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The result was delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

LightManufacturing LLC[edit]

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Promotional article that fails WP:CORPDEPTH. "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources." Source 1 is an okay reference in a specialist blog but not enough to pass WP:CORPDEPTH. Sources 2, 6, and 9 are obvious press releases. Source 3 is a patent application. Sources 4, 7, and 8 are YouTube videos. Source 5 is a yellow pages directory. Source 10 is an interview which is okay to list but does do much as an independent source. Note that I have also checked Google News and did not find more. Logical Cowboy (talk) 17:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Reply Celltech, thanks for your comments, but I think you are applying WP:CORPDEPTH incorrectly. It's worth looking at WP:RS as well. Press releases don't count at all, and blogs count very little. Same with promotional interviews. Number 2 is such an obvious press release that it includes the company's phone number at the end--it says "Please call 415-796-6475"! Logical Cowboy (talk) 18:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:48, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Association of the Prokuplje citizens in Belgrade[edit]

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Not notable. There are no sources about this association. Not on English nor Serbian language. Antidiskriminator (talk) 19:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Serbian name probably starts with "Udruženje Prokupčana". Then it can be "u Beogradu" or "Beograda". In any case, GS for "Udruženje Prokupčana" shows only several facebook links.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 22:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:48, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

House of Pigniol[edit]

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Appears not to meet the WP:GNG guideline. Hard to find any reliable sources to establish proper notability; this family produced no kings and seemingly no significant people in the politics of France, unlike, for example, the House of Plantagenet, which is clearly notable. I would suggest deletion, and if there are any individuals who are notable within this family, their inclusion in a House of Pigniol category instead of a separate article. Batard0 (talk) 19:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jean-Claude Bigué[edit]

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The article is very poorly sourced -- just a single external link to an interview with this and one other person. google:Jean-Claude Bigué yields nothing but primary sources. The fact of having founded a bank would surely establish notability if the bank were notable, but google:Belmont Private Bank yields nothing of interest, and perhaps more significantly, searching for the French name of the bank used in the fr:Jean-Claude Bigué article, google:Banque Privée Belmont yields nothing either. Both this article and the French equivalent were created by SPAs. The article is highly promotional. It's difficult to escape the conclusion that there's a lot of COI in all this. --Stfg (talk) 19:54, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Night Calls. (non-admin closure) — ΛΧΣ21 01:01, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Brickhouse Betty[edit]

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Non-notable webcomic. Written like an advert with lots of external links but no references. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:10, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I added in a few lines about it under "premise", so it's good to go on that end.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Next Nature[edit]

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NextNature is a website or, as the Wikipedia article prefers to call it, "a philosophical concept". One problem: there don't seem to be any decent independent reliable sources to establish notability per WP:GNG. There exists stuff about it out there on the web, but it's either published by people connected with the website or it is unreliable stuff like blogs.

Though it is most probably an interesting and worthwhile project, it isn't yet a notable one. —Tom Morris (talk) 21:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Bigg Boss. MBisanz talk 18:05, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bigg Boss 6[edit]

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Almost entirely a copyvio from the program's website. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 23:09, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Typical Indian television article! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 03:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for the support everyone. You guys have no idea how much likeness do I have for Bigg Boss articles. Season 5 started with no interest from anyone at all. I was a resident reader but The article wasn't updated for a whole two weeks hence i had to take over. I'm doing the same for the sixth season and these bullies aren't letting me do it. Plus they keep filling up my talk page with warnings just cause i created pages for the housemates who don't have articles on wikipedia. Like there's more to life than just hatred. --I'mTitanniumchat 06:06, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How many keeps more required to remove this tag? --I'mTitanniumchat 07:20, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. There's no telling who copied whom. Almost half of his world copy pastes from Wikipedia. The content we post is immediately copy pasted into making new articles on blogs and other website. It aint our fault so remove this tag and live happily. -- I'm Titanium  chat 07:59, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please show some integrity Imtitanium. It is disgraceful on your part to say such a statement. Times of India published a summary of the day 2 happenings in this article on 9th October, which you have copied and pasted to the article on 10th October. Its the same case with the summary of all the days. The Revision history says it all. --Anbu121 (talk me) 12:58, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If your so concerned why don't you go ahead and rephrase the copyright content, ehh? considering how much integrity you own. I'm sure you'll do a very good job at it and, in turn, you'll be an inspiration to young wiki users. Wow. Sounds like a treat. -- I'm Titanium  chat 13:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm! You expect some one else to clean the garbage that you have left. I don't mind doing that, because thats what I regularly do at Wikipedia. But, I haven't watched the show and I don't have time to spare for this article. I just wanted to say one thing. This kind of garbage sprouting is one of the main reasons why Wikimedia Foundation faces a lot of legal problems. Its better the article has nothing rather than copyrighted stuff. --Anbu121 (talk me) 13:24, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yippie, we have a volunteer. Normally people who criticize others for copyright issues never have the integrity to fix things if given the same situation. It's easy to points fingers than lending a hand. Mate you don't have to watch the show. Just rephrase those summaries. Thanks for helping Wikipedia mate. What a good sport you are! Cmon don't waste any of that busy time of yours. Off you go to rephrase. Good Luck. -- I'm Titanium  chat 13:45, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I have executed the better option that I mentioned. By the way, this is not called as 'lending a hand', this is called 'Removing garbage'. If you want to know what 'lending a hand' means, visit Help desk or reference desk or some collaborations of the week/month. --Anbu121 (talk me) 14:56, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What happened to the integrity part? I thought you had it in you more than me. LOL. Don't chicken out. As i said, Pointing fingers is easier than actually being any good to the articles. If any of you editors are genuinely concerned about the article, don't waste your time tagging warnings but start rephrasing the copyvio content. You are wikipedia contributors, make your contributions useful rather than humiliating and scaring editors away. -- I'm Titanium  chat 14:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Editors who remove copyvio from articles exhibit integrity much more than those who put it. --Anbu121 (talk me) 15:04, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Refer to the tags on the page. Its a vague case of close paragraphing but not copyvio.-- I'm Titanium  chat 15:08, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have not seen how many talk page messages he has posted, I am adding a ((Not a ballot)) here!--Tito Dutta (talk) 16:49, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OMG. I encouraged them to take part not to vote. I wanted opinions not votes. Please stop blowing it out of proportion. The tag has been there for too long and i encouraged editors to share opinions. OMG. Like seriously.
I wote this :Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bigg Boss 6 regarding an issue with which your opinion may be of value. Thanks It doesn't show any where that i haev told them to vote. I wanted ppl to take part in the discussion. Wow. You really made me sound like a villian there. Unbeleievable. -- I'm Titanium  chat 17:11, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, so you were only asking those editors to give their opinions here. What was your criteria for selecting which editors to ask? —Psychonaut (talk) 10:32, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Of course people who had a history with Bigg Boss and know what it is. People who are at least indian. people who have a sound idea of what Bigg Boss actually is. Is this criteria enough for you? -- I'm Titanium  chat 12:35, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that you did not consistently apply this criteria when selecting which editors to approach. That is, whether or not it was your intention, people may assume that rather than asking every editor with a good knowledge of Bigg Boss, you asked only those editors who met the criteria and whom you believed would contribute an opinion in your favour. —Psychonaut (talk) 14:40, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Dwaipayanc and Abhishikt voted much before the talk page messages. So, I don't think its WP:CANVAS --Anbu121 (talk me) 16:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Imtitanium, watch your words. This is a personal attack and could lead to you being blocked. --Anbu121 (talk me) 12:48, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You guys have already proved to me how useless to wikipedia i am. I choose not to talk to you. I have not addressed you to begin with. Please stop accusing me. I'm done with the whole discussion. Delete it, merge it, do whatever with it. I dont care anymore. I've got important things to worry about.-- I'm Titanium  chat 14:30, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Digg Reel[edit]

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Little-known, canceled podcast fails to meet WP:N, WP:WEB, and WP:RS. -- Wikipedical (talk) 03:23, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. The discussion has shown that apart from press releases and fist-party sources there is insufficient reliable material by uninvolved sources to establish notability. Attempts to improve the article by adding more sources have only resulted in more unreliable references that are connected to the subject. Based on the sockpuppet investigation I am also ignoring any votes / remarks in this discussion made by the accounts listed there. While currently not being promotional, the article has still not been significantly improved since Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SolidCAM (2nd nomination) was closed as delete in February 2012. De728631 (talk) 16:08, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Solidcam[edit]

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Promotional article with "puffery" for citations. I can't see how notability has been established Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 12:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Brooke, what citiation did you find puffery? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 12:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The references seem to be in trade magazines plugging stuff; one of the references is a video of a machine working! I have removed several that merely linked to company's own promotional website!Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 12:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Also, what is promotional about this article? Everything inside it is a fact... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 12:34, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You don't know this magazines, so you assume it's a commercial. Is CNN also a commerical? Before you write things here, do some research. I don't know if you noticed, but this is a software for machines. So putting a link to a video that shows a machine is in place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 12:42, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I cleaned up the article for you just in case this was a WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM problem. It wasn't. The sources still only give "coverage" (if you can call it that) to the products, not the company itself. I removed most of the link-spam and left you with the ones that might actually constitute reliable sources, just in case you were able to build on them. Stalwart111 (talk) 03:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's actually not a bad source but we do need "multiple sources" and we're not there yet with just that one. Stalwart111 (talk) 12:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Also I changed the article to focus on the product "SolidCAM" and not the article "SolidCAM". I currently have 7 reliable references and to my opinion it's enough. I visited other values and they have also as much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 16:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I changed the value to focus on the "Software" and not the "Company" — Preceding [[Wikipedia:SGabbassMo (talk) 16:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)ignatures|unsigned]] comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 09:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You have, so WP:CORPDEPTH may not really be relevant now. That's fine, but you should have a look at Wikipedia:Notability (software). It's an essay, not a guideline, but gives a good indication of what the wider Wikipedia community would expect to see to consider a piece of software to be notable. In my view, it would still struggle to meet those criteria. The sources need to demonstrate the significance of the software, rather than providing just a run-down of what it does. Again, not a guideline like WP:GNG, but more of an indication of what would be needed to build a consensus. Stalwart111 (talk) 01:37, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep In comparison to software of the same type this page exhibits adequate information. It describe the purpose of the software and provides references to further research of the topic.GabbassMo (talk) 16:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC) — GabbassMo (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Further; Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sentineldk. Stalwart111 (talk) 22:48, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If people know the product, why can't they make a contribution? I checked all of Wikipedia policies and right now I don't see any objective reason to block the value. Correct me if i'm wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 06:46, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
People can make a contribution - I'm suggesting all of the above are the same person. Sock-puppetry will get you blocked and the quacking here is obvious. Stalwart111 (talk) 13:05, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
-This looks another sockpuppet 1 edit user! Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 08:37, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This IP user seems to have a connection/history with the subject too - see User talk:212.179.150.34. Is this Sentineldk's IP address, or one of them? Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 10:49, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree entirely - both have been added to the SPI. Stalwart111 (talk) 13:05, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You can go ahead and check, no problem. But is this talk page about me or about the value? I think you guys are forgetting the target of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 13:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is a discussion designed to build a consensus which becomes difficult when one person dishonestly provides their opinion more than once using multiple usernames. It is considered a serious breach of community trust - the note at the top of your page each time you edit here says as much. It also makes the company you "represent" look bad - that its representatives and supporters had to be dishonest and break the rules in an attempt to have the company's article kept. If you want to make a good argument for keeping the article, demonstrate how it complies with policies. Aside from the breach of rules, none of the keep arguments above actually cite any policies - they are all basically WP:ILIKEIT arguments and so don't carry much weight at all. Stalwart111 (talk) 14:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The conclusion was NOT to delete, that's the bottom line. Until you prove this "SPI" claim, please stop mentioning it. You guys are putting allot of energy into this debate, and I respect that. But why do you think the value should be deleted? I don't see any concrete proof that this value should be deleted. Correct me if i'm wrong. User: Sentineldk —Preceding undated comment added 14:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, no. The standard burden of proof means you have to verify the content you add before you add it and the subject must meet notability guidelines. It is up to you to verify that it does - something you have so far failed to do. There is no "value" if you haven't verified the content - it's just an advertisement for your company, now for your product. It doesn't come close to meeting guidelines and you know it (have known it for about 5 years I'd say and nothing has changed) - thus the sock-puppetry. Stalwart111 (talk) 14:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How can I prove notability, if not references? Are you saying my references are not good enough? If yes, what is the problem with them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 14:54, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I, and others, have explained this above and elsewhere. You should have a look at WP:RS - few of the current "sources" would be considered reliable. Maybe the ones from MMS would be okay but for WP:N they are considered one source, so would not comply with the requirement for "multiple" sources. You need "significant coverage" in things like major newspapers, scholarly articles/papers, books, etc. A promotional write-up from a trade partner is neither reliable, nor independent. The specific criteria for software (mentioned above, though again not policy) also need to be considered given it likely doesn't pass any of those either. Stalwart111 (talk) 15:08, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
On cue, another brand new single-contribution account. LOL. This is just getting silly. The article isn't even about the company now - it's about one product by the same name. So the suggestion someone "new" would come here to make an "old" argument is laughable. Stalwart111 (talk) 20:28, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand, are "single-contribution" accounts not allowed to post here? If they are allowed to post, why are you mocking them? The way you are acting regarding this has become very childish and personal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 06:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Of course they can but legitimate new users are unlikely to make a "random" AFD their first, let alone only, contribution to Wikipedia. It's usually a good sign they are actually someone else pretending to be a "new user" to skew a consensus in their direction - vote-stacking with sock-puppets. It's a tactic so common and so old that it is noted above every edit window at AFD as a warning to users old and new. Thinking the tactic is new and "clever" is the only part that could be considered mockery. It is even less clever when each shows up, says basically the same thing and then never comes back to answer questions or support their claims. It's all classic COI sock-puppetry that regular editors have seen over and over and over again. Stalwart111 (talk) 07:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean by "press releases"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 08:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Simply not true. See http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/SolidCAM-Cements-Its-Long-Term-Relationship-with-Iscar-with-iMachining-TM-605024 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 08:22, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's a press release - it even says "Press release date" at the top. Stalwart111 (talk) 08:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Most of those are much the same - the press releases Uzma was talking about. Some even say "press release" or "for immidiate release". Sorry, but they would certainly not be considered reliable sources. Stalwart111 (talk) 08:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Can you explain what reference is not reliable and why? I understand the comment, but it's too general. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 08:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If it says "press release" at the top then it obviously came from the company so is not from an "independent source" which it needs to be to be considered reliable. Anything which is basically just re-hashing an announcement from the company couldn't be considered reliable. You need to read WP:RS. Link-spamming more press releases into the article doesn't help it meet WP:GNG. Show us articles in The Daily Mail or the Chicago Tribune or a well-respected industry publication or scholarly paper. You need to demonstrate that respected people outside the company have been prompted to write about the company or its products - not just passing mentions but significant coverage. Re-printing the company's press releases does not count. Stalwart111 (talk) 08:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Refrences 1 and 4 are to Modern Machine Shop, which is the magazine and online website with the widest circulation to the metalworking industry (97,000 + Subscribers, 73000+ Monthly Visitors),References 6 and 7 are to CIMdata, the iIndependent global leader in PLM consulting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 09:32, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As I said to you on the article's talk page, the MMS ones are probably the sources closest to being considered reliable, but this needs to be demonstrated and the associated WP:BIGNUMBER doesn't really help. Besides which, sources from the same source are considered one source for the purposes of WP:GNG and we still need multiple sources. CIM is a commercial consultancy - their newsletter "news" items would not have the same editorial standards or reliability as a newspaper or magazine. I wouldn't be relying on them for notability. Stalwart111 (talk) 10:01, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Here's one from MMS.[2] It's by Alan Christman. Wait a minute! Alan Christman isn't a reporter for MMS. My version of the "news" article says Author Affiliation: Alan Christman, Chairman, CIMdata, Inc., 3909 Research Park Avenue, Ann Arbor, Ml 48108, E-mail: xxx@cimdata.com.[3] Appears to me that CIMdata was hired by the Solidcam company to consult/manage the Solidcam product lifecycle marketing, including writing stories and having them published in Modern Machine Shop. Essentially, the MMS article is another press release or at least not independent of the topic as required by WP:GNG. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well there you go - that pretty much rules that one out too. Stalwart111 (talk) 13:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ok I shall remove these soft fluffy non-ref's one more time ! Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 13:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See the comments in the page history for each item - specific comments were made for each. Please don't make threats - this is not how we do things. Please read the above comments before re-adding the questionable "references" - these are not reliable sources. Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 10:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry mate, you can't go ahead and delete stuff. If you think a reference is not reliable, let's discuss it in the talk page. I am sorry about the threat, but what you did is just not professional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 10:23, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, he is allowed (encouraged, in fact) to be bold and delete unreliable material. I would suggest it actually helps your cause to have the unreliable ones removed so you can spend some time finding some good ones. Stalwart111 (talk) 10:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I know he is allowed, everyone is allowed to do everything around here. But there is one talk page, and I think that his claims should be made here. He deleted one of my references to CIMdata, but did not prove that it's not a reliable source. He deleted one of my refrences to SolidWorks website, but it is only natural to put references in the article to SolidWorks website, which is the biggest CAD vendor in the world and has a value in Wikipedia. I can prove to you one by one why each reference is completely reliable and 100% bullet proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I would contend you can't because they aren't. Press releases from the company are not reliable sources for verifying the notability of that company. Plain and simple. This whole thing really goes to show why WP:OWN exists and why COI editing is strongly discouraged. If the company was notable enough to warrant an article, an uninvolved editor would likely have been prompted by significant coverage to start one. The fact that the company has to create one for itself as a WP:PROMO, then encourage "friends" to support its retention rather than supplying reliable refs is usually a pretty good indication that something might not be notable. There are exceptions but I don't think this is one of them. Stalwart111 (talk) 10:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Only 3 of my references point to press releases, but I still think they are good ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sentineldk (talkcontribs) 10:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I would expect you to think they are "good" even if they aren't reliable - your company wrote them. That's the whole point of my previous comment. Stalwart111 (talk) 11:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Can we score through the identified meatpuppets and sockpuppets? This will make the voting clearer. Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} (Whisper...) 08:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Try to be more specific when you write things. We currently don't have even one source in the article that refers to a "blog" or anything else in this sort. If you believe i'm wrong, please prove what reference is not reliable. Also, from what I see, each keep vote is legit. You can say that if the person has less contributes then the vote weighs less, but you cannot completely disregard it. Correct me if I am wrong, and please write things that can be proved.
Wikipedia is not a democracy - the number of votes counts not at all (now we tell you!) - decisions are made on the merit of arguments, community consensus and compliance with policy. Seeing as though most of your arguments amount to "I like it" and you continue to refuse to provide references (despite the obvious consensus that the current ones aren't any good) your arguments are unlikely to be given much weight at all. As above - you have brought this on yourself. Stalwart111 (talk) 10:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I agree with you, my references were not reliable in the first place. But now I did a little cleaning and I think it's much better, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.150.34 (talk) 15:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
With respect, I strongly disagree. You added another press release (re-added it after someone else justifiably / helpfully removed it) and a link to an online magazine without any reference to a particular story / article. Besides which, that reference is footnoted for a particular module supported by the software, not the software itself. Unless you can demonstrate that it gives "significant coverage" to either the company or its software, it really isn't of much value for the purposes of WP:GNG. Stalwart111 (talk) 22:34, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, since IP 212.179.150.34 is registered to Solidcam LTD, I'd flag any edit the anon made on the subject as a strong COI violation. Ravenswing 23:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, User:Sentineldk and IP: 212.179.150.34 are clearly the same person - they edit alternately above in the first person - sometimes logged in, sometimes not. The IP is registered to the company and the User has declared an interest on the article talk page. In addition, at least one other "friend" has admitted to being canvassed by Sentineldk to come here to "vote" in support of the company. Pretty embarrassing for the company, really, but this has already been pointed out. At this point we're basically just handing out WP:ROPE to anyone who would like some. Stalwart111 (talk) 23:46, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. MBisanz talk 18:09, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Doughty[edit]

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Unsourced biography stub of dubious notability. -- Cain Mosni (talk||contribs) 15:19, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clfswm[edit]

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Apparently non-notable window manager. Can't find independent third-party reliable sources. Nothing in Google Scholar or JSTOR; Google Books returns only prints of Wikipedia articles. Web searches turn up only wikis, blogs, and software download sites. Psychonaut (talk) 13:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete. I'll just deal with the article. Speedy delete as entirely promotional (G11) & no indication of importance (A7) Protected against re-creat for a good while, not indef because conceivably they might become notable . DGG ( talk ) 23:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CertificationPoint[edit]

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This web-based company has no reliable sources and a search revealed none. There is no assertion of notability and none appears to be present. I am also troubled at the history of this article. A speedy deletion template was removed multiple times by the article's creator -- when those edits were reversed, a SPA was created, User:Blgiles23, whose sole purpose was seemingly to remove a reference to a competing website and to decline the speedy deletions for reasons that cite policy but entirely mistakenly, in my opinion. I believe there is a strong possibility that Wikipedia's processes are being used in bad faith for WP:SPAM and I would welcome advice from more experienced users/admins as to the utility of a sockpuppet investigation. Ubelowme U Me 22:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Lucchese crime family. MBisanz talk 18:12, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Santorelli[edit]

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The article was created by a blocked user see and Santorelli fails both WP:CRIME and WP:GNG. Vic49 (talk) 22:29, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Astrology is stupid, yes. But that doesn't mean all astrologer are non-notable, it only means they're wasting their time and/or preying on gullible people. One would need to make a strong, specific case against the detailed sources (e.g., The Mountain Astrologer is pretty in depth and on topic), to overcome the headcount, which isn't done here. A majority favouring keep - plausible sources, although possible funnybusiness with the headcount. WilyD 08:30, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deborah Houlding[edit]

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No significant coverage in reliable sources, fails WP:GNG. Fails WP:BASIC; Lack of reliable and independent sources "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published[3] secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.[5]" Article also subject to Wikipedia:FRINGE#Notability: "A Fringe subject (a fringe theory, organization or aspect of a fringe theory) is considered notable enough for a dedicated article if it has been referenced extensively, and in a serious and reliable manner, in at least one major publication that is independent of their promulgators and popularizers." IRWolfie- (talk) 22:29, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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"notable practitioners are notable", that's completely circular. You have to show she is notable at the world at large, thats the point of the AfD. Astrology as a newspaper reading exercise is popular, as a belief system not so much.
Wikipedia:FRINGE#Notability: "A Fringe subject (a fringe theory, organization or aspect of a fringe theory) is considered notable enough for a dedicated article if it has been referenced extensively, and in a serious and reliable manner, in at least one major publication that is independent of their promulgators and popularizers." IRWolfie- (talk) 23:07, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And which one of the fringe sources do you think meeets WP:BASIC? IRWolfie- (talk)
Most of the sources on the article. Other editors may review them for themselves. I find you to be a bit overzealous at identifying sources as "fringe" as well as underperforming when searching for sources yourself. You are clearly "on a mission", and I'm not speaking to you in my responses, but to the other neutral editors who respond. That being the case, feel free not to reply to everything I say as if I am challenging you or something. Yworo (talk) 02:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Identify one source that helps the article meet WP:BASIC. 6 of the sources are primary (by Deborah Houlding herself), so it's empirically impossible for it to be "most of the sources". [5] is a one sentence mention. Pankaj, S., The World of Internet. Retrieved 2011-06-05., APH Publishing, 2009; p.83. ISBN 81-7648-459-8, ISBN 978-81-7648-459-6 is just a catalog. Parker, Julia; Derek Parker (2007). Astrology. Doring Kindersley Limited. pp. 296. ISBN 978-1-4053-2198-3. gives a passing mention. No significant coverage, not even in fringe sources. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:21, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
IRWolfie – your point "No significant coverage, not even in fringe sources." is now redundant. There is significant coverage including fringe sources as per various references provided below. Minerva20 (talk) 19:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As far as her astrology is concerned, she gets absolutely no mention whatsoever in reliable sources. All coverage of her is in fringe sources that can't pass WP:RS by a wide mile. As no reliable independent sources exist, attempting to gauge her position in the fringe community would be OR.
Absent substantial coverage in multiple reliable independent secondary sources, and absent even the faintest hope that such sourcing will ever be found, there is no chance that this person will ever meet any of our notability requirements. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 13:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
All these points have been roundly refuted by subsequent posts. However, I would like to take issue with your argument that "attempting to gauge her position in the fringe community would be OR". This argument has been used in several of the biographies of astrologers that you have put up for deletion. It is based on an inappropriate interpretation of what constitutes a reliable source for the context and your refusal to admit references from subject-related publications. In a biography page such as this, fringe publications that are trusted within their field are reliable sources for showing the opinions of members of that field. The guidelines on sourcing are clear that proper sourcing always depends on context and common sense. I will be posting another reference from a typical reliable source below. Minerva20 (talk) 19:41, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, none of the secondary sources comes close to being reliable. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 23:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed some of the primary sourced links and added secondary sources including significant coverage on Houlding in an article from a woman's fashion magazine. It is one matter questioning astrological sources as reliable over controversial claims about astrology, but non-controversial coverage by what appears to be established organisations, long-standing and prominent magazines, well-known writers and figures and international groups in the field are easily verifiable and reliable sources. Kooky2 (talk) 15:47, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see the fashion source. Which one is it? A prominent astrology magazine isn't prominent for the world at large. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:05, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find the fashion magazine article, either. Anyway, that would be a poor source for a pseudoscience-related topic. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 00:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The link was there but I have made it clearer. The links to overseas awards, the interviews, being a keynote speaker at international conferences and the fact that the book Temples of the Sky has been translated into Czech [6], Italian [7] and German (awaiting publication) provides evidence that she is notable on an international scale. Kooky2 (talk) 15:51, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Show one of these academic sources. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
IRWolfie – Please follow this link to see how Houlding's ideas are found worthy of discussion and evaluation by Classic's Professor Stephan Heilen, in Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century, edited by Alexander Jones (Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-90-481-2787-0).
The Google Book preview shows only some of Heilen's discussion of her work, but enough for you to see that her ideas are taken seriously enough to be examined by academics/ authors from outside the astrological community as well as within it. I also found these references easily and quickly on Google books:

Turning the Solomon Key, Robert Lomas, p.54 (Fair Winds, ISBN: 9781592332298).

"Deborah Houlding, another astrologer, and writer on the history of astrology, says this field of mundane, or judicial astrology was …"

The gospel and the zodiac: the secret truth about Jesus, Bill Darlison, p.138 (Duckworth Overlook, ISBN: 9781590200377)

"As Deborah Houlding informs us"

Moon-o-theism, Volume 2: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, p.15 (Yoel Natan, ISBN: 9781439297179)

"Deborah Houlding notes …":
To Dominus Vobisdu: Houlding does not need qualifications as an academic to gain notability as an astrologer. According to Heilen, Houlding's interest is not derived from an academic perspective but a practitioner's interest in understanding the origin of her practice. We need not assume that she is considered a reliable source within academia; the only onus is that her influence is significant enough for work to have been quoted by others, commented on, disparaged or discussed. Since this page concerns a person rather than an idea, the relevant policies are WP:BIO - the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be "worthy of notice" – that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded". Houlding qualifies under the criteria for 'Creative Professionals': "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors" (see WP:AUTHOR criteria 1).
You can find sources that mention Houlding, but they are required to be reliable, and give significant detail about Houlding. As far as I can see neither of these are met. "The gospel and the zodiac: the secret truth about Jesus" is Christ myth theory meets astrology. I don't think "moon-o-theism" is reliable for anything beyond opinion, this is a BLP. IRWolfie- (talk) 20:36, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This point is simply not correct, IRWolfie. The first link is to Professor Stephan Heilan [8] - listed in the German Wikipedia as a classics scholar and published in a Springer Text. It's not unreasonable to state that this is an impeccable source and the publisher of the highest order. This appears to be a text book and I counted 12 pages that refer to Houlding - on one page he disagrees with her - which only happens if someone is an authority. Though I admire your fervour and work-rate, I don't know how you managed to miss that as it is our job to find sources and so far you and another editor, who writes that he has "extensive research into this person", don't seem to have done due diligence here.
Now I agree that Moon-o-theism and claims of the secret life of Jesus sound ludicrous, but we are discussing the notability of Bishop Ussher here not whether his belief that the world began in October 4004 BC on a Sunday is reliable or not. These are all independent published books and evidently reliable, we have to ask are they making up claims that Deborah Houlding is a writer of note? These are not random self-published blogs. Dr Robert Lomas has a PhD. in physics and is a university lecturer. He is a best-selling author - I have even read one of his books on Freemasonry. I think he was thought to be one of the characters that Dan Brown modelled Robert Langdon (protagonist of Da Vinci Code etc). Are you suggesting he is not a reliable source in referring to Houlding?
When I first saw this article, it seemed like a stub that could be deleted. However, editors have since uncovered considerably more reliable, independent, widespread, noteworthy material. This is an article badly in need of editing but frankly I don't think I am up to it. Kooky2 (talk) 19:02, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing in the Ptolemy source that can be used, it's merely some passing coverage. "on one page he disagrees with her - which only happens if someone is an authority", Eh? Houlding is an expert because someone disagrees with her? Sound logic. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Experts don't have to agree - in fact they often disagree. However, when a recognised expert in a field puts his disagreement in print in a text book, the subject of his criticism is an authority - unless you are saying that Professor Heilen is using Houlding as a 'straw-man' - either way Houlding is notable in this field. I trust you are no longer questioning this as a reliable, independent source. Now you are saying 12 pages referring to her work is "merely a passing reference". I leave that judgement to the closer. Kooky2 (talk) 12:34, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A number of publications, in various languages have given significant coverage to her views and her work. The Mountain Astrologer ran a 10-page feature on her in 2006, describing her as “one of the foremost practitioners of horary astrology, well known for the magazine she published, and widely acclaimed for the book she authored.” It adds "Her workshops have been delivered in places as far apart as Hawaii and Tasmania, and her articles (which have graced the pages of most well known astrological journals) have been translated into many languages". She is also well known within the astrological community as the creator of the Skyscript website, which is independently described by the Mountain Astrologer as "one of the most active web sites dedicated to exploring the philosophy and practical application of astrological symbolism".
The Mountain Astrologer has a good reputation within its field. It is editorially controlled, independent and provides another reliable source that demonstrates why she has influenced her peers and successors. The article details are: An Interview with Deborah Houlding by Garry Phillipson, The Mountain Astrologer, vol 19, no.2, Issue 125 - Feb/Mar 2006, pp.47-56. (The Mountain Astrologer, Green Grass Valley, CA, ISSN 1079-1345). Minerva20 (talk) 19:44, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"its field" is pseudoscience, it's not a reliable academic field, so stop portraying it as such. It's not reliable for historical details and this is clear puffery. Show independent non-fringe sources. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:23, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Notability is established by substantial coverage in reliable indpendent secondary sources, and the sourcing provided so far are anything but, amounting to scant and tangential mention at best. Claims that Houlding is notable within the astrological community are therefore OR, and not supported by reliable sources. Claims that there is a campaign to stifle fringe views are spurious, as WP has plenty of well-referenced articles on fringe topics, such as creationism and homeopathy, for example. These articles, however, are based on reliable independent sources written by real-world scholars, not on in-universe sourcing and promotional materials written by fringe proponents. Unfortunately, astrology has generated very little interest outside of the fringe community, and reliable sources are scarce as hen's teeth. Per WP:FRINGE, topics that are not mentioned outside of the fringe community should not be mentioned in WP articles. We have no basis to gauge the notability of fringe proponents without reliable independent secondary sources. As I said, that would be OR. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 20:22, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Threads presented since your vote show good coverage from inside the astrological community and outside of it - eminent academics and popular magazines. Are you suggesting that The Mountain Astrologer cited by Minerva20 is unreliable, or not independent, or not secondary? According to the WP page it is a reputable publication. Kooky2 (talk) 00:37, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Of course The Mountain Astrologer is generally unreliable. "According to the WP page it is a reputable publication, don't you see a problem with that sentence? "Good coverage" by academics has not been shown. I suggest you check RSN on Houlding and The Mountain Astrologer. It is clear that neither are generally considered reliable. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:23, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Also, what is this "topics that are not mentioned outside of the fringe community should not be mentioned in WP articles"? I can't find it in WP:FRINGE - I think you are muddling it with WP:ONEWAY "Fringe views, products or the organizations who promote them may be mentioned in the text of other articles only if independent reliable sources connect the topics in a serious and prominent way". Obviously that doesn't apply here. Kooky2 (talk) 00:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
WP:FRINGE: "A Fringe subject (a fringe theory, organization or aspect of a fringe theory) is considered notable enough for a dedicated article if it has been referenced extensively, and in a serious and reliable manner, in at least one major publication that is independent of their promulgators and popularizers." Clearly a BLP about an astrologer is an aspect of astrology. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:31, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Deborah Houlding appeared in the BBC 'Everyman' programme: 'Twinkle, Twinkle, An Illustrated History of Astrology', (1997) as part of a documentary connected with astrology and religion. I have it a recording of it. It was broadcast on the BBC in May 1997 Minerva20 (talk) 14:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Appearing on a TV show doesn't make someone notable as you should be well aware by now. Concrete and significant sourcing is required, material that is suitable and reliable for being used directly in the article to make an article that is actually WP:NPOV. The attempts (in this AfD and elsewhere) to characterise Astrology as a legitimate field when it clearly isn't, is part of the problem. Much of the keep votes have been attempting to post volumes of tid bits and passing mentions, and unreliable fringe sourcing, that doesn't actually demonstrate notability but is really scrapping the barrel. Kepler was an astrologer, and he is notable. Why is that? It's because we have copious amounts of sources with a reputation for fact checking who have published about Kepler. These sources discuss Kepler in large detail. Compare that to the current case where we only have a few passing mentions in actual reliable sources. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:39, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Comment: There is a published biography on Houlding in an academic journal that published the paper from one of the presentations she gave at the Warburg institute. The source details are:

It reads:

Deborah Houlding is the past editor of The Traditional Astrologer magazine and author The Houses:Temples of the Sky. Her articles feature regularly in astrological journals and she currently acts as the web mistress of the skyscript site (www.skyscript.co.uk). She has a particular interest in researching the origins and development of astrological technique and as a consulting astrologer specialises in horary astrology. She is the principal of the STA school of traditional horary astrology, which offers courses by correspondence and intensive residential workshop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minerva20 (talkcontribs) 15:40, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Minerva20, I used this more authoritative independent source in the article. Kooky2 (talk) 16:59, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What is going on with the rules here?[edit]

The Wikipedia guidelines are byzantine almost beyond comprehension, but I don't understand how IRWolfie can change them to suit a special purpose (in this case apparently to remove the Deborah Houlding article). Suddenly, today, without discussion, WP:FRINGE theories (or subjects) covers people too.

IRWolfie's version now says: "A 'Fringe subject' is an article where a significant claim to notability revolves around the relation of the article to the fringe theory. This includes the organizations, people, concepts or aspects of a fringe theory, and the fringe theory itself." This doesn't even make sense. How can an "subject" be a "article"? How can "claim to notability" be made on the basis of its fringe status? IRWolfie tries to spread the presumed contamination from the despised theory to all related "organizations, people, concepts or aspects of the fringe theory, and the fringe theory itself." I suppose this covers all conceivable bases, unless IRWolfie wants to add something else? Is Wikipedia just collapsing in a heap of babble rules? Ken McRitchie (talk) 01:35, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The current change is a clarification of the existing text which was "A Fringe subject (a fringe theory, organization or aspect of a fringe theory) is considered notable enough for a dedicated article if it has ...". There is nothing new to what I have added beyond a clarification of scope. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:21, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am very concerned that IRWolfie has apparently attempted to change Wikipedia rules to patch up a flawed argument. I will certainly object to this attempted edit when I have an opportunity as I believe it will result in a range of issues. I anticipate that one issue will soon become evident here when two editors use this for what appears to be their particular interpretation of the rules and tendency to denigrate sources. I cannot imagine a situation in life be it a sport or a court case where when the evidence does not go their way, the proposers can change the rules to prop up a collapsing case. If any such proposed change does become permanent, it will affect many other biographies. However, in this instance it has been clearly shown that Houlding happens to have notability both inside and outside the field of astrology.
Also many thanks to those editors who helped with the editing. I think this biography is worth the investment in editing time. Kooky2 (talk) 12:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You will notice I have quoted the old version throughout here. The change has been made to clarify existing guidelines. There is no new interpretation here. This entire section is a red herring. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:12, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Single purpose[edit]

I've been trying to improve wikiproject astrology. With any large scale clean up, the non-notable topics get put up for AfD. I have an anti "astrology POV" in terms of articles, because I am working for NPOV. IRWolfie- (talk) 20:37, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you believe that you are working for NPOV, you must allow for the possibility that others also believe that they are NPOV even if they strongly disagree with your views. As such, we should all assume good faith and you should redact your advice to the closer that arguments presented here should be judged in any way by the editor's experience or editing history. The closer should be allowed to judge this page on the basis of the article: Deborah Houlding and the strength of the arguments presented and not on any emotional bias for or against what you refer to as a fringe theory or any ad hominem arguments. Minerva20 (talk) 08:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing bad faith about asking the closer to take into account Single Purpose Accounts. There is ((subst:spa)) as well for that reason, but I thought this was a less controversial way of doing it. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm quite neutral about the notability of the subject, pretty borderline. At any rate, I looked the contribution histories of the voters and I don't see any SPA account. Am I wrong? Cavarrone (talk) 13:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Minerva20 is (31 edits, 1 to another topic talk page). I didn't want to turn this into a big drama, hence I asked the admin to look and make their own mind up. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:18, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
But not a new editor, and has never edited this particular article. Calling her a "SPA" is a reach. Yworo (talk) 16:24, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"A single-purpose account (SPA) is a user account or IP editor whose editing is limited to one very narrow area or set of articles, or whose edits to many articles appear to be for a common purpose." It doesn't matter if they aren't new, their edits are limited to astrology articles. Anyway, it's not important to debate it, the closer can take it on board as she/he sees fit. IRWolfie- (talk) 18:31, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
IRWolfie, and Dominus Vobisdu, there are hundreds of Wikipedia articles on astrology, as well as more on its leaders like this one. You have a very long way to go if you are trying to remove astrology and related articles to the point where it becomes a "very narrow area or set of articles" to support your SPA accusations. Do you rationally think you can narrow it down to two or three articles and then you can try to make astrology go away entirely? And if it's not in Wikipedia, then it doesn't really exist? This is what your statements and activities seem to suggest. Astrology is a vast subject with an immense literature going back centuries that permeates deeply into many aspects of culture and philosophy and is very much alive today. An editor could spend a lifetime editing and adding to the WP astrology articles, covering its history, controversies, and ideas and not be SPA. I agree with removing some of the articles that are fringe within astrology, but by attacking articles on Deborah Houlding, John Addey, and Roy C. Firebrace you are starting at the very top, and these are not ideas but people. These are three of the most prominent astrologers of the past century. The thing these three people have in common is their ability to lead large astrological organizations and engage in lively, open discourse on astrology. You don't like that and would rather try to censor freedom of expression. I think this is where your purpose lies. Admit it. Ken McRitchie (talk) 00:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please, what they have in common is they are unrated in wikiproject astrology, and have no significant coverage in reliable sources. This isn't a grand conspiracy. There are ~600 articles related to astrology, that's a narrow set of the ~4,000,000. IRWolfie- (talk) 19:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is an important point to discuss, but I don't think this discussion is relevant for judging this particular biography. Whether a statement by a pseudoscientific organisation is reliable or not depends entirely on the claim. If the National Homeopathic Society states that someone presented a key note speech on a certain date, that can be taken as reliable, but if they claim that they can cure cancer then that is not reliable unless it can be verified by extensive, independent and reliable sources. Kooky2 (talk) 12:22, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's important to make these kinds of judgments while deciding how to write and source an article, but we're talking about notability here, not verifiability. We have to judge whether the person has received 1) significant coverage 2) from sources independent of the subject 3) that are reliable. With this article, I think 1 and 2 aren't an issue. But we must then judge the reliability of the sources in which the subject has been given significant coverage -- not the specific claims that the sources support. I guess what I'm saying is that the reliability of sources in the context of notability is different from the reliability of sources in the context of verifiability. Hence my comment. --Batard0 (talk) 20:58, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
GNG doesn't accumulate to make significant coverage, sources are individually expected to meet it. Astrology sources are only reliable for the opinions of astrologers. Would you consider "The mountain astrologer" reliable for points about non-astrologers? IRWolfie- (talk) 10:22, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There are at least ten independent, reliable sources from outside astrology now. Thanks for that link, Uzma Gamal. It appears that the Cox controversy over astrology was widely reported around the world. This kind of mocking criticism would help to balance the article. However, though the Daily Star is a major national newspaper, it is like most tabloids not a reliable source - less reliable than say The Mountain Astrologer. I will look into this more as I think Deborah Houlding's role should be reported.
IRWolfie, your hypothetical question is something of a red herring here and it would depend on the claim and context. I suggest you raise this question on the WP:FRINGE talk page. Kooky2 (talk) 11:07, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(Kooky2)I think when you say "most tabloids not a reliable source," you are confusing a general understanding of what reliable is and what Wikipedia reliable source requires. A source does not have to be reliable based on an understanding of what some Wikipedia editors understand to be reliable. Rather, a source need only meet the criteria at Wikipedia reliable source. And whether the source meets that criteria is not based on subject opinions, e.g., its a goofy astrology source so it must be unreliable. A higher-quality source may replace a lower-quality source in an article, but both still can be Wikipedia reliable sources. Also, that replacement decision is a content improvement decision, not a deletion decision. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:09, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(IRWolfie) The topic needs to meet GNG, not the sources. Astrology sources are more likely to write about astrology topics than other sources, so it seems reasonable for Wikipedia to harvest source information from Astrology sources. If an Astrology source reports that Deborah Houlding was born 14 May 1962, that is not an opinion merely because the source is an Astrology source. Also, even though astrology is not factually true, it can be written about in an encyclopedic way that does not convey it as being factually true. The problem comes in that those who are into astrology believe that it is factually true and may end up writing a Wikipedia article with a factually true tone or in a way that links its credibility to disciplines with true credibility . The article now includes phrases such as -- "German classics Professor," "presentations at academic institutions," "ancient history scholars," "literary historians," "other disciplines"[10] -- which gives the impression that Deborah Houlding's astrology work sits just below E = mc2 as far as importance to the World. To maintain the proper context, each of these needs to be removed from the article or limited to applying to astrology-only, as in: "German astrology classics Professor," "presentations at astrology academic institutions," "ancient astrology history scholars," "astrology literary historians," "other pseudoscience disciplines". -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:39, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Uzma Gama - I take your point and have reduced the academic tone and removed the terms. They arose in response to requests from the editors proposing deletion for lack of evidence of notability from reliable sources who are outside the field of astrology. Now these can be provided by the sources. Kooky2 (talk) 16:39, 20 October 2012 (UTC) <edited>[reply]
Also, these academics: historians and theologians are discussing Houlding's research into ancient history and there is no connection with the validity in the practice of astrology. Kooky2 (talk) 17:51, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm beginning to see IRWolfie's point about astrology reliable sources. Astrology reliable sources themselves write in terms of "presentations at academic institutions," "ancient history scholars," "literary historians," "other disciplines" and other scientific views in an effort to present astrology on an equal scientific level as chemistry, physics, etc. and to sell their publications to those interested in astrology, who do not want to read articles written with a pseudoscience view or article that present astrology on a scientific level that is less than equal to the scientific level of chemistry, physics, etc. In Wikipedia, this creates two problems:
  • 1. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be a representative survey of the relevant literature. If astrology sources can be Wikipedia reliable sources, then a Wikipedia editor reasonable could think that Wikipedia astrology articles can be written in scientific terms because that would reflect a survey of the relevant astrology literature.
  • 2. Wikipedian editors who follow/believe in astrology and science behind astrology are the ones most likely to contribute to Wikipedia astrology articles. They probably won't see anything wrong with writing Wikipedia astrology articles in scientific terms because that is their understanding of the topic.
Wikipedian editors in good standing use their genuine belief in the science behind astrology to write a Wikipedia article that faithfully reflects a survey of the relevant astrology literature. That pits them against the general acceptance of astrology as being pseudoscience, which leads to content conflicts in Wikipedia. I think Astrology reliable sources can be used in Wikipedia, see WP:PSCI, but the person using them has to (1) avoid bringing into Wikipedia the scientific view in those sources (2) while capturing what the sources say (3) in a way that does not insult those who believe in astrology and (4) yet conveys the topic in an encyclopedic manner. That's not an easy thing to do.
I created Template:Cleanup-astrology as a first step to address the above issue. I think it is a better start than an outright ban on astrology reliable sources. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 02:43, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In view of your suggestions those terms have been deleted and the bare facts reported. Editing this kind of biography is not easy when some editors believe that all information from all fringe sources is not reliable and that most reliable sources verifying anyone associated with fringe beliefs are not acceptable. Kooky2 (talk) 07:20, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The bare facts? You are adding original research and you are synthesising sources to arrive at original conclusions not present in the sources. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:57, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


The extent to which you are pushing your anti-astrology agenda is getting ridiculous. In this brief biography there are no less than 26 references which qualify every point made in the text. If you think there is OR, then the onus is on you to explain your concern properly on the talk page; not here - this is a deletion discussion. Use that talk page to engage with others editors. I see nothing on the page that is not reliably reporting what the independent sources say. Explain your editorial concerns and engage in the process of making the page as good as it can be. Don't just keep tagging the article, as you have been doing, with any tag you can find to try to make the entry appear to lack credibility whilst the deletion discussion you have proposed is being discussed. You proposed this - now stand back and let other editors evaluate, discuss and come to consensus Minerva20 (talk) 11:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Show the reference which supports "her research into the history of astrology has attracted notice and critical interest outside the field of astrology as well as within" and which does not engage in original analysis of sources or synthesis. Quote the specific text. I find it funny that you don't want people to add tags, but you reverted efforts by someone else to improve the article. I'm tagging the article to bring attention to the severe issues which have been introduced to the article over the course of this AfD (examples of which I have stated on the talk page). The article has been stuffed with puffery to make the topic appear notable. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:19, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is why Astrology sources are only reliable for the opinion of astrologers, they misrepresent the standing of astrologers in the world at large. They further aren't reliable for basic statements of fact; The mountain astrologer website says that according to greek myth "Ophiuchus" holds a serpent. The serpenth "represents the Kundalini and the double helix of the DNA". The double helix of DNA wasn't discovered until the 50s. They aren't reliable for what they say about non-astrologers, they aren't reliable for what they say about basic facts. They have no reputation for fact checking. How can they be reliable for describing astrologers when they exaggerate their status and make mistakes with basic facts. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:20, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are misunderstanding the sourcing requirments and mistaking summary for synth. Every point in the (now removed?) lede content was qualified by a biography of Houlding published by an impeccably reliable source - a peer reviewed academic journal edited by academics who are known to be experts in the exploration of this subject. I gave the full published biography earlier so you could see this. This is one of several references which show that her work has been noticed, and critically received, inside the astrological community and those exploring the subject from an outside perspective. It is therefore approriate summary, and not OR. I suggest you read this link to see that summary is a welcomed editorial process. As you will see I have called for this discussion to be closed due to your deliberate attempts at votestacking and policy misapplication, and your obsessive attempts to discredit the article and cast aspertions on those who have voted to keep it (particularly myself). Content debates do not belong oin this page but issues about the reliability of references which demonstrate notability do. The references that have been removed should therefore remain in place until this discussion is closed. I have made my arguments clear enough without needing to replicate them incessantly just because you keep persisting in yours Minerva20 (talk) 13:03, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I ask you to quote the specific line in the sources which specifically supports "her research into the history of astrology has attracted notice and critical interest outside the field of astrology as well as within". Try WP:ANI or Arbitration enforcement if you think I'm doing something improper in this AfD for "anti-astrology POV pushing". Watch out for the WP:BOOMERANG. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Terry Macro (talk) 01:38, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merely being on a TV show doesn't add to notability. The coverage of Houlding as the focus needs to be significant, and it has to be usable in the article. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:22, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Biased canvassing by the proposer[edit]

This deletion discussion should be stopped due to the biased canvassing of the proposer. Whilst it is acceptable to place notices in appropriate boards, any notice should be be polite and neutrally worded (WP:CAN). It is innapropriate for them to introduce negative, biased opinion in a discussion board which attracts many editors who are hostile to the subject interests of the person featured on the page. Subsequent to his canvassing post, a member of that board has removed a lot of the reliably referenced material without good reason or discussion, (I have reverted once but will not engage in edit-warring); and a new vote has been added to support his deletion proposal, from an editor who has clearly not read the points already made above. This is vote-stacking, in a discussion which quite clearly did not find consensus and ought to have been closed as a keep some days ago. And this is on top of his earlier attempts to force this proposal through; such as changing the wording of applicable policies without discussion or consensus Minerva20 (talk) 12:29, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Undue material was added about a person related to a fringe theory. I notified people at the Fringe theories noticeboard about this undue and puffery material. I did not mention this AfD. What is your issue? Vote stacking? About 4 astrologers have appeared on this page to vote and you accuse me of vote stacking? Please. Material was removed because it wasn't reliably sourced and was just added during the AfD. If you had more than 11 mainspace edits, perhaps you would have a greater understanding about the issues with RS, OR, FRINGE and NPOV. IRWolfie- (talk) 12:39, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(ec) I read the previous discussion, and I happen to have 1000 times more contributions to English Wikipedia than you had prior to this discussion. I gave my opinion based on Wikipedia policies. I am not going to discuss the policies with single-purpose accounts.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Right now, we need to focus on content. It is good to see other editors participate more in editing the article. I am concerned that what I consider independent, reliable sources that have been raised here by various editors are being deleted without discussion. I think they should be left for the closer to decide. This biography should be given a fair chance of an impartial decision even if some editors feel evidently quite passionately about it. Kooky2 (talk) 13:35, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The closer doesn't decide what actually goes into an article, the closer reflects the consensus on this page, (s)he may look at the article to see what state it is in (which I suggest she/he do, specifically looking at the sources restored and the nature of those sources and what they are being used to cite, and to wonder why three). Sources which only give passing mentions don't contribute to notability. IRWolfie- (talk) 13:49, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Edits, without discussion in the last few hours have cut out much content, with their supporting independent, reliable sources that has been discussed over the last ten days. As a result of this, I agree that the style now needs improvement. However, judgement of the the sources should be left to the closer. Kooky2 (talk) 15:00, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You have not participated in many AfDs; we judge the reliability, the closer then weighs up our arguments with respect to policy. IRWolfie- (talk) 15:02, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. MBisanz talk 18:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Celes Ricolne[edit]

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Fails WP:NPOV for WP:BLP. Questionable sources. Geoff Who, me? 22:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Which is what usually happens when two users dominate an entire debate with circular arguments. Suggest discussing possible merger further at relevant talk page. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tune In, Tokyo...[edit]

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Non-notable release, fails WP:N and WP:NALBUMS due to lack of significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Was previously redirected from the alternate title Tune In Tokyo in 2010. The only sources cited in the current version are nothing more than tracklists (one of them, Discogs.com is a wiki and therefore not reliable). I've searched the usual places one would expect to find coverage, like Allmusic, but all I can find are tracklistings; no critical commentary or other significant coverage. Google News turns up nothing, regular web search just turns up track listings, fansites, and lyrics sites IllaZilla (talk) 21:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DoriTalkContribs 02:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mouin Rabbani[edit]

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Per WP:BASIC, a person is only notable "if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." This has not been demonstrated, nor the fact that he is "regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors" per WP:AUTHOR. 7 of the refs are simply articles that this journalist has written and have nothing to do with the subject themselves. The trivial coverage in the author bios of the Nation and Al Shabaka is not secondary and does not sufficiently establish notability. Ankh.Morpork 20:26, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Keep - Totally ridiculous discussion.

Sample of 10 Authors citing Mouin Rabbani out of over 1,000 hits for "Mouin Rabbani" in google books search[14]

  1. Massad, Joseph (2006). The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians. 201: Routledge. ISBN 0415770092.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Pearlman, Wendy (2011). Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement. Cambridge University Press. pp. 126, 254, 260, 268. ISBN 110700702X.
  3. Honig-Parnass, Tikva (2007). Between the Lines: Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. War on Terror. Haymarket Books. p. 561. ISBN 1931859442.
  4. Byman, Daniel (2011). A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism. OUP USA. pp. 387, 394, 396, 400, 445. ISBN 0195391829.
  5. Caridi, Paola (2012). Hamas: From Resistance to Government. Seven Stories Press. p. 132. ISBN 9781609800833.
  6. Beitler, Ruth Margolies (2004). The Path to Mass Rebellion: An Analysis of Two Intifadas. Lexington Books. pp. 141, 178. ISBN 0739107097.
  7. Radhakrishnan, R. Said Dictionary. John Wiley & Sons. p. 163. ISBN 9781118253519.
  8. McMahon, Sean (2010). The Discourse of Palestinian-Israeli Relations: Persistent Analytics and Practices (Middle East Studies: History, Politics and Law). Routledge. pp. 167, 211, 213. ISBN 0415995485.
  9. Saghi, Linda (2005). Beliefs &Policymaking in the Middle East. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 113, 187. ISBN 1413498809.
  10. Finkelstein, Norman (2003). Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Verso Books. pp. 202, 204. ISBN 1859844421.

Sample of 10 internationally recognized news media quoting Mouin Rabbani or citing his analysis:-

  1. The Guardian [15]
  2. The New York Times [16]
  3. The American Prospect [17]
  4. Al Jazeera [18]
  5. Los Angeles Times [19]
  6. The Boston Globe [20]
  7. Reuters [21], [22]
  8. Fox News [23]
  9. The Scotsman [24]
  10. Newsweek [25]

Sample of 10 publications in which Rabbani's writing has appeared

  1. Third World Quarterly[1]
  2. Journal of Palestine Studies[1]
  3. The Nation[2]
  4. Foreign Policy,[3]
  5. London Review of Books[4][5]
  6. The Hill.[6]
  7. The Daily Star (Lebanon) [26]
  8. Counterpunch [27]
  9. Middle East Report Articles written by Mouin Rabbani (as contributing editor)
  10. Jadaliyya Articles written by Mouin Rabbani (as co-editor)

Google scholar returns 403 hits for "Mouin Rabbani" [28] which from a brief look appear to be a mixture of Rabbani's own scholarly research and academics citing Rabbani's work.

Some examples of News Media that have interviewed or conducted a debate involving Mouin Rabbani:-

  1. Democracy Now [29]
  2. Al Jazeera [30], [31]
  3. RT [32] Dlv999 (talk) 23:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as his specialism is the the Arab-Israeli conflict I had a quick look at Israeli RS. He has been cited by the mainstream English language Israeli papers:

  1. Haaretz [33]
  2. The Jerusalem Post [34],
  3. The Times of Israel [35]
  4. Ynet [36]
  5. And even partisan, fringe Israeli sources like Arutz Sheva [37] Dlv999 (talk) 23:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "IPS Fellow: Mouin Rabbani". Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Author Bios: Mouin Rabbani". The Nation. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ Rabbani, Mouin (10 October 2012). "Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Abbas's Next Move". London Review of Books. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  5. ^ Khalidi, Rashid (30 September 2011). "The Palestinians' Next Move". The National Interest. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  6. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Palestine at the UN: An alternative strategy". The Hill. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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I've expanded the article. It fulfills the requirements of WP:BLP at the WP:STUB level. -Classicfilms (talk) 00:10, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A WP:STUB is capable of expansion. The Mouin Rabbani topic is not capable of being expanded beyond being too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of an account of Rabbani's life. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 01:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Most articles on the Wikipedia begin at the stub level and grow over time to Start, B, etc. This is usually because as more information becomes available on a subject, it is added to the article and it grows. There isn't any reason why the article isn't capable of growing over time-hard copy information that is not easily available on the web can be added for example and over time more digital information can be added. It thus qualifies as a stub or a starter article.-Classicfilms (talk) 01:58, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The topic has not received significant coverage in Wikipedia reliable sources that are independent of the subject. There's no reason to believe that there are off-line Wikipedia reliable sources for the topic. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 02:47, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Have you read through, for instance, all of the over 1,000 google book hits for this topic to confirm this? Also please see WP:AUTHOR : "People are likely to be notable if they meet any of the following standards.....1.The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors." It has been shown that the writer is widely cited by his peers, both in the media and in scholarly publications on his area of expertise. He meets notability as a writer on the basis of his work. Dlv999 (talk) 06:09, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Recreated directed article. Still lacking in notability. SarahStierch (talk) 05:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adrianne Ahern[edit]

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Current references are all from the subject's own site. I Couldn't find any significant reliable secondary coverage to pass WP:GNG. This article was deleted in a previous discussion. heather walls (talk) 19:51, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MBisanz talk 18:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dioxandrolon[edit]

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The majority of the content of this article is dubious and/or unverifiable. There are no references to a chemical compound with this name in any chemical database that I have checked (PubChem, Chemical Abstracts, Reaxys, ChemSpider, etc. using the search terms dioxandrolon, "Danavar ", or the possible misspelling "dioxandrolone"). Web searches only turn up references to it being some kind of black market steroid in bodybuilding forums related to steroid use - nothing that would be remotely considered a reliable source. The entire content of the article is unreferenced, contains dubious or exaggerated claims, and has unencyclopedic content/tone. The subject of the article therefore fails WP:N (which applies to chemical compounds) and also WP:V and consequently should be deleted. ChemNerd (talk) 19:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • ω Awaiting admin closure, but as an editor with experience creating Pharmacology articles with Links to PubChem, PubMed, ChemSpider and the like, there is simply no way that anything notable in the world of chemistry does not have an entry on one of these premier information sources. I Agree with User:ChemNerd entirely. The Illusive Man(Contact) 19:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. MBisanz talk 18:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sanad Rashed[edit]

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Non notable biography of an illusionist - poorly sourced (several links are to his own site, now down, others are to commercial promotion) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. WilyD 08:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At Dawn (novel)[edit]

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I'm nominating this after an ongoing reversion war with an editor, since this is one of the most neutral ways to go about this without continuing with the reversion war. The issue is that this book is not notable right now and might never be. There are only two usable reviews out there, one for Publishers Weekly and one for Kirkus Reviews, only one of which is actually linked in the article. Two reviews are not enough to show notability. There's a link to the author's page for a review from another author, but we only get the blurb and have no way of knowing exactly whether or not the quote is taken in context or not. That's another issue with the page: it suffers from a non-neutral point of view and reads as highly promotional. There's also some original research going on in the article, with the content being sourced by primary sources that don't entirely back up everything in the article. I've also noticed a rampant amount of copyvio, as evidenced by the bookjacket summary being used in the article. WHile the article for Hughes needs work as well, I initially redirected it to the author's page but the reversions have gotten so bad and there's a good argument for outright deleting the page, so I'm listing it here. The book is listed as publishing on the 16th, but is already available for sale so I can't say for certain that it'll receive any more publicity than it already has. We can't keep an article based on the idea that it might eventually get reviews. That violates WP:CRYSTAL. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 19:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep. While I don't know the exact protocol to officially repudiate a Request for Deletion, I hope the response I'm writing here will be sufficient enough for why I believe that prematurely deleting this page will be a grave mistake. With that, I find Tokyogirl79's comments to be absurd and, for reasons beyond me, negatively biased towards Jobie Hughes as though her remarks are meant to be personal and done solely out of spite. To counter her first claim, i.e., that the book is not notable, I couldn't disagree more. This is the debut literary novel from a very established writer whose first two books both hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list, and collectively held onto the top spot for 10 total weeks. Though "At Dawn" is being marketed as a "debut," Jobie Hughes is not a debut author, nor is he somebody coming onto the scene for the first time. He's established to the point that he's had a blockbuster Hollywood film adapted from his first novel by DreamWorks Studios. While I agree with Tokyogirl79 that two reviews are insufficient by themselves, let's not forget that the book is still a full week away from being published. Per the author's own website, he'll be kicking off a four-city book tour that begins this Saturday, Oct. 13th, and will include seven different book signing/reading events in addition to three individual radio interviews. Based on this publicity alone, and given his publishing background and the feature articles that have been written on him in the past (one in the Wall Street Journal, another in New York Magazine--both of which are used as citations on the author's main wikipedia page), I think it's safe to assume many more reviews and interviews will be forthcoming leading up to the book's release... In response to Tokyogirl79's claim of copyvio evidenced by the book jacket summary being used in the article... She was right, the old synopsis did in fact use the book jacket synopsis pretty much verbatim. But since I was one of the fortunate few to receive an early galley of Mr. Hughes's novel two months ago, I have rewritten the article's synopsis so that plagiarism is no longer an issue while the integrity of the synopsis remains in place and is as strong as it originally was. Furthermore, I believe the content of this page is very neutral, and contains nothing promotional whatsoever aside from the only two reviews currently available, both of which are glowingly positive. But when did including Critical Reception become a promotional ploy? To use Tokyogirl79's own words, "I can't say for certain that it'll receive any more publicity than it already has." No, she can't. Which is precisely why I believe deleting this article is premature, especially when the book hasn't even been released. I firmly believe the publicity has only just begun, and it's my greatest hope that the editors who decide the fate of such pages will give this particular page a fighting chance. As an author with strong publishing credentials, I believe Jobie Hughes is owed that much. ohioana (talk) 21:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • The thing is, books do not gain notability by being written by a notable writer. (WP:NOTINHERITED) Very, very few writers are ever notable enough to where all of their works are considered notable. To get to that point you have to be as wildly notable as say, Edgar Allan Poe or Shakespeare, and even then the general idea is that being that notable means that their works would've been discussed at some level or depth in some format. As far as publicity goes, we can't keep article based upon the idea that it may eventually get coverage in various sources. That's not how Wikipedia works. We can't keep articles because you personally think that it'd get notice.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 00:59, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • And as far as reception sections go, I'm a big fan of them because it enables me to keep so many articles. BUT one of the biggest issues of reception sections is that you must find a neutral way of summing up the reviews. The way you've written them are done in a fashion to ensure that the reviews are written in the best way possible, which is seen as promotion. The PW review wasn't really all that glowing, saying that the book "is ultimately marred by a familiar plot, too-perfect characters, heavy-handed morals, and an obsessive symmetry". You seem to be bent upon writing the review section in a way that only highlights the positives of the book, which is when something goes from being neutral to being promotional. That's why you can never really take reviews blurbs posted on author or publisher sites as the core truth. It's in the best interest of the author/publisher to promote the book in the best light possible because they want sales. Saying that PW said "it's good BUT..." doesn't look as good on the book jacket or author website. I'd also like to say that this sentence: "A type of bildungsroman, the book has been hailed as "a fresh and original coming-of-age story set against our modern times."[3]" has been said by no one other than the publisher and again, the publisher is going to say praise for their books, which is why you can't use publisher praise to show notability and it should be avoided in general. And again, just because someone is known for one element does not guarantee publicity later on when they publish something that isn't what they initially gained publicity for. Considering that Hughes only received notice for the Lorien Legacy in relation to his working relationship with Frey going sour, it's not like he was repeatedly reported on otherwise. You can't guarantee publicity and that there's so little of it right now at this point at time and considering how little attention the book has gotten so far, there's good enough reason to justify that it might never receive enough publicity to really warrant having an article. This is one of those things that is better served by being redirected to the author's article, but since you've pretty much stated that this isn't an option I've listed it for AfD to let it be settled here.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 01:30, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I do have to argue that it does count towards notability, at least technically. They're just not enough to show it passes WP:NBOOK since there's only two of them. I've used them before in articles, but I've had enough people argue about the brevity of the reviews, saying that they're ultimately trivial sources at best. It's one of those things that at this particular point in time is something that falls under the column of reliable reviews, but probably won't in another 4-5 years of Wikipedia evolution.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:34, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Everybody with a book coming out of New York gets PW and Kirkus. Are we now going to say that every book published by a New York press is by default notable? I think not. Qworty (talk) 19:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • To be fair, not every book published out of New York gets a PW review. There are so many books being published these days it is almost unimaginable, more English-language novels were published in 2010 than during the entire Victorian era (somewhere over 100,000). We should expect to have a lot of notable books because the pool is so large. PW is a good resource to help determine which ones are notable. --Green Cardamom (talk) 21:08, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would say that the lack of PW and Kirkus reviews would certainly be an indication of a lack of notability, but PW and Kirkus reviews by themselves--as we have in this instance--are insufficient to establish notability. Qworty (talk) 21:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have no problem with either of those options- incubation would probably be a good option in this case because while we can't predict that there won't be coverage, it has a better chance than some of the other stuff that gets added to the mainspace.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 02:24, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Nomination Withdrawn - thanks for the extra eyes. (non-admin closure) Spartaz Humbug! 14:28, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy[edit]

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Primary schools are not considered inherantly notable and the sourcing here is inadequate. Google - nothing obviously notable, google books - NIL result and Google books - 3 mentions as a place of education. Nothing here to pass GNG Spartaz Humbug! 18:25, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sandro Brusco[edit]

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No indication in the article that this professor meets WP:BIO or stands out or otherwise meets the guidelines of Wikipedia:Notability_(academics). No clear indication from a quick web search. —Largo Plazo (talk) 02:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • The notability standards of English Wikipedia do not depend on the languages in which sources are written. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:10, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Deleted as hoax. User:Fred Bauder Talk 22:21, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Paradise World Tour[edit]

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I'm very confused by this article. It seems to refer to a tour by the "Coldplayers," a band that doesn't exist. I thought that maybe it was Coldplay, but Coldplay's website says they're touring in Australia in November, not Europe or the U.S. Furthermore, there's no reference anywhere on Google to a "Paradise World Tour," which makes me think this may well be a hoax. Since I'm not 100% sure, though, and because the dates and other details are precise and abundant, I thought it best to ask a wider audience. Is this a hoax or a real tour? Batard0 (talk) 18:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary arson[edit]

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unsolved arson case in Spain lacks notability Jason from nyc (talk) 02:25, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lildo[edit]

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A supposed cocktail, that I can find no evidence of its existance. Either it was completely WP:MADEUP, or has no notability. Either way, it should be deleted. I've found a few bars named "Lildo", but nothing to indicate that they have any sort of drink named for them that is notable. PROD was removed by the article creator without comment. Rorshacma (talk) 17:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Business Architecture . MBisanz talk 18:17, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Building blocks (enterprise architecture)[edit]

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This is an essay on an apparent neologism. It is sourced entirely to a book by Mark Von Rosing and was created by User:Markvonrosing I have looked and I can't find any additional sources for this usage of the term, so I believe this fails the general notability guideline and should be deleted. MrOllie (talk) 16:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I also noticed that the introduction of the article, the first two sentences, are copy/pasted from the Business Architecture article. This has happened in the first version of the article, see here, without any copy/paste notification. This is also not acceptable. -- Mdd (talk) 21:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect to David_Petraeus#Personal_life. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:24, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Petraeus[edit]

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Although his father is a notable general, notability is not inherited and there are no assertions of notability besides for his father. --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 15:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While it is correct that notability is not inherited, I believe he is still notable given the fact that his father mentioned him explicitly in a Congressional hearing during a discussion on Afghanistan. Furthermore, I provided several sources which show media interest in Stephen Petraeus, though I admit the article needs improvement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Kolvenbach (talkcontribs) 16:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ya-Boy A.M.C[edit]

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Non-notable artist; only one source in the article has even a pretense of reliability, and even it is dubious. Some spam concerns with earlier versions of the article, though it's not so bad at the moment. Writ Keeper 14:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was : Deleted, unreferenced and non-notable crackpottery copy-and-pasted from a blog. (Perhaps not a copyright violation, though - it may well be the author who posted it to Wikipedia.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 21:42, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Primevergen[edit]

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This article is a fringe theory. A Google search yielded this cached page which was copy/pasted into Wikipedia. It lacks notability and reliable sources. Senator2029 • talk 13:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. This close is without objection to userfication if a user is interested in volunteering their userspace. MBisanz talk 18:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tenzin Wangchuck[edit]

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No sources listed, nor any to be found, for this extensive biography. Based on the similarity between the creator's username and the birthplace of the article's subject, I suspect this is an extensive personal memoire. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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That may be but there isn't any evidence of a native name to search Tibetan or Dzongkha Wikipedia. Users who are familiar with Tibetan or Dzongkha are free to search for sources. SwisterTwister talk 05:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius (have a chat) 12:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, Tenzin Wangchuk would be བསྟན་འཛིན་དབང་ཕྱུག་ (bstan-'dzin dbang-phyug) in Tibetan or 丹增汪曲 in Chinese.—Greg Pandatshang (talk) 22:58, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good research, but I doubt Tenzin Wangchuk is part of the Wangchuck family. "Wangchuck" is a common given name, and most Tibetans (and, I believe, their Bhutanese cousins) have two given names and no family name (I note that neither of his parents were named Wangchuck). Moreover, the subject is a religious teacher, so "Tenzin Wangchuck" is probably an ordination name. By analogy, if there were a prominent Paul family in Italy, it would still be an unlikely guess that Pope John Paul was a member of it – even if he had been from their home town.—Greg Pandatshang (talk) 18:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:27, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 in UFC events (January to March)[edit]

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It is redundant and was the product of a failed attempt to omnibus event articles. The effort was heavily resisted by the editting community and pushed only by a few people who have since realized its uselessness. This page is irrelevant, orphaned, and not maintained. I remember halloween (talk) 11:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was already deleted by Sphilbrick. No specific CSD criterion cited, although several likely applied. Housekeeping closure. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fabric (Python library)[edit]

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Not notable, no reliable sources, previously deleted via Prod and restored, no significant content. GregJackP Boomer! 11:59, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. MBisanz talk 18:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chaos computing[edit]

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Not really an article and has been in this state for five years. Parts are advertisements ("the new concept of ChaoGate presents its novel and brilliant property"). Momotaro (talk) 09:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, I went looking into the article for a way to save it (as I am well versed in the subject). It is so poorly written, it would be less daunting to replace it with a wikified stub length article than clean it up. We aren't a clearinghouse for essay writers. The Illusive Man(Contact) 19:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Speedy deleted and salted as repeatedly created. Peridon (talk) 20:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hamza Rasheed Creation's[edit]

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I think this person is not notable. Dental plan (Lisa needs braces) 09:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dylan Marshall[edit]

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Contested PROD. Original concern was: Fails WP:NBOX and other relevant criteria for notability. Contested by User:EdwardMarshall1990, stating: Removed deletion notice as this page qualifies and is recognised by the Victorian Amateur Boxing Authority, one that has produced many Australian Olympic boxers who fall under the category of IBF Original concern still remains. The subject of the article is a boxer who competed on the amateur level with a record of 8 fights. The article does not indicate that he reached any kind of international or even national level. Phileasson (talk) 09:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Per SNOW, strengthened by BLP concerns. See comments by contributors below. Drmies (talk) 18:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Susan Jiwey[edit]

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Filing on behalf of the page creator, User:Susanjiwey. Deletion has been requested, but due to the number of other editors who have contributed to the page, G7 can't be used to speedy delete it. The page creator claims to be the article subject; this has yet to be established through OTRS, though it seems likely. In cases of borderline notability BLPs, we tend to honour the request of the subject for deletion. I myself offer no opinion on the matter one way or another. Yunshui  07:46, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article's subject did attempt to update it in January 2011 [49], but virtually all of the material added was removed as unreferenced COI by another editor in this series of edits. However, what had been added and removed doesn't really equate to additional evidence of notability. Voceditenore (talk) 12:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:31, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Black Diesel[edit]

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Page cites no reliable source for the subject matter; title itself is just a neologism; with the how-to content removed, what remains is mixed factoids already found other other related pages. I did search for reliable sources that support the topic and found none. E8 (talk) 07:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Notability has not been established for this topic. Googling produces Youtube videos and references to a cannabis variant, but nothing reliable related to the subject.--E8 (talk) 23:07, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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CommentTo note: statement above is simply copy and pasted dispite changes made to the page. Cultural alternative fuels written an recorded existance cannot hinge on the pleasing of a few lobbiest copy and pasting canned messages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.103.168.4 (talk) 21:21, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CommentRecomend not to delete page for the following reasons: Page has source quoted from chemistry text book. "Organic Chemistry"/ Francis A. Carey & Robert M. Giuliano, New York.

CommentFuel itself is described as a nickname of "black diesel" and is infact describes a cultural popular formula and process. It is a popular cultural nickname and is very abundenlty discussed the world over through many mediums. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.103.168.4 (talk) 21:08, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CommentCandidly wondering whats the sudden modivation to focus on page deletion so aggresivly. Actions seem consistant with growing number of products reaching the market that are using the popular concept. Seems it will cause competion over used oil and offer fuel alternatives to consumers, ever so slightly breaking fuel suppliers monopolies.

Comment User E8 is erasing the content thats been there for a few years over and over. If he requests a discussion, it is not his right to delete the content that is to be discussed. I request E8 to be blocked fron the page. There seems to be a serious bias in connection to his actions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.103.168.4 (talk) 21:54, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have commented regarding WP:BURDEN on the page's talk.--E8 (talk) 00:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:02, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012-13 Rhyl and District Junior Football League U-13/14's[edit]

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Contested PROD. No notability established per WP:NSEASONS and WP:GNG. The article is about a current season in a junior league for U13/U14 football players. I completely understand that the league and its current season are important for the young players, but IMHO it's quite far from being notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. Furthermore no sources provided that might establish any kind of notability. Phileasson (talk) 07:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:32, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

National Health Action Party[edit]

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Fails our notability guidelines on organisations and on political parties. Whilst well sourced, this article is ultimately about a pressure group, without any evidence to support its notability or importance. If it is a political party, there has not been any elections to warrant its inclusion on Wikipedia. If it's a pressure group, there's not been enough pressure enacted on government or elsewhere to justify its place here either. Whilst the NHAP does have a former MP amongst its founders, notability does not "transfer" across (to my understanding). doktorb wordsdeeds 06:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:33, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nationalism is Joy[edit]

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Disputed PROD. No claim to notability, fails WP:GNG Nouniquenames 05:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Esymi. MBisanz talk 22:11, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aris Esymis F.C.[edit]

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Contested PROD. Concern was "A Greek football club with its only claim of participation a 4-year Delta Ethniki spell in the 80's [50]. No participation in the Greek Football Cup and no media coverage in reliable sources besides routine match reports. Fails WP:GNG.", and it's still valid. PROD contested by Sporty21 (talk · contribs) without providing a reason. Kosm1fent 04:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Q1. Has the club played in a national cup (listed in the Blue Column)? NO
Q2. Has the club played in a notable league (listed in the Yellow Column)? NO
Q3. Has the club played in a league at the next highest level (listed in the Grey Column)? YES
Q4. Is there substantial identifiable media coverage (excluding match reports) about the club in reliable independent sources? NO
Q5. Has the club played in the past in a competition of comparable status to one listed in the Blue or Yellow Columns? NO
The club therefore fails the test and should be deleted. League Octopus (League Octopus 09:35, 10 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
  • I understood the Greek Cup had only been restricted to the top three divisions since 1971? But the idea that notability attaches to appearing in a national cup is unconvincing. The convention sort-of-works for English football, not because appearing in a cup atracts enough coverage for presumed notability (it doesn't, generally), but because clubs have to be playing at a certain level to qualify for entry to national cups, and at that level they can be loosely considered to get enough "significant" coverage to pass GNG. That's not necessarily the case elsewhere: as has been pointed out many times, even the tiniest registered club can enter the French Cup, and coverage of lower-league football varies massively from country to country.

    Which is why I said I wasn't well enough acquainted with how much coverage there is, or has been in the past, of lower-league football in Greece to comment specifically. It just strikes me as very odd that there appears to be such a sharp line between third and fourth tiers: that a player with appearances in the third tier would have a presumption of notability, i.e. would be likely to have attracted enough non-trivial independent reliable sources to pass WP:GNG, yet it's not likely that a club playing for several seasons just one level lower would attract a comparable standard of coverage. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 15:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Actually, I've said many times in the past that players with only third level appearances in Greece should not be considered notable. Non-routine coverage on (most) Delta Ethniki clubs reeks as much as non-routine coverage on Football League 2 or sometimes even Football League players; so, to my view, there is no sharp line at all. ;) IMO, using participation in a national cup for clubs is as bad a notability standard as participation in a fully pro league for players; none of which makes a statement for the quantity and quality of coverage in reliable sources. Regards. Kosm1fent 15:40, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
With limited entry in the Greek Cup it will always be difficult for clubs competing in lower-league football to prove notability. If we look at the Greek Cup in Greek Wikipedia say from 1961/62 to 1970/71 there are certainly a lot more clubs listed than we have in RSSSF and English Wikipedia. In the interest of fairness (particularly as most of us cannot read Greek) it would be most helpful if the missing details can be added to English Wikipedia. It would be particularly helpful if for say a couple of years in the 1960s we "drill down further" and include all the clubs that competed in the Greek Cup - there must be an annual or two which contains this sort of stats. There is always a nagging doubt that clubs like Aris Esymis may have competed in the Greek Cup in the past. However any assessment we make is made in good faith using available information. League Octopus (League Octopus 18:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
Some information is appearing on blogs such as filahtlos.blogspot.co.uk but reliability may be questioned. League Octopus (League Octopus 18:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
Until 1971, amateur clubs could participate indeed – afterwards they could only participate in the Amateur Cup. However, it's not clear by what criteria they were chosen and from what I can see, they were drawn to play locally against each other in some kind of "qualification rounds" before the professional clubs came in. The only levels that always brought clubs to the cup were the first and second ones (the latter being enormous before the formation of the third level). In any case, Aris Esymis only participated in the Delta Ethniki during the 80's, a time when amateur clubs were not allowed to enter the Greek Cup. And for the record, there shouldn't be a "nagging doubt" about a couple appearances in a cup competition if coverage is lacking. Cheers. Kosm1fent 19:33, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
At the moment both English Wikipedia and the RSSSF only cover quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals from 1931-32 to 1977-78. From 1978-79 coverage improves on English Wikipedia. Over a period of 36 seasons we only get 8 teams a season in the Greek Cup! Where are some of the other results? - there must be loads and loads of examples of lower division clubs playing higher ranked clubs from the top divisions. I know it is not always easy to access historical data but where such data is available (such as results in the 1960s in Greek Wikipedia) we should be using it. Because of the current dearth of historical information on the Greek Cup any AfD analysis that we undertake may be flawed. League Octopus (League Octopus 08:07, 12 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
Before 1978 only the final rounds are documented because there is no data about fixtures which were largely regional – the el.wiki articles are allegedly sourced by a book which I'm trying to acquire, and even that doesn't go beyond the round of 32, where big clubs came in. I said before that the local Football Club Associations picked a number of amateur clubs of their juristiction and they were set to play against clubs from neighbouring FCA's in qualification grounds before the pro clubs came in – there is no indication that these lowly fixtures ever gathered any attention even in local media (which at the time few existed). Don't confuse the Greek Cup with the English equivalent; in Greece it was never considered a "big deal" and the leagues were always the ones received the most coverage. And wrong, any AfD analysis we make will not be flawed, as ultimately all articles should pass GNG and that's easier to assess as it's not limited to season or competition – on the other hand, you need to show how a couple of cup participations affect coverage. ;) Kosm1fent 08:54, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
After further inspection, it appears I was wrong; the el.wiki articles are entirely unsourced regarding to pre-quarterfinal rounds and the book I mentioned only conveys information on the 1962 final. Cheers. Kosm1fent 09:21, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am not convinced on this one as I have no opportunity to help sort out the "wheat from the chaff". The "wheat" being lots of cup results of "small clubs" playing "big clubs" that would be of interest to us. In Finland for example I am able to access cup results up to around 1975 online from their National Sports Museum and I have the yearbooks for the next 30 years. In England I have in the past been along to the Football Association offices and obtained photocopies of the material I needed. There must be other options that an Editor in Greece could follow to help establish an improved information base on the Greek Cup - results coverage in old newspapers being one. League Octopus (League Octopus 09:50, 12 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
With respect, I'm not sure where this is taking us. It goes without saying that improving Greek Cup pages on en:wp would be a good thing. But finding the name of Aris Esymis in a list of Greek Cup results won't magically make them likely to have received enough significant coverage to pass WP:GNG. There's no guideline, consensus or precedent to suggest that playing in national cup competition confers notability regardless of entry criteria or media coverage of that cup in that nation. Nearly 7,500 clubs enter the Coupe de France: most of them play in front of the proverbial three men and a dog in the local park. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:26, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My final word is that as things stand at present and the criteria we use there is in my view little hope of Aris Esymis and other similar clubs (that have played no higher than Delta Ethniki) of having an article. However, if it can be demonstrated that before 1971 a club has played in the Greek Cup (perhaps on a regular basis) it may be worth "going that extra mile" in an attempt to produce an article that passes WP:GNG. Greece only has 143 club articles and this debate highlights some of the current deficiences. It is very hard to even determine the Greek name for Aris Esymis and a starting point for a "more user friendly approach" would be to include the Greek names of all the clubs that are highlighted in the List of football clubs in Greece. How can we use Google sources and news tools properly if we cannot even establish the Greek name of the club? League Octopus (League Octopus 20:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]
I believe we should wreck the idea that playing in a national cup should confer any kind of notability, and replace that idea with League Octopus's essay that playing in a notable league should give some indication of notability. In the case of the Greek league system, I feel that it's a little wrong that only the 58 top clubs should have an article, compared to other European nations. But as long as we don't have editors that want to improve those articles, they will remain short stubs with no indication of notability. I still think this should be deleted, as it fails WP:GNG, but without prejudice for recreation if someone want to improve it. --Mentoz86 (talk) 08:52, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:43, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thodoris Papadopoulos[edit]

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Contested PROD. Concern was "Footballer who has never played in a fully professional league and has not received media coverage in reliable independent sources. Fails WP:NFOOTY and WP:GNG.", and it's still valid.

I'm also nominating the following contested PRODs and BLPPRODs for the same reason; none of them has ever played in a professional level:

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The result was keep. Merging remains an editorial possibility that doesn't involved AfD, of course WilyD 08:46, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian[edit]

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no indication of notability given whatsover, from a fairly obscure (though notable) author. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:13, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew McMahon[edit]

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I created this page in hopes of helping my career with more publicity, unfortunately it has not met its intended purpose and gets vandalized frequently. I would simply like the page removed completely. I assume the corresponding picture will get deleted as well. I used Mattymc59 to initially set up the page, but subsequently forgot the password and immediately created this account, Sizzler8, to continue the construction of the page. You can see from the early edits of this page that I created all of the original content with these two accounts. I apologize for earlier trying to blank the page and picture, as I did not realize that it was not acceptable. Thank you for your understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sizzler8 (talkcontribs)

Why not simply request page protection?   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 03:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Would prefer if it was just removed completely. It hasn't met its intended purpose. I appreciate the input. (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sizzler8 (talkcontribs)
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CMX Technologies[edit]

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Fails WP:CORP. I checked around and didn't find any additional sources. Right now, the article relies solely on the fact that the company achieved a rating of #3404 on a Top 5000 list. Ishdarian 03:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Hey, ((uw-leave-astronauts-alone)), they can have advanced degrees and quite appropriate training for such a consultancy. Anyways, I'd be satisfied with just two more beefy discussions in independent reliable sources, to keep. Pretty low bar, really. --Lexein (talk) 09:26, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Article appears to have been substantially improved WilyD 08:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Flat Bastion Road[edit]

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Relisting per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 October 2. Procedural nomination, I'm neutral. T. Canens (talk) 03:09, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep Per improvements by Aymatth2, otherwise merge. Ryan Vesey 12:48, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Which references added do you think improve the notability issue of the article? Your merge argument was that it didn't contain significant independent coverage, has this changed? If so, which reference(s) changed this? - SudoGhost 13:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is our policy that Wikipedia is neither a bureaucracy nor a forum. We're here to write articles of this sort, not to have interminable discussions which loop back on themselves so that they never end. To have a deletion discussion, we require a clear statement of the supposed problem requiring deletion. The article has been subject to change and continues to be edited. A pointer to earlier discussions is therefore inadequate as grounds for a new discussion. It's like habeas corpus - a fundamental principle of law - that charges should be clearly stated so that prisoners are not kept indefinitely in limbo. See also Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Warden (talk) 10:21, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "It is our policy that Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy". That has to be the most self-defeating argument yet. As for "the object has been subject to change", yes, the fabrications that lead to the keep result of the previous AfD, and the exposure of them that lead to the "relist" at the DRV, have finally ended in the version I suggested as being a fair base of discussion being implemented (not by me). So we now have a decent, broadly correct article to base an AfD on, instead of the travesty you defended and aggravated last time. If you (and a few others) had played things fair the last time instead of ignoring our most basic policies, then one AfD would have been sufficient. But it is clear that policies only count when they fit your preferred result, and can safely be ignored otherwise. Your "speedy keep" above is a nice example, your blatant misuse of sources in the previous AfD is another. A fundamental principle of law is that you don't fabricate evidence nor lie to the court. If you want to invoke normal rules of law here, you should have long been blocked. Fram (talk) 10:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • And here come the personal attacks. The thing is, we've had all this already and it's time to say enough. Warden (talk) 10:49, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm commenting on your edits. The content you contributed and defended was a bunch of lies. It's indeed time to say enough, that's why we have this new AfD and that's why you should be blocked. If you can't be trusted as an editor, you have become a liability. But that's something for a different forum. Fram (talk) 10:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Calling someone a liar is a blatant personal attack; a well-known breach of parliamentary procedure. The facts about this road seem fairly indisputable and so the context here is bizarre. Warden (talk) 11:07, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:GHITS, google searches are not a reason to delete. In my experience, local libraries will hold good material about such topics and they are not known to Google. Local archives are the sort of place that the Gibraltarpedia project is well suited to investigate and they should be given reasonable time for such work - the article was only created a few days ago. Warden (talk) 10:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And here we go again... "the article was only created a few days ago."? 17 July 2012, or 85 days ago. Fram (talk) 11:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We create articles based on actual relaible sources, not on the faint hope that someday, somehow, somewhere someone might perhaps find adequate sourcing in some hypothetical dusty basement or hatbox. If someone actually does do the research you suggest and come up with reliable sources that warrant writing a self-standing article, there is nothing to prevent them doing so in the future. The article as it now stands will not be of any help to them. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 11:07, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The article contains much useful geographical information which is nicely formatted and reasonably well presented. Deletion would be obviously disruptive to the process of development is it would make all this and its history available only to admins. There seems to be no reason for such disruption and the nomination does not provide one. You cite WP:Run of the mill but that is just an essay and we require policy-based reasons here. Our actual editing policy tells us to preserve such useful building blocks. Warden (talk) 11:19, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you're going to cite WP:GHITS as an argument to avoid, you probably shouldn't then reply with an WP:ARTICLEAGE or WP:ITSUSEFUL rationale, because those aren't reasons to keep an article any more than WP:GHITS is a reason to delete it. - SudoGhost 11:20, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My reasoning is grounded in policies such as WP:PRESERVE and WP:5. Warden (talk) 11:22, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
None of that is even remotely supported by WP policies, including the ones you cite. And your disruption argument is blatantly dishonest and uncivil. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 11:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia's role as a gazetteer is well established by practise and policies such as WP:5. That's why, when you click random article, you often find obscure settlements such as Calflax, California, as I found just now. These have no special claim to fame but we cover them all regardless. It's much the same with all placenames and I regularly have success defending them here at AFD such as the recent rash of nominations of streets in Kansas City such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southwest Boulevard (Kansas City). Topographical features and places are commonly well documented in geographical works such as atlases and so it's easy to verify the basic geographical facts. Nominating such places for deletion is disruptive because it generates useless pages like this discussion which waste the time and energy of our volunteer editors. That goes double when the discussion is repeated and protracted, as in this case. Warden (talk) 08:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
An article that has no third-party reliable sources cannot adhere to WP:NPOV. Your reasoning is not grounded in WP:5 at all, and WP:PRESERVE says to "Preserve appropriate content." WP:N and WP:UNDUE both determine what is appropriate. I'm sure you believe your reasoning is grounded in these policies, but if they are you haven't explained why other than WP:ITSUSEFUL and WP:ARTICLEAGE, and these arguments are not very convincing ones. - SudoGhost 11:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per WP:OMG and WP:BURO, we shouldn't waste our time wikilawyering through all those WP links, though I could if I had to, believe me. My point for you is that you, yourself, seem content to work on other topics with marginal notability and of limited general interest such as linux distros like Parabola GNU/Linux. Please live and let live per WP:SAUCE. Warden (talk) 08:36, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • So when you cite WP:5 et al it makes your comments policy-based reasoning but when that's shot down, it's suddenly wikilawyering. That's a rather hollow and disingenuous response to being disagreed with. I appreciate that you tried to go through my contribs to look for something, but I'm not exactly trying to keep articles in my interest area just because they exist, including the one you linked above. You should have looked a little deeper. - SudoGhost 04:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That article hasn't been written properly yet!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why on earth are you bringing WP:UNDUE into this? That refers to the amount of weight we give to a particular viewpoint, not how much we write about a a specific subject within an article. If we have the information on Flat Bastion Road, we expand that section. When we get the information on another street, we expand that section. This is all part of a process called building an encyclopedia. Ryan Vesey 16:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think you've read WP:UNDUE completely, while it does discuss viewpoints, that's not all it entails: "An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject." There's already content in the article, and what's already there is already WP:UNDUE given the sources that exist in either article; there is nothing to merge. - SudoGhost 16:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Let's continue reading, shall we? "For example, discussion of isolated events, criticisms, or news reports about a subject may be verifiable and impartial, but still disproportionate to their overall significance to the article topic". This falls under none of these categories. An article like Streets in Gibraltar is a collection of overall topics that should be filled with whatever information we have. Information on Flat Bastion or Flat Bastion magazine would be undue in this case. Ryan Vesey 17:24, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Facepalm Facepalm Yes, because if something isn't listed as an example, it clearly falls outside of the scope and policy should be ignored. You believe that because this situation isn't given as an example that it isn't WP:UNDUE? By all means, which sources do you think make it WP:DUE? You said "An article like Streets in Gibraltar is a collection of overall topics that should be filled with whatever information we have." and that seems to identify your issue, what you're saying suggests that you believe that Wikipedia is an indiscriminate collection of information. That is not the case. That article, which itself is not likely to remain on Wikipedia, already contains information on the road. What is there is already WP:UNDUE given the very poor sources presented, there is nothing worth merging that is not already present. WP:UNDUE applies whether you want it to or not. - SudoGhost 18:29, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are wrong. The other article is not an indiscriminate collection of information. It is fulfilling Wikipedia's role as a gazetteer, this article goes beyond that. The other article is clearly notable. There is no limit to what can be written about a notable article. There is nothing that says subject A isn't as notable as subject B, so subject A is limited to 23 kb. Once a topic is notable, there is no requirement that a source used in that article is talking specifically about the subject. It is only required that the sources support the fact stated in the article. Unless you have an argument saying that none of these sources support anything in the article, I do not understand what problem you have with those sources. In addition, can you please point out one thing that would make Streets in Gibraltar an indiscriminate collection of information, specifically relating to the information that would be merged? Ryan Vesey 18:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That the other article is "clearly notable" is monumentally off the mark, and WP:UNDUE is the very thing you're suggesting does not exist. However, this discussion you're making would be appropriate for that article's AfD, which by the looks of that article will be soon. The point I was making was that there is no information in Flat Bastion Road that needs to be merged, because there is already information there about this subject, there is nothing that needs to be merged. - SudoGhost 18:49, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So your point is that because some information exists on Flat Bastion Road at the other article none should be merged? There is a large amount of information that does not exist in that article. Much of the History and Description section is not in the Streets in Gibraltar article. Ryan Vesey 18:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
...and that's where Wikipedia policy comes into play. Per the lack of third-party reliable sources, there is nothing worth merging. There are no third-party sources in the Flat Bastion Road article that contain anything more than trivial mentions. To merge that much information into an article meant to contain every road would be inproportate and that is what the Wikipedia policy exists for. You're welcome to disagree, but a core content policy cannot be so easily dismissed. - SudoGhost 19:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not dismissing the policy! I've explained to you multiple times how WP:UNDUE isn't meant for this situation. You are free to have a different interpretation of WP:UNDUE, but you do not have a monopoly on the interpretation of the policy. The entire purpose of the policy is to prevent minor viewpoints to be written about as if they are major viewpoints. The policy goes on to create stipulations so that minor events (not viewpoints), don't become a large part of a biography giving that biography a point of view that isn't neutral. Wait a second, neutral? Did I just mention neutral? Let's see where WP:UNDUE is, shall we? WP:UNDUE is otherwise known as Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Due and undue weight. That section is a subsection of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Achieving neutrality. The only purpose of what is stated in WP:UNDUE is to maintain a neutral point of view. I'm sorry, but this is so far away from a discussion on neutrality that WP:UNDUE isn't applicable in any way shape or form. Furthermore, any aspect of WP:UNDUE that you are using to state that the sources aren't good enough is irrelevant because this isn't a neutrality issue. If this doesn't convince you that WP:UNDUE, your interpretation of it is such that further discussion on this issue is completely pointless because it would be impossible to come to any sort of mutual agreeable decision. Ryan Vesey 19:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You're saying the policy doesn't apply, solely because it's not specifically listed as an example (examples, last time I checked, are not definitive lists). You're selectively using the "viewpoints" aspect of WP:UNDUE as a means to dismiss the rest of WP:UNDUE, the "aspects" part, that actually pertains to this content. If WP:UNDUE says "An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject." you can't then turn around and say "But it's not a viewpoint so WP:UNDUE doesn't apply" and suggest that an non-notable road is somehow justified in an inappropriate amount of content completely out of sync with the attention reliable sources give the road. You're more then welcome to disagree with the policy, but this is not "my interpretation", it is exactly how it is worded on the policy page. You cannot cherry-pick the policy and say that the parts you don't like are just someone's "interpretation". - SudoGhost 19:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to continue arguing about the applicability of WP:UNDUE with you, but I'll clear up one thing. Initially, I was applying WP:UNDUE to the situation and showing how it didn't lead to the conclusion you drew from it. In that case, I pointed to the examples of what undue does affect to show that this wasn't in the same area as those examples. Saying that I'm saying it doesn't apply solely because it isn't specifically listed is completely incorrect. The fact of the matter is, those are about a completely different type of things. But I wasn't thinking in those earlier examples. I had no reason to discuss how to apply WP:UNDUE. As I pointed out in my last response, and you so easily ignored, WP:UNDUE is about a different subject entirely. It is about the neutrality of a topic. We aren't dealing with an issue of neutrality. That's what makes trying to apply WP:UNDUE so difficult in this case. Hopefully that clears up my point to you and anyone else. Ryan Vesey 22:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The entire point of WP:UNDUE is that it is not neutral to provide a disproportionate amount of information about a non-notable aspect of a topic, that's what the fourth paragraph says, the one you seem to be overlooking each time. WP:UNDUE is very clear about this: "Note that undue weight can be given in several ways, including, but not limited to, depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, and juxtaposition of statements." You're trying over and over to say that WP:UNDUE is "not how much we write about a a specific subject within an article" when the policy itself says in no uncertain terms something completely to the contrary (depth of detail, quantity of text). When you're saying one thing, and the core content policy says another, I'm pretty sure we go with policy not your idea of what it should be. You're welcome to open a discussion at WP:NPOV to try to change this wording, but until then you're arguing against something the policy specificially says, and that policy that applies to all articles on Wikipedia, including this one. - SudoGhost 01:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, you really dredged the depths of WP:ATA here: WP:ITEXISTS, WP:ITSIMPORTANT, WP:VALINFO and, apparently, WP:EVERYTHING, all while ignoring WP:NOTDIR, WP:NOTTRAVEL and, most of all, WP:GNG. Don't see much WP:COMMONSENSE here. Try again. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 10:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Our opinions may differ, Dominus. Wikipedia is strong mainly because it is detailed and comprehensive. I don't think we should include everything, but I will always support preservation of well developed articles on geographical topics. It's just my opinion. Please, respect it. WP:COMMONSENSE is a part of WP:IAR, so you can take it as such (in this context). Btw, thanks for all the links. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 10:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think he means "encyclopedic" which oftens goes hand in hand with "interesting historical knowledge". I agree with what Ipigott said about it now containing some quite interesting info and that great image of it in 1885 is interesting and certainly more encyclopedic than previously. I don't think you can say the article is completely devoid, those historical accounts are of some value from my perspective, but I understand that you disagree.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that expansion, Dr. Blofeld, though I still think it's sad that Wikipedia is unable to tolerate the concept of non-abusive simple interest as legitimate.Opbeith (talk) 11:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Promise?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DoriTalkContribs 02:09, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kimberley Starr[edit]

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I believe she fails WP:AUTHOR. there is no significant peer recognition, coverage is limited, for example one source merely confirms she is a teacher. she only won emerging author category of a notable award. I would lean to keep if she has won other notable awards. LibStar (talk) 01:46, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

do you have evidence of "one of Australia's most notable literary awards" so notable it is now discontinued due to the premier no longer supporting it! LibStar (talk) 10:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thing is, notability doesn't go away because something is discontinued or no longer offered. If it was considered to be notable at one point in time, it's still notable now. It's listed in several news articles as well as in multiple books, even a travel book. Also, the awards aren't really discontinued and people are now holding them independently. ([52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61]) Do I necessarily agree with the rules that someone who has received little coverage outside of her winning a major award merits an article to herself? Not really, but it is one of the things that allows an article to be kept.Tokyogirl79 (talk)
she won an "emerging" category. that's like winning a category of the Logies but not the Gold logie. LibStar (talk) 11:31, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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where in WP:AUTHOR does it say "The book "has been taught as a secondary text" is a criterion for notability? LibStar (talk) 11:24, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Right, got author and book confused, stricken. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 03:53, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. MBisanz talk 18:22, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apostolic Catholic Church[edit]

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The previous AfD for this article was closed as no consensus, since although no reliable and independent sources were found that gave substantial coverage of the church itself many felt that as a religious denomination the subject receives inherent notability. This is not the case, however, and without passing the GNG source wise this is not notable. Yaksar (let's chat) 00:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes, and this is a new AfD. The existence of a previous AfD (and a no consensus one at that) from a while ago is not a reason alone, please state your reasoning so that the closing administrator can take it into account. Thanks.--Yaksar (let's chat) 06:26, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you assuming the closing admin won't know how to read the previous AfD?  It will also save you the trouble of replying, because you've already replied in the previous AfD.  Unscintillating (talk) 06:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well in case they do, it should probably be noted that in your last post you provided two links, one to a simple directory of churches and another to this church's own website, claiming they were proof of notability.--Yaksar (let's chat) 10:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's not really relevant, is it? There's no requirement within the GNG that a subject's coverage be proportional to its alleged local or global significance (i.e. no requirement that notability should be proportional to importance). The only requirement is the absolute, non-relative requirement that there is at least some significant coverage, which appears to be the case here. Basalisk inspect damageberate 21:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think most would disagree on that, though. On the crime article there is not really substantial information given about this church, and the article itself is about a particular crime. The letter is more debatable, although JohnChrysostom gives a pretty lengthy rationale in the last AfD on why a routine pastoral letter, which can cover fairly trivial issues, is hardly a proof of greater significant or notability for something. As for the last one discussing the Church's support for a bill, it's certainly a good source to use in the article but it's not the kind of coverage we'd consider substantial for an organization (and even if it is we'd want more than this bare minimum of sourcing).--Yaksar (let's chat) 13:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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May I ask where you're getting the idea that all denominations are inherently notable?--Yaksar (let's chat) 16:41, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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