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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:18, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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This page was recently accepted through the AFC process, but the reviewer apparently did not notice that every reference that discusses HandWiki is either posted by HandWiki itself, or by Jwork.org, which according to the article is the org behind the HandWiki project. I've searched I have found no independent reliable sources, so I think this ought to be deleted per WP:GNG and WP:NWEB. MrOllie (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:53, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, has not received any independent coverage. Is pretty much just a Wikipedia mirror. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Needs more RS to establish notability.Deathlibrarian (talk) 13:17, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to the absence of independent coverage. XOR'easter (talk) 23:46, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Two articles cited are publication platforms (data science central and jwork) used for article posts, not related to Handwiki). I cannot establish relation of these portals to Handwiki. It is a certainly a very new project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jconwiki (talk • contribs) 23:25, 6 September 2020 (UTC) — Jconwiki (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Both Data science central posts (blog posts, so not reliable) were posted by 'jwork.org'. Jwork.org is a project of 'S.Chekanov'. HandWiki is also a project of 'S.Chekanov'. These sources are neither independent nor reliable. - MrOllie (talk) 00:41, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

By denying such an obvious resource, we confirm the reason for its existence (a science encyclopedia bigger than Wikipeadia for science topics, cannot be in Wikipedia, because we need a 3rd opinion?). It looks a special case to me. I cannot even find it in any place on Wikipedia (see List_of_online_encyclopedias or Wikipedia:Alternative outlets). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jconwiki (talk • contribs) 03:32, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter (talk) 04:18, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no evidence of passing WP:GNG. The only independent sources I could find for anything by this name were for a small, defunct and unrelated 2012 "handwiki" project of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Becoming big by making a copy of Wikipedia is not cause for notability; it just means you're a scraper. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not enough significant independant coverage. -Kj cheetham (talk) 08:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as not notable at this time. Cannot find any independent coverage of HandWiki. Schazjmd (talk) 12:54, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No significant news coverage and does not meet WP:GNG. Expertwikiguy (talk) 00:59, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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