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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]
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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.
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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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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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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]

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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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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. 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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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]

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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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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)
Second Battle of Rome (753 BC) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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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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]

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]
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]
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]
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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]

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]

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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]
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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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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]

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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 (talkcontribs) 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]
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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]

Wait until situation is clearer. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:09, 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]

  • 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]

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]
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]
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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Blue Rose (band)[edit]

The result was withdrawn by nominator Mach61 03:26, 15 March 2024 (UTC)‎[reply]


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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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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]

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.

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?
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]
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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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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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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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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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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]

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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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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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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]

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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]
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]
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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]
@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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  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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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]
  • 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]
  • 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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  • 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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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]
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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]
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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Why? What about notability? gidonb (talk) 03:27, 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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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]

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]
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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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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]
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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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