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The result was Keep. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-11 00:26Z

Four Million Smiles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

A 'campaign' launched by Singapore government to encourage smiling. Its notability is very debatable - it is one of the hundreds, nay tens of thousands, social compaigns - do this, do that - launched by the Singapore govt. Essentially asks everyone to smile for tourists and foreign delegates. Arguably, it has zero impact on Singapore life. mandel 14:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. To be exact it encourages Singaporeans to smile for a certain specific event, delegates of the world bank. It's a special one off thing, not like say the annual courstey or speak mandarin campaign. Which makes it notable! Aarontay 20:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, independent sources are cited, notability is established. Terence Ong 13:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Notability is not the same as being verifiable. That I can prove someone's existence does not mean he deserve an article. How has this campaign impacted on Singaporeans' lives as a whole？Does it deserve a separate article, or a mention in, say, the Singapore 2006？ By the way naming the main World Bank 2006 Convention article 'Singapore 2006' is plain silly. Mandel 15:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why not merge? Aarontay 16:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And why is that name "silly"?--Huaiwei 16:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• • Possible, but Singapore 2006 itself needs a new name and judicious editing. Mandel 17:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC
• Keep. Thousands of campaigns around the world dosent mean you delete this one. Millions of humans on earth dosent mean you delete an article on one person either, would you? This campaign may be one-off, but it was related to a major event in Singapore's contemporary history, and did receive its fair share of controversy which is worth documenting.--Huaiwei 14:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the fact that there are millions (more like 6 billion?) of people around the world means you definitely delete articles on people unless they are notable. But the second part of the argument is worth reading.Aarontay 15:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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