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The result was keep. First WP:SNOW close. Please tell me if I applied it wrong. (non-admin closure) Carpimaps (talk) 13:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cookie's Bustle[edit]

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Reopen AfD. Game is non-notable and fails WP:GNG, and the WP:REFUND requested for the article failed to fix these issues. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 23:11, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that there's enough here though to warrant keeping this article for now. NinCollin (talk) 05:10, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Ben Wikler[edit]

The result was (non-admin closure) Withdrawn by nom Andre🚐 22:39, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]


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Does not pass WP:NPOL as he hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tina Podlodowski[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Joyous! | Talk 23:35, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Walters (politician)[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2023 (UTC) *Delete, WP:BLP1E. Andre🚐 22:22, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Judith Whitmer[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Curbon7 (talk) 03:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jane Kleeb[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Modussiccandi (talk) 11:38, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yvette Lewis (politician)[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is the nomination made on the basis her not having a state wide public office, or on the basis of notability assessments of what can be ascertained from searching in google, google scholar, google books etc? It seems like the former, is that correct?
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Strong Keep — I count three instances of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources already. Additionally, there is qualifying coverage of Lewis in The Baltimore Banner (Dec 2022) and The Washington Post (June 2015). That brings us to five RS. She clearly passes GNG requirements. WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(talk, contribs) 16:37, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

* Keep: Passes 7th criteria of Wikipedia:Notability (politics) which says "The person founded, leads, or operates a major political party or similar electoral organisation.". ​​​​​​​𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙‍♂️Let's Talk ! 09:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Modussiccandi (talk) 11:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Katie Bernhardt[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Salvio giuliano 00:37, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Schmuhl[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as he hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statewide office is not a requirement for an individual to meet NPOL. The majority of bios on Wikipedia are of individuals who have not held statewide or higher office. His notability comes from management of two very notable campaigns for national offices (Donnelly’s senate and Buttigieg’s presidential) and his leadership of a state political party organization. SecretName101 (talk) 22:07, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
He is presented as a "political figure serving as the chair of the Indiana Democratic Party". Being the chair of a regional political party is nowhere being a notable politician. Bedivere (talk) 22:16, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Salvio giuliano 00:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nancy DiNardo[edit]

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Does not pass WP:NPOL as she hasn't held state-wide public office, at the very least. Bedivere (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Vobes[edit]

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Four news hits (two of which don't mention him), barely any Google hits, and an article (even pre-stubification) that has been pretty much unsourced since its creation. I am more than happy to be wrong but I think the '07 AFD came to the incorrect conclusion. Fails just about every inclusion metric we have that I could test. Primefac (talk) 21:41, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to The Hollies. Joyous! | Talk 02:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Don Rathbone[edit]

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Non-notable pop drummer, unreferenced; moved to draft but quickly returned to main. Naive search reveals not much in the way of SIGCOV, only standard basic information sites, band website and the likes of Discogs. As a member of a successful band (before major success) an article may be warranted. However, the lack of sourcing and the move-warring necessitates discussion. Eagleash (talk) 21:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Consensus is sourcing is insufficient Star Mississippi 18:31, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Medwin Publishers[edit]

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Insufficient independent sources to merit standalone article, page seems to be more of a hit piece, but regardless, is not sourced independently, or from RS'es. Moops T 21:31, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Frank Anchor 19:10, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Magnacca[edit]

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Article fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 21:27, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. North America1000 23:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Lapic[edit]

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Article fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 21:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You nominated/proosed these articles for deletion within the last day: Peter Bevilacqua, Bradley Clarke, Samuel Dweh, Akpo Godwin, Celestine Onyeka Obi, Melvin Minter, Daniel Ganderton, Paul Harries, George Horsfall, Zacari Hughes, Liam Jacob, Mario Jermen, Glenn Johnson, Kailo Karpeh, Panagiotis Lachanas, Paul Lapic, Leroy Jennings, Scott MacNicol , Anthony Magnacca, Chad Mansley, Dauntae Mariner, Steve McDonald, and David Meechan, which is more than 20. Also, I'm fine if you create stub articles and not delete others' articles but I don't understand how you can create stub articles and then go on a spree of trying to delete other users articles. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, they are not all from the same day but it is still a relatively short time. Also, I appreciate you creating many soccer articles no matter how small they are, but I find it frustrating that you do that while deleting many others hard work. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. North America1000 23:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mario Jermen[edit]

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Article fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 21:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, they are not all from the same day but it is still a relatively short time. Also, I appreciate you creating many soccer articles no matter how small they are, but I find it frustrating that you do that while deleting many others hard work. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:15, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kailo Karpeh[edit]

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Article fails WP:GNG.

  • Comment - 25? That is false. Anyway, I'd say that all of the references are no more than trivial mentions. This guy has been playing amateur football in Adelaide for several years which is where I come from. He is not notable. Simione001 (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, they are not all from the same day but it is still a relatively short time. Also, I appreciate you creating many soccer articles no matter how small they are, but I find it frustrating that you do that while deleting many others hard work. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 04:29, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Harberger Tax[edit]

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Fails WP:SIGCOV, first reference is from a primary source which is not independent of the subject's creators. Second source seems to just be an announcement of the creators' book about the tax, not very reliable. MaterialWorks (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(not that I have very inclusionist preferences)
I think this article is important, and I have improving it on my TODO list. I would be sad to see it deleted, and just reuse this as a template when reviving it in the future. Niplav (talk) 12:30, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ugh *note Niplav (talk) 12:31, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep as from first glance it seems plausible that such a tax proposal exist and has been analyzed, and another user has it on their todo list to improve it
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 22:11, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

JPedal[edit]

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Fails WP:NPRODUCT and WP:GNG. Compassionate727 (T·C) 20:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Except for the nominator, unanimous support for keeping and consensus that the subject meets WP:GNG. (non-admin closure) —Ganesha811 (talk) 23:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perry Johnson (politician)[edit]

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Semi-advertorialized WP:BLP of a businessman and politician, not properly sourced as passing notability criteria for businessman or politicians. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates (or even hinting at candidacies they haven't yet formally launched) for political office -- the notability test for politicians is holding a notable political office, not just running for one, and non-winning candidates get articles only if either (a) they can be properly established as already having preexisting notability for other reasons independent of the candidacy, or (b) they can show credible reasons why their candidacy should be seen as a special case of significantly more enduring importance than everybody else's candidacies.
But this basically glosses over his business career as mere background to the candidacies while failing to show any sources covering him in a business context at all, so it isn't passing the preexisting notability test, and it doesn't show any strong reason why his candidacy was more important than everybody else's, so it isn't passing the "special case" test.
And as always, the mere existence of a handful of run of the mill campaign coverage, in the local media where campaign coverage of every candidate in every election is merely expected to exist, is not sufficient to claim that he would pass WP:GNG in lieu of having to pass NPOL.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to either win election to public office, or show more already-existing notability in business than this is attempting to establish. Bearcat (talk) 20:30, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Interviews with the subject, in which he's talking about himself or other things in the first person, do not help to build passage of WP:GNG.
And by the same token, you do not make a person notable as a businessman by sourcing his career in business to primary sources like his own business website, or to campaign coverage which happens to briefly mention his business career by way of background — you would have to reference his business career to sources that centered his business career as foreground, and you haven't used any sources like that at all.
And no, unsuccessful candidacies do not pass NPOL. Bearcat (talk) 23:15, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Like @Oaktree b, I also found independent coverage about him, even if this article does need major work to make it neutral CT55555(talk) 01:32, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Izaiah Jennings[edit]

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Article about former soccer player who had an unsuccessful 6-month spell in the Austrian second division and which comprehensively fails WP:GNG. Online coverage consists of club press releases, match reports, hyper-local coverage of his high school's soccer program, a club fansite blogpost, and a couple of trivial mentions/club press release regurgitations in the Austrian press. Jogurney (talk) 19:44, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 19:58, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SwapSimple[edit]

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An article on a small, long defunct company, created by an WP:SPA with a very obvious WP:COI. It was nominated for deletion shortly after its creation way back in 2006, but was kept, largely due to arguments by that same WP:SPA. Looking at the company now, it really does not meet the WP:GNG or WP:NCORP. Of the external links that were added from the last AFD, the only one I can still find online is this one from the AASCU, and the company is only mentioned in that article in a single sentence. Searching for any additional sources turned up very little - a couple of similar one-to-two sentence mentions in articles, and press releases. Rorshacma (talk) 19:09, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. North America1000 18:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ali Al-Ameri[edit]

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Could not find any detailed coverage that would qualify for WP:SPORTBASIC or WP:GNG. Please bear in mind, when searching, that there are plenty of namesakes as this is a very common Arabic name. Emaratalyoum is about Ali Al-Amri (footballer), so needs to be ignored. Rimessa is about a Tunisian footballer of this name so also needs to be ignored. Akhbaar24 mentions him and simply says he renewed his contract with Al-Adalah. The coverage is so weak that it doesn't even say how long it has been renewed for! It's not even close to the depth that we need. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:47, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 19:56, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Karl Leib[edit]

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Notability appears rather doubtful. Hildeoc (talk) 17:53, 16 February 2023 (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. North America1000 18:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Betcha (band)[edit]

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Band that fails WP:BAND. This article has no non-primary sources. Mousyomens (talk) 17:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No sources found, other than hits on the "betcha", which is a slang word. Oaktree b (talk) 20:35, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 17:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sacro-Egoism[edit]

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Violates WP:NOTDICT and perhaps WP:ESSAY; seems highly likely that the page was created by the coiner of the term, User:Jsknoxesq vs Dr. John S. Knox; all edits from that user are to this article, and a userspace article for another term invented by Dr. John S. Knox. While there is some coverage in academic papers, all of them I have been able to find are by Dr. John S. Knox himself. Seems distinctly like he created a term for his PhD, and soon after made an article to promote his theory; in the last ~15 years seemingly few other academics has engaged with his material; except for being mentioned in the 2010 edition of Implicit Religion: the Journal of the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality. The mention amounts to simply "“sacro-egoism” (i.e., the ideology of self-fulfilment) (Knox, 2008)", among a list of other various philosophical propositions. It is mentioned briefly in relation to Quaker philosophy in "Quakers and spiritual direction" and even more passingly in some other Quaker-related works, but I don't think that justifies an article of its own, especially given that it was created by the coiner. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 17:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. I see a consensus to Keep this article and that is confirmed by the improvement to the article during this nomination period. Liz Read! Talk! 06:04, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Si Xingjian[edit]

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Article about a paleobotanist and stratigrapher, not properly referenced as having a serious claim to passing our inclusion criteria for scientists.
There are things here that would be valid notability claims if they were referenced properly, but there's nothing "inherently" notable enough to exempt the article from having to cite any WP:GNG-worthy reliable sources -- but the sole reference here is a primary source profile on the self-published website of an organization the subject was directly affiliated with, which is not a notability-building source.
This was also created in draftspace and then moved by its creator without a proper WP:AFC review, but was moved back to draftspace as undersourced and then got reverted back into mainspace again by the creator with the argument that it was "never in AFC" in the first place -- except that draftspace is AFC by definition, so there's no mechanism for a page to somehow be in draftspace without being in AFC -- and the creator added absolutely no new sourcing to improve the article in the process.
As I can't read Chinese, I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody who can read Chinese can find significantly better sourcing to properly support Si Xingjian's notability -- but nothing here is "inherently" notable enough that a single primary source would be sufficient. Bearcat (talk) 16:28, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Consensus is for the article to be retained. North America1000 18:42, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music[edit]

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This is useless, weird version of a list. Not notable for it's own article. See WP:Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article. Iamreallygoodatcheckerst@lk 17:02, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  1. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/musicians-against-donald-trump-7430903/
  2. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ronald-reagan-hip-hop-and-rap-phil-collins-bruce-springsteen-394ddb622b30a718f1b4621a316a78c3
  3. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rockers-donald-trump-campaign-songs/
  4. https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/musicians-might-be-able-to-finally-stop-trump-from-using-their-songs/
  5. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/princes-estate-joins-the-likes-of-rihanna-pharrell-and-adele-in-telling-trumps-campaign-to-stop-playing-their-songs-2019-10-11
  6. https://www.vulture.com/article/the-history-of-musicians-rejecting-donald-trump.html
  7. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/every-musician-with-a-beef-or-lawsuit-against-donald-trump-11494104
  8. https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/529275-musicians-who-opposed-trumps-use-of-their-music-in-2020/
  9. https://www.yahoo.com/now/prince-estate-calls-out-trump-for-playing-his-music-rihanna-the-rolling-stones-and-many-more-have-done-the-same-010505898.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJdSyiasZZQuU9vv4MvXHPikVyLnIdxfuGOGSEkktDO_JI98sAmtR8lbRFtj0ERQoI0BRgleBJ1WjX0To72rLHW01bXlVtGfgy8VWzCsz7cC3GgfFU33x2A-cnPuWB4wuyeTkETwfmh1Pp414lellwbJ3pl35lfENTJFVbpb6m7w
  10. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/musicians-who-want-donald-trump-to-stop-playing-their-music-a7151171.html
  11. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-maga-music-has-rock-n-roll-icons-crying-ncna1238530
  12. https://www.kerrang.com/10-bands-that-donald-trump-has-fallen-out-with
  13. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-24/president-trump-rally-rnc-music-neil-young-rolling-stones
  14. https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a10489/donald-trump-banned-music/
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 17:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Carol S. Batey[edit]

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I do not see how this author satisfies WP:ANYBIO or WP:AUTHOR. Potential BLP concerns as well, as nothing cited is a reliable source under BLP guidelines. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 16:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is the only coverage I find, I doubt it's the same person. [35] Oaktree b (talk) 20:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 16:49, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bryce Lebel[edit]

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Article about collegiate soccer player who played in a handful of second division matches a few years ago, but which utterly fails WP:GNG. There is no online significant coverage in reliable sources; just match reports, press releases and blogposts like this that fall far short of SIGCOV. It's WP:TOOSOON for an article about this young player. Jogurney (talk) 16:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete for the same reasons as stated in the nomination
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 16:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Fielding[edit]

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Article about footballer who has only made a single appearance in the FA Trophy cup and which utterly fails WP:GNG. The online coverage is trivial; just club press releases, match reports and brief blurbs like this that don't represent significant coverage in reliable sources. Article was previously kept at AfD in 2018 long before WP:NSPORTS2022 and without any consideration of whether the article passed the GNG (it didn't and still doesn't). Jogurney (talk) 16:20, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Salvio giuliano 16:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Nagar[edit]

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While this is a real place, I don't see what makes it notable. Plus, it's just one long paragraph that isn't correct in it's grammar. I like Astatine (Talk to me) 15:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Consensus is the sourcing is not sufficient to elevate this beyond the definition. Will also move the DAB as suggested Star Mississippi 18:34, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

City slicker[edit]

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Article lacks sourcing and reads like an extended dictionary definition reaching toward but not quite achieving encyclopedic tone. Recommend deleting and moving city slicker (disambiguation) here. QuietHere (talk) 06:47, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep, I think these are sufficient. One dealing with the difficulty in translation of American idioms into Romanian [36], a discussion of slang words [37], contrasting the use of the term with American radicalism [38] and contrasting the term to others [39]. Oaktree b (talk) 15:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's also mentioned in the Encyclopedia of American Folklore [40] Oaktree b (talk) 15:09, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as I am confident there are more sources that can be found and the article can be improved. There are other terms that are less commonly used that have more developed pages (such as yokel) I am sure the wikipedia community can build up this one LegalSmeagolian (talk) 17:13, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Blatant WP:SOURCESEXIST. At least Oaktree had the decency to link some rather than just assume they must be out there somewhere. QuietHere (talk) 17:23, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
QuietHere, I get that you are the nominator here so you are pro-Deletion but let's pull back on talk of "decency" and personal attacks on editors with an opposing points of view especially towards editors less experienced than yourself. LegalSmeagolian, take this as a teachable moment...it's better to find and report back on specific sources you have located which help establish notability rather than simply assert that they exist somewhere out there. Also, AFD discussions are probably not the best place for a newbie to learn about Wikipedia policies. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:49, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Left a notice at WikiProject Languages regarding this AfD. Hopefully it doesn't end in no consensus 'cause that'd bother me more than a keep that I disagree with. And for what it's worth, Liz is correct that I spoke poorly above so I apologize to LegalSmeagolian for that. QuietHere (talk) 21:18, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's all good! @QuietHere LegalSmeagolian (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:07, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Burns[edit]

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Player played one game in second division, and all other games way down the league pyramid. Coverage is almost exclusively passing mentions in match reports, with a handful of short local sports articles giving some attention (things like this and this, but nothing really substantial (e.g. covering his career or giving some background) or supra-local. Fram (talk) 14:45, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge to Cielo Vista Mall. I see a consensus to Merge. If you would prefer different target, that can be discussed on the article talk page or you could merge different parts of the article (or the basic details) to different target articles.

As an aside, it's predictable but sad that we associate an acceptable level of notability based on the number of fatalities in an attack. Notability shouldn't rest on a high body count. Liz Read! Talk! 18:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2023 El Paso shooting[edit]

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This is not a notable shooting with only one death. The significance of this shooting comes from its connection to the 2019 El Paso shooting, elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 14:27, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep (nomination withdrawn). The ⬡ Bestagon T/C 11:17, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam[edit]

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No demonstration of notability with all the cited sources being bookstores/online libraries. Was de-prodded with a claim of "more than a thousand sources", but that is untrue. The ⬡ Bestagon T/C 13:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC) Withdrawn by nominator - It has been demonstrated below that there are enough sources that discuss this book to meet GNG and NBOOK. The ⬡ Bestagon T/C 11:17, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, I didn't say that there were over a thousand sources. I said that one English translation had had over a thousand citations reported by Google Scholar, which you can see just by looking at the second entry you get by clicking on "scholar" in the deletion nomination. At least for me at the moment it shows 1188 citations for the translation by El-Helbawy, Siddiqui and Shukry. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:32, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Could you point us to good examples of reviews of the book or academic papers that give it more than a fleeting citation, please? JMWt (talk) 14:48, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ISBN 9780190900366, published by the Oxford University press, has coverage of the book in its chapter about its author. ISBN 9781135788001, from Taylor & Francis, has coverage on many pages. Page 146 of ISBN 9781134704019, also from Taylor & Francis, includes in its coverage, "the book ... became one of the bestsellers of the century on Islamic religious law, and has been printed in 30 editions and published in 20 languages." ISBN 9781317112549 (Taylor & Francis) has coverage. I don't have time at the moment to look beyond the first few Google Books results (which I got by searching for the title but excluding the author, i.e. [41]) but this is clearly notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I was wrong and will strike that part; I've just checked and it does indeed have a lot of citations. However, it fails the WP:SIGCOV test that demonstrates that the subject meets GNG. The ⬡ Bestagon T/C 15:26, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Salvio giuliano 12:59, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Virat Kohli Statistics[edit]

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Clear WP:NOTSTATS violation. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a stats website, and so does not require a copy of all Kohli's stats as copied from ESPNcricinfo. The only text in this article is copied without attribution from List of international cricket centuries by Virat Kohli, and that article highlights some useful stats, whereas this general stats article does not. Adequately covered in Virat Kohli#Career summary as well, a separate article dedicated to stats copying from ESPNcricinfo is wholly inappropriate Joseph2302 (talk) 11:34, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sandstein 13:21, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jessica Ward[edit]

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This article was just nominated for A7 speedy deletion. I declined the request because the article has been around for over a decade, but it's true that there doesn't seem to be any claim of significance and the sources don't look like they establish notability. Tried a bit of a WP:BEFORE but there are so many other people with the same name that it's hard to find anything about this lady. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The name is too common, I can't find anything about a ballet lady. Delete unless someone can pull up some decent sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 15:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, I'm not claiming she's particularly notable, but I'm really struggling with the implication that it's okay to delete articles on anyone with a common name, merely because we find it hard to do Google searches! Just add an extra term or two, like "ballet", and up she pops; it's really not hard to find her. My problem is that most of the sources either repeat the same information in almost identical words, indicating that they're probably press-releases from her institution, or they're otherwise closely linked to Elmhurst. I do think a reasonable approach would be to merge her to Elmhurst. Elemimele (talk) 11:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete No indication whatsoever of notability. A mistake it hS been up so long, but that should not stop us from deleting an article that doesn't meet any criteria to be on Wikipedia. Jeppiz (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sandstein 13:21, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Nolan[edit]

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I PRODded this with the following rationale: My WP:BEFORE search found none of the in-depth coverage in independent reliable sources needed for Nolan to satisfy the GNG, and none of the WP:NMUSIC criteria appear to be met. The PROD was contested on the talk page, but there are still none of the sources needed to establish notability: reliable ones (books, newspapers, etc.) that discuss Nolan in detail. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:22, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete I don't find anything for this musician, all I find is a minor league baseball pitcher with the same name. I still don't think we have GNG. Oaktree b (talk) 15:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy delete. Speedy Deletion G4. Near-identical article previously deleted in November 2022 Joyous! | Talk 15:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Manoj Kumar Yadav[edit]

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Block conveyor and district party chair are not roles that confer notability. Mccapra (talk) 08:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies I just realised this should be a speedy delete G4 - see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manoj Kumar Yadav. Mccapra (talk) 08:19, 16 February 2023 (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! 03:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IIMT Group of Colleges[edit]

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Given this article more than a year for sourcing to emerge, it has not happened and my own search identifies only primary sourcing. Star Mississippi 03:01, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Salvio giuliano 08:06, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ISketch[edit]

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Cannot find any reliable sources that discuss iSketch in-depth. I see brief mentions, and that's it. The one reference in the article doesn't mention iSketch, at all. -- Mike 🗩 17:06, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep. I'm not in love with the quality of sourcing, but it's not disqualifying. Also, this source [45]. - Whadup, it's ya girl, Dusa (talk) 21:48, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Definite consensus to keep. Whether the page is expanded, merged to or from, or changed to a DAB, or whatever, is beyond the scope of AfD. Joyous! | Talk 15:25, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Honinbo[edit]

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unclear what this page is supposed to be, borderline on incoherent but subject to a slow motion edit war to reinstate the content over a redirect. To quote @Lithopsian:, s this an article, a list, a dab page or something else? anyway, it is uncited, and breaks a redirect used in a lot of articles. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 02:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Salvio giuliano 08:04, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anshul Jubli[edit]

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Ranked 211 as of January 2023. Sources are not significant as they only mention his fights, nothing in-depth. Likely WP:TOOSOON. CNMall41 (talk) 07:19, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article already includes sources that are indepth and don't just mention his fights, example [46] [47] [48] HeinzMaster (talk) 09:20, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This person is notable enough to have his Wikipedia article since he's the first MMA fighter from India to win a UFC match. Citation [49] [50] [51]Hemant Dabral (📞) 10:41, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, This sub seems notable, he recently won a UFC contract due to he got significant coverage in Indian media. I myself wrote two articles about him on WP buy someone moved them into draft space see - Anshul Jubli. I provided more then 7 reliable refs there to prove notablity.Rock Stone Gold Castle (talk) 06:06, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you wrote 2 articles about him and they were moved to draft space, what does that tell you? I also see keep comments saying there are in-depth sources. However, I do not see any of them as being notable. --CNMall41 (talk) 09:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Consensus is that WP:GNG is not met for lack of appropriate sources. The "keep" arguments, made in a bludgeoning manner, are unpersuasive. They consist mainly of references to Wikiproject pages that are not community-adopted guidelines or policies and therefore have no weight in deletion discussions. Sandstein 13:20, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sigma Mu Delta[edit]

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No coverage I could find from independent sources. Scouring LinkedIn previews suggested there are ~30 students in a chapter. It's a decent article but does not seem to meet WP: GNG at present. Kazamzam (talk) 12:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your engagement in this discussion. I found a few items that speak to validity, showing that the schools themselves see the fraternity as a member of their communities. One of these is the Constitution of the Beta chapter from UC Berkeley. There are portal pages, such as the portal at UC Berkeley to their local group. Next, I note that the Alpha chapter has been placed on an indefinite revocation (~unknown duration), see the local chapter being listed for the hazing issue, here, which is actually quite uncommon among US-based professional fraternities. Odd... Third, I note that where I thought in my quick skim of Google that I saw a Guidestar page, it was a false lead. Looking for it, it noted a "Davis Foundation" which is unrelated, but I saw a second link to what I consider an tangential reference to a $1.7M 'medical foundation' under the Sigma Mu Delta name, here. --Pretty tiny for a foundation. But that may be an innocent pick-up by the datanyze group to simply reference a property owned by the group, assuming it was a charitable foundation. That dollar amount is not uncommon for similar fraternity buildings. With the fact of their Alpha chapter suspended for hazing they have other things to worry about, IMHO. Finally, as we deal with organizations that can be 200 years old - certainly not this one - we occasionally find small organizations that have gone dormant yet are still notable: The fact of dormancy does not disqualify a group from consideration as "notable", and is one of Wikipedia's rules that notability does not diminish over time. I.e.: if it was once notable, it can still claim to have met that bar.
I fully agree that this isn't a widely publicized group. But I think it is notable enough to merit a page. I also agree it needs additional citations. As Wikipedia is a work in progress, and we have plenty of space, since we can be reasonably certain Sigma Mu Delta exists and that they've existed for 25 years, they meet the bar for inclusion here. Jax MN (talk) 21:17, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - Thank you for reviewing for additional sources, as we have done. Project supporters will continue to do so, and have improved the article over the past few weeks. Wikipedia is a work in progress; this organization continues to operate and do its work on its campuses. Project supporters have long realized that, unlike controversial subjects, or groups that have misbehavior complaints among the various fraternities and sororities, media coverage is scant. The truism remains, that "Scandal sells papers and delivers media coverage", even while the many groups that quietly operate without publicity, and without seeking notoriety, these still are valuable, clarifying additions to Wikipedia. I find, and believe I speak for many readers interested in these organizations on various campuses, that it creates an unbalanced perception of the nature of all such fraternities and societies if we were to only allow articles for those groups where there is salacious media coverage or where an organization is relatively large. With 800 living members, yes, this group is fairly small, but valid, and deserves a page. Wikipedia has the space, and this article simply shows that we acknowledge that fact. To attempt to kill all articles for benign, quietly-operating groups does a disservice to readers. Jax MN (talk) 01:34, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment - I'd like to point out that while it's great that WikiProject Fraternities & Sororities has come up with a list of specific requirements for a fraternity/sorority to be considered notable, it's important to note that this list of requirements is not a WP policy or guideline, and doesn't overrule the requirement for every WP article to be backed up by significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, regardless of its inclusion in a WikiProject. I've relisted this discussion in the hopes that an analysis and discussion about the available sources (and whether they satisfy WP:GNG) can take place here, rather than an analysis of WikiProject rules, which aren't particularly relevant here, and can only really serve as a guide to quickly estimate the likelihood that a fraternity/sorority has received significant coverage in reliable sources. However, if challenged, those sources need to be provided, or else the article will be deleted, even if it satisfies the WikiProject's rules. —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 06:33, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response -The WikiProject did not create this article but used our internal criteria to determine if it was worth defending in this challenge. There are literally thousands of local fraternal groups that we deem unworthy of a Wikipedia article. As I understand it, we met the original challenge that the article lacked sources and, now, there is an added challenge regarding the quality of the those source. Since I found most of those sources, I appreciate the chance to discuss them. @JMWt mentions student newspapers and university websites, so these are the specific sources I will verify against WP:GNG.
  • Reliable - As required, the student newspaper and universities websites are published sources. As required, these sources cover a range of time, and do not constitute breaking news that has not had time to be fact checked. WP:NEWSORG says that "news reporting from well-established news outlets is generally considered to be reliable for statements of fact." The California Aggie began in 1915, meeting the criteria for well-established. In addition, this student newspaper is, according to this article by the FIRE Foundation, overseen by a Media Board that is appointed by the university's administration. The California Aggie has a Wikipedia article, confirming that it is a notable source. The university websites included in the challenged article are the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, and University of California, Davis. I assume there is no issue with the notability and/or reliability of these institutions, but I dug deeper for the purposes of this discussion. UC Berkeley has a department of Communications & Public Affairs to oversee its communications. According to its webpage, this department is "staffed by experienced reporters and broadcast journalists." Although I did not review the biographies/resumes of this staff, the university is defining this office as professional journalists, with an implied code of ethics. The UC Santa Cruz Communications & Marketing office's mission statement includes providing content that is "accurate, credible". This department also provides policies and guidelines for the university's website. I agree that university websites might portray student organizations in a positive light and might lack neutrality. However, WP:BIASED says that "reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject." In addition, UC Davis actually demonstrates its lack of bias by publishing negative content about the fraternity, noting hazing violations and a penalty. Thus, both the campus newspaper and the university websites meet the standard of being reliable for the purposes of Wikipedia content.
  • Sources - The newspaper and the university websites were not created by the subject of the article and are, therefore, secondary sources. The challenged article also has more than one secondary source, meeting the WP:GNG requirement: "since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage...multiple sources are generally expected".
  • Independent of the subject - The student newspaper and university websites were not created by the fraternity and therefore meet this standard. In the case of the newspaper, the articles have bi-lines and demonstrate a reporter/writer interacting with people, rather than copying a press release. Yet, this may be the most challenging criteria to explain as there is an inherent relationship between universities and fraternities. However, one of the cited references says that, at UC Berkeley, the relationship between the university and the fraternity is managed by a campus advisor and the Berkeley LEAD Center Student Organization Advising. The Lead Center webpage describes it role as recognizing student groups (RSOs), providing facilities and insurance for RSO events, and helping RSOs gain asses to campus resources. However, the LEAD Center notes "It is important to note that RSOs are separate entities from the University, and RSO programs, events, and activities do not represent UC Berkeley". Thus, the student newspaper and the university public affairs offices or even the LEAD Center are not the fraternity and do not represent the fraternity when they publish information and articles about the fraternity. These sources are, in fact, independent of the subject as required by Wikipedia.
  • Significant coverage - This requirement does not specify the length of significant coverage, but defines it as something between a book and trivial coverage. I hope we can all agree that a newspaper article meets this standard. The California Aggie ran "Bone Marrow Drive Aims to Draw Underrepresented Groups for Test" and "Panel to Feature MCAT Review Course Representatives" which are articles about events sponsored by the fraternity. The other instance of significant coverage is "Sigma Mu Delta | CA Link" published by UC Berkeley. This is a short feature covering the fraternity's activities, history, and other chapters. I believe any concerns about the neutrality of this content were addressed above under Reliable.
  • Presumed - Since coverage alone is not a guarantee of the need for an article, WP:GNG encourages "a more in-depth discussion." To me, this is where the members of WikiProject Fraternities & Sororities can really help because we have each looked at hundreds of articles covering this subject matter. Recently, I reviewed eight draft fraternity articles by non-WP editors and found that only two of the organizations came close to meeting the criteria for notability as I searched for sources. Another WP member challenged me to dig deeper for content and sources on one of those two before agreeing to publish the article. We don't believe all fraternal groups need articles, nor do we defend content that does not fit the standards for Wikipedia. If a U.S. fraternity/sorority formed prior to 1991 and is notable, it was included in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, but this fraternity was formed after Baird's ceased publication so we have to look elsewhere. With regards to fraternal histories, there are many out there and most are authored by historians and scholars—who are members of the fraternity. These biased sources are something that WP members are used to reviewing and evaluating. As a result, I find that brief mentions of a fraternity in newspaper and university articles are more important as a citation than a book of puffery because being independent is more important than length when determining reliability. @Jax MN is correct that some fraternities can have thousands of members at hundreds of campuses in the United States and abroad, and still have only been covered by local newspapers or the university unless there is a hazing scandal or a significant violation of university policy. This type of low profile does not mean that a fraternity lacks notability by Wikipedia's standards. As in this instance, the sources provided can and do meet the criteria to document notability.
  • I also want to apply the concept that Wikipedia is a work in progress. The variety and number of secondary sources already found through quick Google searches show a pattern of media coverage of the subject over many years. There is every expectation that new sources will emerge or already exist to improve this article. As new sources are found, this article can be enhanced and expanded, along with removing primary sources and/or content not backed by reliable sources. This article is already better than many stub/start class articles in Wikipedia, with reasonably good prose, many reliable sources, and a neutral/encyclopedic tone. This article now has oversight by a WikiProject that has guidelines, active members, and a willingness to reject and/or replace inappropriate content. There are editors involved that have no connection to the subject of the article and no desire for self-promotion. This article, like all of Wikipedia, is a work in progress. It should be allowed to progress and grow. Rublamb (talk) 23:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The notability of the sources covering a topic has no bearing on that topic's notability. Statements describing a campus organization on that university's website are not independent because they are affiliated with the subject (despite not being the same) and normally written by the subject itself. Meanwhile, per WP:AUD, an organization's notability cannot be proven solely by coverage in local media (of which college newspapers are the foremost example). I see no sources that aren't either a hosting college or student newspaper. Neither are sufficient to demonstrate notability. Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:28, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Response: The notability of sources equates to reliability which is a requirement of WP:GNG. It, in fact, does matter when evaluating the quality of the references which is what is in question in this challenge. I have provided documentation and sources regarding the separation of the fraternity and the university and its publication. Your statement that the university and fraternity are not independent and that content in question was written by the group is your opinion, not fact, which does not trump documentation. With regards to WP:AUD, it says that "at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary." The first source in the article, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks. U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. 2005 qualifies as a national source. Note that WP:AUD does not specify that this source must provide significant coverage, simply that it must be a source. In addition, the students, alumni, potential students, and parents of students of these universities live across the state of California, across the United States, and internationally; therefore, the audience is not just local but statewide, national, and international. Rublamb (talk) 16:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Notability does not equal reliability. See the Daily Mail, Breitbart, CGTN, and dozens of other examples at WP:RSP that are both notable and deprecated because they are unreliable.
Universities are not independent of fraternities for our purposes. Dependence is not limited to "one created the other." Per WP:NORG, related organizations include business partners and associates. You yourself observed that the University of California provides facilities, insurance, and other resources to Sigma Mu Delta; this is obviously a business relationship. I could also point to other facets of the relationship, like how Sigma Mu Delta and other fraternities provide robust social networks and thereby help universities with things like alumni outreach and connecting students with jobs. The point of all of this is that universities are interested and involved in the activities of fraternities, including an interest in promoting those things by writing about them, and are therefore not independent of the subject for notability purposes. This is, of course, assuming that UC staff and not ΣΜΔ members wrote them, which is obviously not the case in, e.g., UC Berkeley's page, which uses first person pronouns to describe the organization.
It is literally not true that WP:AUD does not mention significant coverage, read the second sentence again. Additionally, it says national or international media; the US Patent and Trademark Office is not media, it is a government body, and anything it publishes is a primary source which does not contribute to notability. Meanwhile, The California Aggie is written by students, for students, and unlikely to be read by anyone not involved with the college. Sigma Mu Delta's membership obviously does not affect The California Aggie's readership. Compassionate727 (T·C) 17:46, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Response Yes, WP:AUD talks about significant coverage and media. However, I will quote again "at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary." It does not say "one significant source" its says "one...source". It does not say media, it says source. A book is a source. And, even if it did say media, a book is mass media, under the subsection of print media. Your belief that anything published by a government body is a primary source is unfounded and, frankly, absurd. In this instance, the primary source would be the trademark application/paperwork from the fraternity. However, the government publication summarizes those primary sources, making this a secondary source Rublamb (talk) 18:18, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The second sentence says: Evidence of significant coverage by international or national, or at least regional, media is a strong indication of notability. You are supposed to know to resupply the adjective "significant" from the second sentence into the third. This section tightens the sourcing requirements for organizations, not weakens them: it is not a magic wand by which every organization that has ever been mentioned by an institution of national reach becomes notable if anyone else reliable has talked about them.
I disagree with your opinion that the government's report of all the trademarks it granted is a secondary source, but it is irrelevant: the coverage is not significant and not even directly about the organization (just its trademark). Compassionate727 (T·C) 21:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Response: Mr. or Ms. Compassionate, you've made a very broad statement, unsupported, that collegiate media articles are "normally written by the subject itself." This is conjectural, and in no way accurate for the majority of colleges, certainly not for the three state schools which are home to Sigma Mu Delta. These are not tiny colleges with a couple of writers toiling on a weekly news sheet, who beg for filler content. These are long-standing publications with professional and student staff, operating (and teaching) under principles of journalistic codes. It's akin to saying that because I shop at the same grocery as a neighborhood bully, that I am somehow affiliated. This would be an equivalent logical fallacy. The article clearly meets the standard of notability. Jax MN (talk) 17:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You misunderstand me, I meant that pages describing Sigma Mu Delta on the University's websites were probably written by its members (or other involved persons), not student newspaper articles. Compassionate727 (T·C) 17:50, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter either way; student newspapers are only written for the interest of students and faculty of the university and generally only write about things that a directly relevant to them. There is absolutely no way to tell if the author of the newspaper article was independent of the organisation in question. Similarly, the university recognising (or not recognising) a student organisation such as this is very weak evidence of notability. The university likely recognises the chess team that doesn't mean that the university chess team is therefore notable. The fact is that outside of the university community very few have taken much notice of this organisation. Unless there is media coverage totally outwith of the university community, it isn't notable. JMWt (talk) 18:57, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Your argument that there is no way to tell if the author of a newspaper article is independent of the subject is interesting and would have a far reaching impact to Wikipedia if taken at face value across all newspapers. Journalism is a profession with a code of ethics. If the publication is professional and reliable, there is an assumption of the reporter's independence from the subject of the article--unless stated otherwise. I frequently find guest pieces in campus newspapers and other newspapers that cite the authors relationship to the subject, such as a student belonging to an organization or playing on an athletic team. Online versions of campus newspapers almost always link to short bio of the writer. In this instance, I am looking at an article written by a senior editor of the Aggie. In evaluating this person's independence from the fraternity, it is more likely than not that a senior editor of the newspaper is not a pre-med student and, therefore, is not a member this fraternity exclusively for pre-med students. However, from your position, this doesn't matter because this is a campus newspaper. So, let's look at the source from a local newspaper, The Press-Tribune of Roseville, CA. Granted, this is a mention rather than a feature, but it does represent coverage totally outside of the university community. I also added Hlaudy, Korey (2011-03-15). UC Davis 2012. College Prowler. ISBN 978-1-4274-9714-7. Now there are three sources not linked to the fraternity or the campus--two books and one newspaper article. Rublamb (talk) 19:45, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Just for clarity, you are seriously trying to tell us that the College Prowler book reference is useful for determining notability. It's a single line in a table on one page. I'm not clear what you think this proves, but it doesn't. JMWt (talk) 22:12, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I also forgot the the Day of Difference website if for a foundation in Australia. Rublamb (talk) 20:26, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]


I'm not sure where you've been but AfD decisions are not determined by a majority vote but by the quality of the argument weighed against policy. JMWt (talk) 18:12, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. That is why I have expanded my response (as my earlier comments were apparently not clear enough to end the debate). Rublamb (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, you have not ended the debate as I dispute all of your conclusions. JMWt (talk) 18:28, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, we've already heard the argument that the wikiproject is special and that your special pages shouldn't have to follow policy. Several times now. WP:BLUD JMWt (talk) 07:14, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 03:23, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

White Rose School System[edit]

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Non-notable school system, fails WP:NCORP. BookishReader (talk) 06:09, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to Sue Rodriguez. Liz Read! Talk! 03:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Considine[edit]

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Non-notable lawyer, with one famous client/case. Sources are all routine mentions of his advocacy, not sigcov of the subject himself. Jdcooper (talk) 02:18, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 01:38, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Author Shaneka Mayo (Shaneka Mayo)[edit]

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Seemingly non-notable author moved to draft and moved back to main within a few minutes; poorly 'sourced' and without required inline citations. The 'awkward' title may be a cause for concern in that this sort of 'disamb' has been used to manipulate the AfC system. 'Naive' search reveals no additional SIGCOV and is almost certainly an autobiography. Eagleash (talk) 01:52, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The page is now at Shaneka Mayo having been moved in in the interim to Shaneka Mayo 2. Eagleash (talk) 02:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Doesn't pass GNG for sure. Silikonz💬 05:23, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 01:37, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CR Entertainment[edit]

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No context, no content, no indication of importance. Epifanove💬 01:26, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Hey man im josh (talk) 13:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ottopasuuna[edit]

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It seems that this article only has 1 eligible source, being Chicago Reader. Allmusic biographies are user submitted information. The article in Madozine is not significant coverage of the band and only covers one member. Mandozine also does not seem to be a reliable source. Officialangrydub (talk) 00:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The timing of this nomination is indeed suspicious, and you can see at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/$teven Cannon that the nominator is lashing out at other editors in that discussion and showing little regard for Wikipedia policies. Also, the nominator missed the fact that this band also has an album article here, which shows poor investigation before taking action. If the nomination is targeted at me, others can investigate, but the nominator has already shown a certain inability to detach arguments about WP policies from the subject of the article under discussion. Meanwhile, here is some history on the article. Someone had already created an article for Ottopasuuna (album), which I noticed as a member of the Albums Project, but there was no article for the band. That contradicts WP traditions, so I created the article on the band in good faith and for the benefit of readers, though I was previously unfamiliar with the band. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As the creator of the article, if it survives this process I will personally add the sources that have been suggested by the good-faith voters below. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of dropping hints that you are going to whack thousands of articles because $teven Cannon doesn't qualify for one, perhaps you could consider the good faith of others around here and vow to improve such articles in order to make Wikipedia even better for its readers. Also note that notability is not proven or disproven by the sources currently in an article, and you should search for more before condemning the current sources and then claiming that the subject is not notable. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:35, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Officialangrydub You seem to be focusing on the wrong things here and I am concerned that you are starting to really push WP:POINT which is against policy. You also mistake notoriety for notability. As I said earlier, and what others have already added, the notability of this article, while not inherent, can be still reasonably established with WP:SINGER criteria for which there are sufficient WP:VERIFY. We all agree that more sources need to be used, but several examples have already been provided by myself and other editors, clearly challenging, if not entirely invalidating, the premise of your AfD nomination. Please read more about the AfD process WP:DISCUSSAFD and how it works. Ppt91 (talk) 15:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 01:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pelistank TV[edit]

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Kurdish children's TV channel. Absolutely no independent references. Kurdish wiki has an article but it's just as bad. Putting to AfD as a last-ditch effort to see if someone can find this notable. Sammi Brie (she/her • tc) 00:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy keep per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Compassionate727 (T·C) 20:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Women in the Bangladesh Army[edit]

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Not notable. There are no independent sources. Foxsh (talk) 06:05, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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