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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:36, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kodiak Capital Group LLC[edit]

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It appears to fal WP:NCORP; the article is sourced to a series of press releases, churnalism, databases, and the Navallo book, which appears to be self-published. Google search turns up more of the same. Nat Gertler (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete without prejudice against recreation once reliable sources surface. My searches for sources returned mostly trivial coverage like this and this. None of the sources discussed Kodiak Capital directly and in detail.

  There is insufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Kodiak Capital Group to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

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• Delete at best as there's nothing currently to suggest better yet. SwisterTwister talk 06:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life of Marilyn Monroe[edit]

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Taking this to AFD since PROD was contested. The article is an unnecessary content fork since it contains no meaningful content that isn't already covered in the main Marilyn Monroe article. Not even worth redirecting. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:46, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as stand alone article. With the very detailed expansion of the main article which is now rated FA, the need for this sub-article amounts to unneeded redundancy/content fork. Kierzek (talk) 23:08, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Unlikely any better signs of a better separate article. SwisterTwister talk 06:36, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete no point in a standalone article. No point in redirecting, because this is an unlikely search term. Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:55, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge or keep. This was split from the article of Marilyn Monroe, and is well sourced. Christian75 (talk) 00:24, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Sourcing is not a concern in this case; the issue is that this is essentially an unnecessary duplicate of another article's content. Snuggums (talk / edits) 01:04, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment This may be part of someone's effort to reduce the main article to an acceptable size for mobile browsing. It's a bit.... big now, I ran a check and it took over 1 minute to load. I make no judgement's on validity or notability, but I don't think removing the content from the main article would be of any benefit to non-mobile users. Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 05:13, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:45, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

James Geurtjens[edit]

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Non-notable rugby league player who still fails WP:RLN. Contrary to the info in the article, he hasn't represented Wales per this source. J Mo 101 (talk) 22:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

speedy Delete. A recreation of a previously deleted page. Mattlore (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Doesn't meet WP:RLN. There is some significant coverage in this source but everything else I can find is just a passing mention so not enough to pass WP:GNG either. The article in its current form is different enough from the previous one that it probably shouldn't be speedy deleted as WP:CSD#G4. Sarah-Jane (talk) 09:32, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:46, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Disk Order[edit]

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Article was prodded, then I restored it via a request at WP:REFUND, but personally I think this would qualify for speedy deletion if we had a category for non-notable products. The person who placed the PROD tag wrote: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (software) requirement." I agree. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:55, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete A google search found nothing but links to download it and a couple of press releases, definitely not enough to meet WP:GNG. Sarah-Jane (talk) 09:50, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, no credible evidence of significance. Guy (Help!) 15:49, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I don't see any coverage in reliable source, either. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete as mentioned, nothing to even minimally suggest better and satisfying software notability. SwisterTwister talk 08:03, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:NSOFT.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 18:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Star Wars#In other media. (non-admin closure) ––Davey2010^Talk 22:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars live-action TV series[edit]

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After three years since the previous discussion ended with no consensus, it's time to renominate this article, which absolutely fails WP:CRYSTAL. It's an article about a proposed television series, which hasn't entered PRE-production and may not ever exist. Since the series was proposed in 2005, everything related to Star Wars has changed – new movies, new series' ownership – and nothing left in this article is verified or accurate.

Rumors and past discussed plans in interviews are not enough to merit notability. The entire article is based on interviews with Lucas and McCallum, who aren't involved anymore! An article should be (re-)created only when an actual series enters production (like the Untitled 2017 Star Trek TV series article). This information is worth a mention at best in the main Star Wars franchise article. -- Wikipedical (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. No indication that the show has started production. Or has been ordered. Or even a pilot. Or a pilot order. The current contents is a mix of interviews and rumors, and no studio or production company press releases, and does not warrant a TV series article.–Dark Cocoa Frosting (talk) 21:53, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge, with judicious pruning, to Star Wars (e.g. to Star Wars#In other media) following the same precedent for Star Wars#Untitled Han Solo Anthology film and Star Wars#Untitled Boba Fett Anthology film. I think WP:NFF rationale should apply to television series. A compromise could have a well-developed draft in development (using sources beyond routine news blurbs, i.e long-form journalism or reviews of the news bites), see for example Gambit (2016 film). In any case, statements like "The series is to..." or "It will feature..." should be obliterated as outdated, and even stating "so and so said in 2012 that he hoped it would be..." even if verifiable, is trivial, and would eventually be rendered moot by what the series will be, whenever there actually is one. --Animalparty! (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per AnimalParty; this should not have an article created until the series is confirmed for air on a network's television schedule, and under its actual title, not a spec heading. Nate • (chatter) 10:01, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge, as per arguments above. I'm convinced a Star Wars TV series is inevitable, but it's still probably a few years off, and it shouldn't have its own article until it's actually in production. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:11, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:15, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jacqueline Andrade[edit]

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Not notable. Only able to find 1 other independent source about her which is a very brief statement from her: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-AgNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1&dq=Jacqueline+Andrade&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqxsKG85XKAhVBaRQKHeNQAHoQ6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=Jacqueline%20Andrade&f=false There just isn't enough information to establish notability. ツStacey (talk) 19:19, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Professor Andrade is also known as Jackie and her research has been notable on a number of occasions under that name: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22jackie+andrade%22&oq=%22jackie+andrade%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.5375j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=%22jackie+andrade%22&tbm=nws — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acad0214 (talk • contribs) 13:18, 2016 January 7 (UTC)

  Thank you for that - With that information I would like to withdraw my nomination for deletion please ツStacey (talk) 13:50, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) | Uncle Milty | talk | 19:34, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cinema etiquette[edit]

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This article is basically a screed against bad behavior in movie theaters, disguised as an article. It draws a conclusion that people bring their children to the movies for educational purposes based on this source that argues almost exactly the opposite: that movies serve to educate our children even when that is not the expectation. All in all, this article serves no encyclopedic purpose. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:19, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The first draft certainly wasn't up to much, but it seems salvageable as an article in the same context as Concert etiquette - I've pulled up a couple of sources about cinema chains adapting their policy to suit objections about behaviour from patrons. --McGeddon (talk) 18:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It's not hard to find more material such as Debrett. Andrew D. (talk) 18:52, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Now that the page has been edited and cleaned up it is certainly worth keeping. --Mareshelle (talk) 20:09, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep – Per a review of available sources, this is a notable topic that meets WP:GNG. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdrawn - Article is now significantly different that what was proposed for deletion. It has essentially already undergone the WP:TNT process. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:49, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:47, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Sopala[edit]

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I couldn't establish that he meets WP:MUSICBIO or WP:GNG. Promotion/self-promotion indicated by tone and creator's sername. Sending WP:APPNOTE to Drmies and Reaper Eternal. Boleyn (talk) 18:05, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I agree that article appears to be self-promotion and fails WP:MUSICBIO Cubbie15fan (talk) 20:19, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Nothing to suggest this better satisfies the applicable notability guidelines yet. SwisterTwister talk 19:42, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Doesn't seem notable on first glance at WP:MUSICBIO.Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 05:25, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was withdrawn by nominator. (Non-admin closure) "Pepper" @ 16:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Degeneracy (mathematics)[edit]

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Degeneracy is not a notable topic in mathematics. The present article is just a miscellaneous rag-bag of uncited examples which have little or nothing in common. This article fails WP:GNG. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 17:29, 6 January 2016 (UTC) WITHDRAWN following clear consensus that there is something of value in the topic (even if it the present content is not it). — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 09:27, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Speedy keep. We have something like 300 inbound links to this article (including via redirects such as "non-degenerate"). That's a pretty good indicator that degeneracy is a notable topic in mathematics. The lede makes quite clear that degeneracy (and "degenerate case") does have a particular meaning in mathematics; which the examples then fulfill in their different ways. Certainly there's work on the article that wouldn't go amiss. But there is a significant concept here to present, so the topic should definitely be kept. Jheald (talk) 18:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The Encyclopaedia of Mathematics has numerous entries for various types of degeneracy in its index. Andrew D. (talk) 18:57, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep a cursory search of google scholar will reveal numerous sources substantiating notability. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:35, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I agree that the article is a stub, but degeneracy is a broad concept, widely used in applied mathematics, including probability theory (see, for example Degenerate distribution) and physics (see, for example Degenerate energy level). Although it is probably impossible to give a general formal definition, mathematicians generally agree that it is a single concept that is transversal to most mathematics (dimension, and singularity (mathematics) are similar broad concepts that have many formal definitions, which depend on the context and the area of mathematics, but are strongly inter-related; see dimension of an algebraic variety for an example of many nearly equivalent definition of dimension.). D.Lazard (talk) 21:16, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The concept described in the article does not have a single crisp mathematical definition, and the article itself is in dire need of sourcing, but neither of these is a good reason for deletion. Degeneracy is a significant and well-known concept throughout mathematics, so we should improve our article on it, not eliminate it. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:32, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggestion. If there is no coherent topic but there are a good many notable instances, then would a disambig page be more sensible? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 22:23, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • No, because the commonality between these topics is conceptual rather than based purely on similarity of names. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and do not change to a disambiguation. Lots of hits in titles both on Google and Google scholar. Handling and checking of degenerate cases is something you have to do all the time. Also, degeneracy is an overall concept of being a very small or boring case, so turning this into a disambiguation is not appropriate. Happy Squirrel (talk) 01:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:14, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of UoSAT satellites[edit]

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((UoSAT)) is a navbox already found on the bottom of every UoSAT page, and this list is not actually linked from any of the six UoSAT articles. Primefac (talk) 17:21, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: This list page really seems rather silly (I hope there is no WP:STRICTRULE forbidding the use of "silly"); since it all fits in the navbox, it is completely unnecessary. Imaginatorium (talk) 08:17, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete MartinZ02 (talk) 21:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• The problem I see is that UoSAT redirects to this list, so we'd lose that as a search term if we deleted this index, however short it is. Any suggestions about how to fix that navigational issue? postdlf (talk) 18:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The UoSAT article is essentially an orphan, with no other articles pointing to it. It should probably be redirected to Surrey Satellite Technology, since they're the ones that build 'em. Primefac (talk) 19:15, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you might be right. The individual UoSAT articles are currently listed there under "see also"; maybe give them their own section at Surrey Satellite Technology, and redirect this list there as well? postdlf (talk) 19:36, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Consensus to not delete. What I mean by that is there is some substantial feeling that White Student Union (Towson) should be merged into this, and also substantial feeling that the two articles should both exist. What we're mostly concerned with here is whether to delete or not, and clearly the answer to that question is, no. The question of whether to merge or not can continue on the article talk pages as part of normal editorial process. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

White Student Unions[edit]

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Apparent content fork/POV fork of White Student Union, created by new (SPA) user. FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 02:38, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep though the other page should probably be moved to 'White Student Union (Towson)' Curro2 (talk) 14:23, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge the two articles; the Towson group doesn't appear to be notable enough to warrant an article separate from the larger topic and should be included in the article as the most (only?) prominent example. ElKevbo (talk) 17:15, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge concur with ElKevbo ----Snowded ^TALK 18:06, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per ElKevbo. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 18:48, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Just to clarify my official position, I think we should keep this article and merge the content from the Towsen group's article into this article. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 02:52, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - not a content fork but the main subject. Merge Towson group into this article. I tried to edit this article neutrally to protect it from SJWs and added historic information. I don't think the new pages have anything to do with white supremacy but it started there 50 years ago, and thus this is a subject that has been discussed in depth over the years. Why there is no article for Black Student Unions is a shame. —Мандичка^YO 😜 11:32, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep this page please, it says alot about the different kids of white studentunions and also includes material which existed before. Previously there was just a page about one union "White Student Union", and this is mor einclusive and tells about other ones that exist. There has to be some article which talks about the emergence of the new swhite student unons that are calling for safe spaces for white students tot alk about their views because they feel muzzled and to differentiate that they are not of the white supremacist variety or that there are differences in some white student unions...some are more white supremacist and omse arent.Shannonfraser (talk) 17:31, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I was thinking, that merging the two articles may not be the best idea, that the Twoson WSU could have it's own page (in addition to this pne still existing) just like student unions from each university have thir own pages...you know like there's a page on religion in general and then a page for each religion etc.Shannonfraser (talk) 22:52, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That seems reasonable. If we were going to do that then at the very minimum, the article on the Towson WSU should be renamed to "White Student Union (Towson)". FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 01:47, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

agreedShannonfraser (talk) 12:32, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved it, so it makes it more clear. A merge would be good. —Мандичка^YO 😜 18:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Way too much synth here that should be removed. GAB^Hello! 20:10, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, or possibly Merge into another article. After trying to clean this up a bit, I've come to the conclusion that the overwhelming majority of the sources (and the overwhelming majority of the coverage) is about a 2015 hoax perpetuated by The Daily Stormer and 4chan in which numerous Facebook pages purporting to represent fictional white student unions at various colleges were created by people unrelated to the colleges in question; almost all sources describe it in a manner that is at a bare minimum extremely skeptical. See eg. here and here. While we might be able to have an article on that (alleged) hoax, there isn't any significant coverage of them distinct from it, so I don't feel we can support an article under this title that will pass WP:RS or WP:V. Another possible option would be to Rename to something along the lines of 'White Student Union Hoax' or the like; while there have been denials from the people who run the Facebook pages in question, not a single WP:RS, as far as I can tell, supports the idea that the 2015 eruption of Facebook pages represents anything real. --Aquillion (talk) 03:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The issue though is that it's a real thing that has existed for many years, and now is back in various (non-racist) forms. Regardless of how official they are, they are being reported on in reliable sources. And the one at Towson was created several years ago so it's not chan trolling. —Мандичка^YO 😜 18:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Google Books and Google Scholar both bring up a large number of sources which give coverage to the concept of white student unions. Many of these sources were published before the whole 4chan debacle. Here's a few of the numerous sources available: [1][2][3].

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The result was delete. Uncontested. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Michael F. Giuliano[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. Google News and Book searches turn up nothing for "Michael F. Giuliano". Just "Michael Giuliano" brings up a lot - about a host of other people named Michael Giuliano, but not this one. Vanilla Google is much the same, except with the "F." you get Wikipedia mirrors and plenty of "find a person" type sites. The stated accomplishments of the subject listed in the article, such as working for Intel, owning a trademark, being an inventor of unspecified things, and playing college football in some capacity (but not enough of one for sports-reference.com to have any record of it) are not really the sort of things that qualify one for an article in the first place. Egsan Bacon (talk) 02:29, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Claims of notability are very weak, references in the article are very weak, and a good faith search for reliable sources came up dry. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:02, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• A psychologist of the same name seems closer to being notable. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:06, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete my own searches also turned up nothing better. Fails notability guidelines. FuriouslySerene (talk) 22:12, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —UY Scuti ^Talk 16:22, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Masters of Cinema[edit]

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While the previous AfD for this organisation closed as keep, I can see no indication there or elsewhere online that there has been sufficient reliable source coverage for it to be considered notable. Sam Walton (talk) 21:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Clearly nothing to suggest even minimally better notability. FWIW, the 1st AfD was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masters of cinema. SwisterTwister talk 22:50, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: I'd almost recommend WP:TNT-ing the article. This is as spammy as it gets. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:50, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• There is something to be said about the group's notability since there is frequent mentions of the DVD releases (albeit mostly through press releases) in places like the Boston Herald. I do note some false positives with links like this one, as TIFF had programming by this name that does not appear to be affiliated with the group. I'll keep digging. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• The BH link is not about this group - I thought it might have been referring to the Hitchcock release, but it wasn't. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I found two reviews for the DVDs [4], [5]. It is listed in this book by Scarecrow Press, but I don't know how useful that would be for notability given that it's in a link and there's no writeup about the group, just a list of websites with good site design. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:57, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Another warning of a false positive: Phaidon made a book series that also appears to be unrelated. I am finding some coverage of the DVD releases, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:25, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• How are you not finding the reviews? Here's a load in the Guardian. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:30, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Here's a load in the Telegraph. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• A different google search which brings up a load of reviews. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:35, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I think that there's a valid argument to be made to delete List of Masters of Cinema releases, as it's just a list page of releases. This is fairly indiscriminate and it's rare that we really need a full listing of DVD releases by a company. I don't know that we really need to merge much beyond the two DVD releases reviewed above, so I may just nominate this for deletion myself. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:59, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I've nominated it for deletion here. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:04, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I've cleaned the article up dramatically, removing the promotional puffery. I found some reviews for the company. Normally I would raise an eyebrow at using releases for already notable films, but the work done in the product line is specifically highlighted in some of the reviews so that should be enough to make them usable. It's not the strongest keep and I do still believe that the overall list page would warrant deletion, but offhand I think that the product line is safe. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:32, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Clearly notable. The company's releases consistently place on the top of DVD and Blu-ray releases of the year lists.[6] Deleting this would be like deleting The Criterion Collection. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:03, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep - After Tokyogirl79's work, it now is well referenced enough, and not promotional, to pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:48, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:18, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Haffez Colony premier league HCL[edit]

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Article is about a cricket league with evidence of meeting notability. There are no references in the article aside from the league's web site which is hosted on a do-it-yourself web site. I can find no coverage in any sources, even unreliable ones; just finding Wikipedia, and self-published stuff like their misspelled facebook page. Whpq (talk) 21:49, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong delete as per nom. JTtheOG (talk) 06:38, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Green Oasis[edit]

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It's not clear that this is a notable company. The dispensary seems to have been closed[7] The point of the article seems to be more about the litigation than the organization and while important, I don't think a single municipal regulation dispute is notable. Ricky81682 (talk) 21:19, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Due to the commonality of the name, research is a bit difficult, but searches did not appear to turn up enough in-depth coverage about this company to show they pass notability standards. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:34, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete as mentioned as this is certainly questionably better notable and improvable as although there are listed sources, this could certainly be better with enhanced coverage. SwisterTwister talk 06:12, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• DeletePer Ricky81682 and fails WP:SIGCOV.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 18:43, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:27, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kreuz Stuttgart[edit]

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As someone else has noted, this is a "non-notable interchange. Just like thousands of others." As I have noted as well on other articles recently nominated, "having a name in a country where every interchange is named does not confer notability. This article fails WP:GNG and should be deleted." This was previously included in a group AfD, but the recreated article does not satisfy the GNG. Imzadi 1979 → 19:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC) Imzadi 1979 → 19:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Unremarkable interchange. Dough4872 21:54, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - clearly does not pass WP:GNG - non notable. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:13, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: There is no consensus for the deletion of these German Autobahn interchanges articles as a block, and insufficient time allocated by the AfD process for editors to research their GNG individually. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kreuz Oranienburg and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kreuz Duisburg. Also, this particular interchange is clearly not unremarkable. It started out as a cloverleaf, but was later extensively modified to its present, unusual, configuration because of heavy southbound traffic, and because there had been changes in the plans for construction of Autobahns in the Stuttgart area. Those changes, and the reasons for them, are described in the German Wikipedia articles about the interchange and the three Autobahns it connects, and probably also in the German language book about the Autobahns in Baden-Württemberg cited by some of those articles (Klaus Schefold, Alois Neher (Hrsg.): 50 Jahre Autobahnen in Baden-Württemberg. Eine Dokumentation. Im Auftrag des Autobahnamtes Baden-Württemberg. Autobahnamt Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1986). Bahnfrend (talk) 13:32, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: And please also watch the discussion on WikiProjects Highways page, --Chandler321 (talk) 10:05, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - a rationale for your !vote would be nice. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 04:04, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep  We have a complete structure of German autobahns in the encyclopedia.  We even have separate templates for Dreieck and Kreuz.  The German Dreieck's and Kreuz's that are named always connect two Autobahns.  This means that any Dreieck or Kreuz is already known to be covered in two other topics already in existence on Wikipedia.  This is sufficient to know that there is no policy basis to delete the "topic", also known on Wikipedia as the "subject".  I would also argue that these topics satisfy our wp:notability guidelines, but analyzing this point between keep and merge becomes academic, given that there is no policy basis for a deletion discussion.  Unscintillating (talk) 02:16, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - none of which addresses the lack of notability of this particular interchange. As per WP:GNG: if the subject of an article "has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article". None of which this article, or interchange, has demonstrated, nor have any of the !votes for "keep" provided evidence of. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 04:04, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Which part of, "This is sufficient to know that there is no policy basis to delete the 'topic', also known on Wikipedia as the 'subject'." did you not understand?  Unscintillating (talk) 20:40, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment:Despite the fact that English Wikipedia has no guidelines for notability of "roadways" the article is notable to hard guidelines in German Wikipedia. And as you can see, the equivalent notability statement from German Wikipedia (translated into English) are very strict yet:

"Transport routes and structures

• of nationally influential importance, for example an important historical trade route
• transport interchanges
  • motorway junctions and triangles are notable if they include at least two nationally important Autobahns (in Germany mostly Autobahns with one- or two-digit Autobahn numbers) or have other outstanding features such as design or history.
• pioneering works in transport technology
• Autobahns and highways of the next highest category including (depending upon the country concerned, eg national or federal highways), roads built similarly to Autobahns, international connections (of national significance, not "local border traffic") or a part of a continental road system.
• airfields with an ICAO code"

And somewhere here I've read that almost every notable article in another language IS also notable for English Wikipedia. Next is: "Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article." [8] As long Wikipedia is a collaboration project you may find the right quote about this interchange in one of many good books existing about German Autobahn interchanges and their history and architecture. And Highway interchange means only the connection between two or more Autobahnen, so it is no infinite list and these interchanges are in fact important for Europe's traffic in general. --Chandler321 (talk) 09:23, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I've found that according to WP:GEOROAD the German highway network is notable. The whole network! And a connection between Germans biggest kind of streets (Autobahn) in fact is part of the network and therefore notable. And as I learned: consult WP:GNG only when there are no other notability guidelines. There are also a lot of sources about German Autobahn interchanges (main part in German) we can cite. There are only about 200 connections between two or more Autobahnen, this is not that much. --Chandler321 (talk) 10:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

road interchanges are not inherently notable. In fact many of the German ones have been recently deleted. LibStar (talk) 08:58, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Chandler321: you need to parse what WP:GEOROAD better. A highway network, if maintained by a state or national government, is "typically notable". The individual highways in those networks are also "typically notable". The guideline then goes on to state: "Topic notability for county roads, regional roads (such as Ireland's regional roads), local roads and motorway service areas may vary, and are presumed to be notable if they have been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable and independent of the subject." It's this last part that would apply best to interchange/intersections, and it parallels what WP:GNG says for article topics. In other words, it's incumbent on those who want to keep the article to demonstrate that the subject meets the bar set by WP:GNG, and at this moment, this article still does not. There are only three sources cited, the first is self=published (so not a "reliable source" for our purposes), and the other two are just statistical references (not "significant coverage"). I should also note that the second source is being used in a way that goes against how we are supposed to use primary sources by drawing conclusions from those statistics. In short, GEOROAD doesn't justify keeping this article at this time. Imzadi 1979 → 09:41, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• delete there is no inherent notability of interchanges. Many of the keep voters are simply saying WP:ITSNOTABLE with zero evidence of meeting WP:GNG. LibStar (talk) 08:58, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. interviews are primary and therefore do not add to notability. Keep votes based on interviews therefore discarded. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:28, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson[edit]

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Not seeing any notability here at all. The Drover's Wife (talk) 23:51, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Incomprehensible, and no real evidence that the subject meets WP:BIO Nick-D (talk) 01:25, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - fails GNG, content present is trivial at best. Sergecross73 msg me 01:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. Well, there these two sources: [9] from The Verge and [10] from Zeit Online. I admit two interviews isn't very compelling. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:37, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Just some interviews he's had (and therefore passes GNG) MSI, Sport1DE, redbull, Zeit. Also, the references has even more. Finally, he's casted one of the biggest tournaments in eSports and arguably in the world, The International 5, so if you want to delete it atleast WP:TNT it. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 10:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - @Nick-D: I guess I will put him under entertainer since there isn't a eSports notability section. He's had significant roles (casting The International 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 and Frankfurt Major 2015). The community voted on who will cast those finals, so I guess him out of 15 different casters winning will count as a large fan-base. For #3, he was the person that pretty much started the DotA 2 casting scene. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 10:12, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Really, it comes down to whether or not he meets the WP:GNG. Are there third party sources covering him in a significant manner? I'm not really convinced yet, some of these sources don't look so reliable, and interviews are usually considered more of a first party account, not third party coverage, unless there's a lot of article before/afterwards. Then there's the problem of so little content being present currently in the article... Sergecross73 msg me 14:55, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Also of note - if you look at the article history, you'll see that the article was created by DatGuy as a draft at WP:AFC, the submission was declined by Onel5969, and then DatGuy proceeded to publish his draft anyways, 20 minutes later, without any improvement. So the article creator, and sole "keep" !vote, created the article despite being advised of major notability issues. Sergecross73 msg me 17:40, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for now at best as there are some sources but nothing fully convincing yet. SwisterTwister talk 23:47, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - The Verge source in the article is in depth and reliable. Other reliable sources not hard to find, as per above. - hahnchen 13:37, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and cleanup - Coverage in reliable sources as noted above, here are even more hits from the reliable video game sources search engine. Page definitely needs some work though.--Prisencolin (talk) 23:51, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Can you point to some in particular that cover him in significant detail, aren't entirely interviews, and are from WP:VG/RS? All you did is link to a blank Google search page. The "Verge" source is really the only one that meets all three of the above... Sergecross73 msg me 16:06, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well to be honestly there's only this Kotaku article that's primarily about him, otherwise here's mentioned in this, this, this, and this (2/5 of the videos in the last one are by Tobiwan (apologies from the ref overkill). The sources that are found elsewhere should suffice to indicate notability.--Prisencolin (talk) 19:40, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep, imo: notability exists. The content is poor and the article needs improvement, I have tagged the article accordingly. Aeonx (talk) 10:24, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:51, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hiroshi Kanazawa[edit]

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There are a number of individuals with this name but I have been unable to find any in-depth coverage of the anime guy other than listing his participation in various works. No in-depth coverage, fails GNG. The Dissident Aggressor 22:07, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as there's no point arguing that he's been covered in print media in Japan since no one has access to the info. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:58, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment Media Arts shows him involved in a bunch of anime titles, but not much individual coverage [11] ANN shows he was Chief Animation Director in Captain Tsubasa J. [12] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 21:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - No print articles or interviews visible under either of his names (金沢 比呂司 or 金澤 比呂司 where the latter is what he is being credited as now) or anything qualifying as WP:RS in Japanese. All hits are blog sites where he is simply listed in credits for the anime he has produced. Jun Kayama 14:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Uncontested. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:18, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Samuelson[edit]

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I am not convinced this person fulfils the notability criteria. Being the brother of a known actress, doing some racing on the side and starting a PR business I think is not enough. Perhaps the job at TVR could count, but I think maybe not. Egil (talk) 20:33, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete I cant see anything in the article that indicates notability appears to be more promotional for his business. MilborneOne (talk) 11:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as mentioned, certainly questionably notable. SwisterTwister talk 05:06, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Per WP:NPASR. (non-admin closure) —UY Scuti ^Talk 16:20, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Eaton Partners[edit]

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Can't find sources meeting CORPDEPTH, nevermind multiple such articles as would be required under our guidelines. joe decker^talk 02:14, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Searches noticeably only found several press releases and passing mentions, nothing at all to suggest even a minimally better notable article. Notifying past AfD users Lankiveil, Fiachra10003, Doncram and BethNaught in case they're not aware of this current AfD. SwisterTwister talk 08:47, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Not sure why you don't think there's WP:CORPDEPTH. The Bloomberg article is a perfectly clear-cut discussion of the company, and the WSJ and Columbia Business article are pretty good. The WSJ article is not directly about Eaton but certainly discussed the company in some depth; the Columbia Business article discussed the company directly but is arguably not a nationally-recognized journal (no bitching, please, Columbia alum Wikipedians!). The article needs work, but that's never a reason for AfD. I may have a go at improving this one. P.S. Thanks SwisterTwister for prompting me. Fiachra10003 (talk) 16:11, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge looks like the firm has been acquired by Stifel Financial, retain the article's history as a redirect. 009o9 (talk) 09:05, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair observation, but this would be premature as the acquisition has been "agreed" but almost can't happen until some time in 2016. Fiachra10003 (talk) 14:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - FWIW I hope this can be relisted a third and last time with hopes for better comments. SwisterTwister talk 01:34, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - This company is covered fairly regularly by the private equity, hedge fund press as well as larger publications such as the Wall Street Journal. The acquisition by Stifel Financial, which closed on Jan. 4 give this company increased prominence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.239.59.247 (talk) 16:30, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy keep. Some sources found, possible copyvio removed. (non-admin closure) GermanJoe (talk) 12:57, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aaj Samaj[edit]

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No credible indication of notability. Article sources are only list entries and passing mentions from affiliated sources. No independent in-depth coverage found via Google. Also, the article is plagiarized from their "About" page here, or they copied the Wikipedia article to create their "About" page (either way, not a good sign). GermanJoe (talk) 06:08, 30 December 2015 (UTC) GermanJoe (talk) 06:08, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdraw (as nom) - additional sources show some notability. Possible copyvio has been removed. GermanJoe (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep, daily newspaper of a major news outlet, see http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20091220/1409698.html , http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-practice/who-needs-paid-news-5714 , http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-05/news/47049531_1_indian-readership-survey-mruc-indian-newspaper-society . Was one of Haryana's top 10 daily newspapers in 2011, with 109,000 circulation, (‘Aaj Samaj’ which made an entry to the top 10 dailies in the previous round of survey, has lost a few readers in the state. Its current AIR stands at 1.03 lakh as compared to 1.09 lakh in IRS Q1 2011 and 40,000 in IRS Q2 2010.) --Soman (talk) 08:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for finding those sources (I looked, but didn't see them). I have added the URLs as external links for now, in case someone wants to use them for further improvements. GermanJoe (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep per Soman (talk · contribs)'s sources, which provide significant coverage of the subject. I have rewritten the article so that there are no copyright violations. Cunard (talk) 05:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep (non-admin closure). Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:53, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Europhile[edit]

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This article and sources consist of (1) a dictionary definition and (2) a single example of the word used in a sentence. There's nothing here that Wiktionary can't cover. Prod was disputed. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 02:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Agreed. This is a very wikitionary page and not very encyclopedia like.--Awesomewiki64 (talk) 15:36, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The current page is a stub and, per WP:DICDEF, "One perennial source of confusion is that a stub encyclopedia article looks very much like a stub dictionary entry". The page would be easy to expand from sources such as this or that, which analyse Europhile attitudes to Europe in some detail and so demonstrate the notability of the concept. Andrew D. (talk) 15:49, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep There are many other articles with similar ethnic themes as this article, and feel mere dictionary entry would be insufficient. Min al Khadr (talk) 14:07, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep little more than a Wiktionary entry right now but this could be expanded into a proper article. Curro2 (talk) 16:45, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep (non-admin closure).Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 15:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Prange[edit]

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Does not meet NGOLF or GNG John from Idegon (talk) 06:18, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy keep She has won two professional golf tournaments. She clearly passes NGOLF....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 10:45, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• • Comment - her wins were in what is essentially minor league golf, not on the LPGA. That does not meet NGOLF. Unless someone can make a GNG arguement, she is not notable. John from Idegon (talk) 15:40, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Article could use expansion + additional references, not deletion per WP: ATD. Hmlarson (talk) 01:57, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete Does not appear to pass WP:NGOLF, but is also slightly more notable for winning the TV show. Delta13C (talk) 16:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete' fails notability requirements for golfers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment To follow-up on my previous comment, these sources reinforce the subject's notability: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. There's more. Article needs expansion, not deletion. Hmlarson (talk) 21:18, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep – The subject passes WP:BASIC. Source examples include, but are not limited to: ^[1], ^[2], ^[3], ^[4], ^[5], ^[6], ^[7], ^[8], ^[9], ^[10]. WP:NGOLF is a guideline to determine if Golfers are presumed notable, which the subject does not appear to meet. However, the subject does pass WP:BASIC. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:48, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I think GNG is always such a judgment call when it comes to athletes and I'm not sure which way it goes here. I am curious about whether an NCAA First Team All-American selection would meet WP:NCOLLATH. EricEnfermero (Talk) 05:07, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdraw nomination/now voting keep - The reference above from the Jacksonville paper on her being named as women's head golf coach at Jacksonville University does elevate her to an automatic notability standard, altho I cannot recall which one. College head coaches are notable, period. John from Idegon (talk) 08:53, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 18:52, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Melrose Kai-Banya[edit]

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fails WP:BIO. Ambassadors are not inherently notable. And simply being ambassador to Russia does not grant automatic notability especially when there is no evidence of any work in the role. The small amount of hits are just 1 line mentions. LibStar (talk) 16:03, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete – no significance. sst✈ 16:14, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Not enough significant coverage in independent reliable sources to pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:55, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. After deletion, I will create a redirect to List of City of Heroes characters#Arachnos. MelanieN (talk) 19:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Arachnos (City of Heroes)[edit]

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Fails WP:N. All sources are either from the developer and the City of Heroes tie-in comic. Googling did not bring up any reliable sources mentioning Arachnos. Soetermans. T / C 15:19, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Selective merge into the City of Heroes article. No independent notability. sst✈ 16:16, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect where it is currently mentioned and merge further if needed as this certainly isn't solidly notable yet. SwisterTwister talk 23:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, perhaps save a summary with sourced information and create a redirect to City of Heroes or to the List of City of Heroes characters. --LoЯd ۞pεth 19:59, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. We're in agreement that this concept isn't independently notable, but it's all primary source detail with nothing worth merging and the redirect isn't of any particular importance. czar 18:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. MelanieN (talk) 19:05, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neighborhood Hero[edit]

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This page doesn't seem to have a reason to exist. It's an article about a drama that hasn't aired yet and, upon a quick search, doesn't seem to have much information on it, at all. Awesomewiki64 (talk) 15:11, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete per nominator. My first thought was that maybe this nomination came a bit too soon, being made only a few hours after the article was created. But I see that the article's creator also created a similarly "too soon" article, God Of War Zhao Yun, about three weeks ago. That article hasn't improved in three weeks, so I'm seeing little likelihood that this one will ever see any improvement, either. NewYorkActuary (talk) 00:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - unlike the Zhao Yun article, which had numerous sources turn up when a search was done, this article did not. Userfy is always an option, until more sources become available. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy deleted by Lectonar, CSD A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events): WP:COI, CSD G11 --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:49, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Apni Bakery[edit]

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Does not meet WP:GNG. There is nothing in the article to suggest this is anything other than an ordinary bakery, and no references to suggest otherwise. ubiquity (talk) 16:07, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedied.

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The result was delete. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:08, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Asit Baran Adhikary[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 07:28, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - the article is extremly poorly written, to be sure, and requires major cleanup, but it includes a lengthy list of references, from reputable sources, that I believe easily pass the WP:GNG criteria, such as http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=534322$date=2015-11-22&dateCurrent=2015-11-30 (National News agency of Bangaladesh) or http://thedailynewnation.com/news/74712/dr-asit-elected-president-of--atcsa.html. When Other Legends Are Forgotten (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2015 (UTC) Blocked sock. Worldbruce (talk) 23:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep as president of ATCSA. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 08:27, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Although the article has a long list of sources, with two exceptions they're all directory listings or capsule bios (most likely written by him) from sources that are not arms-length, such as places he has worked. The two excptions are the ones that When Other Legends Are Forgotten highlighted: (1) a government news agency announcement, in fewer than 100 words, of his election as president of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) and (2) the same event covered in slightly different words by a newspaper. I think it unlikely that the two are intellectually indepedent of each other. They're probably both based on the same press release. In any case the depth of coverage is not substantial.

Searches of the usual Google types, HighBeam, JSTOR, EBSCO, and ProQuest returned passing mentions (e.g. [13] and [14]) and a handful of journal articles with very few citations. Consequently fails to meet WP:ACADEMIC, WP:BASIC, or WP:GNG.

I would recommend a redirect to Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, but that article hasn't been written yet. It may be that he's president of a non-notable organization. Worldbruce (talk) 09:39, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Elected President of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia is a clear pass of WP:ACADEMIC#3. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 13:59, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not so sure. Elected president doesn't mean one has to be elected to be a member. It could just mean that no other member was willing to organize the annual congress, or that he was thought a good choice because he lives in the host city. I'm open to changing my recommendation if anyone can show that ATCSA is "highly selective" (requires election rather than just, say, dues paying). Where does it fall compared to the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Association of Thoracic and Cardio-Vascular Surgeons of West Bengal, and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons? Is ATCSA really the Asian medical analogue of a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society? Worldbruce (talk) 19:17, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't have to be either National Academy of Sciences or Royal Society. There are hundreds of prestigious scholarly association across the globe. I will consider the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia a prestigious scholarly association considering the fact that Asia is subdivided into 48 countries. The association was established over 30 years ago and they've organized 24 annual congress. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 19:41, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Not notable. The association is not a major one by international standards, and the criteria for WP:PROF are international. And even so, the head of a specialty organization in any country is not necessarily notable. The comparison is not to NAS/Royal Society, but to President of the AMA. By that comparison, he falls short. DGG ( talk ) 09:59, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete perhaps as this article would also seem acceptable behavior but also not fully satisfying the notability guidelines. SwisterTwister talk 18:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as president of ATCSA. The link to the organization:. International organization with members from China, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, India, Japan and Indonesia. Active since 1972. With congress held in Baghdad, Sydney, Tokyo, Bali and Singapore. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 19:42, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Fails WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:36, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete. WP:G4, obvious attempt to evade the salting of the correct title. Salt will be applied here. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 11:33, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Johnathan Yesson (rapper)[edit]

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While I don't personally care about whether this article stays on Wikipedia or not, I doubt much has changed since the previous deletion discussion, concluding that this individual is not notable in his field. Please note there was probably good reason to salt the original title (see log at Johnathan Yesson). Jared Preston (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note failed submission of Draft:DJ JY and the author's COI. Jared Preston (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Jared I conceive the article is best placed under the artists actual stage name Draft:DJ JY. Perhaps Johnathan Yesson would best serve as a redirect to DJ JY which this artist is better known as. I actually created this page (Johnathan Yesson) whilst editing Draft:DJ JY and I'm a relatively new user so didn't know which was best, hopefully you can help resolve all this and in turn maybe I can pick a few things up from you about editing and get my first page created --NoobDude (talk) 16:24, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete for now at best and draft & userfy as my searches found nothing better and this article currently has nothing else convincing for notability. SwisterTwister talk 05:46, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Delete. G4 - recreation of previously deleted material. Szzuk (talk) 15:42, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Not much participation here, so let's call this a soft delete -- RoySmith (talk) 00:54, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited[edit]

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AEGON Religare Life Insurance (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Non-notable company - 8 of it's 13 references are primary sources from Aegon's websites. Reads in a promotional tone. -- samtar ^whisper 14:46, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This looks to be really a copy-paste page move of AEGON Religare Life Insurance; I've not reviewed it, but that page should probably be bundled in here if it's a concern. --Nat Gertler (talk) 14:50, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Done thank you -- samtar ^whisper 15:59, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete as this is unlikely yet better notable based from the current article and sourcing, nothing to suggest better notability perhaps. Notifying tagger Vansockslayer. SwisterTwister talk 20:01, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. The title Prem Khan is already salted. I will salt Prem Khan (actor) as well, due to multiple deletions and recreations of articles about this person. MelanieN (talk) 19:29, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Prem Khan (actor)[edit]

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Subject doesn't seem to have met notability criteria for an actor. The only sources that have talked about him are his website and IMDb. Other sources are completely irrelevant and looks like they were added for the count. Fails WP:GNG. —UY Scuti ^Talk 13:36, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete

User Washim Rehman is the same person about whom this article is about.

Refer [[15]] for details -

The article was first created by the name 'Prem Khan' & was marked for deletion (26 September 2015).

The article was recreated second time by the same name 'Prem Khan' & was marked for deletion (16 November 2015).

The article was recreated third time by the name 'Prem Khan (actor)' & was marked for deletion by me (05 January 2016).

The user Washim Rehman was blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for persistent disruptive editing so he created a new user Devil7592686.love

The article is now recreated the fourth time by the name 'Prem Khan (actor)' & is now marked for deletion (06 January 2016).

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• Delete - fails WP:GNG. -KH-1 (talk) 03:28, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Not yet a solidly acceptable article and not enough solid in-depth third-party sources overall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SwisterTwister (talk • contribs) 06:33, 7 January 2016 (UTC)‎[reply]
• Delete - Searches did not turn up enough to show they pass WP:GNG, and they clearly don't pass WP:NACTOR. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:06, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:27, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Boodelooap[edit]

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No evidence this exists outside of one song that purportedly mentions it. The song in question (A capella by Ylvis) may not exist at all, although one site claims that its lyrics mention this drink. [16] However, googling the song's lyrics doesn't turn up any other results, nor does googling "boodelooap" turn up anything reliable. Everymorning (talk) 13:07, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: I actually attempted to send the article to CSD when you nominated the article. Article is not notable and fails WP:GNG. Feel a bit like a hoax to me. AdrianGamer (talk) 13:13, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Update: The song in which this word originates is in fact real, [17] as an IP recently pointed out in an edit to this page. What seems to be going on is that lots of a cappella groups sang "Boodelooap" in their songs earlier, and now Ylvis came up with a made-up soft drink of the same name as a fictional backstory for why people sing it. [18] However, since the article identifies this drink as fictional, it's not a hoax. Accordingly, although this probably isn't notable, it could become a redirect to A Capella (song) assuming that song is notable (which it doesn't seem to be given the dearth of RS coverage of it I could find, which is not surprising as the song is apparently brand new). Everymorning (talk) 17:10, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• "The song in question (A capella by Ylvis) may not exist at all," - Learn how to google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.57.231.35 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• In my defense, I did google, but it autocorrected to "A Cappella" and all that came up were a cappella versions of "What does the Fox Say?" I also googled "Boodelooap" and, at the time, unlike now, there were no RSs and no hint of where it might come from aside from the one lyric website. Everymorning (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• All of the sources about Boodelooap and the song were published after the AfD nomination, so Everymorning's AfD nomination was sound. Cunard (talk) 05:40, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, refocus and rename the article to be about the song per the significant coverage in reliable sources.
  1. Kickham, Dylan (2016-01-06). "Ylvis parodies a cappella groups in new music video". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The article notes:

     Remember Ylvis, those guys that boldly answered one of millennials’ greatest questions: “What does the fox say?” Well, they’re back, and this time they’re lampooning inspirational a cappella music videos.

     Ylvis — comprised of Norwegian brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker — dropped their latest music video “a capella” on Tuesday. The video shows the two brothers leading an a cappella group trying to inspire a young boy who’s been bullied. The group makes note of certain stereotypes common to a cappella singers: one-man beatboxing, smiling “like you know Jesus personally,” and made up words (although we do learn “Boodelooap” is actually the name of a Nigerian soft drank). They end by showcasing different musical styles of a cappella to fend off the boy’s bullies.

  2. Anderson, L.V. (2016-01-06). "Ylvis' New Music Video Explains Why A Cappella Groups Have Been Singing "Boodelooap" All This Time". Slate. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The article notes:

     Norwegian brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker—better known as Ylvis—went viral in 2013 with their hit single “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?),” which finally asked the vulpine question on everyone’s mind (and resulted in a book deal). You might think of Ylvis as a one-hit wonder, but they’ve been busy hosting a variety show on TV Norge and making silly music videos, the latest of which is a pitch-perfect spoof of self-serious a cappella groups like Pentatonix.

     In this video, Ylvis and friends set out to rescue a bullying victim using only their voices and beatific facial expressions. In trademark Ylvis style, this video pays close attention to detail (note the quintet’s coordinated woolen hats) and features plenty of non-sequitur punchlines (we finally learn why a cappella groups have been singing “boodelooap” all this time). Purists will note that this is not strictly a cappella—the track seems to have gotten some electronic help post production—but that’s not really the point.

  3. Nyland, Bjørn Kristian (2016-01-08). "Ny Ylvis-låt går verden rundt: Vil brødrene gjenta The Fox-suksessen?" [New Ylvis song goes around the world: Would brothers repeat The Fox-success?]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The Google Translate of the article notes:

     After a theatrical song with Susanne Sundfør and a skit where Ylvis-Bard had to drink milk, they presented music video "A Capella" in Tuesday's premiere of "Tonight with Ylvis" on TVNorge.

     ...

     They think that it is acapella-parody of all acapella-parodies.

     In the video helps an acapella group a boy who is bullied and beaten up. They show up and scares the bullies away using their ability to sing any song in any style.

     What acapella group? writes USA Today, while referring to the monster hit "The Fox" and refrain "What does the fox say?"

     The website is convinced that Ylvis have the answer and that the US acapellagruppa Pentatonix should beware. According to the website hits Ylvis nail on the head with parody on today acapellagrupper.

  4. Waxman, Olivia B. (2016-01-06). "Watch the A Cappella Parody to End All A Cappella Parodies: "What Does the Fox Say?" group takes on a cappella". Time. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The article notes:

     Ylvis, the Norwegian comedy group that wrote 2013’s viral song “What Does the Fox Say?” has come out with a new music video that makes fun of a cappella singers.

     A group of the musicians help a boy who is getting beat up at school scare off bullies by their “scary” ability to sing a song in any musical style. Watch the group tackle everything from drums to trumpet noises and even show off their rap and rock styles.

     It’s aca-awesome.

  5. Bui, Hoai-Tran (2016-01-06). "What does the a capella group say? Ylvis is back to find out". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The article notes:

     Watch out, Pentatonix. Ylvis is coming for your aca-throne.

     In a spot-on parody of a capella groups that is both amazing and odd, Ylvis' a capella delves into just what makes a capella cool. Is it the singing like you know Jesus personally? The leather straps? Coordinated woolen hats? Or the fact that it seems to be an automatic anti-bully safeguard?

     So that's why a capella groups have been saying "boodelaooap" all this time — their love for Norwegian soda, and no other reason.

  6. Mav (2016-01-06). "Vokální muzika je nejvíc, přesvědčují norští komedianti. Přemůže všechna bezpráví". Reflex (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

     The article notes:

     „Co je nejmocnější, co je nejmocnější, pravdomluvné slovo.“ Jako by v Norsku znali Jaroslava Hutku a jeho folkový hit Náměšť. Tamní bláznivé hudební duo Ylvis teď v podobném duchu hlásá, jak nejlíp přežijete šikanu, když ovládnete vokální a capella hudbu. Jenom místo šikany komunistické řeší šikanu na školním dvoře. A místo folku se pouští do rocku, hip hopu i latiny. Zkrátka zvládají snad všechna klišé, která nesmějí u vokálních souborů chybět - zejména parodují mladý populární kvintet Pentatonix. Ale i když si dělají prču, tak se vší parádou a zpívá jim to výborně.

     Komediálně-hudební duo není světu virálních videí neznámé. Roku 2013 například bratři poučili mladší generace městských obyvatel, jak vlastně dělá liška.

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow the song to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 06:30, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I have refocused and rewritten the article to be about the song. Cunard (talk) 07:07, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Now that the article has already been rewritten and refocused, it meets the notability guideline. AdrianGamer (talk) 08:11, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I think the song is certainly ntoable, although the fictional soft drink mentioned therein doesn't seem to be. So If we kept this page and moved it to A Capella (song) I would be fine with that. Everymorning (talk) 13:15, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - and rename to the song, as per Everymorning. After the work put in by Cunard, meets GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 03:53, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom. At first glance this certainly looks like a consensus to delete, but the suggestion of a merge target came up after most of the delete !votes, and anyway, redirects are cheap (and harmless). -- RoySmith (talk) 00:58, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cost of moving in the United Kingdom[edit]

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This appears to be WP:SYNTH. While the cost of moving is a thing, this appears to be a synthesis of concerns about Stamp Duty and other things. It was a contested deletion in 2012.[19] and has had issues about whether it was created and edited largely to make points about Stamp Duty[20].--Samuel J. Howard (talk) 18:10, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep As stated above, the article was considered for deletion in 2012 and contested. The article remained and since then has been refined by a number of authors. I can see no reason to delete it. I note that the nomination for deletion was made within minutes of me querying the validity of Chris Pig, by the same person who wishes Chris Pig to remain. Tomintoul (talk) 18:49, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Tomintoul is article creator and principal editor. It was tagged for speedy deletion and that speedy was contested, but it has never been to AFD before. I did tag this after seeing him/her comment on Chris Pig, but that was because I was looking at his/her history trying to figure out why that was posted to BLP Notice Board instead of nominated for deletion or worked on. I did some cleanup and referencing on Chris Pig (which I had never before edited), but actually haven't taken a position on whether it should be deleted.--Samuel J. Howard (talk) 19:45, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. It is a WP:HOWTO move cheaply. Szzuk (talk) 18:52, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. It is a good fit as mentioned below. Szzuk (talk) 17:01, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:NOTHOWTO. --Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 19:07, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Agree it was created in order for someone to grind an axe about stamp duty costs and I wish I had AFD'd it rather than spent time making it more neutral. I for one, won't miss this article once it is deleted. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:NOTHOWTO. Useful, but not encyclopedic. There might be some content transferrable into the two 'See alsos'. Aspirex (talk) 06:26, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I am not sure about this one - it can probably be merged into the two see also and Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 10:07, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It would sit well within Affordability of housing in the United KingdomTomintoul (talk) 13:52, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Merged. I have merged the appropriate information. Szzuk (talk) 14:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I don't think that's really a merge, it's just the SDLT element that's been added in. Narrative is required explained that a key factor in deteriorating affordability are the huge costs associated with purchase. Tomintoul (talk) 19:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I think that the 'cost of moving' article content should not be merged in its entirety because it would be moving a WP:HOWTO into the new article. My WP experience is with AFD's and my intention was to prepare this AFD for closure. Szzuk (talk) 22:36, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom. Some content from this article has already been merged there (by another user). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:31, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete.  Sandstein  12:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mary W. Walters[edit]

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Nothing here to meet WP:GNG criteria. Won a local writing award (Writers Guild of Alberta), has a blog, belongs to a few organizations, that's about it. Lots of references, but zero non-trivial coverage in a reliable source, mostly just blogs and organizations. Has the appearance of paid editing. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:21, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Weak keep Unfortunately overly promotional article with too much trivia and a lot of un-referenced claims. I don't have access to Canadian Who's Who so I cna't see what claims that makes. Few library copies. Some books admittedly self-published, and I can't find River Books of Edmonton - possibly out of business. NeWest Press does exist - very small press in Edmonton. I checked most of the refs, removed some, cited others as failing validation. If this stays, unsourced statements should be removed. LaMona (talk) 19:38, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - This article's creator, User:Alwayssmileguys, has been indefinitely blocked for paid editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:51, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if this is the right place for me to add this note, but I am the subject of this Wikipedia entry and I am very sad that you are considering deleting it...note - comments relocated to discussion page)

• Delete - In response to the person this article is about, who will be reading my edit... nothing personal, and you seem like a nice person. Wikipedia has certain notability criteria, and in this case it is WP:ARTIST and WP:ANYBIO. I have searched Google and not found enough reliable sources to take this article (not you) past the threshold of notability (yet). Again, nothing personal (unless you are just another sock of User:Alwayssmileguys). Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:52, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a sock. I will live with this deletion if I must (of course), and will continue striving to win the Booker. I would just appreciate someone explaining to me why the bar is not nearly as high for soooo many other writers (see ones I cited for examples) as it seems to be for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marywwriter (talk • contribs) 15:10, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I looked at the articles of the other writers you mention; all have either won a notable award, and or have evidence of non-trivial coverage in reliable sources (definition of reliable sources here). You also had the misfortune of choosing an inept article creator on Fivrr. I hope you haven't already left a positive review for him. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:13, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I acknowledge a huge mistake in trying Fivrrr. I should have known better. It was a moment of desperation that came from my great fear of attempting to contact Wikipedia directly for guidance. I am happy to provide non-trivial coverage of the calibre of the other writers I have mentioned, but most of them are not online but are in print format only (e.g. reviews of my books from newspapers and magazines). Here is an example: https://maryww.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/dv001.jpg I can scan others from reviews of earlier books, but if I post them online myself it still looks pretty hokey -- even though they are legitimate reviews. They're probably on microfiche somewhere because they are not recent. "Legitimate reviewers" do not review self-published books as a rule... yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marywwriter (talk • contribs) 15:23, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If I am banished now, will I be banished forever? (I will now attempt to sign this properly.) --Marywwriter (talk) 15:29, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another non-trivial mention; http://www.geist.com/topics/walters-mary-w/ And there's this: http://www.writersunion.ca/pd-workshops And I can scan several that I have here in print format. The Canadian Who's Who is too expensive to purchase and they no longer give you access to out-dated versions online but I assure you I am in there and have been since about 1990. I can do a scan of the entry to that too if you want. One of the sources cited in Candas Jane Dorsey's bio (George Melnyk's literary history of Alberta) is one in which I am cited too, and have listed in the references. The winners of the Alberta Achievement Award are not anywhere online (a political decision, I am sure!) I have also been published at least a dozen times in "non-trivial" literary magazines including The Malahat Review and Chatelaine. Those are all in the bio. Which admittedly probably needs cutting.

I'll stop now and leave it in your hands. Marywwriter (talk) 15:44, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Fails WP:AUTHOR and WP:SIGCOV.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:07, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have been writing for forty years, and publishing steadily. To have learned here in this forum that my achievements are valueless compared to those of hundreds of other writers in the world, many of whom are at approximately the same stage of their careers as I am and have the same credentials, is devastating to me. As I am well regarded by many of my peers and by readers, I cannot begin to explain how humiliating this experience is for me. I am ashamed to the roots of my soul when I see the banner across my Wikipedia page that says “This article is being considered for deletion.” You may argue that I brought this on myself. It was not my intent to blow my achievements out of proportion, but only to have them recorded in a place that nearly everyone goes to for information. I had no idea how else to get the information up here. Clearly it was a mistake. Now I am requesting that you just take down the article as quickly as possible and release me from the pain of this diminishment of my public persona and my personal self-esteem. Please put me out of my misery as quickly as you can. Thank you. Marywwriter (talk) 15:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mary, please take a moment to read other stuff exists. Also, you were the one who started this. You added a draft auto-biography to your sandbox here over a month ago. Then when that didn't work, you paid someone to write your article. Now it's written, and there is a discussion about whether it meets wikipedia's notability threshold. Am I missing something? Would it help to know that the article has only been viewed 26 times in the past five days? Magnolia677 (talk) 02:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Magnolia677, please take a moment to read XfD culture: Wikipedia:Other stuff exists. I also wonder if you saw the following text in Other stuff exists: it is important to realize that countering the keep or delete arguments of other people, or dismissing them outright, by simply referring them to this essay by name, and nothing else, is not encouraged? Ottawahitech (talk) 17:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]

Magnolia, thanks. I have now read the "other stuff exists" item. I accept that it is valid.

When I used the sandbox, I was not expecting that it might "work." I did not know that it could "work." In fact, I hoped and I assumed no one would notice it. What I was doing with it was drafting an item that I then intended to submit for consideration by Wikipedia editors. I did all the formatting, put in all the links, etc. I tested it over and over again. But when it was ready for me to ask someone on the site for input, I lost my nerve. Yet again I had read and re-read all kinds of articles on the site about why you can't publish/write/propose your own bio. I figured that if I asked a Wikipedia editor to look at what I had put in the sandbox, I would be banned for life just for asking.

I know that many writers who are on this site (there is probably an "other stuff exists" type piece to ban attempts to make this kind of point as well, but I will continue anyway) have been posted here by people on the staffs of their publishing companies or with the help of other PR contacts they have through their agents and publishers. I also know that to wait around for someone (one of my avid fans, perhaps) to get an idea that they should write a Wikipedia piece about me, and then be willing and able to take on all the intricacies that writing such a thing requires, would take longer than I have life left in me. Sometimes you have to do what you can with what you have, and in this situation, all I had was me.

I honestly believed that I had the same (or equivalent) credentials as/to many other writers on the site, and that I therefore would be welcome here if anyone knew that I existed, and that it was only due to the fact that I had no PR staff to post an entry that was preventing me from taking my little seat in the little corner that is reserved for mid-list writers in this massive machine. One of my biggest problems is that five years ago I decided to investigate the possibilities of self-publishing rather than persisting to try to find a publisher for my third novel. As I have told countless other writers in PD workshops, there are many downsides to self-publishing in this era. The damage it does to your credibility (even if you have already been traditionally published) is one. Having no PR machine is another. I am quite sure that if the identical bio to the one I have written had been posted about me by someone at a major publishing house, we would not be having this conversation. I am also sure that you are going to run into other instances where (borderline?) qualified biographees are in no position ever to get onto Wikipedia because they have chosen to self-publish. The world is changing, but it always changes slowly.

Anyway, when someone to whom I was explaining all my Wikipedia dithering suggested Fiverr, I thought this could be my solution: I could just HIRE a PR staff! And, to take the blame off the shoulders of the guy who you think has so badly written the piece about me -- he didn't. I copied it directly from my sandbox to a word document. He copied it, fucked up the footnoting I had done, and otherwise posted it word for word. All weaknesses in the piece are mine.

So no, you didn't miss a thing. All of the errors and oversights are mine. It was all done innocently enough, however, and with no malice or malingering or prevarication intended. As I said this morning, i did not realize until it was marked for deletion that i was not worthy. I am ashamed that I am not worthy. Very ashamed. But it came as a surprise. However, since there seems to be no way to make this mistake go away, I will just learn to suck it up and get back to work on my next short story. Perhaps if I find a really non-trivial place that wants to publish it (or the one after it, or the one after that), we will be able to talk again.

Marywwriter (talk) 02:58, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In reference to my work in the Sandbox, please note the final revision I composed there: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Marywwriter/sandbox&direction=prev&oldid=693902133 This is the version I sent to the guy at Fiverr (the first one I found there who listed Wikipedia postings as a service he offered). You will note that he took out almost all of the links and turned them into References. I told him that I did not intend the ones he'd changed to be references. They were just links to background information on some event or person I had cited but they had no connection to me personally. He insisted, telling me that this was the format Wikipedia wanted now. So I let it go. But there should really be only EIGHT references -- these are ones that mention me specifically.

You will also note that I never submitted it for feedback for review by Wikipedia editors, which is why your claim that the sandbox didn't "work" doesn't make sense to me.

Marywwriter (talk) 14:47, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Marywwriter: In 2007 I decided to try help a man whom I have never met write an article about himself at Wikipedia. It was my first experience “editing" Wikipedia. If you stick around long enough to know what User and User-talk pages are, and how to read edit-histories, I invite you to read what followed, but to make a long story short, from that day on I have been considered a “spammer” (and other derogatory terms) here.

On the positive side, if you stick around even longer, you may discover that the good outweighs the bad. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:04, 1 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]

@ottawahitech Thank you. On Sunday I am leaving for a holiday in a place where they have no reliable internet, which is a relief. By the time I return, I will probably have recovered from this, no matter how it turns out. I think my worst nightmare is that I will remain forever on Wikipedia with a permanent notice that I am being evaluated for deletion. Like the garbage at the side of the street that never gets picked up but just smells increasingly bad as time goes on.Marywwriter (talk) 22:03, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

question: Is anyone here aware of the existence of Draft:Mary W. Walters? Ottawahitech (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]

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• Delete Fails WP:AUTHOR and WP:SIGCOV. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:29, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I will research this further and ask the other WP users to do the same so we can make a fair comment to keep or delete. Lit1979 (talk) 23:31, 6 January 2016 (UTC) — Lit1979 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

 Administrator note - Lit1979 started editing yesterday and went straight for AfDs. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:09, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As at least one editor has pointed out elsewhere, Lit1979 seems to be making valid contributions at Afd, stating that he or she has been following Wikipedia for some time. The editor doesn't seem to be default-!voting one way or another. Let's WP:AGF. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:41, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete and draft and userfy until a better sourced and overall solid article is available. SwisterTwister talk 06:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• The subject needs to understand that this is not a comment on the quality of her work as a writer — Wikipedia does not have any institutional opinion one way or the other about such matters. We do not keep or delete an article about a writer on the basis of whether any individual editor likes or dislikes their writing — we keep or delete an article about a writer on the basis of whether that article passes or fails our content standards.
  Don't take this as a personal affront to your worth as a writer or a person, because the purpose of this is actually to protect you from the unintended consequences of having a Wikipedia article — because we're an encyclopedia that anybody can edit, we cannot guarantee that nobody will ever edit the article in an attempt to publish defamatory content that attacks you for something. So we insist on reliable source coverage by which the content in an article can be properly verified, because otherwise if somebody vandalized the article in the future we would have no way to properly sort out what was true and what wasn't.
  There's plenty here that would constitute enough notability if it were properly sourced, but no article on Wikipedia ever gets to have its sourcing rest primarily on WordPress and Blogspot blogs and primary sourced public relations profiles — it's media coverage or bust, always and forever, and no person, no matter how deserving they might be in principle, ever, ever, ever gets an exemption from that for any reason. We don't make personal judgement calls about whether one writer deserves an article more or less than another one does; we make the determination based solely on the quality of the sourcing that is or isn't available to properly support an article. The most talentless hack in literary history will get an article if the reliable source coverage is there, and the most brilliantly innovative new writer on Wattpad won't get an article if media aren't taking notice of their brilliance yet — it's not about the quality of their work (which is almost always a subjective opinion anyway), it's about verifiability in reliable sources.
  Delete, without prejudice against recreation if and when it can be sourced properly. Bearcat (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sigh. Let's get through the easy part first. The deletes outnumber the keeps by a 2:1 margin, and on top of that, several of the keeps make arguments which aren't supported by policy.

Now, let's move on to the part that makes me sigh. I have not looked at the AfD for List of the oldest United States House of Representatives or List of the longest-lived United States Governors, but seriously, how could some of these be good topics for lists, and others not? I'm not saying I know which is the right answer, just that it seems hard to fathom that the same answer shouldn't apply to them all. It really seems like this whole old people AfD fest should get put on hold while people go off and come up with some coherent set of guidelines which can then be applied uniformly. End of rant. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:05, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of the oldest United States Senators[edit]

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There is no encyclopedic value to this list. Living a long time has no relationship to spending time in the US Senate at some point. It appears to attempt to cover every Senator that reached their 90th birthday. Legacypac (talk) 21:34, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Not an encyclopedic topic. Pburka (talk) 02:05, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Your definition of non-encyclopedic is quite expensive. While you can argue as such, the limited and not very strict guidance given on what qualifies as a non-encyclopedic topic does not back up your point. Star Garnet (talk) 23:34, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Specific nonencyclopedic topics include non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations. Senators are an encyclopedic topic, but their longevity is trivia and completely unrelated to their notability. Wikipedia is also not an indiscriminate collection of information. This list qualifies as an excessive list of statistics (except that the statistic is irrelevant.) Wikipedia is also not any of a very long list of terrible ideas. If this is notable, then why not have a List of the oldest child prodigies or List of the oldest mineralogists? Pburka (talk) 01:10, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Again, you are going off of your preconceived notion of 'nonencyclopedic' that is not spelled out as such in WP:NOT. While I would certainly agree with you on, e.g., List of oldest buildings on Kansas colleges and universities, (in my non-unique opinion) age is an inherent categorizing factor among defined, limited groups of people, particularly when all members of said group have or are by default eligible for an article of their own. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of longest-living state leaders for further discussion and comparison to other similar cases. Star Garnet (talk) 09:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

At least the oldest buildings on Kansas colleges have always been buildings! This is a list of people who, at some point, were senators, and who then went on to live for a long time. It might be more accurately titled List of the oldest people who were also United States Senators. Pburka (talk) 01:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep WP:USEFUL, WP:LISTN--Dangermouse600 (talk) 00:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  WP:USEFUL explains that "it's useful" isn't a good argument, and WP:LISTN explains why lists like this one aren't notable. Pburka (talk) 04:43, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • There's an ongoing edit war on this page about whether User:Dangermouse600 is a WP:SPA. DM600 edits almost exclusively on the topic of longevity, but the account wasn't recently created and has contributed meaningful edits outside of WP:AFD. Whether or not DM600 qualifies as a SPA isn't very important, so I suggest dropping it. Pburka (talk) 01:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per most of the the keep arguments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of longest-living state leaders. This is not the strongest of list topics for cross categorizing, but not enough for deleting. Every entry can be referenced to a bio page and the ages are compiled from such. OR doesn't apply to this list in my opinion. There is clearly defined criteria for inclusion with no ambiguity. It's a list of people that are obviously notable and factoring in longevity which is at least arguably notable as well. I see no strongly compelling reason to delete this. RoadView (talk) 01:57, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Living into the 90s is not notable, it's very common. To verify visit any care home or retirement community. Legacypac (talk) 02:29, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Czolgolz (talk) 05:13, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Encyclopedic list that is an excellent example of an appropriate standalone list. Alansohn (talk) 05:21, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, WP:OR in that there are no reliable sources that actually talk about "oldest Senators", this list seems to have been compiled and synthesised from other sources. WP:LISTN also would seem to apply here -nobody apart from Wikipedia seems to discuss these individuals as a set. Senators who were aged while they held office might be an interesting article if a source could be found that covers that. Note that some of the "Keep" !votes above are making arguments not based in policy, and the closing admin should disregard these. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:27, 6 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]