 09:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I might as well add the other related articles into this bundle. All full of non-encyclopedic plotlines etc. I fail to see what the use of a merge will do in the first 4 articles, and the fifth one contains nothing of value in an encyclopedia. Basic plotlines that does nothing but expand the cruft of the films. WP:SALAT and WP:NOT are good guidelines on this. —Dark ^talk 09:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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keep or merge into one article - the nominator may not see any value in character articles or plot summaries, but the characters are most certainly notable within the context of the movie and should be covered somewhere. Merely being a plot summary is a call for expansion, not a call for deletion. The role the characters lay in the movie ("the plot") is most certainly relevant to the character articles. Wikipedia is a work in progress and we should not remove information that would be valid in a completed version of the article (plot stuff) just because other valid information is currently missing (character development, real world impact - i.e. merchandising, etc.) --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Respectfully, I disagree that the film has achieved enough notability to warrant a cover of the characters in a separate page to the film articles. The mentioned character development and real world impact is non-existent. As far as I know, merchandise has not been created for the mentioned characters, nor has there been any social impacts of the film. As for character development, that is not verifiable. This differs from other character articles such as the Harry Potter character lists etc. where reliable and independent sources can be found given the large amount of success the films and movies have. Understandably, Wikipedia is a work in progress; but the character articles in question are not able to be developed much further apart from generating a more detailed plot summary. The main film articles have already included a extensive plotline (or rather, they have the potential to do so), outlining the roles of the characters, and I fail to see the importance at creating a separate page detailing the plot over and over again. This differs from articles such as Frodo Baggins or List of original characters in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, where the information is extensive enough (success and extensive sourcing of the book and the film) to merit inclusion in several articles. —Dark ^talk 06:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Cruft" is never a valid reason for deletion. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 17:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- My argument does not stem from the fact that I do not like information covered. —Dark ^talk 06:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Even WP:PLOT is disputed as well and lacks real consensus. Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/Archive 29#WP:NOTPLOT replacement. I don't see consensus in any shape or form in removing WP:PLOT. The majority of the people agree that an article which cannot be expanded from a simple plot does not belong in this encyclopedia. If you believe otherwise, expand the articles to contain sourced real world content and I'll consider withdrawing this AfD. —Dark ^talk 07:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Not the majority in practice, i.e. not the majority of actual article readers and writers, just a segment of those who however over guideline pages. Anyway, please note that I have indeed begun adding out of universe context on the significance of this character for which the actor was nominated for three awards in his performance and which is considered the big breakthrough role of a notable actor's career. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 15:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into the List article and Remove any trivial, very minor characters. Spinning-out the characters into a sub-article is normal for fiction. --Cybercobra (talk) 13:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Smokey The reference there shows this was the notable role which made that actor famous. Dream Focus 19:23, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, well written fictional biography. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:54, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cyxymu

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The result was Speedy keep per WP:SNOWBALL, even ignoring the suspiciously new users. Banyan Tree 09:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cyxymu

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One DOS Attack event only appearance, non-notalbe person. fails WP:ONEEVENT Gddoe (talk) 08:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC) — Gddoe (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Keep. The event made international news and has sparked an international debate about censorship. I hardly think it doesn't meet the notability requirements. The article could definitely use drastic expansion, though. bsmithme 08:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Gddoe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Keep, possibly rename. Either the blogger or the attack is highly notable. How this should be named is another matter. WP:ONEEVENT is just about that, and there are other venues to decide this, see WP:RM. Colchicum (talk) 10:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The person has been known in Russian-language blogs for years for his coverage of the previous conflict in Abkhazia and he is gaining even more prominence, assuming iconic status among pro-democracy internet community of Russian-speakers. --Bete (talk) 10:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - extensive international news coverage. Ekem (talk) 12:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - good news about Georgia and Russia. Georgian patriot (talk) 12:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC) — Georgian patriot (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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Merge to Facebook, Google, LiveJournal and Twitter or move to 2009 social networking site denial of service attack as this is innapropriate as a biography per WP:BIO1E RadioFan (talk) 13:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Instigator of an international web attack with plenty of media coverage in reliable sources. Support renaming, perhaps to the users real name if that can be attained. -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The guy has become a symbol of modern cyber warfare. It is interesting to note that the nominator appears to be a single-purpose account with strikingly good knowledge of Wikipedia's AfD procedure.--Kober^Talk 14:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Meets WP:GNG Chzz ► 15:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It is very important to keep this page. The guy is a well-known blogger and the information is very useful! — Georgy ch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 15:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC) (UTC).[reply]

Keep - This is neither suits Facebook nor Twitter nor other pages. 2009 social networking site denial of service attack would not be a proper entry. This case is a valid political attack and should be left in the history.--Markiyan^Talk 17:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This is big news, and we haven't heard the last of Cyxymu. This article will continue to evolve. — Campfamsam (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC) (UTC).[reply]

Keep Sufficient coverage in reliable sources to prove notability. --Cybercobra (talk) 16:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A major event centered around one person? The person's entry deserves to stay, not just be a footnote on Twitter or Facebook's. --There are no names left (talk) 23:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. // Gargaj (talk) 18:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NMKNMP

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The result was delete. Snow Tone 20:10, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NMKNMP

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WP:NEO \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 08:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral - I would say strong delete... 1000 ghits is doesn't exactly feel like a notable term - plus I think the advice is terrible. Reprehensible. Your stepkids are just as much your problem as your biological kids. But I think my anger towards any therapist who would give this advice would make it unfair for me to vote here. 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 08:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Non notable Harlem675 08:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Definitely not notable. I find about 10 unique hits... the other 1,100 are because someone in a newsgroup has the acronym in his/her signature tag. Location (talk) 08:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete No claim of notability present in the "article." Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 09:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, there are no speedy criteria that cover neologisms, whether they claim notability or not. A7 does not apply to neologisms. Anyway, delete, not notable and the therapist claim is unsourced, probably guesswork, and hopefully false. Hairhorn (talk) 16:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Unsourced, not a relevant or commonly used acronym. McMarcoP (talk) 12:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unreferenced WP:NEOLOGISM RadioFan (talk) 13:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 15:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unreferenced neologism Chzz ► 15:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not a notable neologism. Triplestop x3 02:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maximum Lostprophets

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The result was delete. JForget 23:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maximum Lostprophets

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The opening line says it all really: "The Unauthorised Biography: Maximum Lostprophets is an unofficial report about the Welsh rock band Lostprophets". An unauthorised, unofficial documentary has no purpose having an article on wikipedia. Fails WP:MUSIC and WP:GNG Nouse4aname (talk) 08:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete agreed. Could have been speedy really. U-Mos (talk) 10:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Doesn't have any relevance in itself. McMarcoP (talk) 12:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - An obvious one -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: All that I can find is trivial mentions. Joe Chill (talk) 15:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No RS Chzz ► 15:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Latin Metal (3rd nomination)

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The result was no consensus. Improvements to article indicate that it is possible to create a relevant entry. Black Kite 12:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Latin Metal

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The page was nominated previously and got an overwhelming and unanimous "delete", see here [51]. I can't see what's changed. No sources whatsoever, just a couple of lines of text written by an editor. It gives absolutely no indiciation of coverage in reliable sources or notability. WP:NEO, WP:NOT, WP:V and WP:OR all apply. Should be an open and shut case. Google news turns up about 100 results, but consider A) How many of those are actually authoritative heavy metal sources? B) How many of those are just describing Ill Nino with a convenient term? C) How many of those are actually describing a genre in detail, as opposed to using a simple phrase? This last one is particularly important, as if we made an article for every single random phrase used with "-metal" after it, we'd have hundreds of empty articles. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 08:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC) — Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete - No reliable sources, fails WP:N Harlem675 08:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. G4. -Location (talk) 10:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Abstain. The lack of sources prevents me from changing to "keep", however, Jmundo appears to be making an effort to build the article. ThaddeusB's is probably right on the "speedy delete" issue, too. Location (talk) 02:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Keep. Notable enough for me and now meets WP:V due to citations provided by Drmies. Location (talk) 19:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete and salt. Repeated recreation of material previously deleted. 3 discussions and 3 articles without improvement is enough RadioFan (talk) 13:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Completely non notable term, delete and protect against recreation -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I'm actually pretty sure Latin Metal does exist as a perhaps Notable subject (maybe Googling that phrase in Spanish & Portuguese would generate more hits?), but this article doesn't demonstrate its Notability, or even come remotely close (pretty difficult to do, with no sources). If someone wants to write a serious article on this topic, they should be permitted to do so. But this ain't it. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Based on subsequent improvements to the article, I'm changing my vote to Keep. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 13:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The thing is, it probably does exist as a term. But not really as a genre: no doubt people use the term "Latin metal" to describe heavy metal with a latin flavour. But people use many such terms, just for convenience. Unless there are sources describing a genre in detail, then there isn't really a need for an article, which is unfortunately what a lot of users overlook. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 15:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just because an article is poorly written is not a reason for deletion. Chuthya (talk) 11:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable (still) Chzz ► 15:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm surprised it's even taken this much, wish I'd noticed the "previously deleted" speedy clause, I missed that. As it is I tried a different speedy and a prod, neither worked and so it came to this. Daft really. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 15:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - not sure why everyone is so gung ho about deleting this term. The term is most certainly used to describe a specific type ("genre") of music - heavy metal music with a latin flair. It is used in a whopping 113 new stories, including some specifically about the genre. Some good sources include: "LATIN METAL IS NEXT 'REVOLUCION'", MTV: "Puya, Armored Saint Lead Latin Metal Surge On 'Metalo'", and Billboard: "Latinos struggle to prove their metal" to name a few. Ther term is used by Allmusic, MTV (linked above), VH1, Billboard (linked above), and other reputable music sites. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and expand I don't like the smell of single purpose account nominator. Latin Metal doesn't exist? what about Puya (band) and other bands 1? Expand and fix the article, Wikipedia doesn't have a time limit for a perfect article. --Jmundo (talk) 17:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Thaddeus. Not all the references in that search are entirely relevant--not all of them suggest we're dealing with a real genre here. But some of them do, such as this article, which refers to "Bilingual thrash, salsa-core, polyrhythmic Latin metal"--that sounds like a genre to me. Drmies (talk) 17:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment All of those arguing for keep with those sources need to ask yourselves two questions: Firstly, how many of those can really be used as sources? How many are reliable on the subject in question? Many of those google results don't have a reputation within the world of music, certainly not heavy metal specifically, and as such cannot be used as authorities on it's genres. Secondly, how many are actually talking about the genre, and how many are just using the term (usually to describe Ill Nino)? The fact is, when you exclude those that aren't truly authoritative, and those that just use it as a term rather than describing it, you've got almost nothing left. As this article stands, it's next to worthless. Oh, and Jmundo please keep such suspicions to yourself: whether I formed this account for this purpose or not is irrelevant, and such comments on editors as opposed to edits could easily come under the heading of personal attacks. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 18:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Don't tell me what I need to ask myself. Do you think we're all that stupid that we cannot ask such questions and make those determinations ourselves? If you want to convince others you should start by not patronizing them. Drmies (talk) 22:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not trying to patronize, but I wouldn't need to explain things like that if you seemed to have spotted them for yourself, which you haven't by the looks of things. Otherwise you wouldn't be arguing for keep with such a feeble reasoning. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 06:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You succeeded without trying, then, and you just did it again. Drmies (talk) 14:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Again, if you could answer the challenges I posed, I wouldn't need to. But you still haven't. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 16:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm glad you can admit to something. Still, I don't feel the need to respond to your objections--you obviously have your mind made up, and while you're here commenting on comments, I was working on the article. This AfD will be closed by an administrator, and whoever closes it will know, I imagine, how to judge references like this and this and this. As DGG has it on their user page, "I do not attempt to convert my opponents--I aim at converting their audience." Drmies (talk) 17:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and expand Agreed that the single purpose account nominator is a red flag. Seems like there might be an agenda at play. Lets expand and improve the article. Billbowery (talk) 22:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Again, keep your personal attacks to yourself. Any more will be reported. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 06:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Note I found an article in the Spanish Wikipedia, Heavy metal en español that should be a good starting point for expansion. --Jmundo (talk) 01:05, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I'm impressed with the work to rescue the article. Also, kudos to Jmundo for finding the es.wikipedia article. p.s. Lay off the nominator. An IP editor prodded it, and I deprodded for procedural reasons - it had been prodded and deprodded already - and told them to register an account to send it to AfD. Fences&Windows 23:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There are some factual inaccuracies in the delete !votes. Namely, the article hasn't been recreated 3 times as the 1st AfD (Feb 2007) resulted in keep. The 2nd AfD (Mar 2007) came out delete based on the state of the article (a single sentence plus a list of bands) & GHITS counting. Salting the page certainly isn't appropriate for 1 recreation 2 years and 3 months later. --ThaddeusB (talk) 01:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Prophaniti's sock nom. The Real Libs-speak politely 15:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Huh? :S I was the one who nominated it mate. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 16:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep + consider merge to "nu metal" per this source--Canniba loki 19:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Loki, thanks for the link, but I don't think that that review provides a very strong argument for a merge, esp. if you look at statements like "Fed up with the nü-metal limitations of his old band, Ortiz formed Ankla as an outlet to create something fresh," combined with "Ankla builds a solid foundation for a new direction of Latin metal"--this suggests a difference from nu-metal. IN fact, this review is good grounds for adding Ankla to the Latin metal article. Drmies (talk) 19:24, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

delete should have been removed in prior afd nomination. Wether B (talk) 22:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read the current version? The article has expanded since last night, thanks to Drmies. It now includes reliable sources and wikilinks to Spanish metal bands. We are not talking about the same article that was deleted before. --Jmundo (talk) 22:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The references all seem to point the term "Latin" toward the band members of these supposed 'latin metal' bands. There can be a "latin" metal band. But there is no such thing as latin metal 'music'. A "genre" is a musical style, not an ethnic grouping. Wether B (talk) 23:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is not correct--that is not what those references point at. They point, in fact, at salsa rhythms, at flamenco-influenced guitar playing, at bilingual vocals. Claiming that they only point at ethnicity is really a misreading of the sources, and I don't think you can prove that from a single one of those sources. Drmies (talk) 03:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The references to MTV and elsewhere, indicate this is a real thing. A genre of music, not just an ethnic group. Dream Focus 19:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Next thing someone will invent the term "World metal" Fair Deal (talk) 23:39, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you have an actual argument? Drmies (talk) 00:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Too late, it has already been invented: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfixqealdae --Bardin (talk) 06:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Haha, the phrase "largely unrecognized 'World Metal' sub-genre" is really kind of funny. I won't be writing that article anytime soon. Drmies (talk) 14:39, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Even in this newly-cited form, how much of worth is there in this article? Most of the footnotes don't actually talk about "latin metal", most of them just use the phrase. Allmusic, for example: it doesn't give "latin metal" as a genre/style, it just uses the phrase as a convenient descriptor for a metal band that features some latin music elements, and that in itself isn't much good for supporting a whole article. Most of that "History" section isn't even related to "latin metal", but rather latin music with occasional mentions of heavy metal; and the rest is just a short band list. In addition, only half the sources really strike me as genuinely authoritative on rock music/heavy metal. Please read and consider my points, even if you ultimately disagree with them, that's all I ask. Justgimmethedamnaccount (talk) 18:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Sources look pretty solid, and I don't have any issues with the content (except that list sitting in the middle, that could be re-worked). Passes WP:N handily, in my opinion, and I've actually heard the phrase used IRL. --King Öomie 15:59, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree with you on the list. Drmies (talk) 19:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The sources seem to refer to Metal that is Latin american not "Latin Metal" as a specific genre, making this original research/synthesis. Even still there are issues with notability and WP:UNDUE. Triplestop x3 16:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even with a few sources I just don't see evidence this is a notable genre. Triplestop x3 22:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Even if the sources were only referring to "Metal music made by Latinos" (which does not appear to be the case) that wouldn't be a reason for deletion. "Isn't a real music genre" isn't a deletion criteria outlined in any policy document, but instead is a type of IDONTLIKEIT argument. --ThaddeusB (talk) 18:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree with Thaddeus. As I said above, the sources do not make any such statement. See, for instance, the Allmusic overview of Ill Nino: "The New Jersey-based Latin metal sextet Ill Nino ... Most of its members are of South American descent, resulting in a type of music that combines crunchy heavy metal with Latin rhythms and lyrics that alternate between English and Spanish. ... to quote Chavarri, "The idea is to be as heavy as possible and as melodic as possible -- with a Latin twist")." The terminology here is crystal clear. The band comes from New Jersey, which is not a "Latin" state. Most of its members are "of South American descent" (and there's a lot more to South American than just Latin!), but not all. The remark on Latin rhythms and bilingual lyrics clearly establishes that we are dealing here NOT with a geographical or racial application of the term, but with a cultural one. In the same way that Celtic metal isn't necessarily made by Celts (whatever that may mean today), Latin metal isn't metal made by "Latins" or in "Latinia" (it's made in New Jersey, California, Spain, Argentina, etc.). Drmies (talk) 19:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep based on the improvements to the article, and the arguments put forward by User:Drmies and others. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 15:03, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin Wuttke

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The result was keep. There is notability. Article needs expension, not deletion. Tone 20:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Martin Wuttke

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Non-notable actor. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 07:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I would say he wasn't notable until he got picked up to play Hitler in Inglorious Basterds. --Merovingian (T, C, L) 07:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - Needs some reliable references Harlem675 08:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would argue that he is pretty darn notable after having been cast in Inglorious Basterds. Billbowery (talk) 11:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. His casting on Inglorious Basterds makes him notable. The article could use some reworking, though. McMarcoP (talk) 12:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article could use expansion but from his credits looks notable. I'm not familiar with his German works, but as a note he had an entry in the German Wiki long before his latest role. I know that's not a reason on it's own, but IMHO adds a bit of weight to his earlier work.--Cube lurker (talk) 14:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Who the hell was Walter Willis before Pulp Fiction?
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Keep as per WP:BEFORE, sources toward notability exist [52], [53]. Their not being added is no reason to delete, as AfD is not for cleanup. Tag for aditional sources. Snow anyone? MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 05:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I am linking to his page right now in his capacity as a director of plays by Aeschylus for German TV.
Delete Quentin's page instead. Isn't everyone tired of him by now? Varlaam (talk) 19:50, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dinoninjaabraham

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The result was Speedy Delete per G3 by Nihonjoe. (non-admin closure) MrKIA11 (talk) 11:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dinoninjaabraham

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Contested PROD. I reiterate my reason behind the PROD: No context of what this is. Seems like madeup story. I also cannot find anything that can provide any verifability of this game or the story behind it. MuZemike 07:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete unless sources are presented. McMarcoP (talk) 12:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – OK, I'm at a loss of words here. It looks like most of the article is a copypaste of Pooyan, but at the same time the creator of the article, mostly per [54], changes the article to something completely different or whatever. Here, the creator changed it back [55]. Is this some sort of a practical joke? MuZemike 14:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as a probably hoax. Zero google news hits, zero non-wiki google search hits RadioFan (talk) 14:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete obvious hoax. Even the sources link to Pooyan sources from which this article was obviously copied from. Still the concept of the game is some-what amusing :p -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trainfuck

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The result was delete. Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 00:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trainfuck

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Neologism already covered at List of sex positions and Group sex. Stand-alone article is unnecessary duplication, and I'd further argue that the title is not the most common name for the act. Exploding Boy (talk) 06:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is a wonderful blog piece and inspiring in its novel synthesis but we are lacking actual encyclopedic content that supports a stand alone article. Absent a stubbifying process that removes all the original research and replaces it with reliable sourcing to demonstrate the need for a stand alone article I think this has to be deleted. A protected redirect to group sex may encourage the creator to build a reliably sourced and non-original research version in their userspace instead. -- Banjeboi 07:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This type of activity is already covered in group sex in the "daisy chain" section, which is a much more common name for this. Not enough to write to merit a separate article on the subject, and if there were, it should not be under a neologistic title. Every few years teenagers think they have invented some clever sex act, without understanding that they already exist under established names; these don't all need separate articles. Protected redirect would be fine too, if anyone finds a reliable source showing the term has any popularity.Yob Mod 07:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or redirect as the case may be... neologism. --Merovingian (T, C, L) 07:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to group sex, where the act is mentioned and clarified. Well-written article, but weak topic. McMarcoP (talk) 12:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The topic is covered elsewhere, and is not sufficiently Notable to warrant its own article, anyway. Plus, I have never heard this term before in my life (and suffice it to say I have not lived a sheltered one). I've heard of "pulling a train" on probably hundreds of occasions, but "trainfuck?" I don't think people really say that. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete with no redirect. Beat me to the AfD. I can't find a single reliable source that even uses "trainfuck"; the only hit for "train fuck" in this context seems to be Gay-2-zee: a dictionary of sex, subtext, and the sublime. DF Reuter - 2006 - St. Martin's Griffin. The author of the article was using far too much original research and synthesis. It might be a slang phrase using in porn or the gay scene, but it's not a notable one. Fences&Windows 16:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You should have seen the article before I cut it down by about half. Exploding Boy (talk) 16:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I did. The less said about that the better. Fences&Windows 19:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. fails notability; no prejudice against good-faith recreation. tedder (talk) 07:04, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zenisha Moktan

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Non-notable biography of a model and actress which fails on WP:ENT. The claim of significance or importance given is not credible. Former Miss Tamang (non-notable beauty pageant) and contestant of events which never happened don't give subject an encyclopedic value. WP:NOTSCANDAL also applies here. Hitro talk 05:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is a very poorly-written article with no apparent Notability. The References section is a joke. The films she's appeared in are footage from the beauty pageants in which she's competed, apparently, other than for one cameo (she was probably an extra, in reality), and an appearance in something with the dubious name of "MMS porn." KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Adaquately referenced. Meets WP:GNG. Chuthya (talk) 11:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment-Clearly fails at WP:GNG. No Significant coverage and no source for notability. Apart from that there aint no Reliable source. Adequately referenced for sex scandal, measurement, height and appearance on the cover of non-notable magazine. Do you think this is enought for inclusion? Please indicate what point does this article meet. Saying just Meets GNG is not enough. Hitro talk 17:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

reply Meets criteria 1 of WP:ENT due to numerous prominent appearances in a nationally broadcast television show. Chuthya (talk) 19:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question- And what are those shows?? The article doesnt even mention that the subject is a TV artist too. Give a single instance of TV appearance. Dubious MMS Porn thing must not be one broadcasted on national Television. Was It? After analyzing your recent contribution, I believe that you are on mission to oppose KevinOKeeffe (talk · contribs)'s opinion, however, you are entitled to have your opinion. No issue. Hitro talk 20:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The multiple television programs listed in the article. Just because they are Nepalese does not mean they don't meet the requirements of WP:ENT 1 Chuthya (talk) 13:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

which didn't happen because of the Women Nepali Maoist Party, that is an infringement from the article. Read the article, contest didnt take place. Miss Tamang must be a non-notable local contest which can not be the subject of national broadcast. It fails on 1st criteria of WP:ENT. However, such involvements in national broadcast hardly matter, you can not call it having significant roles in multiple television shows.
Be it Nepalese or Be it Italian, unless you satisfy criteria for inclusion clearly, you aint an encyclopedic subject. Hitro talk 14:28, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply Because one didn't happen does not mean that the rest did not. Chuthya (talk) 14:43, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I repeat "such involvements in national broadcast hardly matter, you can not call it having significant roles in multiple television shows ". Rest here is one, You are left with one and one is not multiple.Hitro talk 18:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Miss Teen Tamang is local contest but it got national coverage. She's well known model and also upcoming actress as well with new films on her credit. I have edited and added some more links/references, these may increase it's prominence. ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabingrg (talk • contribs) 04:13, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- I am quoting an excerpt from the source added by you ... With indigenous beauty pageants sprouting like mushrooms in the capital, there was one more that added the list with the Miss Tamang 2006 Competition. I do not think winning such competitions gives somebody encyclopedic significance. Hitro talk 06:44, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

reply It's not just because she won such competitions she should be here, she's a well known model which i pointed out before as well. She has credits of appearance on cover of magazines (i know you might say local one: but Wave is a famous magazine here in Nepal and among Nepali speaking population of India, if you insists on it's too local, i guess nothing of Nepal will feature here). She's upcoming actress as well. So i believe it shouldn't be deleted. --Rabin (talk) 10:13, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm struggling with this one. Searching for the young lady's name in English reveals a few sources, but it's also productive to search for her name in Nepali characters. I'm getting links like this, from Weeklynepal.com; but Nepali isn't one of my languages and I can't find an online translator that would let me even being to evaluate it. And I can't make head nor tail of this, either, for the same reason.
There is one (1) Wikipedian editor who lists themself as an available translator from Nepali to English. This is Eukesh, and I note that Eukesh has made contributions to Wikipedia on 22 August and therefore seems to be an active user. I believe that we will not be able to evaluate the sources without input from someone who can speak the language, so I will leave a note for Eukesh asking them if they wouldn't mind reading the sources for us.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 01:10, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional note: I see that the article's creator has been indefblocked as a sockpuppetteer, so unless Eukesh or another user who can read Nepali passes through, my !vote is delete. I can assume good faith but I'm damned if I'll assume a known sockpuppetteer is in good faith.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 01:16, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Athene (MovieLOL) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Tone 20:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Athene (MovieLOL)

AfDs for this article:

I struggle to see the value in this article to Wikipedia:

It is unsourced
Contains apparent nonsesnse
Links to articles which were previously deleted for similar reasons
May violate WP:BLP
Written like an essay
Written like an autobiography
Poorly written
Would require a total re-write to meet standards or be valuable to Wikipedia
Other issues that should be apparent to most editors bsmithme 03:08, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, mostly. Drmies (talk) 03:52, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article is not unsourced, and this was pointed out in the previous AFD - which, btw, was a keep. If it contains apparent nonsense, you clean it up. If it's got bleeding links, you delink. WP:BLP may be in violation, but I don't think so here. This is an article that can be fixed up, but there's no need to nuke it. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 06:22, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The entire premise for deletion is that the average reader (such as myself) is not able to discern the meaning or context of the article. Thus I think it is imprudent to befall us with the responsibility of cleaning it up. If you look at the history of the article it has been problematic from the beginning and nobody with an apparent understanding of the meaning of the article has ever bothered to clean it up after its first nomination. This in my opinion warrants it for nomination even if it's a second time. -- bsmithme 06:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - trivial coverage. Can this be merged into another article? PhilKnight (talk) 09:54, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete ~~The fact that the disambiguation speaks LOL should indicate this is more likely a joke~~ WP:NN as a standalone topic. -- RUL3R^{*flaming | *vandalism} 17:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep: Alright, this is a fluff piece that really needs work, and I strongly disagree that this is a notable subject. However ... the main source I read isn't a couple of fluff promotional paragraphs; it's a lengthy, indepth article put out by the Los Angeles Times. It's tough to argue that this doesn't pass WP:GNG, more's the pity. Ravenswing 23:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Fails to pass WP:NOTABILITY in my opinion. Billbowery (talk) 05:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete lacks significant coverage in 3rd party sources, fails WP:BIO RadioFan (talk) 14:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Even if I assume that the LA Times blog is RS (which I don't, necessarily) it's a good example of why the policies for notability demand multiple references. A single swallow does not make a summer. Not notable = delete. --Dweller (talk) 14:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weapon X (Exiles) (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Exiles (Marvel Comics). Black Kite 12:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weapon X (Exiles)

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This article was nominated for deletion before. Not only was nothing done to clean up any of the deletion concerns since then, none of the "keep" votes even argued the notability of the subject. Simply put, this is a non-notable fictional team that only appears in a single comic book series. WesleyDodds (talk) 05:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Exiles (Marvel Comics) Billbowery (talk) 05:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Simply needs to be culled and accurately sourced in an out of universe perspective. Deleting too extreme. Asgardian (talk) 08:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the secondary, third party sources establishing its notability? WesleyDodds (talk) 08:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but Rewrite. The subject is notable, albeit marginally, but the sourcing and the out-of-universe references are missing, and it needs editing. McMarcoP (talk) 13:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How so? Where and how is it notable? --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge to Exiles (Marvel Comics) RadioFan (talk) 14:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete simply not notable - as noted first time around, this is a team that has no third party coverage and appeared in a single series. --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Warming Hysteria

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The result was delete. JForget 23:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Global Warming Hysteria

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Unreferenced, biased, original research which appears (based on proper noun capitlization) to be a setup for promoting a blog of exactly the same name. PROD'd and communicated with author multiple times but they have deproded without improvement or comment. Any evidence of any actual hysteria should be sourced and added to the existing global warming article. 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 03:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hopelessly biased content fork. Abductive (reasoning) 04:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is getting itself a bad name by only allowing one side of the climate debate to be heard. This entry provides a modicum of balance. It should be retained. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.117.100 (talk) 05:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The idea behind refusing to allow content forks is that it is a way out of reaching consensus on what to include in the main article. Sometimes the "losing" side creates the fork article to get their way, and sometimes a member of the majority in the main article creates the fork to purge the material from "their" article. Abductive (reasoning) 06:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- WP has both sides of this debate. Please see here as well as it's see-also sections like this. Please contribute reliably sourced information there. Thanks 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 06:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete on basis of WP:V. Global warming hysteria may deserve to exist along the same lines as Socialized medicine in describing a pejorative used by climate change skeptics or deniers or those who think others are overly concerned about climate change issues. This does not appear to be that article. Location (talk) 10:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a biased content fork. This is an encyclopedia, not an op-ed section of a paper. Billbowery (talk) 11:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as an (inherently) biased content fork, if content relating to this subject is encyclopedic there are already established articles where it should go. In its current form it is essentially a dictionary definition. Hut 8.5 12:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete as biased and unsourced. McMarcoP (talk) 13:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to global warming, nothing to save here RadioFan (talk) 14:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per world dog Chzz ► 15:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete This page cannot be verified. Triplestop x3 02:08, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete. POV. (And "socialized medicine" is not necessarily a pejorative). Hairhorn (talk) 06:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Global warming controversy. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

...since it is a possible search string. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 00:03, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Anything in the world can cause hysteria. Why having an article for this one, which does not even seem to exist? Materialscientist (talk) 08:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EGBOK

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The result was redirect to KABC (AM). The LA Times refs are enough for it to stand as a redirect. Black Kite 11:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

EGBOK

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Invented phrase (see WP:ONEDAY). Also, Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Tckma (talk) 03:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Wikipedia is not a dictionary for slang Billbowery (talk) 05:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge in lieu of deletion. The possible merge targets are KABC (AM), Ken Minyard, and/or Bob Arthur. The article says that "[t]he Phrase EGBOK was trademarked by KABC-AM Radio in Los Angeles during the early 1980's and was used to promote the so-called "Ken and Bob Company." This phrase was not made up in one day; it has received extensive coverage from the Los Angeles Times. Cunard (talk) 05:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to KABC (AM). It doesn't achieve notability in itself but it is an interesting piece of trivia for those interested in the main topic. McMarcoP (talk) 13:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fancruft WP:NEOLOGISM, no need to redirect as its not a plausible search term RadioFan (talk) 14:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allsports

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The result was speedy delete per WP:CSD#A7. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 06:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Allsports

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nn website, alexa is around 570,000, no third-party referencing, spammy Lalamore (talk) 02:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I cannot find any significant coverage of the site Chzz ► 03:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Cannot find coverage of the site anywhere. Byronwrites (talk) 04:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - It doesnt meet WP:GNG Harlem675 09:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not notable enough. Possible spam or self-advertising. McMarcoP (talk) 13:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete A7, non notable website RadioFan (talk) 14:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Video Game Outsiders

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The result was delete. Effectively unreferenced as refs show no substantial third-party coverage. Black Kite 11:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Video Game Outsiders

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alexa is around 800,000, nn website, no outside notability Lalamore (talk) 02:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy delete A7, non notable website. Zero references RadioFan (talk) 14:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

keep The article seems to cite four references. A high ranked pod cast, would seem at least as notable as a TV show and TV shows are notable. If it is a popular podcast people will be searching for in seeking more information so the article will be of value to them, but it could use some expansion.TeamQuaternion (talk) 20:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Unreferenced. Promotional. External links don't establish notability. No relevant results on Google News. Google Web shows no apparent WP:RS results. — Rankiri (talk) 21:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angry Gamer

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The result was Speedy Delete. Alexf^(talk) 16:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Angry Gamer

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nn website, very spammy, no real assertion of notability, alexa is 1,152,551 Lalamore (talk) 02:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete Non-notable website, see section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Tckma (talk) 03:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Speedy delete - neither having its articles user-submitted to places like Digg.com, nor having "several comments" posted about its articles, is an indication of importance.

Comment the original version of this article said that "The site was named "Website Of The Month" by the Official Australian Xbox Magazine in its October 2006 issue", which is an assertion of significance. It was removed without explanation. Hut 8.5 12:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep if all the claims made in the article can be sourced and referenced. Marginally notable. McMarcoP (talk) 13:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete A7, non notable website. Only reference is to a self published source RadioFan (talk) 14:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete A7 Chzz ► 15:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Egypt–Mongolia relations

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The result was Nomination withdrawn in light of improvements. LibStar (talk) 02:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Egypt–Mongolia relations

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whilst Mongolia has a resident embassy, Egypt doesn't. I've checked the first 70 articles of gnews search [56], yes there was 2 or 3 high level visits and police going for training but not much else. yes they have some coooperation (not as strong as a trade or similar) agreements [57] but doesn't have hardly any third party coverage. LibStar (talk) 02:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and handle via the Foreign Relations of X precedent. JJL (talk) 03:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom - WP:N isn't met. This is yet another bizarre bilateral relations article. Nick-D (talk) 10:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep depending on the extent to which the embassy in Cairo is a link to Mongolia's relations with other nations. In looking at List of diplomatic missions of Mongolia, there is no indication that Mongolia has an embassy anywhere else in Africa or in the Middle East, or (with the exception of France) any other nation on the Mediterranean Sea. It's unclear why Mongolia started a relationship with Gamel Nasser's regime 45 years ago, or has continued to have representation since then; unlike most of this type articles, I can see the potential for more. Mandsford (talk) 13:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nasser had Soviet backing, and Mongolia was a Soviet puppet state (I don't think either of those assertions are in dispute), which probably explains why Mongolia sought to establish diplomatic relations shortly before the Suez conflict; because the USSR was trying to use the dubious distinction of diplomatic relations with Mongolia (presumably, in conjunction with other measures) to foster a positive image for Nasser's regime, in the lead-up to Nasser's Soviet-backed move on Suez. I doubt anyone in the present Mongolian regime is even aware of this, and that the Embassy persists entirely due to inertia. History buffs like me, and perhaps the guy who voted before me, may find such trivia interesting...but it doesn't justify a whole article. And frankly, if my OR explanation is inaccurate, well, any other explanation is liable to be less interesting (and even less Notable). KevinOKeeffe (talk) 15:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"I doubt anyone in the present Mongolian regime is even aware of this, and that the Embassy persists entirely due to inertia" That may have been intended as humorous, but I think that what is suggested about the intelligence of people in Mongolia is offensive. Mandsford (talk) 16:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I suppose the Battle of Ain Jalut is relevant. There is nothing in the title that says the article only discusses current relations. I have added this and other content. Nothing out of the ordinary, but a verifiable and notable ongoing relationship - plenty of independent sources. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Buckshot06(prof) 21:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Verifiable and notable. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ITSNOTABLE is an argument to avoid. LibStar (talk) 23:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ummmm, my argument was that it is "notable and verifiable", not just "notable". The pillars of Wikipedia. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

perhaps you would like to demonstrate how it meets WP:N. AfDs are discussions to see how it meets WP:N, not merely saying WP:ITSNOTABLE. no one is questioning that these relations can be verified. LibStar (talk) 00:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The relations between these countries are notable. The high level visits which were covered by the press were even mentioned by the nominator. This article has also been substantially improved bringing to light the long relations between these two peoples.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The PokéDigi HQ

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The result was Speedy Delete per A7 by Nihonjoe. (non-admin closure) MrKIA11 (talk) 11:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The PokéDigi HQ

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nn defunct website, no assertion of notability, despite ample time from tagging Lalamore (talk) 02:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Lalamore Chzz ► 03:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete Non-notable website, see section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Tckma (talk) 03:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I have been unable to find sources reliable sources after a number of different Google News Archive searches. Cunard (talk) 05:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete - per nom - no assertion of notability. 7 ^{talk | Δ |} 07:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Speedy delete per above ^TheWeak_Willed 12:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete A7, non notable website RadioFan (talk) 14:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete A7, does not assert notability in any way, nor does Google bring up anything on the name other than wiki mirrors. talking birds 15:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete: Non-notable fansite. The Flash ^{talk} 02:40, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Snowball speedy delete per A7 per above, absolutely no sources. This has sat around way too long. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 03:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Edmund's and Marist Rivalry

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The result was delete. clearly snowing JForget 00:10, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

St Edmund's and Marist Rivalry

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The article is simply a description of a perceived rivalry between two schools - this lacks notability and cannot be verified by reliable sources. Dac (talk) 02:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete nn Chzz ► 03:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete it would only be notable for two such schools to not have a rivalry. Abductive (reasoning) 05:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete WP:N isn't met Nick-D (talk) 10:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as not notable, I would be very surprised if rivalries of this sort did meet the notability criteria. Hut 8.5 12:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - definitely not notable. McMarcoP (talk) 13:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no reliable sources mean this fails WP:V and can't be kept. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. Unencyclopedic trivia. WWGB (talk) 01:11, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prakash Chand

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The result was Speedy deleted per WP:CSD#A7 by NawlinWiki. Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prakash Chand

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Non-notable individual unreferenced article. No GNEWS hits for ("Prakash Chand" "Chand Group") and no substantial GHits for ("Prakash Chand" "Chand Group"). Perhaps a hoax. SPA used to remove CSD. Appears to fail WP:BIO ttonyb1 (talk) 02:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident

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The result was keep. Clear keep consensus - no mistaken there are 0 delete votes here JForget 21:47, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident

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Duplication of material already in multiple articles. A non-notable event, irrespective of whether some people think it "sounded cool". (One day in Chicago during the late 1980s, somebody broadcast a clip of a person wearing a mask and waving a flyswatter around. Over in a minute, it was largely soon forgotten.) Nothing is present here that isn't in the other articles, nor is this a plausible redirect. Therefore, deletion not merging is appropriate.

Poorly sourced, the references are generally a snippet-piece news item of the time or, free websites which parrot the news item, or YouTube. My Lexis-Nexis search returned only a filler piece or two. Beyond that I was unable to find any substantive sources.

Despite the show not being referenced in the broadcast at all, an episode of the series which happened to be airing at the time has it repeated in its own article; it's been removed several times. I'd have thought the article on the news station, which it momentarily interrupted, wouldn't include it; unfortunately it's been added there as well. For whatever reason, perhaps an idealistic anti-authoritarianism appeal, mentions of it and repetitions of the material are frequently inserted by IPs and occasionally blocked users. The only links to it are a) IP-editor Talk page vandalism warnings and similar, b) repetitions in various articles, in which it generally doesn't belong c) desperately tenuous claimed links:

November 22 & 1987 (as claim of its importance to those overall)
Max Headroom (character)
Max Headroom (TV series)
Broadcast signal intrusion
Doctor Who in North America (formerly in main Doctor Who article, discussion implies it was put here, where it doesn't belong either, to pacify those adding it there)
WTTW and WGN-TV (near-identical text)
Dan Roan (in "careers" section of this BLP, a sports anchor who happened to be presenting at the time)
Rich Koz (orig. research)
Chuck Swirsky (spurious mention)
The Christmas Invasion (more OR)
Exile (Doctor Who audio) (one of several unreferenced (likely OR) December, 2008 anon-IP additions)
Clutch Cargo (bizarre original research single sentence)
Postings on A/N, spamreports board (appears to be spam magnet, e.g. the three IPs all at University of Miami), 3RR board, etc.

If it should be mentioned onsite at all, it should be limited to the main "Max Headroom (character)" page, perhaps a mention on "Broadcast signal intrusion". The subject of this AfD just duplicates that existing coverage, with redundant scene-by-scene or moment-by-moment description and verbose wording. Whitehorse1 01:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Obviously notable, but it seems that there is cleanup necessary on other articles, because this is the title where the information should be. SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- "Obviously notable" based on what? There are virtually no sources. No analysis. No reliably sourced suggestion of importance. Not that I could find on Lexis-Nexis, Google News, JSTOR, etc. Notable, requires sufficient reliable sources to have taken notice already. A YouTube clip is not a reliable source. A 'light news' snippet at the time (and, all such few news snippets, saying the same brief thing, were between November 23, 1987, and November 30) is not significant, nor sufficient for an article. –Whitehorse1 04:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Happened at the end of Doctor Who on Channel 11 around that same time. I'm surprised the article creator/perpetrator forgot about that one. Abductive (reasoning) 05:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It sorta mentions it. I re-checked the filler-item on seeing your comment: "..., a spokesman for WTTW, Channel 11 said..." (Assoc. Press Nov. 23, '87). The article just doesn't mention the channel #. –Whitehorse1 05:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The signal intrusion made the news outside of Chicago in the Philadelphia Inquirer and San Francisco Chronicle (available on ProQuest; search for "Max Headroom Moons Chicago"). It's also been discussed at varying lengths in several books published several years after the incident: [58], [59], [60]. The page could use some cleanup, but it's not hopeless, and I think an independent article is the best way to present this information. Zagalejo^^^ 05:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The 2nd link you cited, on your gbooks search string '"max headroom" wgn', is 1^1/2 small sentences. A mere mention. As for the other 2, they're no preview. What discussion are you asserting is in them? (WP:GHITS?) As far as the Philadelphia (news?) short article goes, I don't think I have access to that paper under it. The abstract, is visible though. It includes "But the bogus "Max" appeared to be but a pale shadow of the real TV hero. The real Max, a futuristic computer-generated character, was full of offbeat humor and routinely saved the world, although he couldn't save his own short-lived series on ABC." Literally word for word identical to the Associated Press (Dateline: Chicago) piece—see my comment above. I note the character article's just 5.4k; and, minutiae aside, contains all the info. There is sparse information as no substantive reliable sources have come to light. Please, if you're willing, could you explain your belief that repeating that in an independent article best supports its presentation? –Whitehorse1 06:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I can access both of those articles in ProQuest. I only compared them to each other, and they are definitely different from each other. The Inquirer piece is 432 words long, while the San Francisco Chronicle article is 324 words long. To name one specific content-related difference: the first article quotes WTTW spokesperson Anders Yocum, while the second quotes WGN engineer Wally Wright and FCC spokesperson Christine Jelinek. Both articles offer fairly informative recaps of the incident. The first one may indeed be a reprint of an AP article, but the second appears unique, as far as I can tell.
  - Yes, the books don't devote that much space to the incident, but IMO, the short mentions are enough to push the incident beyond NOTNEWS status. And I think the information is best presented in an independent article because, IMO, the subject is just as relevant to the history of WGN, WTTW, etc as it is to Max Headroom. One merge topic does not seem any better than the others, so we might as well just leave the article as it is. (That said, I wouldn't necessarily stop you from merging this to Max Headroom (character), as long as you agreed to preserve most of the detail in the present article - which I know is mostly verifiable.) Zagalejo^^^ 06:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - So, they're both small w/low wordcounts; all the pieces are pretty much identical. As for those two names, the 333-word Chicago Tribune article includes *both*. That's a near carbon copy of all the other articles. No, I don't want to be rude here, but I really think we're at crossed purposes. There IS nothing to merge, because minutiae aside it's all covered in the other articles, which I linked. If a merger was the suitable option then I would not have brought it to AfD, I would've brought it to Proposed Mergers or even merged it. As for the sourced detail, there's mainly unreliable sourcing there plus 'echo chambered' similar news fillers. How do you know there are even short mentions in those books? A search hit proves nothing. They're not browseable online; there's a picture of the cover and a synopsis, which include no information on this topic. –Whitehorse1 07:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - I can view all the relevant pages in those books. No, none of them contain substantial analysis, but they do all mention the incident. Maybe you should try again later (or look for the books on Amazon, and see if you can preview the pages there.) Zagalejo^^^ 07:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Re merging: I believe that at least two or three paragraphs of information on this topic is fair. The sources (especially the John Camper one for the Chicago Tribune) did describe the event in some detail. And I don't want to get into a debate over whether or not the details are "minutiae", because that's all subjective. I've said enough here. I'll leave it to others to chime in. Zagalejo^^^ 07:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        A procedural request, please try not to change your comment after people reply? (I get you were tweaking, but it makes it harder for others to follow the discussion.) In any event, your links provided no substantive material. Merely mentioning it...is a mere mention. Right now the verifiability (particularly in terms of lacking sufficient sources to build encyclopedic content), notnews, notability (which, is very much not the sole issue), and duplication issues remain clear. –Whitehorse1 07:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        I apologize for changing my comment after I posted it. That's a bad habit of mine. Zagalejo^^^ 07:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        No worries. Whitehorse1 09:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep Forgotten by who? I've read about this in a few different sources, obviously notable. riffic (talk) 06:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- There's no suggestion nothing ever occurred. No sufficient reliable sourcing (bar the small contemporaneous news filler items) have come to light though. You know it's already amply-covered in the character (and broadcast sig. int) articles, right? –Whitehorse1 06:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - The question is, are these sorts of intrusions common? These incidents are an eerie precursor for the Guy Fawkes masked intruder in V for Vendetta (film). If they happened a lot in that era, or have occurred with some regularity in the history of broadcast TV, one could make the case that this one is nothing special, that it is news of the five-legged farm animal variety. Abductive (reasoning) 07:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - FWIW, this book says it was "pretty unusual". (Whitehorse says he can't view it, but I can. And you can also find the page (53) with Amazon's preview. (I just checked.) Zagalejo^^^ 07:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the book reference found by Zagalejo says that this was "pretty unusual", "incredibly expensive and difficult" and "the most recent" in US history. Given that the book was published in 2008, that means 21 years have passed without a similar incident. Abductive (reasoning) 07:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: I managed to read it on Amazon (and it was the pg Zagalejo said). Details beyond those given in the news attention over those few days spanned only that small sentence tho. fwiw the lack of subsequent incidents derives from introduced contingency plans and backup channels (why one lasted only 25s) mentioned in one of the articles at the time. –Whitehorse1 08:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC) ^{(meant to say: "spanned only that 'pretty unusual' point tho") Whitehorse1}[reply]
  - So, this incident resulted in a change to the way that TV stations worldwide operate that continues to this day? (Or at least until June 12, 2009, the digital switchover day.) Abductive (reasoning) 08:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's a huge leap. Details mentioned in one of the newsitems are the earlier WGN-TV one lasted only 25s, because the engineers just flicked a switch; the other, on noncommercial WTTW (less $ for staff?), 90s since they didn't have a contingency plan (which might be "hey, lets keep someone on duty who can flick a switch" "yes, lets"), apparently. Every other TV station in the world might well (like WGN-TV) have already had and continue to have such measures. –Whitehorse1 08:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's all OR territory in the absence of sources that give more than passing mention, and have content beyond reiterating the news statements, past the possible repackaging of station PR comments (e.g oh, we're secure; exceptional case that would've taken specialist knowledge/equipt; it's pretty unusual?) –Whitehorse1 08:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - What I was getting at was; the fact that these reliable sources are saying stuff about the ramifications of these intrusions all these years later is saying that it is notable. If these intrusions were only remembered on a few hackers' blogs, then they wouldn't be notable. If this was an article on a particular streaker at a football game from 1987, I might be inclined to say it wasn't notable. But intrusions like these have never happened since, almost a human generation later. Abductive (reasoning) 08:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Where I was going with that was, there aren't any reliable sources saying anything beyond mere mentions (and, for the most part, reiterating points from the contemporary newsitems). I mean, zero analysis, no counterculture-focused academic material specifically exploring it, no study about its impact, no sources saying transmitter/satellite security improved as a direct result of it, etc., to actually build an encyclopedic article. There may've been no other incidents, but correlation does not equal causation. Maybe nobody felt the urge to repeat it, maybe the ordinary progression of improvements in broadcast technology over the years mean it's not something that could happen anymore, maybe any number of things. What's left is news snippets at the time, non-RS hacker blogs as you say, and basic references to the incident. I'd never suggest it's beneath all mention, and it exists fine in the other one or two articles; here though, each and every facet is detailed. –Whitehorse1 09:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Comment - "Or at least until June 12, 2009, the digital switchover day." I don't mean to sound rude or like I'm attacking you, but please remember that there are Wikipedians outside the United States - the United Kingdom is gradually being switched-over between now (well, 2007) and 2012. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 09:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Ah, I was trying to keep from being overly broad, but assumed that the US would be behind the rest of the world, like it is with metric. Abductive (reasoning) 09:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why not keep? If the event is related in so many places across Wikipedia, so why not have a central article where the info is detailed and referenced? Another option would be to have the material moved to a central article like Broadcast signal intrusion and create a redirect to this article, but the length of the material might create an imbalance in the "Broadcast signal intrusion" article. If is is PR biased toward stations' security, then the bias can probably be balanced. olivier (talk) 09:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- (Among ;) My points was it really *isn't* related to so many places, and is ill-placed in many of the articles into which it's been added. The most appropriate place is the character article, where it already is, just more verbose here, and mentioned in due weight in the B.Sig.Int. article. –Whitehorse1 09:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - [61] another GBook source, from 1995. Note that it has a tiny superscript number 25, meaning this intrusion was the subject of scholarly interest 8 years after it happened. Abductive (reasoning) 10:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - :( It's the same. I don't know why GBooks isn't letting me preview some of these; viewed it on Amazon again though. A slightly different edition, so it was subscript 28. The #28 was in the notes section, just listing all the works the author referenced. Those works were the same newspaper refs we were looking at earlier. The actual page with the citation was a brief rehash of the trio of incidents (this, Playboy Channel one, another), giving pretty much the same information as the newspaper pieces it sourced from, which is pretty much the same information in the broadcast signal intrusion article on here. In terms of using it as a source, given its the same content it'd be the same as using news reports solo. There was no actual scholarly comment. No psychological analysis, anything. –Whitehorse1 10:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Streaker in football game, 1987; brief flurry of news stories and nothing further; not notable. Max Headroom hijacks TV signals, 1987; brief flurry of news stories, commentary in books and other reliable sources continues to present day; notable. Abductive (reasoning) 11:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        But there isn't commentary in books and other reliable sources. You've just repeated, as the last item in the comment thread, the commment you made at 08:56, where we already established lack of substantive coverage. –Whitehorse1 19:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable, the last major TV pirating event in the US, at least according to [one of several books] that mention it. Hairhorn (talk) 15:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep--there really shouldn't be much dispute about notability, and the above contributors have given plenty of examples. Drmies (talk) 17:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Again comments seemingly spuriously throwing out the word "notable" despite the fact no sources have come to light taking sufficient notice to actually discuss and explore anything. (Not to mention the aspects beside notability.) Merely mentioning it regurgitating the basic facts in the news minireports from the week it happened = nothing substantive. If news reports aren't suitable for Wikipedia then basic parrot reciting of what's in them during passing mention in a source doesn't magically transform them or change that. –Whitehorse1 17:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Settle down. Yelling the same stuff at every editor who is convinced of the notability of this topic does not help your case, and makes you sound like you're parroting yourself. I look forward to an apology where you tell me you really didn't mean to accuse me of rehashing what others have said. Drmies (talk) 22:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Pardon? Nobody in this community discussion has been yelling or otherwise verbally aggressive. Also, my general outdented comment was not specifically directed to you, and certainly contained no personal accusation toward you. –Whitehorse1 22:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, you could consider reading your own comments carefully before interpreting them for me. Spuriously...regurgitating...parrot... But you said "pardon" and I accept your apology. Drmies (talk) 02:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep Sources establish WP:N. Artw (talk) 19:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The matter of actual decent source material being present or absent aside, the nomination & discussion simply isn't limited to wp:n. I appreciate these discussions often can incorrectly tend to focus on that to exclude all other issues, such as duplication, but please lets try and look at the matter overall. –Whitehorse1 19:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Verifiable and notable. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A notable incident backed by reliable and verifiable sources. Alansohn (talk) 02:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable incident which is still mentioned today, ex. after the pornographic interruption during the Super Bowl, many articles mentioned this incident. 69.253.207.9 (talk) 23:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. notable eventTlatseg (talk) 16:20, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Of course it was notable. It was the only successful intrusion ever (I believe). It sounds like this person **may** be affiliated with the station or in some other way annoyed that this article exists - I don't see how any reasonable person could possibly believe that deleting an informational article because "it only lasted less than a minute" is appropriate. Please also remove the Kent State Shootings, as it lasted under a minute and was over. Please delete every assassination, as they lasted less than a minute so they're not really a big deal. Danfm1 (talk) 19:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

^{— Danfm1 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.}

Keep. Notable even without "proper" sources, this is one of the only major signal intrusions in broadcasting history. Feel free to look around at some of the articles related to invertebrates, tons of those are held afloat by only one source, and that provides no information, just the fact that the thing exists. Unless you have found a way to take something like this that is obviously notable and make it completely disappear from public record, there is no reason to even consider deleting it. If you would like to delete some of the links to the page, that is fine/reasonable; deleting the article just because of those links is not. Subverted (talk • contribs) 14:28, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- At the risk of repeating stuff, to clarify the afd concerns an article that is a duplicate (not 'summary style') of information in another article. Mentioning sources not previously used in the article (Chicago Tribune) is not the action of someone wishing to make anything completely disappear from public record! I probably won't take up your suggestion to browse invertebrate articles, but I wouldn't suggest they shouldn't have an article; just, not multiple articles on the same one. Thanks, Whitehorse1.18:37, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If I had not voted a "why not keep?" before, I would close the case as a "keep" at this point. All opinions, except the one of Whithorse1 are in favor of keeping the article. The event was noted and of is importance in the history of broadcasting, if it really was "the last major TV pirating event in the US". It also generates abundant interest (see the length of this page). Whitehorse1 is essentially saying that the content should be in Wikipedia, somewhere in an article, but should not have its own article. Whitehorse1 seems also to disagree with the prose of the article which looks like overemphasizing the current security of the networks involved. I can address 2 points here: 1) if the content of the article is biased, it can be rewritten, nobody has objected to this. 2) where the content of this article belongs, if not in a separate article, probably depends on one's background. Whithorse1 is suggesting that it belongs to the Max Headroom (character) article, I personally would rather see it in the Broadcast signal intrusion article, and some others might see it in the one of the networks' article. Again, having the material in its own article ensures that it is maintained and referenced easily in one place. Just keep it separate and reduce the amount of text in the articles mentioning it - again, no-one is objecting to this. So just bring another admin over to close the case and all go have a walk in the park and/or send flowers to your secret lover. If you have time and interest, go and browse the invertebrate articles. Finally, on a personal note, thank you for putting this article on AfD, thus bringing it to my attention: the videos are hilarious. Now, if you have no park, no secret lover and no interest in invertebrates, just compare this to another extremely minor event, The Bus Uncle (featured article!) which became very big because of internet. If youtube had existed back in 1987, no doubt the Max Headroom broadcast would have been a much bigger deal. olivier (talk) 20:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As you've asserted 'things I said', it's best to clear up confusion and misinterpretation. I can't determine how you infer an objection to the prose of 'over-emphasizing current security of the networks', from reference to trivial detail or verboseness. My suggestion wasn't the content "belongs instead" to one article, Max Headroom (character), over this one. What I said was that it is less verbosely already in that article. It's easier to maintain fewer articles than many. We use summary style, which is distinct from a fork, to fully explore topic aspects without overburdening a longer parent article, which here is only 5.4kb. It's necessary to address subjects in more than one article, like Broadcast signal intrusion, in covering main areas of the article topic. Incidentally, by contrast the Bus Uncle incident generated vigorous and substantial cultural, lifestyle, etiquette, and ethics debate, discussion and analysis. Nonetheless, I second your advice to everyone to enjoy nature and rekindle relationships. Have a pleasant day. –Whitehorse1 21:53, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: you're right, let's enjoy nature. Better than continuing this conversation. olivier (talk) 09:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(interject) The word choice 'misinterpretation' was deliberate. Manipulation is loaded and unsuitable, implying bad faith motive, none of which seemed or seem present. The segment about their downplaying the incident is a dependent clause in a sentence, that lacks context when divorced from the rest. As you indicate uninterest in continuing conversation, there isn't much point to my replying to your questions. Be well. –Whitehorse1 15:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind words. I hope that other people will keep interest in pursuing this conversation. olivier (talk) 17:44, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment 2: since I do not want others to think that I am manipulating what you had said previously, here it is:

Whitehorse1: "possible repackaging of station PR comments (e.g oh, we're secure; exceptional case that would've taken specialist knowledge/equipt; it's pretty unusual?) "

Whitehorse1: "The most appropriate place is the character article, where it already is"

So now that you have given your opinion extensively, why don't you just say clearly what you suggest? 1) delete? 2) merge and if so where? olivier (talk) 10:06, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electronic megastore

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Electronic megastore

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No independent sources, no suggestion that they exist, and no significant hits at google.com/archivesearch. - Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, spamlike and not shown how it is notable.Hell In A Bucket (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, non-notable company, spam article. <>Multi-Xfer<> (talk) 07:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non notable spam RadioFan (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - spam -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hotcopper

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:05, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hotcopper

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The creator contested the prod. All that I can find is trivial mentions. Fails WP:WEB. Joe Chill (talk) 01:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No significant references found anywhere. Does not pass notability requirement Byronwrites (talk) 04:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Identity control theory

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Identity control theory

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This article seems to go in great detail about a single scientist's theory of identity in Sociology. It doesn't establish any notability, goes into irrelevant technical detail and background information, relies heavily on a single source by the creator of the theory (Peter Burke), and the sub-section on Peter Burke seems like self-promotion. This article has existed for a long time without significant improvement. Until there are sources that demonstrate this isn't original research, it should be deleted. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 01:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about, for starters,
- Jonathan H. Turner (2005). "Peter J. Burke's Identity Control Theory". In Jan E. Stets (ed.). The sociology of emotions. Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–133. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |isbn13= ignored (help)
? It even has a picture, on page 125. Or you can read about Identity Control Theory on pages 221–224 of
- Timorthy J. Owens (2003). "Self and Identity". In John D. DeLamater (ed.). Handbook of social psychology. Springer. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |isbn13= ignored (help)
. Or you can read the "Another View of Identity Control" section of
- L. Smith-Lovin (2002). "Roles, Identities, and Emotions: Parallel Processing and the Production of Mixed Emotions". In Yoshihisa Kashima; Margaret Foddy; Michael Platow (eds.). Self and identity: personal, social, and symbolic. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 136–137. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |isbn13= ignored (help)
. Or you can read the "Identity Control Theory" section on pages 119–120 of
- Lynn Rew (2004). "Theories of Self: Identities and Self-Care". Adolescent health: a multidisciplinary approach to theory, research, and intervention. SAGE. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |isbn13= ignored (help)
. This is far from being original research with no independent sources at all. Uncle G (talk) 04:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Because there are no parenthetical referencing or footnotes for the references cited, it was difficult to tell whether the works cited specifically mention Identity control theory or whether they were just cited for information related to the theory. If this is a new but prominent theory in Sociology and Social Psychology, and not merely the work of one scientist that has yet to be accepted, it should be kept but definitely re-written. Based on what you've just said, assuming the sources you cited are legitimate, I agree with you: it should be kept but re-written. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 15:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Because there are no parenthetical referencing or footnotes for the references cited — False. I refer you to the first sentence of the "functions" section of the article for just one example of many:
    The functions of coping resposes are to reduce stress; they help restore an equilibrium (Foulton, 1982).
    See that "(Foulton, 1982)" there? That's a parenthetical cross-reference to one of the works cited in the references section. Uncle G (talk) 18:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral for the time being, but I'm wondering what influence WP:NOT PAPER has here. Policy regarding scientific journals and research papers states: "A Wikipedia article should not be presented on the assumption that the reader is well versed in the topic's field. Introductory language in the lead and initial sections of the article should be written in plain terms and concepts that can be understood by any literate reader of Wikipedia without any knowledge in the given field before advancing to more detailed explanations of the topic." It would be nice if the article started "Identity control theory is..." because I cannot figure it out. Do any of the above references explicitly state what it is? Location (talk) 11:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. They all do. But you needn't take my word for it. I cited them to be read. Uncle G (talk) 18:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Since I don't have access to the references and I cannot find it explicitly stated in the one online link, perhaps you could rewrite the introductory sentence with "Identity control theory is..." Just one sentence. Location (talk) 19:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Didn't realize how easy it is to access these references online. Let's see what I can do with the introduction. Location (talk) 20:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but rewrite - My understanding of WP:NOT PAPER is to do with the way the article is written as opposed to the sources. Using published scientific papers is fine under WP:RS. The article demonstrates notability and all that jazz so I'm sure it should be kept. However Location is write to say it is written to a standard in the area that most readers will not be at -- Cabe 6403 ^{(Talk•Sign)} 14:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve and source, maybe one scientist's idea but Google Scholar doesn't come empty, 1. Instead of discussing about deleting why we don't fix and expand the article including all these academic sources? --Jmundo (talk) 17:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sources indicate the theory has gained notice. Improve or rewrite, but nothing for AfD to do.Yob Mod 15:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exotic Magazine

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The result was delete. While copyvio concerns have been addressed, there seems to be a strong consensus to suggest that the magazine is not sufficiently notable. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:52, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Exotic Magazine

Local, free magazine. Claims to be nationally recognised but provides no evidence to this effect. Indeed provides no evidence that it is notable within Portland, Oregon. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 05:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence of National Recognition

Playboy TV's Sexcetera's coverage on Exotic Magazine and Portland, Oregon's adult nightlife. Direct link to video

SexTV's coverage on Exotic Magazine and Portland, Oregon's adult nightlife. Direct link to video

Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection MSU Reading Room Index

Search page for Exotic Magazine.

"Frank Miller, Comics' Most Sinful Hero" / scripted by Phillip Ray Simon. p. 15 in Exotic Magazine (Portland, Ore.), v. 3, no. 12 (June 1996). -- Brief article on Miller (cover story). -- Call no.: HQ450.E9v.3no.12

Above MSU Comic Art Collection is for Frank Miller (comics), Darkhorse Comics and Exotic Magazine's collaboration for the June 1996 Exotic cover art Frank Miller Exotic Cover and the aforementioned associated article: Comics' Most Sinful Hero

Jim Goad was the editor of Exotic Magazine for over five years. His comic book Trucker Fags in Denial was first published in Exotic Magazine (Goad Warrior). Three years later, his book titled Gigantic Book of Sex was published which primarily consisted of material he originally wrote for (and was first published in) Exotic Magazine (Gigantic Book of Sex TOC & copyright).

bryan (talk • contribs) 07:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence of Notability within Portland, Oregon

Exotic Magazine is directly referenced under the Media subsection of the Portland, Oregon entry:

"Exotic Magazine is the major monthly magazine covering the city's adult entertainment and nightlife since 1993."

Portland, Oregon was found to have the most strip clubs per capita than any other US city.Bump and Grind - 1995

Exotic Magazine is the only sex industry publication in the region and supports the industry through news coverage, editorial, photography and advertising.

The Portland Mercury writer Katie Shimer comments on being a huge fan of Exotic Magazine's "sex and sarcasm" and goes on to praise Exotic Magazine's then editor Jim Goad and his book Shit Magnet (The Portland Mercury Article).

bryan (talk • contribs) 07:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bryanbybee (talk) 13:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Most of the national references above were previously stated in the current discussion at the Talk:Exotic Magazine page had RHaworth taken the time to review that page before hastily tagging Exotic Magazine with AfD. Bryanbybee (talk) 12:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The first blockquote is from the Portland, Oregon Wikipedia article. Wikipedia is not a source for itself.
- The second one doesn't reference Exotic Magazine. It's just a fact about Portland.
- The third one isn't supported by anything. It's an unsupported fact that doesn't contribute to notability. Please keep in mind that a strong conflict of interest can make it hard to follow Wikipedia's 5 pillars. tedder (talk) 22:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - My point wasn't to use Wikipedia as a source for itself. The point was that Exotic Magazine was mentioned as a main media format in Portland, Oregon which should suggest notability in Portland. All other media forms mentioned in the entry have at least a stub page (aside from the now defunct BarFly Magazine). In the case of Just Out and The Portland Mercury, I would definitely be interested to know why they haven't been put through this same level of scrutiny concerning notability as I am sure it is common practice to apply all Wikipedia guidelines uniformly (regardless of the subject matter of the topic).
  - Concerning your last two comments, I felt that it indirectly helped to prove notability that Portland, Oregon is known to have the most adult business per capita and that Exotic Magazine is the only media form in the region that supports this widespread industry. bryan 04:25, 4 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryanbybee (talk • contribs)
Comment Notability and third party references should be in the article, not the talk page. The JPS^{talk to me} 12:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The third party references were in the form of video and it was not completely clear as to how this should be placed in the article (due to direct nudity as well as external linking). Bryanbybee (talk) 13:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - You can reference the videos using normal <ref></ref> tags, or a normal link, so long as it isn't a copyright violation. Wikipedia is not censored. The JPS ^{talk to me} 14:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Notability needs to be added to the page and the page needs to fix WP:POV. –Turian ^talk 13:08, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. —Thryduulf (talk) 23:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources showing notability. Articles have to be verifiable, and this is. there is no rule about making editors jump through hoops adding sources, if the sources are shown to exist. The nominator is supposed to search for sources themselves before nominating, not just assume they don't exist. If a newbie editor adds sources to the talk page, that is not a reason to delete - it should be a reason to help said newbie.YobMod 09:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for your insight, Yob. I noticed the following points on the Articles for deletion page, but couldn't understand why they weren't being applied in this case, hence my original feelings posted on the Talk:Exotic Magazine page that the topic's content must be playing a role in the matter.

When nominating an article for deletion due to sourcing or notability concerns, make a good-faith attempt to confirm that such sources aren't likely to exist.

Before nominating a recently created article, please consider that many good articles started their Wikilife in pretty bad shape. Unless it is obviously a hopeless case, consider sharing your reservations with the article creator or notifying an associated wikiproject, mentioning your concerns on the article's discussion page, and/or adding a "cleanup" template, instead of bringing the article to AfD. If the article can be fixed through normal editing, then it is not a good candidate for AfD.

bryan (talk • contribs) 04:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. None of the sources mentioned or listed in the article appears to be a substantial piece about the magazine, rather they are passing mentions. Unless a better source establishing notability can be supplied, it should be deleted for lack of notability. If such a source is supplied, the article should be cut back to a stub reflecting basic facts from that source, as the present content is not at all in compliance with Wikipedia content or style guidelines. -Pete (talk) 16:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I agree with Pete. --MaNeMeBasat (talk) 12:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete There's really nothing that states notability. Just because something has been mentioned in passing doesn't mean that it is well-known. Sources need more solidity (for example, an article in a reliable newspaper on the magazine would be great). Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 00:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've stated this previously but it has (oddly) gone unanswered... Exotic Magazine was mentioned as a main media format in Portland, Oregon's Wikipedia entry (under the media subsection) which would suggest notability in Portland (why mention something that isn't worth talking about?) All other media forms mentioned in the entry have at least a stub page (aside from the now defunct BarFly Magazine). In the case of Just Out and The Portland Mercury, where are the sources stating notability??? I would definitely be interested to know why these entries haven't been put through this same level of scrutiny concerning notability as I am sure it is common practice to apply all Wikipedia guidelines uniformly (regardless of the subject matter of the topic). bryan (talk • contribs) 05:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Bryanbybee, I specifically answered both of those points above. tedder (talk) 05:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I do not see any answer concerning Just Out and The Portland Mercury and the lack of reliable sources proving notability. It proves an uneven application of this Wikipedia guideline just as Yob commented above. bryan (talk • contribs) 06:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - I'll say it again, but please get my name right in your edit summaries. Regarding Just Out and The Mercury, just because other articles exist isn't a reason to keep or delete the article. Secondly, Wikipedia is not a reliable source for Wikipedia. tedder (talk) 06:19, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        One of the main points of the Other stuff exists page is that such comparisons are valid when they show inconsistencies in content inclusions or exclusions. Just as Yob noted above, in the case of Exotic Magazine, reliable sources showing notability are being scrutinized for lack of solidity and that they are only "passing mentions" whereas Just Out and The Portland Mercury have no reliable sources at all. Excerpt from Other stuff exists:

"..When used correctly though, these comparisons are important as the encyclopedia should be consistent in the content that it provides or excludes. The problem arises when legitimate comparisons are disregarded without thought because "other stuff existing is not a reason to keep/create/etc."" bryan (talk • contribs) 06:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, both the article on Just Out and on the Mercury contain reliable sources supporting a claim of notability. That's not to say you couldn't nominate them for deletion. In this discussion though, we're here to discuss the merits of Exotic in terms of our inclusion criterion, not other unrelated publications. -Pete (talk) 07:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you kidding? Just Out is referencing a blog entry from a local website and The Portland Mercury is referencing the AAN (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies) which is no more than paying for a membership and getting a listing on their site. The The Portland Mercury's listing on the AAN's is no different than Exotic Magazine's listing on Strip Club Publications and other "membership-based" sites. Concerning deletion of these other publications, of course I wouldn't nominate either of them because they ARE notable media forms within Portland, Oregon but if they were being scrutinized in the same fashion as Exotic Magazine's sources and references are, they would most certainly face deletion -- and this is my point. bryan (talk • contribs) 08:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Just Out, I stand corrected. Usually the content on blog.oregonlive.com qualifies as RS (it would be a major tangent to explain that), but in this case you're absolutely right. However, searching the Oregonian's archives, there's a similar article about their 5th anniversary in 1988, so I'll replace that citation.

Regarding the Mercury, no, the source is fine. It may not be sufficient to establish notability, but it certainly supports a claim of notability, and it's certainly a reliable source for the fact it's use to support. Your analogy is incorrect, because it's not a mere paid listing; an organization like the AAN has its own standards for accuracy. Also see my comments about audits, below. -Pete (talk) 20:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To go into a bit more detail. What follows is not a policy-based argument, but is meant to explain some of the context behind my position. I am a longtime resident of Portland, and am familiar with all three publications.

Exotic, as I understand it, is generally a trade publication, meant to promote an industry, more than it is a news-breaking publication. This is not a value judgment, but provides some context for its importance in a community. The Mercury is an active member of the Portland media community, and competes to break stories, etc. Just Out aims to serve LGBT community in a variety of ways. Both publications take editorial positions. Exotic, by contrast, has a very high ratio of advertising to copy. There is indeed copy that is substantive; however, I don't believe there's any policy for adherence to journalistic ethics as far as keeping a strong distinction between advertising and editorial. So the advertising content may be effectively more than what is immediately obvious as advertising. All of this suggests that Exotic does not really even seek to distinguish itself as a publication in the way that the Mercury or Just Out do; those other pubs are routinely discussed in other media for the editorial positions they take, etc. I don't think this is the case for Exotic. Exotic generally exists to make money through advertising. I suspect there are many similar magazines out there in other markets, and I doubt they differ significantly in their content. (This is not to say there isn't the occasional bit of unique content.)
The Mercury has an independently-cited, audited circulation of about 40,000. Exotic publishes its own figures, but makes no mention of audits: 30,000 print run, 70,000 circulation. Presumably, they're basing these numbers off multiple people reading an individual issue. This is exactly the sort of thing an independent auditing firm is needed to verify.

-Pete (talk) 08:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the lack of reliable sources. A Google News Archive search and a Google Books search return only passing mentions. None of the sources provided by Bryanbybee (talk · contribs) establish notability. Cunard (talk) 05:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete as copyvio of magazine's press kit [62], pure advertising, etc. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 17:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Ignoring the copyvio, since it is likely to be rewritten, do you have comments on the AFD itself? tedder (talk) 17:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes. It's a complete waste of everybody's time and energy. It's a blatant copvio, it's undeniably advertising, since it was copied from the magazine's presskit; there's a consensus to delete, once you discount the !vote and comments of the article creator, who turns out to be an employee of the magazine [63]. Just speedy delete it as is the normal process for cases like this, and in the unlikely event a legitimate editor chooses to write a legitimate article on the subject in the future, the question can be looked at in a different light. Stick a fork in it, it's done. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 18:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, since you've decided to ignore the process called for by [[WP:COPYVIO], the only way to handle the current article is to delete since the article is completely unsourced and lacks anything resembling an assertion of notability. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 20:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Hullaballoo, I think Tedder's action is entirely consistent with WP:COPYVIO, which explicitly states that if the poster owns the content or is authorized to make decisions about its licensing, they're perfectly entitled to release it under GFDL and CC-BY-SA just like any other contributor. That's not to say the content should be included; but it appears unlikely that it is a copyright violation. (See the discussion on Tedder's talk page.) -Pete (talk) 20:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - [Never mind, some mornings I'm just too cranky] Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:00, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Speedy is always optional. Assuming good faith is not; allowing the AFD to continue doesn't hurt anything. tedder (talk) 16:49, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northeast Asia

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The result was no conensus. Skomorokh 23:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Northeast Asia

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This article lacks notability. It has been unsourced for the entirety of its existence, and a lot of the article consist of nonsense claims (i.e. all of def. 5 on the page; it calls ASEAN+3 Northeast Asia, remember ASEAN refers Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs to be deleted once and for all and all useful content that is verifiable should be merged onto East Asia. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: non-notable term, un-sourced article. Seb az86556 (talk) 00:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but totally rewrite article: "Northeast Asia" is a term that is used by some groups, such as:
- Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/region/478/northeast_asia.html
- Northeast Asia Economic Forum http://www.neaef.org/
- Federation of American Scientists http://fas.org/irp/threat/prolif97/ne_asia.html
- What we need to do is gather the differing definitions by different groups of "Northeast Asia" and explain in the article.
- WhisperToMe (talk) 00:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Much of this definitions are merely just East Asia as it is. I removed nonsensical definition 5 as it made no sense. It would make more sense to just have a small section on East Asia's page about NE Asia Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - The Council of Foreign Relations defines it as Japan and Korea, but this excludes China (ROC and PRC), so the term is different. Maybe in some instances it refers to East Asia, but we need to collect more sources to determine which agencies define it as which. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Comment if somebody wants to rewrite it, fine. As it stands, it has no merit. Seb az86556 (talk) 00:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not sure where I fall on this. I think it's a pretty non-notable term made up by some specific thinktanks/centers (such as the one at Brookings) but not used in mainstream academia. That being said, if enough people are searching for this term on WP (see pageview stats for July) maintaining at least a dab page or dicdef may be useful for readers. (A dab page for this would be something along the lines of:
- Northeast Asia is a term used by some groups^[1]^[2]^[3] to refer to the part of East Asia that is made up of Korea and Japan
and little else other than this). rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 02:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For a "term made up by some specific thinktanks", it does seem to be in a lot of book titles. Witness The international relations of northeast Asia (ISBN 9780742516953), Naval strategy in Northeast Asia (ISBN 9780714649665), The law of the sea and Northeast Asia (ISBN 9789041114075), The energy balance in Northeast Asia (ISBN 9780815796725), and Northeast Asia in prehistory (ISBN 9780299064303), just for starters. Given this, the choices seem to be redirect, disambiguation, or article. None of those require or involve deletion. From the book titles, it seems likely that "article" is going to be the appropriate choice.
If you are looking for a definition, you can start with the one in the second sentence, on page 1, of the introduction of The major powers in Northeast Asia (ISBN 9781555875664). Uncle G (talk) 05:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is what did it for me: "The Council on Foreign Relations defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea." I mean, if the term referred to, say, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin, the Russian Far East, and the Kiril Islands, then it might have a little geopolitical oomph, so to speak. But a term for basically two countries (or three nation-states, if you prefer)...I'm just not seeing it as a term that has any real use. People who want to refer to Japan & Korea can say "Japan and Korea," just as easily as they can say "Northeast Asia." KevinOKeeffe (talk) 15:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: We evaluate these things based on reliable sources, as Uncle G pointed out above, not based on one's own personal feelings. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chase Weems

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 13:44, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chase Weems

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Fails WP:ATHLETE, which by and large is pretty easy to satisfy. Does not participate at the highest fully professional level of his sport. I originally merged to Cincinnati Reds minor league players, but I don't think it should even be merged, unless there's something really extra special about this single-A catcher (thought at first he was higher up in the minors). Every search simply gives game results, and if those are taken to satisfy the GNG, then there's really no stopping there being literally hundreds of thousands of articles about particularly unimportant people that spent their careers in the minor leagues. Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 00:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Niteshift36 (talk) 09:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Passepartout (publishing)

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The result was delete. JForget 00:12, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Passepartout (publishing)

Can find no indication that this software has been the subject of any nontrivial commentary by reliable secondary sources. Contested prod. Sixtysixstar (talk) 01:45, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: All that I can find is trivial mentions. Joe Chill (talk) 01:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No indication or even claim of WP:N. JJL (talk) 03:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion : Notability comes up a lot LOL. In as much as it is the burden of author to at some point establish this, perhaps a space on talk page could be reserved for search links that point the way to notability. I had search links deleted from stubs and gave up arguing about their merit, certainly if search criteria are not obvious ( related term or specialty search DB, or maybe there is a lot of pointless blog coverage and only a few domains with reliable coverage- if you already have a search that highlights these but didn't bother to put in article yet that would save us time. ) this saves us all time. Some way to make it easy to insert search links that create a presumption of notability would help, but I certainly wouldn't require this as often obscure but notable/ultimately verifiable information is from dead tree sources and it may take a while to satisfy everyone these exist. However, there are a lot of notability claims that "should" be substantiable from goog and just making a one click test is a lot easier than getting everyone to type the same link... Nerdseeksblonde (talk) 14:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terrorism in Italy from 1945 till today

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The result was no consensus. After a relist, no solid consensus has prevailed Nja²⁴⁷ 08:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Terrorism in Italy from 1945 till today

Seemingly non-notable book. No claims to it's notability. In fact the article seems less about the book and more about other topics already covered in other articles. The style and grammar of the article could be cleaned up if a keep decision is made so that shouldn't be a considering factor. Canterbury Tail talk 11:49, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I have never read this book, and and am thus not sufficiently familiar with it to make a definitive judgment (the same can probably be said of every other person associated with this discussion), but it seems like it may well be notable. The article has issues, yes, but they don't seem sufficient to warrant its deletion. It is a book on an important and notable topic (Wikipedia has several articles related to the topic of the post-World War II terrorism in Italy), by a notable author, Giovanni Pellegrino. Deletion seems premature. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 12:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ Neutral I haven't read the book either, and the article clearly needs a lot of cleaning up -- but the author seems to be notable and the subject certainly is. HyperCapitalist (talk) 05:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

comment - Yes the author is notable, as is the subject, but is the book? That's the reason I nominated it. Is the book notable in itself, or is it only notable because it was written by the particular author? I can't find any non-trivial coverage of it in external sources, most results for the book are Wikipedia mirrors, no news, no reviews, no academic sources citing it as a source. Doesn't seem to meet with any of the standards of notability outside of the author. Canterbury Tail talk 11:45, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I tend to think that any book by a notable author is notable, but I have changed my position to neutral until someone familiar with the book weighs in. HyperCapitalist (talk) 12:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Notability is not inherited. Notability for the book is all that matters, and must be established. WesleyDodds (talk) 06:11, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No evidence of notability of book. Note to closing admin - if this is kept, the article name should be disambiguated and clarified using "(book)" as a suffix - this currently appears to be an article about a topic, not about a book, and is thus misleading. --Dweller (talk) 14:41, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The book is not notable, but it makes a great source for the article Terrorism in Italy post World War II. Move and rewrite the whole article. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IMCC

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The result was delete. Tone 20:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IMCC

The article makes no assertion of notability and does not contain any references to 3rd party sources, as external links are self-published by universities that participate in the program. Written like an advert for the program and does not provide ways to varify its claimed successes. Joint programs are not the same as higher education consortia and are not inherantly notable. Masonpatriot (talk) 00:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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delete - I have been unable to find any reliable source coverage that is independent of the organization. --ThaddeusB (talk) 03:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: this entry was mistakenly placed in the log for Aug 2. It is fixed now. Tim Song (talk) 21:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete via CSD A7 and above. The majority of the article is an excerpt from organizational literature. Wikipedia is not a mirror of external content. Noir (talk) 21:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Google didn't return any reliable sources that support the notability of the subject. Netalarmtalk 00:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sergey Bushuyev

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sergey Bushuyev

I can't find any non-trivial independent coverage for this person. All the links cited in this article are either to press releases or 404 pages. Appears to fail the general notability guideline. Noisalt (talk) 00:49, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable, even if you take what's in the article as given, except perhaps for the publication record. Hairhorn (talk) 02:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. If you take what's in the article as given then the subject is pretty obviously notable: "an award as the best professor of Ukraine in 1987". Phil Bridger (talk) 17:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. GS cites are 7, 1, 1. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Comment. I'm not aware that Google Scholar has any significant coverage of work in Russian and Ukrainian, especially when the search is done in the Latin alphabet. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Has an entry in a print encyclopedia, showing that the outside world considers him to be an encyclopedic subject, which is the very basis of notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If he's notable enough for a print encyclopedia, he's notable enough for here. Edward321 (talk) 22:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep He's already had a print encyclopedia entry about him, notable enough. Netalarmtalk 00:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Presence in a print encyclopedia warrants sufficient notability. Byronwrites (talk) 04:03, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some print encyclopedias like Marquis Who's Who are not considered to convey notability due to their vanity press connotations. I don't know about this one as I can't read the language. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

It's authored by the Національна академія наук України (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). —Noisalt (talk) 11:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Notability generally requires multiple sources. —Noisalt (talk) 11:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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