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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 23:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Rodriguez (writer and podcaster)[edit]

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Consistent target of the Robertbenjamin UPE sock farm. Of the sources present in the article, 1 and 2 are brief mentions, and 3 is a book from a self-publishing source so is not reliable. While the name is relatively common, I did run searches with several permutations of words related to the Beatles and the name of the podcast to narrow it down, and still cannot find sufficient reference material about this subject to indicate notability. Seraphimblade Talk to me 23:36, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He's (and his podcast) have been the subject of three Forbes articles.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamjeakle/2019/12/09/podcast/?sh=167e5f076ba1
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamjeakle/2021/12/16/how-a-niche-podcast-landed-the-best-interview-with-beatles-get-back-director-peter-jackson/?sh=6b0e05c67727
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamjeakle/2022/01/28/as-the-beatles-get-back-moves-to-theaters-director-peter-jackson-talks-next-steps/?sh=289eb3695295 2600:1008:A011:426B:2C21:5B4:7F7E:789E (talk) 15:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Those, I'm afraid, are by "Forbes contributors", and as such are generally considered self-published and not reliable. Also, two of them only briefly mention Rodriguez. I did run across those while searching, but they wouldn't help toward notability. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:28, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Needs more to attain notability. Analysing the sources per WP:THREE, the first source [1] gave nothing except talking about the Beatles which the Chicago tribune [2] also analysed. The two sources were centered lessly on "his" podcast which did not pass WP:PODCAST. Most of the books were self published and per WP: AUTHOR, doesn't confer notability. The second source was from Google book link which is neither a reliable source but just a primary reference and the books also doesn't seem to cross WP: NBOOK. The sources were few and the subject isn't notable! All the Best! Otuọcha (talk) 00:32, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • DeleteWP:FORBESCON doesn't work, the Chicago Tribune article is direct quotes, a self-published book won't work, and the "The Beatles in Masculinity Study: Male Fandom Sustaining the Beatles' Success and Longevity" piece only cites work by this article's subject. WP:SIGCOV is the issue here. TLAtlak 14:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus‎. Liz Read! Talk! 23:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He Ri Jun Zai Lai[edit]

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Wikipedia:RLOTE Remsense 08:12, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Wikipedia:Redirects in languages other than English states: "This guideline for deleting redirects states that redirects in languages other than English that point to articles not directly related to that language (or a culture associated with that language) should generally not be kept." - I added emphasis with the italics.
  • Two of the terms are related to Mandarin: When Would You Come Again (1999 Taiwanese television series) and When Will You Return? (1937 song) are related to the Mandarin "He Ri Jun Zai Lai"
  • Two of them are from pre-1997 handover Hong Kong: Au Revoir, Mon Amour (1991) and Till the End of Time (1996). My understanding is that both films are in Cantonese, so this would mean they are related to the Chinese text "何日君再來" but not necessarily to the Mandarin pinyin.
WhisperToMe (talk) 01:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a borderline case—one thing I might note is that these are spaced syllables, which is definitely a way a Chinese speaker might type this into the search bar, but not the only or most likely way? I'm not sure: I would type Heri jun zai lai first, because 何日; 'when' is one word here. Remsense 02:04, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Adding another comment... personally I would keep because redirects can also include alternate capitalizations/spellings/etc. It is plausible that a native born Mandarin speaker would use this form, and so this would be a correct redirect/disambig only for topics related to cultures of Mandarin Chinese-speaking communities. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Leaning keep as harmless, and potentially helpful. BD2412 T 00:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus‎. The arguments regarding the notability of the article subject—an author and journalist—were effectively votes, without much in the way of reasoning. While there appears to be some consensus that the events recounted in his book might be notable, that has no bearing on whether the author is himself notable. This close is without prejudice to creating a new article, merging content, or starting another deletion/merge/move discussion for this article. (non-admin closure) voorts (talk/contributions) 01:14, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Max Marshall (writer)[edit]

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The author does not meet WP:GNG. It is all about his one book. Macbeejack 17:06, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the best option would be to Rename and turn it into an article about the events described in all these articles. There doesn't seem to be a wiki article about it already, and surely it would meet notability standards. The information about Max Marshall's involvement could be a section within such an article. Vontheri (talk) 17:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with this idea. PARAKANYAA (talk) 17:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't it be better to draw up a quick stub on that topic and redirect this article to it? -- asilvering (talk) 00:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep. The article can be improved or moved, but those are not reasons for AfD. Bearian (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I propose keep and rename to "College of Charleston drug trafficking scandal", "College of Charleston drug trafficking ring", "Kappa Alpha fraternity Drug trafficking ring at the college of Charleston", "Kappa Alpha fraternity at the College of Charleston Xanax scandal" or some similar name. I have no strong opinion on the specific name chosen, just as long as it accurately describes what happened.
The relevant portions of the article as it currently exists can be kept, and work can be done to integrate the countless sources for references into the article. I'm sure non-internet sources exist, too, such as newspapers. Deleting the article would be deleting prose and references that would be useful for those working on the renamed article and thus counterproductive. It would be starting from scratch when the start has already been started. Vontheri (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Doesn't look like Marshall is notable, though the book may be and the events described in the book are. Tacyarg (talk) 12:50, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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If there is a way to create a new article with a title something like the names I proposed above and then integrate the section among the bros from this article into the new article, along with a brief paragraph or two summarizing anything from the rest of the article that is relevant, then I would be fine with that as well. It seems to me like most people agree that the events described in the book written by Max Marshall are notable, even if the person Max Marshall is not notable enough for an article. So as long as the current article isn't destroyed such that anyone working to contribute to the new article has that information in the current article accessible to them as a starting point, then I would personally also find an approach like that acceptable.
I'm not an expert in all the inner workings of wikipedia and all the different options that are available for a scenario like this, (my primary reason for being on wikipedia is to write content for articles; involving in discussions is secondary for me) but hopefully it is clear what my intent is for what I personally think should be done, and assuming others agree with me, perhaps someone else who is more an expert of inner workings of wikipedia can suggest the most proper solution from a technical standpoint. Vontheri (talk) 13:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus‎. Final relist. Not eligible for a Soft Deletion. Anyone care to comment here? Liz Read! Talk! 23:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kotono Shibuya[edit]

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This one sentence biography article has zero references, and is not sufficient to establish notability. The Japanese Wikipedia article for the person has just one cite, insufficient to be notable. After searching, found social media, but no comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the person. Article was created on 22 January 2005 JoeNMLC (talk) 15:10, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge‎ to Lyoness. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MyWorld[edit]

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Only reliable source I could identify is Tiroler Tageszeitung. But the article appears to be about Lyoness, which already had an article at Lyoness although lead states now myWorld. (Speedy deletion was contested) IgelRM (talk) 23:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Merge. Merge content to Lyoness and move that article to this title. If I'm correctly understanding, Lyoness rebranded in 2017 but its article is horribly outdated now; most of the post-2017 information is in this one. ~ A412 talk! 06:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep as a separate page, as it easily passes general notability but needs to be updated with sources from the other lyoness page (background and history). 扱. し. 侍. (talk) 13:13, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    We would virtually have to rewrite the entire article based on information from the Lyoness article. IgelRM (talk) 14:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge into Lyoness and move that article to this title. Reliable sources do not establish notability for myWorld, the Austrian Ltd independent from that of myWorld, the current iteration of the Lyoness family of scams. There are some hits in the Austrian joint library system, but they all just go to "investment" "newsletters" in the business of laundering press releases. GR Kraml (talk) 06:59, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I've added multiple reliable sources from Der Standard, Kleine Zeitung, L'Hebdo, Handelszeitung, etc which provide sufficient and for sure independent description of the MyWorld/Lyoness and thus establish the subject's notability. --Moem-Meom (talk) 11:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If Lyoness and MyWorld are related by sources, is a merge into Lyoness feasible? IgelRM (talk) 10:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    not sure, the discussion is on deletion and both topics are notable though share shared past Moem-Meom (talk) 12:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    so, I see both pages are eligible for Wikipedia, at least since I've added enough "meat" (reliable sources) to meet the General Notability Guideline. The discussion is on deletion, and the consensus is that the topic is notable. Moem-Meom (talk) 12:07, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment. There was never any doubt that the Lyoness family of scams was notable; what's at issue here is whether we need two separate articles for its two trademarks. The sources you added to the article are not helpful in this respect. About a third of them leads to 404s or 410s or otherwise fails verification. Most of those that superficially work are explicit about the fact that "MyWorld" is just a new CI Lyoness has adopted after its original CI became radioactive. In addition, the Background section is massively padded with inappropriate WP:INTEXT, and language like "garnered significant attention from notable newspapers" straddles the line between original research and desperation. What is going on here? GR Kraml (talk) 21:48, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep German language sources are top and notable with in-depth topic coverage both on MyWorld now and previous history, especially focusing on various journalistic investigation. --Loewstisch (talk) 13:28, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep with new SIGCOV added recently and a long quite problematic history, the company (which is the biggest cashback service globally as far as I know) easily passes GNG. I also think the distinction and evolution from Lyoness to MyWorld are significant, to justify separate coverage and articles. --Old-AgedKid (talk) 18:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Merge Lyoness to here and then redirect to here - according to the suggestion by A412 above. The company meets notability but it doesn't make sense to have two separate articles on the same subject matter. HighKing++ 11:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge with Lyoness: this is a WP:REDUNDANTFORK. I'm not sure if the title should stay at myWorld or Lyoness. There might need to be an RM to determine the common name. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:34, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. Liz Read! Talk! 21:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Cowles[edit]

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Like his father, Alfred Cowles Jr., good sourcing is lacking. Reads like a genealogical entry. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Liz Read! Talk! 21:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alejandro Jenkins[edit]

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Academic with an h-factor of 16, no major awards and a low publication rate. Article survived a PROD in 2017, but was not discussed further. Minor mentions in scientific info journals/blogs, but I do not see this as meeting WP:NPROF now or before. (He seems to be a serious scientist, but not notable.) Ldm1954 (talk) 20:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article was created by User:Joehubris (apparently no longer active) in 2010 because Jenkins was co-author of a cover story in Scientific American. This was covered by MIT News and FSU's news website. The same work was featured in a 2015 episode of the TV show Through the Wormhole, hosted by Morgan Freeman. Jenkins appeared in person in that show. Also, there are number of published books that cite Jenkins for this work (one can try a Google Books search of his name). There's also a news story from 2020 in Physics World, based on different and later work. This seem to me to be a feature story and includes a picture of Jenkins and his collaborator Alicki. It seems to me that this reflects a significant amount of exposure in the media for a theoretical physicist. A number of physics pages, including Triboelectric effect and Self-oscillation, currently link to this bio based on the subject's work in those areas. - Eb.hoop2 (talk) 23:34, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep -- member of the national academy of sciences for a country. Evidence from @Eb.hoop2 (which I think should be counted as a Keep vote) suggests other evidence of notability. -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 09:48, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Is membership in the Costa Rica NAS enough? It's not clear to me that it operates as an extremely selective org recognizing significant impact in one's field the way the US NAS or UK RS do. I couldn't find anything about its election/nomination/application process on the website or even a description of what membership means. The executive director is someone with a master's in management, for example, and its Board of Directors includes people with only a master's and very recent PhDs.
    Jenkins has very low citation counts for this field, though the PhysicsWorld piece is promising, if rather routine, for C7/GNG. The MIT and FSU pieces are not independent and so do not count toward notability. JoelleJay (talk) 17:35, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The ratio of National Science Academy membership to national population is about 1.6 times as high for Costa Rica (60/5,000,000) as for the US (2400/335,000,000), so the Costa Rican Academy is still rather selective. Jenkins's papers, though few, are well cited and unusually wide-ranging, including high energy physics, cosmology, quantum thermodynamics, and science pedagogy and history. Jenkins pointed out, in a paper on quark masses, that what is now called the anthropic principle was enunciated in 1844 by Arthur Schopenhauer, long before it was rediscovered and named in the 20th century.CharlesHBennett (talk) 23:33, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I revised the above numbers for Costa Rica to 60/5,000,000 because I had erroneously included 20 deceased members yesterday. The US National Academy of Sciences has two Costa Rican members. Both are members of the Costa Rican National Academy of Sciences. I too could not find how the Costa Rican National Academy selects its members. The Royal Society, arguably the most prestigious learned society, is less selective relative to the population of its host country (1600/67,000,000) than either the NAS or the Costa Rican Academy, perhaps because it includes a significant number of members from other Commonwealth countries.CharlesHBennett (talk) 13:05, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The appearance on a television program to discuss his work (as well as cover story on same material in Scientific American) establish notability. Membership in Costa Rican National Academy of Sciences also independently establishes notability. A scientist’s h-index need not be high for them to be notable (Eg, Peter Higgs has an h-index of 7 or 8). Gsbsmith (talk) 09:50, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neither of the first two items you mention contributes at all to notability... Thousands of non-notable researchers appear on TV or publish articles in pop science magazines. And without knowing what the qualifications are for membership in the Costa Rican NAS we don't know whether it actually is selective (it looks more likely to be a governmental advisory body than an org whose membership is restricted to the top scientists in their field). I also didn't mention h-index in my evaluation, I mentioned citations; Higgs has three solo-authored research papers totaling 6800+ citations, that's clearly a C1 pass by itself. Jenkins has one review article with 245 citations and a co-authored paper with 97 citations. Is that really a high enough standard for theoretical physics? JoelleJay (talk) 11:03, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep. I'm happy with the principle that membership in a nation's official national academy passes WP:PROF#C3. It helps counter our anglocentric bias. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lucky Luke: End of Legend[edit]

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Non-notable short film, fails WP:NFILM. Cabrils (talk) 22:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete; I've been unable to find reliable sources supportin notability for the article, and there are certainly none in the article. The alternative of a merge to Lucky Luke#Tributes to Lucky Luke is a possibility, but there's not enough in the article to warrant that. Klbrain (talk) 23:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete‎. CSD G7 Liz Read! Talk! 18:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KnowTheZodiac[edit]

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Promotional page for non-notable astrology app. Could not find a single source, let alone WP:RS, via NewsBank or WikiLibrary databases searches. Cabrils (talk) 22:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Advert from an apparent paid editor, who has also created a promotional biography on the App's author at Dosse-Via Trenou. Sources are mostly listicles. Also noting that the article creator attempted to remove the AFD tag from the article. - MrOllie (talk) 23:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Promo page for an app. No reliable sources found and sources listed are just listicles that do not provide significant coverage or primary. StreetcarEnjoyer

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  • Delete: basically advertising Hi! (talk) 07:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: I don't see any indication of Notability, and a Web search does not find any significant coverage - just advertising and listicles.--Gronk Oz (talk) 10:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Carlos Jerónimo[edit]

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fails WP:GNG Joeykai (talk) 22:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 20:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iñaki Quintana[edit]

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fails WP:GNG Joeykai (talk) 22:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete simply being a footballer is not enough to be notable. OsmiumGuard (talk) 22:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 07:28, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 15:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete No WP:SIGCOV and a very bad article to boot. Anwegmann (talk) 04:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete – The Spanish Wikipedia article of this person has been deleted in 2015 due to lack of encyclopedic relevance. However, I'm not sure what kind of person was he. Under the name "Iñaki Quintana", search engines mostly find other men with this name instead of the Mexican soccer player, failing WP:V. CuteDolphin712 (talk) 15:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom --Devokewater 12:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Sources I could locate on the internet refer to a different person of the same name 🍪 CookieMonster 15:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was merge‎ to List of aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia. Liz Read! Talk! 20:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Smart Aviation crash[edit]

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super non-notable, a small plane and only a few on board TyHaliburtn (talk) 22:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect Agree with Ckfasdf to merge with List of aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 12:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Mixed outcome‎. Keep and move Battle of the Lacus Curtius to Battle of Lacus Curtius and redirect the remainder to Romulus, both of which I will do. Star Mississippi 00:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Alba Longa[edit]

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I am also nominating the following pages:

Battle of Rome (753 BC) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Battle of Caenina (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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Battle of Antemnae (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Battle of Nomentum (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

There is nothing verifiable or notable to discuss about these mythological battles, contra the town or the characters in the myths.

This is related to the template for deletion discussion here. I also note that large portions of these articles are basically just content forks. WP:CFORK. They are also in many cases largely unattributed copyright violations, WP:COPYWITHIN, from me at Founding of Rome and Alba Longa. Ifly6 (talk) 21:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There have been related discussions on this series of articles: WT:CGR#Questionable Article: Battle of Alba Longa, Talk:Battle of Antemnae#There is almost nothing here about the battle itself,[a] Talk:Battle of Alba Longa#WP:LAYOUT, WP:CFORK, WP:COPYVIO.

I also want to emphasise that there is also nothing to discuss about these "battles". The information we have about these episodes from the (only) sources on them are basically single sentences. Livy 1.5 says: So the king Amulius was being enmeshed on all sides by hostile purposes. Romulus shrunk from a direct attack with his body of shepherds, for he was no match for the king in open fight. They were instructed to approach the palace by different routes and meet there at a given time, whilst from Numitor's house Remus lent his assistance with a second band he had collected. The attack succeeded and the king was killed. Dion Hal 1.83.1 gives: These were joined by the countrymen... from the market-place with swords concealed under their clothes... And having by a concerted attack forced the entrance... they easily slew Amulius Another tradition is also given at 1.84.8 Then, when great numbers came to town together with the accused... the grandfather of the youths acquainted them with all the circumstances of their fortune, and telling them that now... was the time to avenge themselves, he straightway made his attack upon Amulius The total sum of description in the ancient sources can be put into two long sentences. As further evidence for the lack of possible sourcing for these articles:

Query Scholar link Results
"Battle of Alba Longa" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Alba+Longa%22&btnG= 0
"Battle of Rome" "753 BC" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Rome%22+%22753+BC%22&btnG= 3, all irrelevant
"Battle of Caenina" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Caenina%22&btnG= 0
"Second Battle of Rome" "753 BC" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Second+Battle+of+Rome%22+%22753+BC%22&btnG= 1, irrelevant
"Battle of Antemnae" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Antemnae%22&btnG= 0
"Battle of Nomentum" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Nomentum%22&btnG= 0
"Battle of the Lacus Curtius" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Lacus+Curtius%22&btnG= 0
"Battle of Lacus Curtius" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=%22Battle+of+Lacus+Curtius%22&btnG= 2

Pings for discussants in previous discussions. Викидим, P Aculeius, Caeciliusinhorto-public, Caeciliusinhorto. I think that a reasonable solution would be turn all of these articles into redirects to Roman Kingdom or, since they all involve "Mr Rome",[b] Romulus. Ifly6 (talk) 21:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I now believe that Battle of the Lacus Curtius should be kept and renamed to Battle of Lacus Curtius. Alternatively, there is also the title Battle in the Forum which is more common than Battle of Lacus Curtius. Regardless, I don't think BLC needs to be deleted. Amendments have been made to reflect that. Ifly6 (talk) 03:02, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

  1. ^ See also TableSalt43's very short – and in my opinion insufficient – defence of the verifiability of the battle there: a book written by Marc Hyden has provided speculative and biographical information about Romulus, and his campaigns. Such information is elided by Hyden's statement on p. x that My goal is not to present this as history, but as the myth that later Romans knew well. I also doubt that Hyden's book is itself a reliable source but I have a very strong WP:ACADEMICBIAS. Ifly6 (talk) 21:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
  2. ^ See Mary Beard, SPQR (2015) p 71, giving that translation of Romulus' name. She also conveys the general consensus that Mr Rome did not exist. I think basically only Carandini thinks he existed, which is a WP:FRINGE view among archaeologists.

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  • Keep and edit to make it clear that the battle is mythological. Many countries or former countries have legends about their beginnings that are not literally true but are nonetheless notable. See Yellow Emperor, for example. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that any of these "battles" are sufficiently detailed in the sum total of the ancient sources to justify their own articles. They would be most suitably covered in Romulus, Romulus and Remus, Founding of Rome, or if we really want to focus entirely on myth, something like Founding myth of Rome (which would be most clear as to this not having happened). Plainly, there are no sources; there is no significant coverage. WP:GNG. Ifly6 (talk) 22:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter if they were "originally" detailed—most of the interest is in the historiography and commentary in the intervening two millennia. Remsense 22:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This does not exist. There is no historiography of these "battles". Please do not confuse the existence of sources on Alba Longa, a mythological city, or Romulus, a mythological person, as also being about these battles. I am not listing Alba Longa or Romulus for deletion. Ifly6 (talk) 22:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep – these events border on things known about Rome by the general public. Of course they're mythology, but a single TWL search for "Alba Longa" immediately returned a full monograph on the historiography surrounding it.[1] A quick perusal of the source list affirms that there's plenty of broader secondary and tertiary coverage. Remsense 22:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC) Now delete, per below. Remsense 00:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Grandazzi, Alexandre (2008). Alba Longa, histoire d'une légende (in French). Rome: École française de Rome. ISBN 978-2-7283-0412-7. OCLC 298179338.
Those source lists are largely stolen without attribution from me! I read them. They do not discuss these "battles". They discuss the founding of Rome, which is a far broader topic. These articles are about "battles" and not the founding of Rome. Ifly6 (talk) 22:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll concede these points, then. Now leaning delete. Remsense 00:32, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete, or, failing that, redirect to Romulus. Ifly6 presents a convincing case that these articles' very titles are OR, so I'm not sure we even want to have them around as redirects, but the most important thing is that they not stay around as full-fledged articles. Ifly6's argument about how little material there is on each battle is supported by the articles themselves; the events in question are briefly described, and much of the text of each article describes related events in the other battles. The result is a lot of repetition between distinct articles, and it makes more sense to have this sequence of mythical events discussed in a single place.
Moreover, writing about mythical events while making it clear that they didn't happen is not impossible, but it is difficult. It's more difficult if they have their own articles. An article with a battle is liable to accumulate an infobox with troops strengths and other details—these ones already have—which gives the impression that the events happened even if the text of the article says otherwise. A. Parrot (talk) 23:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Lacus Curtius, delete/merge the rest. As far as I know, that's the only battle described in article-level detail in Livy; I would need to review Dionysius and Plutarch on the others, but as presently written they're no more than stubs with no obvious potential for expansion, surrounded by vast clouds of information that are largely duplicative, and which belong under Romulus, Romulus and Remus, or whichever other articles concern the founding of Rome.
This came up because someone linked an article on my watch list to "Battle of Alba Longa", which in Livy is only a few sentences about Romulus and Remus ambushing and slaying their wicked uncle with the help of their friends, the shepherds. And that description is pretty much all there is to say about the event, so finding an extensive article covering everything about Romulus and Remus and barely mentioning a "battle" (which isn't even described as one in Livy) astonished me. I thank Ifly6 for initiating this discussion, since I hesitated to do so due to all of the technical considerations.
Mythological occurrences can certainly be the subjects of articles, irrespective of their historicity. But with most of these, there's just not much to say; the chief exception is that there's quite a lot about Titus Tatius making war on Rome, including details of the battle and things said to have occurred during it. That's why I think that one can stay, although it probably needs to be pared down to focus on the battle, and its immediate antecedents and consequences. I'll mention one qualification: often Dionysius or Plutarch offer a lot more detail than Livy, so it's possible there's more to say than the articles currently do. P Aculeius (talk) 01:28, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the history and also at Google Scholar, I now agree with this position. I think the name Battle of the Lacus Curtius should be changed to Battle of Lacus Curtius given that the former has zero results on Google Scholar whereas the latter actually appears in the literature (albeit with only two results). Ifly6 (talk) 03:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
An alternate redirect target could be The Rape of the Sabine Women § Story. Ifly6 (talk) 03:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's a possible target, but I think this one battle is a bit much to fit under that heading, and it certainly has a lot of detail in Livy: the fight of the champions, Hostus Hostilius and Mettius Curtius, one of whom had to be pulled out of the swampy ground in what would later be the Roman Forum (after it was drained by the Cloaca Maxima); Romulus vowing a temple to Jupiter Stator in order to hold the Roman line; Hersilia and the Sabine women interceding to prevent further bloodshed and reconcile the two armies, etc. And as I said, I haven't checked to see how much additional detail is in Dionysius and Plutarch. Between these three sources, there's often quite a lot of narrative! P Aculeius (talk) 04:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I meant for the other articles ("Battles of Lacus Curtius" and "Alba Longa" excepted) which largely discuss Romulus' mythical adventures against the Sabines. Ifly6 (talk) 05:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or redirect all, except Battle of the Lacus Curtius, remove "the" from the title of the latter. There is next to zero information on these topics and thus no scholarship. So the articles can contain only either (1) a two-sentence description from a primary source (e.g., Plutarch), (2) a purely fictional (modern, not based on any historical records) description of the battle, (3) a retelling of the material distantly related to the topic (say, story of Romulus), or (4) a WP:OR combination of the previous 3 variants (this is currently the case). Either configuration obviously violates one or more of our rules. The classical history is a well-established field, there is absolutely no reason to use the modern fiction literature (see the brief discussion of source used without citing it) or primary sources. In the case of these articles, there are essentially zero reliable sources that cover the subject in any detail (because there is no material for historians to work with), even the names of some of these "battles" are impossible to find in the serious history works. --Викидим (talk) 05:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or Redirect all to Romulus, per Ifly6, A. Parrot, et al. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:16, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or Redirect Paul August 11:20, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or Redirect as above. As separate events, these lack notability. This is reflected in the repetitive article structure, in which the "subject" event is dealt with in a few lines, surrounded by massive preamble/background and aftermath sections. Thus they are all slightly refocused content forks of the same foundation myth; the reader is best served by a single account of that. NebY (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. Closing as keep, per the consensus. Most of the delete !votes (including the nom who are blocked currently as SOCK) are taken with a pinch of salt. But consensus is clear about the existence of notability, but further expansion of the article is required. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:00, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zari_Kovo[edit]

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No notability, Real estate dealer. I don't think he has a place on Wikipedia. Otherwise any property owner could get an article. Tapal2024 (talk) 20:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete: The only RS, Haretz, is an article about Oded Kobo who isn't this individual. The rest aren't RS and I don't see anything about this person. Oaktree b (talk) 22:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Oaktree b, could you take a look at the new sourcing presented below? TLAtlak 14:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: no significant action. This is not suitable for Wikipedia. Unreliable reference [unreliable source?] Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Success302 (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion.
  • Keep sufficient reliable coverage in Hebrew RS: Calcalist [3] , Globes [4], TheMarker [5] Marokwitz (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep – per the WP:THREE by Marokwitz. TLAtlak 04:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: As per WP:RSP, only Haaretz is considered reliable. Juice00001 (talk) 13:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC) Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Juice00001 (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion. [reply]
  • Keep. This is a disruptive nomination, with a nonsensical intro, from an account that has since been blocked. Easy pass of the GNG. No case for deletion whatsoever. One of the three "sources" above is a list of articles about Kovo. Plus there are more RS in the Hewiki article. Furthermore, with the rape conviction and jail time included, this is a balanced article. The delete !votes look like WP:NEXIST failures. For Juice00001 and Success302, with very few edits, this is the first AfD. gidonb (talk) 21:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Easily passes WP:GNG. Also known as "Bebo Kobo" etc, plus many sources are in Hebrew. Edwardx (talk) 14:18, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - This entry was tainted with a lot of bad blood and a desire for revenge. The relevant corrections have been introduced. In my opinion, this page may be appropriate for the Hebrew Wikipedia but not for the English Wikipedia. The criminal charge refers to 1979 long before he became a real estate broker and made the deal of his life, so none of this is relevant to the English entry. Developer19801 (talk) 09:28, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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    No one asked me to come here, I've been following this article for a while now and have made a few edits to it. I think this article is not worthy of Wikipedia. What you are doing is unacceptable. In a conversation it is customary to respect the opinions of other contributors, especially when it is not to your liking.. Developer19801 (talk) 13:43, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete- Poor content. Should not be included in Wikipedia.Mhagay (talk) 14:09, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no Wikipedia importance. No significant contribution according to Wikipedia values. The only thing that stands out in this person's actions is his criminal record. A criminal record is not a criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia.Joshua Royal (talk) 15:34, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment While I have no opinion on what should happen with this article, I thought I'd point out to the ineventual closer that except for User:Oaktree b, all of those editors advocating Delete are low edit accounts who have been active for several months. What drew them to this AFD discussion, out of the hundreds that are currently open, I do not know. Liz Read! Talk! 21:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: First article is about Kovo, going into some description of his life. The second one is a series of articles, the last one is about him disputing a rape conviction in 1979. First perhaps helps notability, I'm not sure the rest do. Oaktree b (talk) 23:51, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Marokwitz and others, there seems to be enough coverage at the very least in Hebrew, which would meet the requirement for notability. That being said, I agree with @Liz that some of these edits appear suspicious. FortunateSons (talk) 10:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Owen× 19:31, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chamod Dilshan[edit]

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I believe the subject fails to meet GNG. This footballer played some international games but I cannot find any significant coverage of his life or career. MarchOfTheGreyhounds 19:22, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Owen× 19:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russell K. Standish[edit]

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Not seeing indicia of encyclopedic notability. Subject seems to be a fairly run-of-the-mill computer scientist who had a leading position in some non-notable conferences. Since its creation in 2007, the article has never had any independent citations. BD2412 T 17:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If by "independent citations", you mean wikipedia articles linking to this page independently of the original author, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel would constitute as such.
Originally this page was created as part of an attempt to document the field of Artificial Life and its history, as a resource for students interested in exploring the topic. Those pages have changed substantially since that time. Hpcoder (talk) 22:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean WP:Reliable sources documenting the subject. BD2412 T 22:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete he seems to be a serious scientist. However, there is nothing in this article or a quick web search that demonstrates that he meets the relatively high bar set for notability. He may eventually, but not yet (WP:TOOSOON). Ldm1954 (talk) 23:02, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Fails WP:BIO and WP:PROF. LibStar (talk) 22:51, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 20:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sophie Kovic[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG, and Seed & Sprout fails WP:NCORP. Non-notable awards and local interviews are the only coverage. ~ A412 talk! 17:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Owen× 19:28, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ian MacDonald (architect)[edit]

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Fails WP:SIGCOV. Only sources in the entire article are awards he has received for his projects, and none of the info in the lead is verified in the body (if there even is a body). 🔥Jalapeño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 12:49, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep, per previous AfD. I'm not sure the nominator has done WP:BEFORE. Articles such as [6] and [7] should be sufficient (as well as the long list of articles going back to 1997 on MacDonald's company website). However, the awards were won by his company, Ian MacDonald Architect Inc., so I don't think they can be ascribed to him personally. Sionk (talk) 13:27, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep but only after reviewing Sionk's sources. The previous AfD bases his notability off of the Canadian encyclopedia, but I cannot track down their editorial policy as to whether it's a reliable source. The article itself is a mess and the sources there don't demonstrate notability per the GNG. I haven't performed an additional BEFORE to see what else can be added to the article since Sionk's sources are good in my book, but it really needs to be cleaned up - I would not have accepted it if it were at AfC. SportingFlyer T·C 00:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting for further sources evaluation.
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  • Keep – The two sources presented by Sionk are enough to satisfy me. While there is interview content, there is also secondary content in the sourcing. TLAtlak 23:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect‎ to Dark New Day. Liz Read! Talk! 20:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hail Mary (Dark New Day album)[edit]

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This album was claimed to be borderline notable by Amakuru at WP:RM/TR#Contested technical requests. Despite that, I am now sure whether this album actually meets WP:NALBUM, so I am sending it to AfD to determine notability. GTrang (talk) 15:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Dark New Day: This article is not remotely borderline. There is one reliable source (Blabbermouth.net) and two blatantly not (one from their own record label, the other from Amazon). I found no other coverage of the album, and no evidence of notability. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 23:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Owen× 19:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ammar Nemo[edit]

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Not yet notable WP:NACTOR, with only minor roles so far. In a WP:BEFORE search, the only significant coverage I could find was the WDIV-TV source cited, from local television news. Wikishovel (talk) 17:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ammar Nemo has some pretty significant roles such as Tommy Tom-Tom in Dashing Through the Snow, Sam from BMF, and Tick Tock in Revenge Of The Mask. LionelTechTips (talk) 03:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Note to closing admin: LionelTechTips (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this AfD. [reply]
Comment Article creator has been indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry. Their current user page, and subsequent talk page posts, declare a conflict of interest. Wikishovel (talk) 12:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: If not for G5, person is not notable enough with only minor coverage. HarukaAmaranth 14:07, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete My search found no evidence that he meets the notability criteria for martial artists (WP:MANOTE, WP:NMMA, or WP:NKICK) or actors (WP:NACTOR). Several small roles fail to show WP notability. I also didn't see significant independent coverage in multiple reliable sources to meet WP:GNG or WP:BIO. An interview with a local TV station certainly isn't enough. Papaursa (talk) 20:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Relies on a single source was a prompt to find source and all I could find were Databases like IMDb, Movie Databases, etc. No WP: SIGCOV. Fails WP: GNG. All the Best! Otuọcha (talk) 22:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Haven appeared in few films while not are not LEAD roles. Per WP: NACTOR, needs more to attain notability. Can be notable in the future! All the Best! Otuọcha (talk) 22:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Nothing reliable I could find online, per above 🍪 CookieMonster 15:37, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. The consensus here is that WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE does not apply, as the request did not come from the article's subject, and there is a consensus to keep. Owen× 19:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Katrin Kneipp[edit]

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Given concern raised at Talk:Katrin_Kneipp#require_privacy, taking note of WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. I originally created this article as I believed them to be notable due to Fellowship of the APS and high citation count. Kj cheetham (talk) 15:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC) P.S. My own view is this shouldn't be deleted. -Kj cheetham (talk) 17:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

*Hold. It needs to be confirmed that E. Rumpelstilzchen is Katrin Kneipp. If it is then we must delete the page. I know several people in SERS so I will ask what her status is (offline from Wikipedia). Ldm1954 (talk) 03:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC) Ldm1954 (talk) 09:44, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I, Harald Kneipp, use 'Rumpelstilzchen'. I am Katrin Kneipp's husband. We dont want appear in Wikipedia. E. Rumpelstilzchen (talk) 14:01, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Then that's a done deal, if not the way you might want. Presuming that you are who you say you are -- and any rando on the Internet can make any such claim -- you are not Katrin Kneipp herself. Even in legitimate BLPREQUESTDELETE cases, such requests from third parties are not considered. Ravenswing 20:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep regardless of subject preferences. No, there is no necessity of deleting pages based only on subject demands. WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE is only for borderline cases. APS Fellow is not borderline; it is a clear pass of WP:PROF#C3. Her citation record also gives a strong pass of WP:PROF#C1, far from borderline for that criterion. I think we should have articles on all female APS Fellows. Allowing subject preferences to stand (regardless of their legitimacy) would put an unfixable gap in our coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Eppstein (talk • contribs)
  • Keep: Leaving aside that there are many people who'd love to wipe clean biographies they themselves can't curate, I agree that this isn't a borderline case, and there's no evidence to suggest that this is really the subject. In any event, people who are resolute in keeping out of the public eye probably ought not publish research papers bearing their names, or give interviews. Ravenswing 13:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep under the assumption that the requester is not Katrin Kneipp herself, or someone with a full power of attorney (due to illness or similar). The evidence above indicates that this is not the case. (I have changed my vote after evidence for who posted the request has been provided. Ldm1954 (talk) 09:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • My opinion for the record. If this was by the subject or an authorized representative (which a husband alone is not) then provided there was nothing contraversial in the page, the deletion request should be honored. The topic of Right to privacy is not simple, neither is Right to be forgotten. Independent of these a person should have the right to correct erroneous information about themselves and have it removed. I recognize that not everyone will agree with this position, but to me it does not matter how notable they are, this right exists during their lifetime. To me this is a question of morality beyond Wikipedia. Ldm1954 (talk) 09:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Although clearly notable there is sufficient evidence for WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE to apply. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:49, 21 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]
Wait until situation is clearer. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]
  • I admit confusion. To what evidence to you allude? The subject of the article has not been heard from, the subject's husband would have no unilateral right to request deletion, we have no evidence that User:E. Rumpelstilzchen IS the subject's husband, and in any event we've not heard from him in a week. Surely we're not deleting articles on the unsupported say-sos of SPAs. Ravenswing 06:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Owen× 19:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yechiel (Eli) Shainblum[edit]

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As far as I can tell, this is just some guy that somebody knew in their community. Absolutely does not pass WP:CREATIVE. A lot of the language is biased and speaks on a personal level about Shainblum rather than an overview of any specific accomplishments. A lot of this article talks about art, and yet he's never sold a painting, been in a gallery, nothing. The teaching piece isn't notable either.OsmiumGuard (talk) 15:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - The article itself basically says he wasn't notable. It is likely that Shainblum would be better known nationally and internationally if his work had been more widely seen during his lifetime. It seems he wasn't even locally well-known, I can't find any references to him outside of some suspect blogs. grungaloo (talk) 00:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's worth noting that there's a similar page for one Mark Shainblum that was initially created and maintained by the same exact account. OsmiumGuard (talk) 16:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I am not finding any RS for the biographical information presented in this article. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Sentences like "His family reports that Shainblum derived great joy from teaching, and he put much more emphasis on pedagogy and his students than he did on promoting his artistic career" make this read like a tribute written by a family member or a former student. It sounds like they were well-loved by students and family, but there are not sources to show they meet the WP:CREATIVE guidelines for encyclopedia articles, like having "been a substantial part of a significant exhibition" or "won significant critical attention." Elspea756 (talk) 14:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Sources could be secondary but not exactly reliable. Per Elspea756, content of them is not persuasive either. 🍪 CookieMonster 15:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) 🍪 CookieMonster 15:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

American Polar Society[edit]

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WP:NOTDIRECTORY. The article is titled as if it is about a topic. It's just a list of members without any real context as to why the members are notable or what the purpose of the society is. Shadow311 (talk) 15:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect‎ to Bhutan national football team#Coaching history. (non-admin closure) 🍪 CookieMonster 15:27, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Henk Walk[edit]

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Playing football for a national team doesn't give automatic notability, so neither does coaching. This manager is covered in passing mentions only, failing the WP:SIGCOV guideline. No lasting impact on Bhutan whatsoever, so fails WP:SUSTAINED (as well as informal essays such as WP:IMPACT/WP:10YT). I can't find anything else about him; not his age, where he is from, if he was a player himself, other managerial jobs etc. Simply put, Henk Walk is not biography material and being a name in a list at Bhutan national football team#Coaching history should suffice. Geschichte (talk) 15:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete Agree coverage is extremely scarce. Also being manager of a very small football country (Bhutans highest ever Fifa ranking was 159/211 not even during Walk's tenure which lasted for a single year, without any spectacular scores. I agree what is shown now does not suffice for notability. Arnoutf (talk) 21:47, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Redirect as above. GiantSnowman 15:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to Bhutan national football team#Coaching history. Dutch amateur coach (I did find passing mentions), who was the manager of the Bhutan national team. This appointment was definately the high point of Walk's career. Sufficient for a redirect. To keep we would need more than passing mentions. gidonb (talk) 22:28, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect Success of the team should not have bearing here. Anwegmann (talk) 04:05, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Success does of course have bearing on match attendance, fan following and by extension media following, i.e. significant coverage. Geschichte (talk) 22:52, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect‎ to List of Gillingham F.C. players (1–24 appearances). (non-admin closure) 🍪 CookieMonster 15:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1977)[edit]

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I can't see this biography meeting the WP:SIGCOV guideline. Obscure fourth-tier English footballer, so I wanted to redirect to List of Gillingham F.C. players (1–24 appearances), which was disputed. Found one sentence in a "where are they now" article. Geschichte (talk) 15:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Owen× 19:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ruth Mulan Chu Chao[edit]

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This article is about the mother of Elaine and Angela Chao. Though the article itself appears fleshed out and well-sourced at first glance, taking some time to read through it, I call into question whether Ruth is notable per GNG. More than half of the article pertains to her personal life, the events of which are not themselves notable. The only other section, "Philanthropy", includes only buildings named after her posthumously, due to donations from her husband and daughters, including a building at the Harvard Business School.

There are 18 cited sources. Of those, nine are from the HBS website. Two are from the Foremost Group, an organization headed by her daughter Angela. One is a news story covering Angela's death. One is an obituary of her other daughter, Jeannette. Two are Ruth's obituaries - one is clearly just a death announcement. The other is called "Chao's mother mourned", explicitly defining her notability solely in relation to her daughter Elaine. One source is just about Elaine's comments on the Green Line expansion, ten years after Ruth's death. There is one source (#14) honoring Ruth (again, posthumously) and her husband as philanthropists, however this link is defunct. In addition, the source appears to be a press release from the organization that gave them the award. This is a nothing article. Thesixthstaff (talk) 15:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: Some hits in Gbooks [11], is the best. The NBC News article is fine. This [12] is in Chinese, but seems to be about her. Should have GNG with these. Oaktree b (talk) 15:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Google Books source you provided is not about Ruth. It is about Elaine and Ruth is mentioned exactly once. Being related to someone notable is not notable. The NBC News article also 1. is about an event that happened multiple years after she died and 2. does not describe anything Ruth did that would be notable. Having something named after you because your family member who loves you is rich is not notable. If someone can translate the Chinese and use any of that information in the article I can be swayed, but the first two sources you gave aren't doing it for me. Thesixthstaff (talk) 15:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Follow-up, I went to the Amazon page for the book and translated the description from the original Chinese [13]. It appears that this book was written because Elaine has said publicly "I really hope you have the opportunity to know my mother". Other quotes from the description include "She may seem like an ordinary housewife, but she has extraordinary circumstances" and "An ordinary life can also have extraordinary power", which doesn't really bring me much hope that the book would have her meet GNG. Also, a majority of the testimonials are immediate family members. Thesixthstaff (talk) 15:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Comment It looks like the ILF source got rescued. I took a look at it, and it still doesn't help the case IMO. It claims that until Ruth's death, most of hers and her husband's philanthropic gifts were made anonymously. Her husband only began giving in her name once she had died in 2007. I guess my question here is: can you be made notable solely for someone else signing your name to monetary gifts after you die? Thesixthstaff (talk) 16:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Other sources do also exist, including this site of 17 slides and explanatory text, posted by the Baker Library of the Harvard Business School. The first slide, now listed as an external link at the bottom of the article, includes pertinent quotations from Laura Bush, Sandra Day O'Connor and Hillary Clinton. Another source: a book by Cui Jiarong, with the Amazon translation. Meets GNG. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can we consider the Harvard Business School page to be an independent source, considering that this coverage is there only because the Chao family donated money for the building named for her? Also, the book you linked is the same book I addressed in a previous reply. Thesixthstaff (talk) 17:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep. Although it's not yet referenced in the article, the Chinese book found by User:Oaktree b appears to be a full biography of the late Madam Chao. Although I don't have access to it, the author is a lecturer at a Taiwanese university and it was published by the books division of Commonwealth magazine, which we oddly don't have an article on, but is roughly Taiwan's equivalent to The Atlantic or The Economist. That's exactly what we need for GNG, even though it's not ideal to only have a single source. Matt's talk 17:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bought the book, currently reading it by google translating each page and I will report back. So far, the thesis appears to be "she raised strong daughters and after she died a building was named after her". Which is admirable! But I still don't get the impression that she is independently notable. Thesixthstaff (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have read 10% of the book so far. A few quotes that stuck out to me:
  • "[Chao] is a typical housewife who has always made the happiness of her husband and children her life's work. In her memory, she just did things silently to make her husband's life with her children a little more comfortable and easier."
  • "On the surface all the deeds related to big people in the world cannot be found on her resume. However, this good wife and mother with high output value wholeheartedly assisted her soulmate Zhao Xicheng who became an internationally renowned Chinese ship king, and at the same time, cultivated six daughters with excellent character and professional excellence with gentle maternal love".
This just really comes off to me as a very touching memorial project for a deeply beloved, but low-profile, family member. I don't think it confers notability, given the source itself basically says so. Thesixthstaff (talk) 18:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reminder: WP:BLUDGEONING is a form of WP:DISRUPTIVE editing. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is true. That said, "Sometimes, a long comment or replying multiple times is perfectly acceptable or needed." Each of my responses has come after additional research into the topic, as I think folks here have raised valid points. I apologize for a potentially brusque or overconfident tone. Thesixthstaff (talk) 18:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your tone is fine. But volume is an issue: See top editors. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 19:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it's really silly to delete a wikipedia article. Sure, this isn't that necessary of an article but deleting this does not have any benefits what so ever. Learning about this person is important and the goal of wikipedia is to spread information. I really don't agree with deleting an article about a person who is still a bit important. There are plenty of articles that should be deleted because they are about people who aren't notable, and deleting this is silly. RevolutionaryWar (talk) 19:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Owen× 19:10, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria[edit]

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The article previously underwent AfD discussions in July-August 2023, resulting in a "soft delete" and subsequent deletion. However, it was recreated in November 2023 by the same article creator, who was confirmed as a sockpuppet. Despite its recreation, the current version of the article remains similar to its previous iteration from July 2023. Consequently, the arguments presented during the previous AfD remain applicable, highlighting the article's failure to meet the criteria outlined in WP:GNG and WP:ACADEMIC. Ckfasdf (talk) 15:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Blue Rose (band)[edit]

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Not notable- if you search Google very little, if anything comes up. If you go on JSTOR, it is only mentioned in passing. This article should be deleted due to the lack of notability. WizardGamer775 (talk) 15:06, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep. Basic facts verified by Allmusic entry. Full news page in Oakland Tribune Nov 06, 1988. [15]. Review in Richmond Times-Dispatch Dec 25, 1988 [16]. Short reviews in Walnut Valley Occasional Dec 01, 1988 [17] Oakland Tribune Dec 25, 1988 [18] Daily News Jan 15, 1989 [19]. Remembered many years later in lists such as this. Geschichte (talk) 15:33, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep per Geschichte's found features and reviews. There's also [20] which is a review of a performance. Also used as a touch point for comparing other groups against in books about bluegrass: [21] "this followup just doesn’t have the legs that made Blue Rose (Sugar Hill SH-3768), a Fink-Marxer collaboration with other sisters of the folk-grass sorority (Laurie Lewis, Sally Van Meter, and Molly Mason), such a strong pacer from the gate."; [22] "the way contemporary performers like Cathy Fink, Mike Cross, Blue Rose, and John McCutcheon bring an intimate knowledge of tradition into contemporary professional usage.". Skynxnex (talk) 16:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep- meets WP:MUSICBIO criterion 6, "Is an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians." Also the new citations provided by above editors helps. Maxcreator (talk) 21:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw- Thank you for providing the citations. I ask that anyone with the authority to do so to please cancel or assist me in withdrawing this AfD. WizardGamer775 (talk) 00:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 20:35, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PianobyG[edit]

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Fails WP:NBIO, no reliable sources that focus primarily on the subject outside of irrelevant football baseball signings. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    So if an artist is associated with Columbia, AWAL/Orchard, has a significant presence online in terms of LA Weekly, Lyrical Lemonade, and Genius (which I checked and multiple contributors added to those pages on genius), there is no clear way to tell if LA Weekly was paid for, that is just “hearsay” at this point. I believe if an artist is associated with those labels(Columbia, AWAL) they are a notable musician. A publishing deal with a major label is a big deal. I also believe that him being verified on YouTube and having millions of streams and charting in 40 plus countries on 4 platforms is a big deal. I believe PianobyG is noteworthy and deserves to have a page Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    PianobyG has much more of a presence from notable sources and the labels versus someone like DaisyxDaisy Davidnorco86 (talk) 16:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep Davidnorco86 (talk) 16:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    We'll review them for possible deletion as well, thank you for pointing them out. Feel free to nominate any articles you feel aren't up to notability standards as well. Oaktree b (talk) 14:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete declined at WP:AFC repeatedly moved to main space without improvement, fails WP:GNG, WP:NBIO and WP:NMUSICIAN. Theroadislong (talk) 15:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is no football article mentioned. Lyrical Lemonade and La Weekly are not irrelevant seeing as how they have pages here on this domain. Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think User:Eejit43 probably meant baseball signings. Theroadislong (talk) 15:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did mean baseball, yes. Thanks! ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thank you for clarification. They are independent news sites that add to the story of PianobyG. He was an athlete before music. Strong sources, Lyrical Lemonade, strong source. LA Weekly, strong source. Releasing through Columbia, AWAL, and Orchard? Strong argument for notable musician. Also, Orchard distributes for AWAL so by releasing through AWAL, he is releasing through Orchard. Just to clear any confusion Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:30, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PianobyG (Jase Mann) also headlined The Oklahoman https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/nba/thunder/2019/05/11/atoka-marlow-to-meet-in-state-championship/60456439007/
as an athlete. He shows musical and athletic notoriety and while I agree neither of which could stand on their own, combined together, he for sure deserves to have his place on Wikipedia . Davidnorco86 (talk) 16:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So AWAL isn’t notable? As well as Columbia Records? I don’t see how those are not notable. As well as him being in multiple high public blogs. Blogs that have wiki pages.

  • Delete. Having a Wikipedia page doesn't make something a reliable source, e.g. Wikipedia has a Wikipedia page. Things like the Genius pages or the paid-for LA Weekly page (basically a press release) are not reliable sources. Fram (talk) 15:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lyrical Lemonade is still a reliable source. How can anyone tell if La Weekly was paid for? As well as him releasing through The Orchard, I can post the YouTube autogenerated video that states “Distributed by The Orchard Enterprises”
As well as him getting media coverage from sports, independent news sites. I believe if an artist releases with Columbia Records and AWAL, they are notable. Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No sign of him here https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/roster/ ? Theroadislong (talk) 15:30, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, that is Sony music. Columbia is a subsidiary of Sony. The song is being distributed by Orchard, which is Sony.
Just because an artist releases with a label does not entail they are signed on a roster. Hence, publishing deals!
Another Love (Piano) - Single by PianobyG
https://music.apple.com/us/album/another-love-piano-single/1732680838 Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Label rosters are only for signed artists, a publishing deal does not include this, hence why he is not mentioned there. If you would like, you can wait until his song comes out at 11PM/EST and see that it is distributed by The Orchard which is Sony Musics main distributor as well as being put out under publishing rights with Columbia. Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://jaxsta.com/release/547f9441-c283-5504-8ddd-803a763bf503/f710e9f1-ca5e-591a-9e87-8a19fece6265/overview
Proof of The Orchard distribution:
make a free account and view the distributor for his song “golden hour” Davidnorco86 (talk) 17:30, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing here https://www.columbiarecords.com either?
  • Delete: Nothing in RS found, the La Weekly and Genius sources are marked orange/yellow per Cite Highlighter, so of dubious notability. If we had at least one RS about this person, it might be a weak keep. Not notable otherwise and PROMO. Oaktree b (talk) 15:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Check Lyrical Lemonade Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That's also an iffy source for reliability. We still need more Oaktree b (talk) 14:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As well as the artist being associated with Columbia, AWAL, and The Orchard Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:36, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Probably the best source is lyricallemonade.com. Others look like press releases and LA Weekly is advertorial.Maxcreator (talk) 21:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You have no way of knowing if it’s press release. Also, as I have stated the individual is associated with Sony musics AWAL, Orchard and Columbia Records. I believe this entails as notable. As well as the 4 news articles he has as an athlete before he started making music Davidnorco86 (talk) 21:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear being "associated with Sony musics AWAL, Orchard and Columbia Records." confers zero notability. Theroadislong (talk) 21:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Individual passes WP:BAND. As he shows multiple reliable sources, that are not advertisement, are not reprinted, and speak about the individual in more than a blurb. This goes for his baseball, military, and musical career. As well as releasing through very notable music labels and distributors. Very confused on how you or anyone can even deem most of those sources as paid advertisement when all you’re doing is guessing. I feel as if nobody wants to see these points I am bringing up. Davidnorco86 (talk) 22:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Being in the army and playing college baseball aren't notable. The rest is as explained above. Oaktree b (talk) 14:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
True, but when you say there are no RS about him, when there are multiple news articles, one is from The Oklahoman, and then the musical articles and his song just came out and was published by Columbia. I think you need to do more research or at least learn about the music industry :/ Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then you should do more research into them; "Amir Bakian: Social Media Marketing agent with 6 years of sales experience. I work really hard to get my clients the best representation to further their businesses." The articles are all written "in association with Amir Bakian" who's pushed these articles out to various media outlets on the web and who clearly states he's a social media marketing person, this is what PR looks like. Hence PROMO. Oaktree b (talk) 14:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lyrical lemonade is for sure reliable and even if the La Weekly article isn’t, the other sources are. The girl who wrote the article about him has interviewed A-list celebrities. Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And not all the articles are written in association with him! That’s a lie. Only one author from the 15 sources are written by him. Davidnorco86 (talk) 15:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To add to what you said, “Criteria for musicians and ensembles”, individual passes sections 1,5, and 7. Davidnorco86 (talk) 17:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment User:Davidnorco86 has commented on my talk page that "Again, I’m not trying to be rude or be mean. I just don’t think you possess the skills or knowledge to contribute anything to musical artist discussions" So I will recuse myself from further comment here. Theroadislong (talk) 18:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There was no personal attack lol. I stated I was not trying to be rude or anything at all. I apologize if you took it that way but again, the way you speak about music just seems from an uninformed perspective. Davidnorco86 (talk) 18:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additional comment Hello, Theroadislong, just FYI, Davidnorco86 has been indefinitely blocked. Liz Read! Talk! 07:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Socks always come out to play. Oaktree b (talk) 00:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    just as a note @Oaktree b it does not appear they were socking. still either a highly disruptive editor at best and/or COI. She was afairy 14:23, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oops, my bad. Oaktree b (talk) 14:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: no actual reliable sources with actual significant coverage. lyrical lemonade seems to be a blog, its reliability is probably marginal. She was afairy 14:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. plicit 14:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Circle Club[edit]

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Non-notable nightclub. Article has been an orphan since creation in 2007 and its references are thin. WP:BEFORE reveals only basic local press coverage of this venue, mostly related to its closure. Flip Format (talk) 14:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment. Apparently it was so secretive, no one bothered to join. Note: It wasn't a "night club" but rather a "private members' club", like the clubs on this list List of members' clubs in London, except in Manchester. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:54, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete It's closed now. It seems like it was important locally, but I will treat it as though it was a restaurant. I saw no evidence that it had made any impact outside of Manchester. Though, it did apparently attract some famous people when it was open. I'm open to any arguments somebody wants to make around that.James.folsom (talk) 23:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect‎ to List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state). Liz Read! Talk! 20:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WNGA-LP[edit]

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Does not meet WP:ORGCRIT as lacking significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources. Lacking any secondary sources at all. AusLondonder (talk) 14:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus‎ and no indication a relist will bring about more input. Feel free to re-nom at a time when you think there will be more engagement Star Mississippi 13:50, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meaningful Broadband[edit]

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Searching google only pulls up articles that are just duplicates •Cyberwolf•talk? 14:03, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Weak keep. I think we've got a twofold issue using search results as a basis for deletion. First, a lot of the sources in the article are older sources that have been archived. Second, the sources we're looking for may be in languages other than English, which will make them hard to search for—and since they'd likely be Asian languages that don't use the Roman alphabet, it could be tricky to even look for an author's name, like Craig Warren Smith, to find them. IMO, this article should be given a reprieve while the search for sources continues, but we also need sources to come from independent publications. —C.Fred (talk) 20:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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The result was redirect‎ to Orrin Hatch#Lobbying ties as a viable ATD Star Mississippi 13:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Hatch[edit]

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Fails WP:BIO, I think. WP:NOTINHERITED. Literally. jps (talk) 13:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I was surprised to find not much about him online, except for routine business stuff. I don't think the not-inherited argument holds water in his case. It's not that we're claiming notability based on having a notable father, we're claiming notability based on the fact that he's a lobbyist with a massive conflict of interest (because his father is a politician). Most of the articles I found that address this are actually more about his father than about him, so my inclination would be to redirect to Orrin Hatch#Lobbying ties, which is all about exactly this subject, and better referenced. Elemimele (talk) 13:44, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: LA Times is fine, but that seems to be all there is. There's an NPR article about a biologist with the same name, I assume it's a different person. I don't see notability with the sources we have. Oaktree b (talk) 15:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete Redirect to Orrin Hatch#Lobbying ties per Elemimele, as he already referenced there. Per nom. and Oaktree b, it fails WP:GNG. Sal2100 (talk) 22:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 02:32, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination, not notable based on the available sources. SportingFlyer T·C 17:09, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination or redirect per Sal2100 good suggestion. 2A01:799:2E3:C500:556:815E:86C2:7DB1 (talk) 15:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to Orrin Hatch#Lobbying ties: notability is not WP:INHERITed though sourcing is not bad. She was afairy 03:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Star Mississippi 13:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WLEP-LD[edit]

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Subject does not meet the GNG. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 13:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    ...I have no idea about this, I assume, KEEP. Like, it has an article with its sign-on and it's from The Erie Times-News. Isn't that an reliable source and shows that it's notable, no? It's reliable since the TIMES-NEWS HAD REPORTED ON IT. It's quite rare for stations for stations to even get an LICENSE to the Federal Communications Commission, to get an transmitter, to have studios (until 2019) and other stuff. Like what RingTailedFox said, TV Stations licensed by a government is notable. Otherwise, a lot of low power stations are going to be in the AfD chopping block soon. mer764KCTV5 (He/Him | tc) 14:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. it's a TV station, even if it's defunct. Those are fairly rare due to the limited number of channels/frequencies in a particular area. Not just anyone can fire up a transmitter... A TV station licensed by a government, be it full power or low power, is by definition, notable. If not... then are we going to start nominating all sorts of television stations in smaller cities next? RingtailedFoxTalk • Contribs 13:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @RingtailedFox There is no inherit notability for TV stations, and articles about them (especially low power stations) are deleted all the time. Mach61 20:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If that is the case, shouldn't all of them get hit by the AfD hammer, then? I don't fully understand, the FCC recognizes it's existence, (if it didn't, then problems with the stations and the FCC would occur) but how notable it has to be then, soes it have to be updated with a notable source every week or so? Month? YEAR?? How far do we have to go in the AfD counter for Television? This case if making my mind get so confused. mer764KCTV5 (He/Him | tc) 04:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mer764Wiki A station is notable if it meets the General Notability Guideline, that is, a minimum of 2-3 independent, reliable secondary sources covering the station in depth. Mach61 05:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm, doesn't work that well for low-power stations. Okay, well, at least Cospaw tried, and now he knows. mer764KCTV5 (He/Him | tc) 05:15, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete: That the station's launch did merit an Erie Times-News article is better than most all-diginet LPTVs get regarding coverage, but the problem is not about its reliability as a source — it's more that we need more than that. We've tightened our inclusion standards in this topic area since 2011, especially after the 2021 RfC that established that there was no consensus for there being any more lenient notability guideline than the GNG. FCC licenses may be relatively rare, but for our purposes they still only really establish existence, which is not notability. As Mach61 pointed out, this is not even close to being the first LPTV to be sent to AfD in recent times — the floodgates are already open here. WCQuidditch 22:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Subject lacks sources containing WP:SIGCOV to meet the WP:GNG. Please ping me if any other sources can be found. Let'srun (talk) 12:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce Ellis[edit]

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This seems to be a vanity page without any refs about a non-notable person. Hardyplants (talk) 11:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. WP:NOTRESUME Written like a personal web page. — Maile (talk) 12:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Fails notability guidelines as per WP:NBASIC. Redtree21 (talk) 12:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment the article is pretty rubbish and resumé-like, and the subject suffers from the usual problem of being an academic working in industry just at the point when computer science was moving so fast that no one was writing about what people like him were doing. But is there any mileage in a redirect to Mark V. Shaney which is notable, and in which he seems to have played a major role? I think this would be more helpful to our readers than complete deletion. Elemimele (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete Fails WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 23:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital food[edit]

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Poorly focussed page where the lede is talking about British hospitals but other countries are shoehorned in later. It's a collection of international anecdotes which are cobbled together for a particular narrative (ie hospital food is bad in the UK and elsewhere) WP:SYNTH. There might be some other way to write a page on this topic, but this needs WP:TNT JMWt (talk) 10:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete Such a mess that it's a textbook WP:TNT. As nom says article is a perfect case of WP:SYNTH. On another note I'm shocked that an editor would create an article for a global encyclopedia and write it almost exclusively about the United Kingdom. How can an article titled "Hospital food" start with "Food in UK hospitals has been the subject of attention from celebrity chefs"? Notability of the subject itself is not established by the article, because it is simply a collection of mentions, including that a hospital ran out of food. AusLondonder (talk) 15:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Might be an article about hospital food in the UK, but this isn't it. I mean, we have sources online about food in hospitals, usually just saying how unimportant or bland it is. I'm not sure even those would make an article... Oaktree b (talk) 15:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can certainly find material that could be used to write an article on the topic of hospital food. Just a Google Scholar search with nothing fancy gives me pages of articles, discussing the logistics of providing hospital food, public perceptions about hospital food, nutritional complexities of hospital food, strategies to get patients to actually eat the hospital food, and so on. This is all really far removed from things I'm familiar with, and I'm not sure I feel up to the challenge of replacing what's been written with something more comprehensively relevant to the topic, but I'm sure someone could. I don't know what standard practice is here. Is this bad enough that it needs to be discarded versus putting up with it until someone rewrites it? Lubal (talk) 18:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes per WP:TNT we don’t keep poor content on the pretext that someone might fix it at some point when it is this bad JMWt (talk) 18:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. For the future, when a viable article on this topic is recreated, is there really a difference between hospital food and nursing home food? While there is a difference from other types of institutional food, I note that our article on prison food is not exactly star quality either. Geschichte (talk) 08:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If someone creates Food in institutional settings, I'm blaming you. -- asilvering (talk) 03:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 TCAS incident over Somalia[edit]

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WP:NOTNEWS, fails WP:GNG , WP:LASTING and while an essay, does fail WP:AIRCRASH. The only articles talking about the incident are aviation websites with basically no mainstream news sites talking about the incident. I seriously have doubts whether this incident will result in any changes as it happened over Somaliland. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 10:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete Not the first recent WP:NOTNEWS contribution from this editor, if we had a page on every averted aviation incident, we'd be taking over Bitcoin's servers for space. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. A trivial incident, of no great significance, and not having received significant coverage. An aircraft was directed onto a flight path fairly close to that of another aircraft, so both pilots were given an advisory notification as a precaution. The flight paths did not bring the aircraft close enough to cause any significant risk, or to necessitate any change of course, and they passed one another safely. That's it. The first reference is a blog post, and the others don't look much more significant. JBW (talk) 15:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Routine news event with no significant and sustained coverage. There are many near misses like this involving aircraft, and pilots are warned to reroute once a potential collision might be possible. HarukaAmaranth 08:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Aviationwikiflight as you correctly point out, WP:AIRCRASH is an essay and failing or passing it has absolutely no relevance in AfD's so please do not use it. There is also no requirements that the coverage comes from mainstream news sites, a significant coverage can come from a subject specific site (sport related news from a sport website for instance). That said, while I'm not putting any judgement on the publications of the sources aside from the blog (Aviation Week Network and Flightradar24 might be reliable), this seems to have been a minor incident with the coverage in the article coming from a period of a few days with no indications of continued coverage and thus little hope of it having WP:LASTING effects or having the WP:SUSTAINED coverage to pass WP:GNG. So Delete unless someone can point to more sustained significant coverage of the incident. Alvaldi (talk) 15:37, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Very much with JBW's argument above. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 21:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aaron Phypers[edit]

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Not notable Samp4ngeles (talk) 09:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC) There is very little notable about Aaron Phypers, other than being married to Denise Richards and previously being married to Nicolette Sheridan. The article describes him as an actor, but he isn't WP:NACTOR and isn't WP:N for other activities.--Samp4ngeles (talk) 10:00, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Katchungu-Tchambogo Cessna Grand Caravan crash[edit]

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WP:NOTNEWS, fails WP:GNG and WP:LASTING. The accident barely has any coverage. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 10:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Sources are largely self-contained aviation websites. Borgenland (talk) 11:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus‎. WP:NPASR applies. plicit 06:51, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IConji[edit]

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Failed PROD due to half of a RS—otherwise seems a non-notable app. Remsense 11:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Star Mississippi 13:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Serenity Cox[edit]

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Only routine and promotional coverage in low quality sources Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - Wikipedia should represent all diversity, including people who work in the porn industry (an area Wikipedia itself wants to build out). Nearly half a billion views on PornHub is no easy feat, and people are interested to know the story behind these kinds of views and individual behind it. The "low quality sources" are highly respected publications within that industry, and proven to be factual sites. 2A00:23C7:BD94:4101:2000:A71D:505C:B905 (talk) 08:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. AVN and XBIZ were found to be generally reliable, with considerations for the latter. Cortador (talk) 10:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The key concern about porn trade press is determining who is speaking. The AVN citation is an obvious press release. The XBIZ citations not only reek of churnalism, but they are largely base on what the subject or her promoters say. Depth of coverage is also a concern. Porn awards tend to be promotional fluff, and these sources don't appear to be exceptions. • Gene93k (talk) 11:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    While I would typically agree with you about industry awards, the Pornhub Awards (which have dedicated pages on Wikipedia) are based on site views and analytics so I consider these awards to carry more weight and be more substantial than “promotional fluff”. I also find AVN and XBIZ to be trusted source of truth. SanDiegoDan (talk) 07:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. As the original author of the entry, I feel I need to highlight my reasoning behind creating it. I firstly came here to create an archival history of the Pornhub Awards (which I still will), however after googling Serenity I created this entry. I found there were 100s of sites out there with unverified biography information on her, but I wanted to create a verified source of truth (based on citations) about this individual since she is my favourite model (and I imagine to many others based on views of her content across the web). Both AVN and XBIZ are reliable sources. SanDiegoDan (talk) 07:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been added to the WikiProject Pornography list of deletions. • Gene93k (talk) 11:47, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete: Image uploaded has been published elsewhere, red flag number one. This [23] is the only non porn industry source I can find, somewhat trivial. Here, but we don't consider this a RS [24]. Lack of sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 17:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You seemed to over look the coverage in AVN (Adult Entertainment News) of which there is four articles (AVN is on the list of reliable resources) as well as several other publications, you have only chosen to mention the ones matching your narrative. I have also addressed the comment about the photo being a “red flag” within Wikimedia Commons (where you have also flagged that for deletion). For the most part here I feel personal beliefs on the porn industry are being imposed with flagging for deletion. If you were to ask anyone under 40 who Serenity Cox is, you would find at least 7/10 people would know. She has been on the homepage of Pornhub (the 4 most visited website in the world [25]https://www.semrush.com/trending-websites/global/all) pretty much daily for the last 3 years. Regardless of the industry, women should celebrated for their accomplishment (with personal beliefs aside), and not contributing to gender bias within Wikipedia (see Women in Red for more details on that). SanDiegoDan (talk) 21:02, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's all coverage from the same sources. Gender bias is fine, but lack of sourcing is the issue. The last few articles I've created have been of either promotional models, influencers or the like, all of which have been female. I've attempted to source using RS; it can be done, but it's very difficult. We shouldn't waive requirements because of under-representation. Oaktree b (talk) 22:46, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Issue with image has been resolved. Added additional "non-porn" related sources and will continue to research and update over the weekend. SanDiegoDan (talk) 18:36, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    More sources have now been added. SanDiegoDan (talk) 15:45, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The sourcing is rather poor and achievements seem to be lower tier for the industry. Awards have been pretty much dismissed anyway for sole notability purposes. A number of other performers with bigger achievements/awards within the industry have been deleted because of there being insufficient sourcing. Since she's still active, the article can be recreated if better sourcing turns up in the future. GoldenAgeFan1 (talk) 03:36, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Since my comments above, I have gone through the cited sources and did a WP:BEFORE search for better sources. The independent search found nothing useful. The 21 citations fall under the following categories: 1. generally unreliable (Fleshbot, WP:DAILYSTAR, Pornhub) 2. primary sources (quotes and interviews including MEL) 3. Promotional (obvious press releases from Pornhub, xHamster, etc.) and 4. non-substantial mentions (IMDb citations, award rosters, top 10 listicle entry). WP:BASIC and WP:ENT failure without reliable independent secondary source coverage. • Gene93k (talk) 12:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Opinion is divided and notability is established not by how popular someone is on a website but by reliable sources and there is a fundamental disagreement on whether porn sources are reliable or unreliable PR fluff. But I have to say the cherry on the top of this discussion is reading that Women in Red champions writing articles on porn actresses to combat gender bias. That was hysterically twisted.
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Slightly offended that you think it’s hysterical that it wouldn’t account towards the Women in Red initiative, that is your bias that people in porn are less deserving of being credible for their achievements. However, it’s not our personal feelings or bias being discussed here so I will move on. I am appreciative that you haven’t instantly sided with the people saying there are no credible sources and are open to the discussion that porn sources could indeed be credible. Both WP:AVN and WP:XBIZ are both listed under Reliable Sources, are are heavily referenced on the Wikipedia page. The fact is, the porn industry is an under reported industry, I know it is not based on popularity, but industry resources should be recognized as Reliable Sources as they have no ulterior motive and are reporting on what is notable within the industry. SanDiegoDan (talk) 15:06, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your citations to WP:RSPS (WP:AVN/WP:XBIZ) should also note that both sources have caution flags attached. It is important to distinguish a news article from a republished press release. The porn trade press citations in the article are obvious promotional press releases, lacking intellectual authorship by the newsroom and independence from the subject or their promoters. • Gene93k (talk) 05:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Poor sourcing as comments above. FYI - I am one of the Women in Red, and have hung to the rear on this because I just don't want to be involved. But this is one of those situations, where if I don't speak up, I will always regret it. Wikipedia does not censor, however this is not a victimless industry. I thought long and hard before commenting here.  My "Delete" is based on, not what the porn fans see on screen (or wherever), but the sourcing issue. Also, later accounts by porn stars such as those of Linda Lovelace about how they were initiated into the industry. Serenity Cox was also initiated into the industry through her husband. Only she knows how accurate her article is. But the other side of the coin is the Opposition to pornography movement.  Some escape from the  industry, and later tell their story. That industry is not victimless, and the only way we ever know differently, is if a performer comes forward to tell their story.  — Maile (talk) 21:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You should listen to her podcast interview on World Wide Celeb before making accusations like that about her husband. She comes across as educated and well informed about the industry. And the sourcing has come from RS on XBIZ and AVN (links above). SanDiegoDan (talk) 22:40, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't make any accusations. My comments were based on the article wording which you wrote: "Cox’s journey into the adult industry started in her thirties, as a hobby between her and her husband, documenting their sexual adventures in an open marriage. In 2021 they began sharing some of this footage on online platforms, and by 2022 they were posting regularly on PornHub" — Maile (talk) 22:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep: AVN and XBIZ sources are fine, combined with the magazine article from Oaktree b there is enough here for a weak pass. Let'srun (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - I don't believe the coverage of her in RS is significant enough to satisfy the GNG. An acknowledgment of an award plus one or two quotes are not going to cut it. Neither is her opinion of having sex on the beach. Morbidthoughts (talk) 19:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • UPDATE: Added additional news and citations. Also, it is worth noting the page has over 1000 views a day. There is certainly a demand for information on her. SanDiegoDan (talk) 23:03, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Five citations were added in two edits. The first edit was flagged by the system for using a deprecated (unreliable) source in two citations, the Daily Star. The Fleshbot citation is also junk. The second edit added a cite to XBIZ, award nominations roster, and a cite to AVN, which is marked as a press release in the URL. Porn award nominations were deprecated from PORNBIO 10 years ago. With 15 nominees per category, an AVN nomination is something for everyone, especially something for every studio. A claim of significance from a promotional source does not advance the case for notability. • Gene93k (talk) 02:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete AVN and XBIZ are essentially industry press releases, they are not sufficiently independent of the subject. The rest are primary sources, non-RS, or award / top 10 mentions. Zaathras (talk) 02:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep, mainstream media rarely write about porn actresses, and she seems really notable. 2A06:C701:4BCB:5400:1ECC:D6FF:FE17:4CB3 (talk) 13:47, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The above is an invalid keep rationale, provided by a 1-edit IP user. Zaathras (talk) 23:37, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keepDraftify – Sourcing includes relevant trade publications, I wouldn't say press releases. TLAtlak 02:20, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You would be wrong, we do not use AVN and Xbix releases to establish notability. Zaathras (talk) 23:37, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I notice now that they ring of press releases. Changing to draftify as a WP:ATD. TLAtlak 12:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: does not meet WP:BASIC / WP:ENT per review of available sources which are generally WP:SPIP and / or passing mentions. The arguments about AVN and XBIZ sources being sufficient are not valid as these are essentially rewarmed press releases (WP:SPIP) and are not sufficient for establishing notability. -- K.e.coffman (talk) 07:17, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. A dramatic improvement in sourcing during the AfD shifted consensus into Keep territory. A separate discussion about a possible merger into another page can continue on the article's Talk page. Owen× 13:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Venezuela and state-sponsored terrorism[edit]

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Article has one citation, is extremely undue as it suggests disputed social groups known as colectivos are terrorist in nature and relies solely on the opinion of the Venezuelan opposition. No other groups or states make the suggestions made in this article. WMrapids (talk) 05:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With that being said, the content clearly meets WP:GNG and there's information that goes back decades and is clearly notable. I would ask the editor @WMrapids: to consider withdrawing the nomination after these changes. --NoonIcarus (talk) 06:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I explained on the talk page, your addition was quite hasty and sloppily copied from a Spanish Wikipedia article. The sources you provided failed verification and did not support what you were trying to introduce. As I said in my conclusion, if we have some independent, reliable sources providing the same information, then that would be more appropriate and a withdrawal of my nomination would be considered. WMrapids (talk) 07:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It would help if you provided more details about this. At any rate, and while I work in improvements, it's clear that the article meets WP:BEFORE. --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per NoonIcarus. Meets WP:GNG. 23.156.104.104 (talk) 05:02, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There's a notable absence of sourcing - is there secondary peer-reviewed work on this? Leaving aside the geopolitical nature of the list, Venezuela has never been on the US State Department's List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Accusations of this nature could be covered under United States–Venezuela relations. Regards,--Goldsztajn (talk) 08:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete In the absence of reliable secondary sources discussing this topic in any detail, it does not meet notability requirements. At the moment the article is plagued by POV issues as well. AusLondonder (talk) 22:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AusLondonder: When you refer to the absence of secondary sources, do you mean to the original version or in general? I have expanded the article, you can let know your thoughts here, including about neutrality. --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete , should be added in to a different larger article 109.255.35.74 (talk) 14:26, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Goldsztajn: Do you mean the current version or the article or overall? I'll leave here the original expansion that I proposed here to improve the issues:[26]
There are several academic works that cover this issue:
  • P. Sullivan, Mark (2011). Latin America: Terrorism Issues. DIANE Publishing.: Since May 2006, the Secretary of State has made an annual determination that Venezuela was not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts" (...) As a result, the United States imposed an arms embargo on Venezuela, which ended all U.S. commercial arms sales and re-transfers to Venezuela
  • C., Bonfili (2010). The United States and Venezuela: The social construction of interdependent rivalry. pp. 669–690. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help): 2006. In a hearing before the US Congressional Sincommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, a State Department official justified the embargo on grounds of official concern about Chávez overall actions against terrorism, his public statements in international forums addressing terrorism, his ties with states sponsoring terrorism, and his conduct towards terrorist organizations
  • D., Byman (2022). "Understanding, and misunderstanding, state sponsorship of terrorism". No. 45. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. pp. 1031–1049.: a country like Venezuela could easily be added to the list of state sponsors of terrorism
  • Rendon, Moises; Price, Max (2019). Are Sanctions Working in Venezuela?. Center for Strategic and International Studies.: [t]he Department of Treasury sanctioned dozens of government and military officials for charges including support for terrorism, drug and human trafficking, human rights violations, corruption, money laundering, other financial crimes, and illiberal behavior.
Investigative outlet Insight Crime has also written the following in the past:
  • Venezuela is a vital base of operations for dissidents from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC).[27]
  • For decades, Venezuela had been a safe haven for leaders of the FARC, whose insurgent war to overthrow the Colombian government began in the 1960s. Senior commanders such as Duarte could live free from fear under the protection of the Venezuelan state led by President Hugo Chávez and later his successor Nicolás Maduro. But Duarte was the fourth senior ex-FARC commander assassinated in Venezuela in the space of a year.[28]
  • Colombian guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) has used Venezuelan territory for decades, but its presence in the country has become increasingly important since 2000 as its Colombian operations have been squeezed by paramilitary groups and security forces. This coincided with the arrival of former Venezuela President Hugo Chávez in 1999. Chávez’s rise to power and his idea of ​​a socialist model for Venezuela was the ELN’s entry point. The political platform of the late president shared similar ideas with the ELN. This would eventually benefit the ELN and other guerrilla groups in Colombia.[29]
  • Two leaders of Spain’s Basque separatist group hiding out in Venezuela allegedly receive salaries from state entities, marking the latest accusations that the Venezuelan government aids and abets terrorist organizations.[30]
The issue has been covered by scholars and journalists, and not just politicians. The evidence mostly points out to the FARC and ELN guerrilla groups, designated as terrorist organizations by many organizations and countries, so most accusations actually have come from Colombia and not from the United States. --NoonIcarus (talk) 11:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment After the article's expansion, the reason for the nomination is moot. The page has 24 references now, and now it doesn't cover just the position of the National Assembly, but also that of intelligence agencies, journalists and experts. The article should be kept. --NoonIcarus (talk) 21:13, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The problem with the article at present is that it is essentially an unnecessary WP:FORK of a geopolitical dispute between the US and the current Venezuelan government, which as I said above, should be covered in the Venezuela-US relations article. If this is to exist as a separate artilce and not suffer from COATRACK and UNDUE issues, it needs to cover *all* aspects of the topic, that is the various sponsoring states and historically. Some examples of missing topics:
  1. When Dominican Republic President Trujillo organised an assassination attempt on President Betancourt in 1960.[1]
  2. Betancourt's support for the Kennedy administration's assassination plots against Castro in the early 1960s[2]
  3. US support for counter-insurgency in the 1960s[3]
  4. Allegations from Philip Agee that in 1963 the CIA planted arms in Venezuela to appear to be from Cuba (CIA now claims was Cuban)[4]
  5. Claims of US state terrorism around the 2002 attempted coup.[5]
  6. Claims of US role in 2020 coup attempt[6]
  7. Further 2020 plots of terrorism[7]

References

  1. ^ Ginter, Kevin (June 2013). "Truth and Mirage: The Cuba-Venezuela Security and Intelligence Alliance". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 26 (2): 220. doi:10.1080/08850607.2013.758003.
  2. ^ Rabe, Stephen (January 1996). "The Caribbean Triangle: Betancourt, Castro, and Trujillo and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1958-1963". Diplomatic History. 20 (1): 64. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.1996.tb00252.x.
  3. ^ Huggins, Martha K. (1987). "U.S.-Supported State Terror: A History of Police Training in Latin America". Crime and Social Justice (27/28): 149–171. ISSN 0094-7571. ...to be encouraged to use more "roving patrols" to hunt suspects. These changes on the part of the U.S. public safety team in Venezuela turned "the tide of battle...[so that] the cops were outkilling the communists."
  4. ^ Harmer, Tanya (August 2019). "The "Cuban Question" and the Cold War in Latin America, 1959–1964". Journal of Cold War Studies. 21 (3): 143. doi:10.1162/jcws_a_00896.
  5. ^ "Killing blamed on 'U.S.-trained terrorists'". NBC News. 19 November 2004.
  6. ^ "Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela's Maduro". AP News. 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Venezuela announces terrorism charges against alleged US 'spy'". The Guardian. 14 September 2020.

Personally, I see this article as a Pandora's Box for drama - the only NPOV way for it to be maintained is that all incidents deemed terrorism supported by a state are essentially relevant...and we go down the rabbit hole of what constitutes terrorism, who deems it terrorism and which source is really independent ... ad nauseum. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 11:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(opening Pandora's Box) - Insight Crime is a Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State funded organisation, having recieved almost US$1 million from the US government since 2019. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 11:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Venezuelan Minister Calls US Sanctions 'Economic Terrorism' Voice of America, September 12, 2019. Economic state terrorism is state terrorism. I'm not trying to be facecious, just that if kept, this is the direction this article will also necessarily have to go. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 12:02, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"We find that the sanctions have inflicted, and increasingly inflict, very serious harm to human life and health, including an estimated more than 40,000 deaths from 2017–2018". Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela By Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs, Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2019. Goldsztajn (talk) 12:23, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
While I understand the gist of your point, the scope of the article currently seems very clear and we're talking about different things: this page is about the confirmed or reported support from the Venezuelan state to terrorist organizations (not to be confused with state terrorism, which would be acts conducted by the state itself). This is consistent with other articles with the same convention: Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Qatar and even the United States themselves. If anything, in the case of the Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt Venezuela was a victim of arguably state sponsored terrorism, and not a sponsor itself.
Most of what you're describing falls under the scope of the United States and state terrorism and United States and state-sponsored terrorism articles, which already covers topics such as the 1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 bombing, for instance. Yes, there can be content covered at the United States–Venezuela relations article, but over half of the current content is related to Colombia and not the US, and that would be without going into details about relations with Spain (ETA) or the Middle East (Hezbollah). Even without taking into account investigations by Insight Crime, there is plenty of reporting by newspapers of record such as El País, El Mundo and CNN, as well as Venezuelan journalists and activists. This topic is notable and extensive enough on its own to warrant its own article.
Last but not least, is these concerns are issues that need to be fixed, thegy definitely fall under WP:BEFORE. Problems about content can be fixed through expansion or editing, not with deletion. --NoonIcarus (talk) 12:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"the scope of the article currently seems very clear" ... according to you, but that's just an assertion. If the article is only about a geopolitical dispute between the US and Venezuela then this can be covered in the article on relations between the countries. If the article is about state-sponsored terrorism and Venezuela then we need it all. One can only argue keep on the basis that the article covers all matters related to state sponsored terrorism and Venezuela. One can argue delete on the basis that an article on the geopolitical dispute between the countries is redundant, a fork and already able to be covered in the US-Venezuela relations article. It's one or the other. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 13:29, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The scope is ultimately decided by the community, to prevent original research. And once again: most content is unrelated to the geopolitical conflict between the US and Venezuela. Best wishes, --NoonIcarus (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of the claims you suggest would need to be included and would open the "Pandora's box" would not need to be included, either because they are not cases of state sponsorship of terrorism (1.-4.) or require taking Venezuelan government claims at face value (the rest), something even the cited articles do not do. Allan Nonymous (talk) 16:08, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment: After reviewing this great outline by @Goldsztajn: (following their opening of Pandora's Box), it seems clear that NoonIcarus is attempting to create a POV fork article, especially since they arbitrarily determined that these are no longer allegations in the National Liberation Army (Colombia)[31] and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia[32] articles. The majority of these sources are from adversarial governments (Colombia and the US) or from "independent" sources funded by one of the former. Despite the changes, I continue to believe that this article needs to be deleted and its content should be placed in more appropriate articles.--WMrapids (talk) 06:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very dissapointed at this comment because you specifically said that "[i]f we can have independent, reliable sources documenting Venezuela's support for FARC and the ELN, I would remove my nomination"[33]. The backpedalling is very clear and ignores the work of journalists such as those from Venezuela, CNN or El País. --NoonIcarus (talk) 13:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep – The article was appropriately expanded during the discussion with several sources. I don't see anything really consistent arguing for deletion, and sources contradictory to the main body of the scope can also be added in a dedicated session. Svartner (talk) 05:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gonna lean decisively towards keep here, mainly because this article is about a significant policy the Venezuelan government has perused for which there is pretty compelling evidence for. The decisive factor here is that the original editor's argument with regards the veracity of the sources of the article is marginal. The FARC and ELN are not necessarily terrorist organizations, but both have certainly engaged in narco-terrorism, not to mention, there's this guy: Tareck El Aissami. Allan Nonymous (talk) 12:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rex Brough[edit]

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while finding sources for this biography, I only came across https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/21/betty-boo-how-we-made-doin-the-do-slang-cunnilingus. this is a reliable source but it's just a few paragraphs from Rex Brough talking about an experience. this doesn't seem to meet GNG Password (talk)(contribs) 05:43, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am Rex Brough. My production work and songwriting can be seen on discogs.com
https://www.discogs.com/artist/379781-Rex-Brough
My radio production work can be seen on BBC Genome.
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=rex+brough#top 2A00:23A8:444A:8A01:436:575B:79DC:88D9 (talk) 11:09, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've logged in this time to reply. "King John" was myself and John Coxon. "The Red King" was an alias for myself after I stopped working with John. Let me know how I can confirm this. My work is there on discogs, and my work for BBC radio, some of which won Sony radio awards is on BBC Genome. The "Rex Brough" page have some errors and needs updating. Rexbrough (talk) 12:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
hello, Rex, could you please review WP:RELY, WP:INDY, and WP:SIGCOV, and use WP:THREE to provide some strong sourcing? She was afairy 09:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I hope this is sufficient as I'm not an expert at wikipedia stuff. If this is insufficient, then life's too short - delete my entry.
This is my profile on discogs, showing work I did over the years https://www.discogs.com/artist/379781-Rex-Brough
John Coxon and I (Rex Brough) wrote and/or produced severeal tracks on Betty Boo's album Boomania. If you look at the label credits, my name is there. https://www.discogs.com/master/80743-Betty-Boo-Boomania
I co-wrote and co-produced Definition of Sound's hit album Love and Life, which also contained 2 top 40 singels in the UK. https://www.discogs.com/master/132134-Definition-Of-Sound-Love-And-Life-A-Journey-With-The-Chameleons
My BBC work. I produced many radio programmes, working with John Shuttleworth aka Graham Fellows, Paul Merton, Meera Syal, Richard Wilson, the author Lynne Truss and many more. This is some of my credits on BBC genome.
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22rex+brough%22#top Rexbrough (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 08:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah[edit]

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Delete as non-notable. Only info available is that he is "the current Sultan of the Ugar Saleban sub-clan of the Majeerteen itself a sub-clan of Darood in Somalia." One reliable site ([34]), the rest are mirror sites which are identical. Nirva20 (talk) 05:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Merge /redirect as an ATD views did not seem to get much support here. Owen× 13:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Journal of Anime and Manga Studies[edit]

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Relatively new journal, not indexed in any selective database, does not meet WP:NJournals. The current version of the article has 11 references. However, almost all are not independent, but either published by the journal itself or its publisher. One independent source is an article in The Washington Post, which is stated to have used the journal to "source" an article. This is somewhat of an exaggeration: the TWP article cites Billy Tringali, mentioning that he's the editor of the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, so in fact this is just an in passing mention. Taken together, this article also misses WP:GNG, hence: delete. Randykitty (talk) 13:39, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Randykitty This journal is indexed in Art and Architecture Source.
[35]https://www.ebsco.com/m/ee/Marketing/titleLists/asu-coverage.htm 2001:18E8:3:10AD:F000:0:0:72A (talk) 19:59, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I know, EBSCO databases are not very selective in the sense of NJournals. --Randykitty (talk) 22:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    "Selective" feels arbitrary. The "selective" journal listings recommended are social science and science indexes. This is an interdisciplinary journal focused on anime and manga, an art medium, that is indexed in an art database, meaning it meets Criteria 1:B. 2001:18E8:3:10AD:F000:0:0:72A (talk) 21:11, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • A selective database in the sense of NJournals would be the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. I'm sorry, but 1b is not met. --Randykitty (talk) 21:41, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is nothing on the NJournals that notes that. You are making an arbitrary choice on what does and does not meet 1b. 2001:18E8:3:10AD:F000:0:0:72A (talk) 22:17, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's nothing arbitrary about that, but a long-standing consensus in this project. See our journal AfD archive. --Randykitty (talk) 22:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Very upsetting, but good to know. What warrants a ""selective"" index should be more accurately described in NJournals. 2001:18E8:3:10AD:F000:0:0:72A (talk) 22:56, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: TOOSOON I think. Even in ResearchGate, it barely cracks the triple digit views [36], hovering around the 1000 view mark. Oaktree b (talk) 20:23, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be ok with a !Merge to the publisher, which I think is the University of Illinois? Could always fork it after, if it gets more notice.Oaktree b (talk) 20:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think that a merge would be undue. In the framework of the whole university, this journal is really not important. --Randykitty (talk) 22:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch 20:33, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I'm new to AFD discussions. And I created this entry, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to participate in this AFD. I trust that more experienced editors will make the right call on this one, but here's why I thought the journal was notable. Criteria 3 of WP:JOURNALCRIT states that a journal should be historically important. And Criteria 1 that it should be considered influential in its subject area. JAMS, according to an academic conference on the subject of anime studies, is one of only two journals in the field. The conference even named a session after the journal, "MechaJAMS Symposium"--see the 2023 program.[37] I'll take whatever decision this process lands on in the spirit of WP:AGF. -- Jaireeodell (talk) 02:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Hello, Jaireeodell. As Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan) remarked in 24 Hour Party People - it's good that you're here. It's always good if a significant contributor to (or author of) an article participates in the process. AfD isn't so much about deletion as about where an article might get improved to the point it may warrant inclusion. Can You provide some more references as to the significance of the journal as being one of few to handle anime and manga? Conference programme, sure, but maybe more written material? Perhaps you have access to offline sources? Cheers, Ouro (blah blah) 07:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This article cites major players in the Anime, including the Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News, and Anime Expo, on top of an announcement by the National Diet Library, all discussing JAMS. If more detailed coverage is needed, this might be a TOOSOON. 2001:18E8:3:10AD:F000:0:0:72A (talk) 23:00, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Jaireeodell, I would suggest looking for GNG coverage, as NJOURNALS is an essay, not a guideline, and so is irrelevant to determining notability of this subject. JoelleJay (talk) 09:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you care to read all of the nom , you'll see that it also states that GNG is not met. There's no argument to keep this based on NJournals. --Randykitty (talk) 09:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • weak keep there is a decent bit of coverage, probably under the GNG bar. Sees broader coverage than most journals including at a non-academic conference. This is more of an IAR thing probably, but... I've gone back-and-forth on this a bit... Hobit (talk) 13:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draft Sourcing is very weak on this one, right at the borderline. I'd like to see this sent to draft to allow more time for the Journal to mature and get more coverage. Esw01407 (talk) 01:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment. Please read the nom again, there is no argument made to keep this journal article based on WP:NJournals. In fact, it is clearly stated that this does not meet NJournals. --Randykitty (talk) 22:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Randykitty, I was referring to other participants, not you Mach61 23:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet spot (sports)[edit]

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Unsourced since 2009, mostly a dictionary definition DrowssapSMM 02:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC) Withdraw: article has been significantly improved. DrowssapSMM 16:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete - Verifiability is a non-negotiable policy, and 15 years is long enough. The Heymann criterion should be to add two reliable sources within the next seven days after this second relist. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:21, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - per WP:NOTDICT. Already covered at Glossary of baseball terms#S and could readily be added to similar articles for other sports. Nigej (talk) 10:55, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Let'srun (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Seems more in place in a dictionary. AA (talk) 23:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: It seems rather interesting and odd that none of the delete !voters above have addressed (or even mentioned) the sourcing provided in this discussion long before they arrived, so I don't see how they could carry much, if any, weight. They look like drive-by editors casting personal opinions who didn't bother to read this discussion, review the sources, or consider important matters like WP:NEXIST and WP:ARTN. Meanwhile, in addition to the sources previously presented, I also found these two books which offer extensive in-depth secondary analysis of the sweet spot concept, further strengthening the case to keep the article. Left guide (talk) 02:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Meets WP:GNG with the multiple sources of significant coverage (for multiple sports even) identified by user Left guide above. WP:AFDISNOTCLEANUP (but adding sources to the article can only mitigate false impressions).—Bagumba (talk) 02:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment: The above sourcing covers just baseball and cricket. For tennis, there's this article from a university engineering department magazine which offers a rather large section dedicated to the sweet spot concept; at the very bottom it also cites as one of its references H. Brody, ”The Physics of Tennis II: The ‘sweet spot’.” American Journal of Physics, vol. 49, pp. 816, 1981., which is a peer-reviewed scientific journal offering dedicated coverage of this concept. Then there's this book published by a university press; chaper 2 is titled The Sweet Spots of a Tennis Racket and spans 16 pages (23-38). Left guide (talk) 05:44, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Sourcing is adequate. This is more than dictionary definition and I see lots of room for expansion. BusterD (talk) 13:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: We've been given lots of sources about the baseball sweet spot, the cricket sweet spot, the tennis sweet spot, etc. What we're lacking are sources about the sweet spot in sports generally. Are there good sources discussing the concept as it applies to all sports. So while the concept relates to many sports, I'm still not convinced that we need an article on it. As I noted above the concept can be covered for specific sports, either within an existing article or even as separate article if there's enough content to justify it. Nigej (talk) 10:52, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Could be a WP:BROADCONCEPT page:

    Due to the difficulty of explaining this relationship (and the comparative ease of merely listing articles to which the title relates), editors often create disambiguation pages for such titles, even though there is an unambiguous meaning that can be discerned from the relationship between the listed topics.

    Bagumba (talk) 11:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You raise some very good points to consider. I'd argue there's enough sourcing to justify separate articles on the sweet spots for baseball, cricket, and tennis if a split is a palpable resolution. However, there is also plenty of generalized interconnected coverage of this concept across all sports, tying them together; some examples:
  • On page 719 of this book, it says: If we compare baseball and tennis with cricket, baseball bats are made up of solid wood or hollow aluminum barrels and tennis rackets are made up of composites. All the batsmen know that there is a special spot on a cricket bat where the shots feel very smooth. It sometimes feels so good that there is almost no sensation at all that the bat hit the ball. It is the same with a tennis racquet or a baseball bat. These areas have been given various names such as sweet zone, sweet spot, etc. A sweet spot is a position that is identified by the batsmen at the best location of the bat with which the ball comes in contact and gives the maximum exit velocity.
  • There's also page 202 of this book which demonstrates and explains a mathematical physics equation needed to find the sweet spot; included in its commentary is This is the ideal point at which to hit a ball with a bat (sometimes called a 'sweet spot' in sporting applications — cricket, tennis, baseball, etc.)
  • Then page 365 of this book is unfortunately sandwiched between two pages not visible to me on preview mode, but from that page alone it says Considerable work has been done on the physical interpretation of the 'sweet spot' and its location on the cricket bat using the research on baseball bats as the basis. It is possible to establish such correlations as the mechanics of swinging the bat is similar for both games. The length and weight of the cricket bat and baseball bat are also similar…Based primarily on extensive research on tennis racquets and baseball bats, today it is widely accepted that there are other impact locations on the bat that are capable of producing the greatest post impact ball velocity. That page alone also cites about ten other sources inline which can be referred to.
  • In this book, Chapter 4.5 titled "Angular impulse and the centre of percussion" begins with Have you ever wondered why a cricket bat, a baseball bat or a tennis racquet has a sweet spot? This is the point on the bat where the ball seems to be hit most cleanly, without producing much vibration in the handle followed by a demonstration and explanation of the mathematical physics equations required to calculate the position of the sweet spot.
These sources show a great deal of analysis on the sweet spot concept in a manner that cohesively ties all the sports together. These are mere snippets (as in there is a lot more about sweet spots than just what is quoted) so as not to needlessly overwhelm this discussion, but please read and go the sources to see the full depth and breadth of coverage for yourself if you still have any doubts or questions. Left guide (talk) 15:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - the article has been improved dramatically since its nomination and Left guide's research clearly shows there is extensive sourcing on the concept which can be used to improve the article further. Hatman31 (talk) 19:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Good sourcing and I can see future improvements in place. Can't see this being merged to something. 🍪 CookieMonster 04:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus‎ whether to keep or redirect. This discussion can continue on the Talk if desired. Star Mississippi 23:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Man Alive (band)[edit]

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Non-notable band. No coverage in RS, also by NEXIST. Promotional writeup. Circular sourcing, for example here: On June 11, 2012, it was announced on the band's Facebook page that the band has decided to record a new album., i.e. the band member(s) make "announcements" on FB then quote themselves on WP. Has already twice been deleted at Hewiki. No updates since 2013. gidonb (talk) 02:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is the reverse of the usual procedure, because there would then be an orphaned album article with no connection to a band. The fact that the one album got some reliable reviews might actually enhance the band's article, but not by much. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Doomsdayer520 while it is true that the usual case is a notable band and a non-notable album, here we likely have a case of WP:ONEEVENT. The album contributes to the band's notability but not enough to fulfill any WP:BAND criteria. Broc (talk) 15:12, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to album (if the album survives the AfD). PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Normally I would be indifferent about an AfD for a mid-level band like this, but talking about redirecting the band's article to one of their albums, just because that album got a whopping two reviews that anyone can find, is downright absurd to put it lightly. The album reviews have some basic band history that can be used to support the band's article: [38], [39]. Also they have a reasonably robust AllMusic biography: [40]. Here's a little more news from one of the magazines that reviewed the album: [41]. That's enough for a stub article for the band. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:55, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These are niche sources, not RS. Then again, the album has been kept under the same. AllMusic rewrites what artists send them. gidonb (talk) 03:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete or Redirect to kept album. There's a boatload of uncited assertions on this article, but no claim of notability. I disagree with User:doomsdayer520 there's enough upon which to base an article on the group. What we're missing is actual reliable sources directly detailing, and I'm not seeing anything approaching that standard so far on the page or in a reasonable BEFORE. There's nothing to keep here, no sources with which to describe the band. The album was a bare pass; based on sourcing, the album is sufficient coverage. BusterD (talk) 12:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably not supposed to contribute to this discussion as a prior band member, but interesting to hear the process here. The album was notable to me, lol. 135.23.150.249 (talk) 22:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and maybe merge the album to the band article. ThreeBootsInABucket (talk) 00:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why? What about notability? gidonb (talk) 03:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. The album should have been deleted and should still be deleted. Yet, for as long as it is kept, there is of course no problem with a redirect with prejudice against the notability of the band. This is written in response to Liz's relisting comment way back: The nominator is advocating Deletion and an editor argues for a Redirect to an article, Open Surgery (album), that is also at AFD. gidonb (talk) 03:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: as the album article has been kept, the only viable options are "redirect/merge" or "keep". Mach61 19:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. Liz Read! Talk! 05:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General order[edit]

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This might be notable, but we have unreferenced stub, with a req for references since 2013. Unless someone can improve this, perhaps a redirect will suffice for now? To Operations order, perhaps? Or better, to Military order (instruction), which seems to be the parent topic? (Btw, if anyone cares for those topics both operations and the military order are very poor, barely referenced, and all fail to show WP:GNG, although common sense suggests that at least the general concept of a military order is notable, and I'd not be surprised to find out that general and operations have stand-alone notability as well - but until that is shown with sources, some redirecting may be in order (pun not intended), also given that 99% of the content is unreferenced and possibly WP:ORish in all of these articles :( ) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Procedural keep: Given your comment that you think [t]his might be notable, I presume you did not follow WP:BEFORE and conduct a search, so I !vote to procedurally keep this article without prejudice to opening another AfD if this topic proves to be not notable. If my assumption is wrong, please correct me. As an independent reason for my procedural keep, deletion is not for cleanup and since the proposal here is to redirect, the proper course would have been to boldly blank and redirect, rather than open a deletion discussion. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC); striking per TompaDompa 23:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • If the rationale in the nomination is not a lack of notability, a search for sources to ascertain notability is not required per WP:BEFORE (the specific instructions are If there are verifiability, notability or other sourcing concerns, take reasonable steps to search for reliable sources. and Search for additional sources, if the main concern is notability). Likewise, using WP:AfD to discuss potential merges and redirects is encouraged in some cases per WP:CONRED: If a redirection is controversial, however, AfD may be an appropriate venue for discussing the change in addition to the article's talk page. TompaDompa (talk) 19:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Favor keep: It is a terminology in actual use, but the desired acceptable proof may lie elsewhere. I may have contributed to that article in the course of dumping general knowledge. knoodelhed (talk) 21:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I find myself somewhat one the border between a keep and a merge. Fundamentally, I think there's a broad-concept article to be written here. For one, searching google scholar for ""general order" military" gives quite a lot of results. While most are about specific general orders, there are also some about the limitations of such order. See e.g. Hiromoto, Lee (2021). "No, Sir: Can a Military Doctor Be Prosecuted for Refusing an Order from the President?" (PDF). Penn State Law Review. 125 (2). ISSN 1545-7877.. It also appears to be discussed in the abstract in some textbook-style texts, such as Tutherly, Herbert Everett (1898). Elementary Treatise on Military Science and the Art of War.. That said, broad-concept articles are notoriously difficult to write and I can't help but wonder whether at the present a merger into Military order (instruction) would result in a stronger, more coherent article. Even if merged, I naturally would not oppose separating the relevant content into a dedicated article down the line when the amount of content so dictates. -Ljleppan (talk) 10:11, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: As in many other AFDs, the choice seems between relisting and closing as No consensus. I'll try one relist.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. See Special:Allpages/General_Order for a list of articles about individual general orders, both real and fictitious. References from these other articles which might improve this article. The term "general order" is also used by regulatory agencies. See General Order 32 for an order from the Federal Communications Commission, and Potato General Order, Man Reg 123/2000 for Manitoba's Potato General Order. See this Supreme Court of Canada case for a discussion of General Order 162 of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada and General Order T-40 of Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep As per my comment above, I think there's an article to be written here, and my uncertainty is more about whether at the present a merger would result in a stronger article. That discussion, however, can be held at the article talk page down the line if someone feels strong enough to start it. Thus, in the absence of any good reason to !vote anything else, I'll mark myself down as a weak keep. -Ljleppan (talk) 13:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep without prejudice to a merge down the road (in either direction) per Ljleppan. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 04:15, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dressing down[edit]

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Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The article consists of the two meanings of the phrase. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:30, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Seems like sources located have addressed nominator's concerns. I will say that "appears non-notable" makes it appear that an adequate BEFORE might not have been done. That is my impression. Of course, Cunard can find sources that no one else can uncover.

As Czar alludes to, a Merge or Redirection to the book series or author can be discussed on the article talk page. But right now, I see no support for deletion. Liz Read! Talk! 04:19, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crossing the Line (novel)[edit]

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Searched and found no additional reliable sources to support notability. Appears non-notable. ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 03:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. Wikipedia:Notability (books)#Criteria says:

    A book is presumed notable if it verifiably meets, through reliable sources, at least one of the following criteria:

    1. The book has been the subject of two or more non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself. This can include published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books, television documentaries, bestseller lists, and reviews. This excludes media re-prints of press releases, flap copy, or other publications where the author, its publisher, agent, or other self-interested parties advertise or speak about the book.
    Sources
    1. Carter, Stuart (2005). "City of Pearl / Crossing the Line". SF Site. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

      This is a book review of City of Pearl and Crossing the Line, the first two books in the Wess'har book series. The review notes: "Another glorious aspect of these two books is that they're almost the antithesis of everything Trek: humans haring round the universe imposing their morality and point-of-view upon anyone who can listen, and always, eventually, turning out to be right, or at least admirable. And if we're not even admirable then at least we have bigger guns than everyone else to console ourselves with. In Karen Traviss's universe we're seen as being far from admirable and even further from right, and it looks like being a very hard, possibly even fatal, lesson for us to learn. A warning to the unthinking patriots amongst you: you may find these books somewhat unpalatable."

    2. Bedford, Rob H. (2004-12-20). "Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss". SFFWorld. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

      The discussion between two editors at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 201#SFFWorld usable? is that SFFWorld is a reliable source.

      The review notes: "Again, Traviss uses the tool Science Fiction for providing the reader a way to examine a similar problem in our world through the fantastic. ... If City of Pearl was a novel of discovery and alien/racial boundaries, Crossing the Line is a novel of relationships. Another thing that comes more to the forefront in Crossing the Line is the whole theme of relationships. Since the characters have spent a novel together, characters like Aras and Shan develop an engaging believable relationship, considering the genetic make-up of the two characters."

    3. Letson, Russell (November 2004). "Crossing the Line, Karen Traviss". Locus. Vol. 53, no. 5 #526. p. 67. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
    4. Miller, Faren (January 2005). "Crossing the Line, Karen Traviss". Locus. Vol. 54, no. 1 #54. p. 22. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
    5. "Crossing the Line". Science Fiction Chronicle. Vol. 27, no. 3. March 2005. p. 22.

      This review is listed here.

    6. Less significant coverage:
      1. Barron, Neil; Barron, Tom; Burt, Daniel S.; Hudak, Melissa; Meredith, D.R.; Ramsdell, Kristin; Schantz, Tom; Schantz, Enid, eds. (2005). What Do I Read Next 2005: A reader's Guide to Current Genre Fiction, Fantasy, Popular fiction, Romance, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Historical, Inspirational, Western. Farmington Hill, Michigan: Gale. p. 298. ISBN 0-7876-9021-X. ISSN 1052-2212. Retrieved 2024-03-19 – via Internet Archive.

        The book notes: "Summary: Shan Frankland has already risked her future by choosing to protect the complex alien society orbiting Cavanaugh's Star from the interference of outsiders, and the situation is only growing worse now that humans are arriving in larger numbers. This time some view her as a threat who must be killed if necessary to prevent further resistance."

      2. Sullivan, Heather I. (2010-08-18). "Unbalanced Nature, Unbounded Bodies, and Unlimited Technology: Ecocriticism and Karen Traviss' Wess'har Series". Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 30 (4). doi:10.1177/0270467610373821.

        The article provides a few sentences of coverage about the book. The article notes: "Just how difficult it is to define this balance beyond limiting population, building with minimal landscape alteration, and following a vegan diet becomes clear in Karen Traviss' six-novel wess’har series: City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, Matriarch, Ally, and Judge. ... Indeed, the entire second novel, Crossing the Line, illuminates transgressed lines (bodily, species, and political) that are crossed through choice, accident, and desire.

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

    Cunard (talk) 08:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Reviewing Cunard's sources above, I still think redirection is the best route. I wouldn't consider SFFWorld a reliable source, especially for purposes of notability. We'd need to see the Locus and SF Chronicle sources to know what they are, but based on the listings, Locus looks like the book is reviewed alongside a half-dozen capsule reviews. Altogether we'd need much more to write a complete article on the topic. We're better poised to handle an article on the series out of which any individual book article can split out in summary style if warranted by the sourcing. czar 18:26, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Here is another source about the subject:
    1. Day, Thomas (July 2007). "Les critiques de Bifrost" [Bifrost reviews]. Bifrost (in French). No. 47. Le Bélial' [fr]. Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

      According to this entry from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Transgression is the French title of Crossing the Line. The review notes from Google Translate: "Transgression is an unbalanced novel, suffering from the well-known pathologies of “useless filler” and “meaningless dialogue”. Besides these blunders which will surprise no one as they are so fashionable in contemporary SF, we are here confronted with a terribly poorly written work (poorer, from a stylistic point of view, I hardly see that Alexis Aubenque and the pages people from Closer ). Not to mention the translation. I find it hard to believe that someone with a minimum of general knowledge has reread this massacre (for example the Falklands War is called the Falklands War here)."

    According to this entry, the Locus Russell Leston review of Crossing the Line was published on page 67. No other reviews were published on page 67, which indicates it likely is not a capsule review. According to this entry, the Locus Faren Miller review of Crossing the Line was published on page 22. Two other reviews were published on page 22.

    The Thomas Day review in Bifrost, the Russell Leston review in Locus, and the Stuart Carter review in SF Site are more than enough for Crossing the Line to meet Wikipedia:Notability (books)#Criteria and Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.

    Cunard (talk) 19:04, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Mike Christie, would you have these issues of Locus? If so, can you verify their contents? czar 20:55, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Letson review in the November 2004 issue is three quite substantial paragraphs; not a major in-depth review, but definitely not a capsule review. The same is true for the Miller review in January 2005; about a full column on a three-column page. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep per two Locus sources, SF Site, and Science Fiction Chronicle. (Bifrost's About page doesn't do much to instill confidence in its reliability...) The print sources above are enough to cover the topic somewhere, but I doubt that there's enough here for a dedicated article and I still think this is best covered as part of the series article. But merger/redirection is a matter for topic editors on its talk page. czar 01:19, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Personally, I don't understand the objection to a Redirect because after this page is deleted, any editor can create one at this page title. But the consensus is no Redirect so one won't be created through this AFD. Liz Read! Talk! 02:31, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pleasant View Village, Indiana[edit]

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The name pretty much tells all: this is yet another 1960-era subdivision, this time on the outskirts of Edinburgh instead of Columbus, but otherwise of a sameness with its other NN counterparts further south in the county. Mangoe (talk) 02:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Redirect to German Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, of which it is part and is listed, per Wikipedia:NGEO guidelines, If a Wikipedia article cannot be developed using known sources, information on the informal place should be included in the more general article on the legally recognized populated place or administrative subdivision that contains it." Djflem (talk) 06:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, don't redirect ROTM housing tract; generic name makes it hopeless to search for information but I can't imagine any would be found even if it were called Ybrfovquixxqil Estates, because it's just a subdivision like countless others across nearly every county in the United States. A redirect is pointless, because per WP:NGEO "information on the informal place should be included in the more general article..." What information, other than "it exists"? That would be pointless trivia and violate WP:DUE. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 13:32, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    How would it violate Wikipedia:DUE? That guideline has absolutely nothing to do with this subject or target. What is the point-of-view that concerns you? There countless towns populated places across nearly every across the United States, many if not most of them ROTM, so what's the point?. IDONTLIKEIT is an argument to avoid in AfD discussions. The target lists populated places within the township and a comprehensive encyclopedia should be comprehensive.Djflem (talk) 19:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete not redirect and remove from the German Township page. No need to list generic non-notable subdivisions like this on that page. Reywas92Talk 15:06, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete This didn't exist prior to 1957 and is a subdivison. The person who titled this didn't even get the gnis class right. We definately do not need to put every subdivision into county and/or city articles. I agree with Reywas, get it off the township page too. SEE, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-subdivision-duh/143381788/. James.folsom (talk) 00:53, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 02:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Asmex Digital[edit]

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An orphan article. Fails WP:CORP. A search in google news yielded little. LibStar (talk) 02:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. I see a consensus to Keep this article and no support for Deletion aside from the nominator. AFD is not for cleanup. Liz Read! Talk! 02:28, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibooks[edit]

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Just because it's a wiki project doesn't mean it's notable. All the sources that I reviewed are primary sources, data table of activity, passing mentions. The only article that seems to talk in any material way about wikibooks does so from a Wikipedia centric view and how it's complementary [42] I don't feel like this article will survive a 3 reliable reference rule audit. Greatder (talk) 01:47, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Have you done a WP:BEFORE or checked Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikiquote and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikiquote (2nd nomination)? Its notability is tied to the Wikimedia Foundation, we could consider a List of Wikimedia Foundation projects. IgelRM (talk) 03:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@IgelRM Wikiquote just about passes notability guideline with quite a lot of article about it and research paper mentions. Unlike wikibooks, which I have not seen much wide use or reporting of. Greatder (talk) 14:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: It makes sense to have an article about each of the WMF sister projects. Consult with the Wikibooks community about improving the article. -- Jtneill - Talk 10:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jtneill Does the article in current form and references exist? I do not think so. Just because something is affiliated with WMF doesn't mean it's notable. It should be reinforced by multiple reliable secondary sources. Notability is not inherited. Greatder (talk) 14:03, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. There's definitely third-party discussion of the project. For example. here's an article from an IEEE publication about the project, its social structure, and its potential future impact on the textbook industry. Lubal (talk) 18:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lubal Thanks! This seems like a really high quality source that I feel is enough to establish notability for this article. (If and when it is properly referenced in the article of course) Greatder (talk) 18:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm unsure the association article grants full notability, but I think an AFD has limited potential to improve things anyway. IgelRM (talk) 10:06, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Really just offered that as an example, a Google Scholar search for "wikibooks" has a whole bunch of things that look promising. Lubal (talk) 15:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Keep per... I don't know. Let's try obvious common sense. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 00:20, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Self-regulated in learning about students[edit]

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This is not a topic, but an essay. Topic is not notable as a term. Possible redirect to Philosophy of education as {{r from search term}} microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 00:33, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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