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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clayton Barr

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he is only a political candidate so does not satisfy WP:POLITICIAN. fails WP:BIO. the death threat coverage is sad but not enough to warrant an article. if he does get elected than he would satisfy WP:POLITICIAN but not yet. LibStar (talk) 00:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was KEEP, but a rename is probably in order. I do not see a consensus below for a particular rename, nor am I about to impose one by fiat, so Mandsford's prophecy has come to fruition. I now punt to a talk page near you. postdlf (talk) 02:08, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Swedish diaspora

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This topic of this article is a neologism constructed through wp:synth. The two sources that are used to support it do only use the phrase once, but are about other topics. This is conflict with WP:NEO which states that "To support an article about a particular term or concept we must cite reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term or concept, not books and papers that use the term.", and WP:RS which states that "The reliability of a source depends on context. Each source must be carefully weighed to judge whether it is reliable for the statement being made and is the best such source for that context. In general, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication. Sources should directly support the information as it is presented in an article, and should be appropriate to the claims made. If a topic has no reliable sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it."

There are exactly 13 references to "Swedish diaspora" in google scholar. The only one that mentions the phrase in the title is an MA thesis about Diasporic communities in Sweden who come from abroad[1] - here it is clearly used as a euphemism for immigrant communities in Sweden. None of the sources discuss the existence of an actual diasporic community of Swedes outside of Sweden.

The academic definition of the word diaspora is as a group of people living outside of their homeland but maintaning a sense of belonging to the ancestral home. This is the description given in the preface of the Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I: Overviews and Topics; Volume II: Diaspora Communities Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard (eds.)p. xiii) - which does btw. not mention Swedish or a Swedish diaspora even once in its almost 1000 pages. No evidence has been presented that Swedish communities outside of Sweden constitute an actual diaspora, rather than simple expatriate communities. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that the Swrdish article on the same topic also does not use the term diaspora but is titled sv:Svenskättling - literally "Swedish descendant" which shows that not even swedes consider Swedish Americans to constitute a diaspora community but rather simply a group of Americans of Swedish descent.·Maunus·ƛ· 16:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator. There is ample room in the encyclopedia to cover topics of note involving mass emigrations from Sweden and the communities resulting from such emigrations. That does not mean, however, that the concept of "Swedish diaspora" is notable or even commonly used, as it appears not to be. I urge people who are simply concerned with keeping related content to consider the best way of doing it before simply voting "keep" to this entry. Thanks.Griswaldo (talk) 23:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm changing my vote to it doesn't matter as long as we can discuss a name change. As Mandsford points out in his vote change there has been a significant addition of content. I believe this content does belong in its own entry. It doesn't much matter to me if this is deleted and the new entry is created or if this is kept and we discuss a name change. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 12:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do you mind if I format this in line with basic convention instead of the indent which makes it seem like you are responding to me instead of adding your own comment? Also, where is the argument here? I don't see one. Just a keep vote. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 23:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep We are currently having this same exact discussion over at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norwegian diaspora (2nd nomination). The word "diaspora" is not "neologism" as the nominator said, since the word has been around since 1881 according to Webster's dictionary, which gives a clear definition of the word.[2] Also, there is an article about diaspora on the Wikipedia, and well over a thousand articles with that word in their title. category:Diasporas has 245 subcategories in it. Sources exist for all notable migrations from any group, and they don't have to use the word "diaspora" in them to count. Same arguments from the same people that is going on elsewhere. Please don't nominate a thousand different articles, but instead wait for the outcome of these two. Dream Focus 23:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Any editor who is able to read should be able to recognize that this is a gross misrepresentation of the rationale given in the nomination. I am not saying that the word diaspora is a neologism - I am saying that the word "Swedish diaspora" is. And yes per WP:RS and WP:NEO any source has to explicitly treat the topic of the article, and in order to establish notability the topic must have received substantial coverage - not just passing mention.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The list of fictional dogs doesn't need everything on the list to be referenced to someone who specifically called them a "fictional dog", using those exact words. And if someone called a dog a "canine" instead of a dog, you could still have the word "dog" in the article name, no one confused by that at all. Just pretend the word "diaspora" is "migrations". Would Swedish migrations sound fine to you? Dream Focus 23:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any sources about that?·Maunus·ƛ· 23:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Click on the links in the article. Swedish Americans links to an article that stats by saying "Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885-1915." I'm sure this is all covered in various reliable sources, such as the census bureau.[3] Dream Focus 00:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why do those sources not call it a Swedish diaspora? Could it perhaps be because those 1.2 million migrants did not form an actual Diaspora community, but merely went on to become Americans of Swedish descent?·Maunus·ƛ· 00:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland <the black diaspora to northern cities>. You can also see http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/diaspora a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived —usually singular ▪ the art of the African/Chinese diaspora ▪ members of the Diaspora [=Jewish people throughout the world who do not live in Israel] Dream Focus 00:35, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
He is still hung up on the "magic word" concept. Dictionaries are about words, encyclopedias are about broader concepts. Wikipedia could have standardized on a number of terms for this concept, but "diaspora" became the standard. I don't think Sweden and Norway are the exceptions. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete unless someone actually rescues it. As it is, it's just an article about a the dictionary definition of a phrase that nobody actually uses. Renaming should be part of the rescue. I get tired of these articles called "______ish diaspora" anyway-- a diaspora is a forced scattering of an ethnic group, and not a generic term for emigration. Mandsford 00:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The stub has now been expanded from the initial two sentences to two paragraphs. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 19:04, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Remember, we aren't !voting on the state of an article at any time, every notable topic starts off as a stub. We are !voting on the topic itself. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, do remember we are voting on the topic and that the notability of a topic is determined by substantial coverag in reliable sources not passing mention in tangentially related sources (WP:NEO).·Maunus·ƛ· 16:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep this is a descriptive term, so that bit about neologism seems hokey. Descriptive titles are not prescriptive. It is concise and succint, unless you want a long-assed title like Worldwide distribution of ethnic Swedes outside of traditional areas of Swedish population distribution. The state of the current article sucks, and needs expansion badly, but nominating it for deletion as a neologism seems very odd. That ethnic groups and their migrations are a subject of study by ethnologist should not be in dispute, that "diaspora" is a term used to describe some of these things should also not be in dispute. I fail to see how using a descriptive title is synthesizing a new fact, unless writing sentences that are not wholly plaigirism is also SYNTH. The current article doesn't actually cover anything, except that it says that it should cover something. 65.95.14.96 (talk) 04:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for {{rescue}} by the Article Rescue Squadron. SnottyWong communicate 15:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but rename - From our own article on diaspora: The notion of diaspora is often linked with the diasporic community harboring a longing for, or a wish to return to, the ancestral homeland, and generally with a maintenance of a separate ethnic identity over significant periods of time. I don't see any evidence of this being true among Swedish expatriates or their descendants, and I also don't see many sources using the word "diaspora" to describe this phenomenon. I'm not sure what the ideal title would be for the article, but something along the lines of Swedish emigration would work for me. SnottyWong communicate 15:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You should know better than using Wikipedia as a source in this type of recursive sourcing. It is like eating your own poo. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:20, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That bit was added to the article earlier this month by the person currently trying to delete this and the other diaspora article they nominated.[4] Does that text go along with what the source actually says? At its front it defines various worlds [5] Diaspora. A people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location. The people dispersed to different lands may harbor thoughts of return, may not fully assimilate to their host countries, and may maintain relationships with other communities in the diaspora. It doesn't say it is the word is "often linked" to that, only that these things "may" happen. Go by the actual definition of the word, in a credible encyclopedia or dictionary, not what someone has recently decided to toss into a Wikipedia article. Dream Focus 15:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually it is a large group that created the 245 categories and over 500 articles in those categories. I am not sure what makes Swedes and Norwegians the exception, can you tell me what makes them exceptional to the term diaspora? Remember this isn't an article on the word, but the broader concept as defined by the dictionary definition of what defines a diaspora. Diaspora is just the word Wikipedians chose to standardize on. The exact word doesn't have to appear in the reference any more than 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests must appear in the text to be used as a reference. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 19:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Kind of a racist thing to say. The definition is "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland". Can I assume that you think the Swedes aren't people? Is it because of the Ikea furniture or the Volvos? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What is racist? To disagree with you?·Maunus·ƛ· 23:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's the Ikea stores, definitely! Still, nobody here is bigoted against persons whose ancestors spoke the Swedish language. I think the problem is in what many of see as misuse of the word diaspora, which was started long ago by someone, not among the debaters here, for no reason I can figure other than maybe they liked the way it sounded. Swedish emigration to other lands could be a notable topic, and the article seems to be moving in that direction. As for the Swedish race, I think Jim Thorpe won a few of those back in 1912... Mandsford 23:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I love the Ikea meatballs in gravy with lingonberries as well as the furniture. The concept of using diaspora in Wikipedia for an all inclusive name for the topic should be debated globally not article by article. I don't see the Swedes and Norwegians as being exceptions from how it is defined by Merriam- Webster. Others have a more narrow view, but Wikipedia already has adopted "diaspora" based on the inclusive Merriam-Webster definition User:Cordless Larry found a great article on the history of the term and how it had started out only referring to the Jews in exile and expanded over the years to the current inclusive definition of "people away from an established or ancestral homeland" and even beyond that where he finds a dozen uses that don't even follow that definition, like the Gay diaspora or White diaspora or Wealthy diaspora. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is no a dictionary and we don't rely on dictionary definitions for complex social science topics.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As mentioned elsewhere, there is no reliable source that says they are required to always have this desire, only that they may. And dictionaries are reliable sources, so when defining a word, that's the best source to use. Dream Focus 07:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We're using dictionaries to determine article titles now? My own experience with dictionaries is that they sometimes get specialist words wrong. I had an argument once with someone who found a dictionary that defined 'archaeology' as dealing with the ancient past and had a hard time convincing him that you can do archaeology in any time period. Using dictionaries in this way is not a good idea. --Dougweller (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just find a more credible dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archaeology Are there any major publish dictionaries that would likely have incorrect definitions in them? Dream Focus 12:33, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is the name by consensus for for 245 articles and categories I don't think Swedes are somehow an exception from the other 244 peoples. See Category:Diasporas]
Each case must be decided on its own merits. In some cases, such as the Irish, use of the term is valid and not uncommon. In others, such as Swedes (with possible exceptions) and Norwegians, it's an inappropriate term and therefore not adequately supported by the souce to what Wikipedia does in the case of other nations is therefore irrelevant as well as self-referential. I'm afraid an important distinction is being blurred in the name of this article, and that remains so no matter how much one might wish history were simpler so that all articles on migration could have similar names. --Yngvadottir (talk) 07:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note to closing administrator: The debate has been split over two articles, please also see:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norwegian diaspora for the bulk of the debate. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 07:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This is not a multiple nomination. These are separate nominations. Each article needs to stand on its own merits. What kind of game are you trying to play here?Griswaldo (talk) 12:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The deletion rationale and most of the arguments presented are the same. Dream Focus 12:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not the point. They are separate AfDs of separate entries and someone's argument for one cannot be transposed to another. For instance, User:Mandsford has argued to delete this entry, but while arguing to "weak keep" the Norway entry. If a closing admin takes arguments for deleting or keeping a completely seperate entry into account when making this close, the close will go straight to DRV, regardless of it's outcome. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 13:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, good luck with that. This is a Wikipedia naming convention for which you are trying to split off two articles and have them deleted. Two articles, same issue of Wikipedia naming conventions for the English Wikipedia. As I said start and RFC if you don't like the naming convention for the categories and main articles for the category. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • And I agree with that as well. To my knowledge, there's no policy that all so-called diasporas are inherently notable, nor that they're all forbidden. I think that if someone tried to do "North Korean diaspora" it would get shut down quickly; on the other hand, Irish diaspora is pretty secure. If there's any overall consensus at all, it may be that using the same term over and over for the sake of consistency isn't a good idea. I've made it clear that I think it's consistently silly. Mandsford 13:41, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes. We have some rather fundamental policies here that guide the way. What do the sources say? When sources do not refer to expatriate communities of a certain kind as diasporic neither should we. It's very simple.Griswaldo (talk) 14:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per AfD WP:NOTCLEANUP. An article about Swedish communities outside Sweden is without a doubt encyclopedic. The proper forum for concerns about its title and scope is Wikipedia:Requested moves. walk victor falk talk 20:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Our friend R.A.N. has repeatedly cautioned us that we are not voting on the content but on the toopic as described in the title. The article now contains material about Swedish communities outside of Sweden, but the topic is "Swedish diaspora" - we are voting about the notability of that exact topic. Since it cannot be shown to be notable by coverage in reliable sources the article has to be deleted or we will in effect endorse the notability of a topic about which there are no sources. This is the double bind situation in which we have been put.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • DELETE per nom and per Mandsford reasonings. If kept at all it should be restructured and renamed, focusing on Swedish immigration, as this is not the classical definition of a "diaspora" and so far this article and its current subject is inherently WP:SYNTH. Heiro 02:19, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Concerns about name changes are made on the talk page, not at AFD. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 02:48, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is quite common to vote delete or rename or keep and rename in AfD's. IN this case it is especially useful, because it allows the closer to see if there is consensus for letting the article live with under a different topical title.·Maunus·ƛ· 02:53, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nominating for deletion, or voting for deletion, because you think the article should not have the current title is called disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:24, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me? Since when? Point to a policy or guideline that says so. Its a fairly common practice at AFDs. Heiro 20:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Final summary from my view Diaspora is defined by Merriam-Webster as "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland". Maunus found a definition in a book on diasporas that includes "a desire to return to the homeland" as a restriction in usage. "Swedish diaspora" is a relatively new phrase, but not one banned by Wikipedia rules as a neologism, since it goes back to at least 1900 according to Google Books. The word "Swedish diaspora" is used as a synonym for "Swedish migration" by Wikipedians through consensus to cover all topics on migration in 245 categories at Category:Diasporas. There is nothing exceptional about Norwegians and about Swedes that exempt them from either the narrow scholarly use of the term, or the broader Wikipedia use of the term. Nominating this and Norwegian diaspora because of the title is Wikipedia:Disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. Any arguments about the title could have been made on the talk page or at a Wikipedia:Request for comment. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Final summary from my view. In order to merit an article a topic, as described by the article title, must either be notable as evidenced by substantial coverage in reliable sources OR it must be permissible as a generally descriptive title of a phenomena that is of unquestionable notability. The keep voters have failed to show that the concept of "Swedish diaspora" has been the subject of more than passing mention in sources about various other topics, and they have also proved unable to support the argument that "diaspora" is simply a short hand for the general concept of emigration from Sweden.
  • The concept "diaspora" is has a complex history of usage, but at its core is clearly the notion that a people can continue to be a people even though it is dislocated in time and space from a place of origin. This is even implicit in the merriam-webster definition when it talks of "a people that is scattered". The question then becomes when a emigrant group continues to be part of the same people as where they originated and when they become a new people. This is the key point and it is crucial. R.A.N. would have us accept the notion that every and any group that has migrated from X place of origin can be referred to as "x diaspora" whether or not they continue to think of themselves as part of the same people as their ancestors in the place of origin. To this, I and others have argued that definitions, especially those in expert tertiary sources such as the Encyclopedia of Diaspora's and Diaspora theorists like William Saffran but also Merriam-Websters definition, clearly require continued identification with the original people to qualify for being called a diaspora. Now then, how do we find out whether an emigrant group consider them selves sufficiently part of an ancestral people to be labelled a diaspora? The policies of wikipedia allow only one way of doing this: by showing that the majority of reliable sources consider the migrant group to be a diaspora of another group. If we were to judge this ourselves based on our knowledge of the groups in question would be OR. If we were to use descriptions of the sentiments of x migrant group and based on these sources arrive at a conclusionof whether they have enough x-sentiment to be called a diaspora is SYNTH.
  • Only by shjowing that a majority of reliable sources consider x migrant group a diaspora can we remain in line with wikipedias WP:NOR, WP:RS and WP:V policies. The sources that R.A.N. have produced are very few in number and it is very dubious that they can be said to represent a majority of scholarship. Secondly they only use the word "diaspora" in passing and thus do not pass muster of the requirement of WP:NEO that "To support an article about a particular term or concept we must cite reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term or concept, not books and papers that use the term.."

In conclusion: the topic "Swedish Diaspora" neither has notable presence in reliable sources, nor can it be defended as a simple shorthand for "Swedish emigration". Whether the article is deleted or renamed is irrelevant as this AfD has had the purpose of establishing that the topic "Swedish diaspora" is not sufficiently notable to merit an article in this encyclopedia. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]


RFC

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There is a combined RFC for Swedish diaspora and Norwegian diaspora and Diaspora.

RFC:Use of the word diaspora in Wikipedia
This is completely disruptive. What's wrong with waiting to see how these AfDs pan out before starting an RFC like this? Not unlike how you (Richard Arthur Norton) filed a DRV on the first deletion of Norwegian Diaspora, and then proceeded to recreate the page well before the DRV ended. Are you trying to disrupt the encyclopedia or are you just plain impatient?Griswaldo (talk) 17:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone can request an RFC at any time. I think you are confusing an RFC with a "deletion review". A DRV can only be filed after an AFD and a deletion taking place. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:02, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct. It's a request for comments, and has no effect on the outcome of this particular argument. There's no disruption. Isn't one of the points of the nomination that "Swedish diaspora" is a phrase that hasn't proven to be notable? Let's assume, for a moment, that the debate is closed as "no consensus". Under that circumstance, wouldn't it be preferable for the article to have a more sensible title? Comments will be received; I doubt they'll change anything. Pointless? Perhaps. Disruptive? No. Mandsford 02:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You may be right, perhaps it does serve a purpose in the case that the afd is closed as no consensus or keep. It is just that Mr. Norton has made it very difficult to assume that his actions are made in good faith. But I'll be willing to try in this case.·Maunus·ƛ· 02:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The reason I consider it disruptive is that he's preventing people from having a centralized discussion, not to mention that in the secondary discussion he has misrepresented the views of those opposed to him. The second point should not be overlooked either, since he created the RFC and then promptly linked to it at both AfDs. Why do people not have any patience anymore? It would have been nice if he had let the discussion here end before moving onto next steps. It would have been even nicer if he had tried to account for the actual arguments of those he opposes instead of mutilating those arguments and using them to erect straw men. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 04:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I did it for just the opposite reason. The arguments are being triplicated at Swedish diaspora and Norwegian diaspora and Diaspora. We needed one place to make the arguments, I should have done it earlier since at this point everyone has already said all they have to say at all three places. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:14, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Absurd, upside down, opposite-day arguments against the RFC. 'People who make RFCs should have more patience' (no one usually bothers waiting for people to show up to RFCs; consequently AFDs that should have been RFCs are continually nominated). 'AfDs should be allowed to run their course to not interrupt the discussion about the articles' (RFCs are the proper place for discuss the content of articles; AfDs should only be discussions about titles that are (currently) impossible to make good articles out of). 'Letting people at AfD know about the RFCs is preventing people having a centralized discussion' (self explanatory: the RFC is all in one place, letting everyone know means everyone can join it all in one place). The argument claiming 'racism' below is also ludicrous, but since everyone will hopefully ignore it and not let it affect their judgement of the other arguments on both sides, I won't bother addressing it. Grr. Trying not to read it. CgB is an SPA, btw, if credibility were not already completely gone. Anarchangel (talk) 08:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The words and actions of both Maunus and Griswaldo make their joint racist agenda clear. They are saying that if you are white, then you shouldn't be able to call yourself a "diaspora." It is almost like they are advocating for little brown people at the expense of the white race. Scandanavians are people too. Why all the fuss? Chacha gurl B (talk) 19:28, 25 February 2011 (UTC)— Chacha gurl B (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

There's not much that causes more "fuss" than for one person to accuse another of racism. That's about as clear a violation of WP:CIVIL as I've seen in awhile. Mandsford 01:44, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It pretty much needs a rename. There just is not enough scholarly use of the title as it currently exists. And it is going to be pretty hard to come up with a name that isn't 10 words long. But the subject is almost empirically observable to be notable, and not just part of the emigration to the USA, either, but from as far back as the Viking expansion and the Swedish Empire. And also, the current title would make a good redirect, so killing it to remake the article later under a new name does not make sense either. Anarchangel (talk) 08:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Sweden is notable; diaspora is notable, any attempt to mix them is WP:SYNTH through and through. I sincerely hope that this does not become a similar débacle to the bilateral relations marsh. Stifle (talk) 10:55, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but rename My earlier !vote was "keep unless someone actually rescues it"; certainly, it's been rescued. I don't have any worries that this will be a problem the way that bilateral relations had been; in fact, it's preferable to a bunch of bilateral articles entitled "Swedish persons in ______land". I think that the bigger problem is the insistence on the use of the word "diaspora", which is offensive to many of us on two levels-- one, for those who are familiar with "The Diaspora", as a generic term for emigration, somewhat like using "holocaust" as a synonym for persecution; two, as an insult to the readers' intelligence, simply because some misguided soul fell in love with the word years ago. I imagine that the closing admin will punt the ball away on the second problem, referring it to a talk page. Mandsford 20:07, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:50, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ottawa Science Fiction Society

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Ottawa Science Fiction Society (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD)
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unremarkable fan club, orphaned article, does not meet WP:ORG, lacks significant coverage in multiple3rd party sources. Supplied references are primary sources, mention the organization only in passing or are simple "community calendar" type articles mentioning an upcoming event. RadioFan (talk) 22:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep

As this group is 35 years old, most of its history took place before the WWW became important enough for most media to post and archive articles on-line. Thus references to OSFS, and its activities are lost to on-line referencing. Add to that, the city lost one of its two major newspapers the Ottawa Journal, halving the potential archives that can be referenced. Additionally, the newspaper that came into being in 1987, the Ottawa Sun is like the New York Post -- not concerned about literary societies, and is more about Sports and promoting the Conservative cause.

Out of the Ottawa Science Fiction Society grew many things. A number of its members went on to because well known in their fields, Fantasy writers Charles de Lint, Galad Elflandsson, Charles R. Saunders; SF Writers like Robert J. Sawyer, Spider Robinson, Sansoucy Walker (http://www.sfcanada.ca/autumn2005/sansoucymemoriam.htm) and artists like Den Beauvais (http://www.denbeauvais.com/) who worked on the Aliens Comic Book, Aputik (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306730/) and Laura Herring (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2665116/), Jim Cleland (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2655451/) and Janet L. Hetherington.

From this organization's ranks also came the people who ran events like the World Fantasy Convention in 1984, the Furry Convention (C-ACE), and SF Conventions Pinekone, & CAN-CON.

If OSFS is not worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, then all of these groups should be removed as well LASFS, BASFA, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, ISFiC, NESFA, Northwest Science Fiction Society, Orange County Science Fiction Club, Philadelphia Science Fiction Society.

Of course, the worst part of this is that I have spend all this time justifying the existence of this article that I didn't write for a group I haven't been a member of for decades rather than adding all of this information to the entry itself.

farrellj (talk) 01:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment First off, dont take it personally. Your dedication to this organization is appreciated but all articles, including this one, must meet notability guidelines. Unfortunately without reliable sources, it's difficult to demonstration notability. Without sources the above is all original research. As for the other articles you mention, let's focus on this one.--RadioFan (talk) 03:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete unless better third party sources turn up. Reading the entry reinforces the impression that this group isn't notable: events include parties at people's homes, meetings followed by conversations at Harvey's... at best this would merit mention at an entry for Maplecon, although whether a Maplecon entry would pass muster is another matter. Hairhorn (talk) 14:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I guess I shouldn't have wandered down memory lane, since some of you take except to that and use it as a justification to delete my article. I had based my entry on the LASFS entry, and it mentioned things that were unique to that club. OSFS has many contributions to the science fiction field in Canada, and they alone should be ground to keep the entry alive. And it's true what farrellj says that there is a dearth of electronically accessible places for citation, and the ones that are there, you just brush off. If that is the policy of Wikipedia, not just a personal interpretation, then Wikipedia will be limited to covering things that have happened in the 21 century almost exclusively. But I don't think that is the intent of this wonderful resource.

The aim of Wikipedia's sourcing rules is to make sure that it's content is relevant and verifiable. The former is always going to be a subjective thing, while the latter is somewhat more objective, but RadoiFan's and Hairhorn's make the it seem that a source such as a newspaper that has been published for a 165 years is questionable. Further more, the quick deletion attempt doesn't give the article a chance to develop at all. I noticed comments in the history section of people who are going to work on improving the volume of citations in the article. So I don't think that the current rush to judgement is justified. Nhaflinger (talk) 17:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's no requirement that sources be online. If "165 years" is a reference to The Ottawa Citizen you'll have to come up with something more than a mention, which is all that appears in the sole Citizen source given in the entry. It reads "The event [ie, Maplecon] is organized by Ottawa Fandom Inc., which includes members of the Ottawa Science Fiction Society, the local Star Trek club and, the area's comic collectors club". The society is not mentioned again in the article. Notability requires "significant coverage," this is nothing more than a mention. If there are more articles, please go ahead and dig them up. Hairhorn (talk) 19:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the shame is that we cant seem to focus on meeting the guidelines of Wikipedia here and keep turning focus on individual editors. Organizations of any size can be shown to be notable as long as there are sufficient reliable sources covering them. Either there are or there aren't sources available. There are lots of people here who feel its notable but there hasn't been much backing that up. I suspect the result here is going to be keep, if just to avoid controversy. I hope the closing admin considers Wikipedia guidelines very very carefully. At this point I would support userfying the article until sufficient sources are located.--RadioFan (talk) 17:13, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep - but needs much better sourcing. Many of the fans participating in this discussion are missing the distinction we make here between mere mentions (even in notable and reliable sources), and substantial coverage of an organization. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Shawn in Montreal.
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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The result was KEEP. Good luck to all you brave souls who participate in the subsequent renaming discussion. Clear eyes, full hearts. postdlf (talk) 02:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Norwegian diaspora

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This topic of this article is a neologism constructed through wp:synth. The two sources that are used to support it do only use the phrase once, but are about other topics. This is conflict with WP:NEO which states that "To support an article about a particular term or concept we must cite reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term or concept, not books and papers that use the term.", and WP:RS which states that "The reliability of a source depends on context. Each source must be carefully weighed to judge whether it is reliable for the statement being made and is the best such source for that context. In general, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication. Sources should directly support the information as it is presented in an article, and should be appropriate to the claims made. If a topic has no reliable sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it."

There are exactly 16 references to "Norwegian diaspora" in google scholar. Clunies Ross' (an australian professor of Norse poetry) is one of them. None of the refrerences use the phrase in a way that suggests that this is a set phrase or concept rather than an ad hoc coinage to describe particular migrations of Norwegians in the 19th and 20th century. One other source mentions the phrase in relation to the colonization of Iceland by Norsemen from what later became Norway, she writes "Icelandic archaeology also confirms the rather puzzling picture from the family sagas of the first settlers not as an aristocratic Norwegian diaspora, but as materially poor subsistence farmers, who had few prestige objects from abroad, and modest farmhouses." The usage of Clunies Ross is taken out of context and she clearly delimits the scope of the statement saying that it is only valid "in this context'". Clearly neither of these sources can be used as sourcing for the notion that that there is a general academic consensus that the settlement of of Iceland and the Faroe Islands are part of the same phenomenon that caused the emigration of Norwegians 1000 years later.

The academic definition of the word diaspora is as a group of people living outside of their homeland but maintaning a sense of belonging to the ancestral home. This is the description given in the preface of the Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I: Overviews and Topics; Volume II: Diaspora Communities Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard (eds.)p. xiii) - which does btw. not mention Norway or a Norwegian diaspora even once in its almost 1000 pages. No evidence has been presented that Norwegian communities outside of Norway constitute an actual diaspora, rather than simple expatriate communities. ·Maunus·ƛ· 21:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also take a note that diaspora is not synonymous with either immigration, emigration or expatriate community.·Maunus·ƛ· 22:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Because it has ben used only in passing referring to different things. There is no mention of Norway or a diaspori community of Norwegians in the literature on Diasporas, much less mention that would include the entire population of two modern day countries. This makes as much sense as including Every modern country outside of Africa in the category "African diaspora" because allo humans originally migrated from there.·Maunus·ƛ· 22:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
When you say "no mention of Norway or a diaspori[c] community of Norwegians in the literature on Diasporas" you mean it is not in the book edited by Melvin Ember that you keep referring too. While that book does mention a dozen or so diasporas, not being included in your favorite book, doesn't mean it isn't notable by Wikipedia standards. There are other reliable sources used in the article. You also use "Diaspora" with a capital letter, which Merriam-Webster defines differently form a "diaspora" with a lower case "d". --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:50, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, I mean no mention of NOrway in the considerable body of literature on Diasporic studies. Just to give a small number of examples: "Theorizing diaspora: a reader Jana Evans Braziel, Anita Mannur - 2003 ", "Diaspora: an introduction Jana Evans Braziel - 2008" "Diaspora and multiculturalism: common traditions and new developments Monika Fludernik - 2003", "Cartographies of diaspora: contesting identities A. Brah - 1996", "Gatherings in diaspora: religious communities and the new immigration, R. Stephen Warner, Judith G. Wittner", "Diaspora politics: at home abroad, Gabriel Sheffer - 2003", "Diaspora, memory and identity: a search for home Vijay Agnew - 2005"... None of these even mention Norway once. Diasporic studies is a large and growing field, despite of this you have not been able to find a single mention of a "Norwegian diaspora" in a book that actually has "diaspora" as its topic... This is not about my favorite book, the way that you have tried to downplay its importance in favor of literature unrelated to the field of diasporic studies has been embarrasing to watch, it is about showing that there is a large field of people who specialize in the study of diasporas and they never ever talk about a Norwegian diaspora, not even a single time.·Maunus·ƛ· 11:49, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are confusing two different issues. A "neologism" is a newly coined word, so maybe it was a neologism in 1955 where it first appears in Google Books. What you are arguing is "notability", but the article isn't about a notable word, it is about the notable concept and all the synonyms it entails. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:08, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is not clear to me at all, that the uses of diaspora among Lutheran missionaries in the 50s and 60s (earliest such mentions in Google books to which you are referring) are indeed about the same concept at all. In context it appears to mean Norwegian Lutherans specifically. In this sense it is extending the original meaning of Diaspora, into a modern context, from Judaism into Christianity. That is not at all the same as the general usage you've built the page around. Certainly, this would not include the pre-Christian Norsemen who settled Iceland. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 20:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The word Diasporas has been around since 1881 according to Webster's dictionary [6]. Its clearly defined. And this discussion seems rather familiar. I do so much hate reruns. Plenty of reliable sources confirming migrations of people from Norway to elsewhere at various times. If you click the Google book search at the top of the AFD, you can even find people calling this Norwegian diaspora, although you don't need to use that exact word to find information about this. Dream Focus 22:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
yes, the word diaspora exists and the word Norwegian exists - now show me where there is substantial coverage of the phrase "Norwegian diaspora". 16 passing mentions in disparate contexts do not count. Read WP:NEO.·Maunus·ƛ· 22:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You can use migration as a synonym is you like. Its about the migration of people from Norway, not about a word. We could call the article Significant Norwegian migrations throughout history but that'd be a bit long winded, and other Wikipedia articles about this sort of thing use the word diaspora. Dream Focus 22:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to propose a move to another title do it at the talkpage, or if you want to create an article about Norwegian migration you can do that freely. Here we are discussing the notability of the topic "Norwegian diaspora" as Mr. Norton has frequently pointed out. ·Maunus·ƛ· 23:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep My only criticism is that there is almost no content. Otherwise this is not just about the word "diaspora" it is about the people of the "Norwegian Diaspora". This article needs to be populated with notable people of the Norwegian diaspora.  Nipsonanomhmata  (Talk) 22:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator removes content as fast as I can add it. Can someone please look minimally at the last reference and last material added about Iceland and decide if it should be restored. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That is simply a lie. I have removed one pice of information because it is not supported by the source you are uisng. You have repeatedly (3 times) reinserted it and it is currently in the article because I have not reverted a third time. The reason that there is no content in this article is because it is a non-existant toppic that is not covered in any reliable sources.·Maunus·ƛ· 22:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is because your argument is that you know the truth and it overrides what the verifiable reliable source has written. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have never mentioned truth, or given my own interopretation of the topic. I have however asked you to verify the existence of a norwegian diaspora by citing sources that give it a substantial treatment. You have not been able to do so.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Probably as many articles as there are topic with substantial coverage in reliable sources. Other stuff exists is not an argument.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Other stuff exists is a bad argument when an editor points out one other article newly formed, since anyone can create anew article. It is not when you show a category of 245 articles all in the same style. When you do that it is called a precedent. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do the other articles look for the exact word being used in all of the sources? Everyone knows what the word diaspora means, or they can look it up. All notable migrations of a people at any time in history, is included in the various diaspora article. Dream Focus 23:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently you are not anyone then since you claim that "diaspora" is a synonym of "immigration" and "emigration" (how can one word be synonymous with two antonyms? The logic is astounding.) If you want to know what it means look in scholarly literature such as the Encyclopedia of Diasporas.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You emigrate from one nation to immigrate to another. I used the word "migration" though. Dream Focus 23:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The antonym would be deportation. Emigration and immigration are directional synonyms. You emigrate from a county and immigrate to a country, both talking about the same event. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Doesn't matter as long as we can discuss a name change after the AfD closes - This is not a cohesive subject matter covered in depth in reliable sources. If it were the sources would have been produced, but they have not been. There is ample room in the encyclopedia to cover mass emigrations from Norway and the resulting communities in a manner that reflects scholarship on the topic. Let's figure out the proper way to present this content to our readers instead of just pushing the big read "keep" button. OK? Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 23:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Every notable migration listed in the article is in fact covered. They don't have to call it by the word "diaspora" for it to be one. Dream Focus 23:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator has expanded to a second front, see Swedish diaspora which is now up for deletion. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A second "front". This battleground jargon does not help anything. I'm also unsure of what that nomination has to do with this present discussion.Griswaldo (talk) 23:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Everything. Unless out of three million articles these two were picked at random. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And I suppose you "randomly" happened upon the the other article or deletion discussion? Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 23:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep While it's not much yet, I believe that Norton is going to make an article out of this. As with Swedish diaspora, maybe someone can come up with a less exaggerated word for emigration than "diaspora". I don't know who first thought that one up, but it doesn't make the subject sound more sophisticated at all. It's kind of like calling every repression a "holocaust". Mandsford 00:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that this is an inflation/devalution of the meaning of the word diaspora - migrations yes diaspora no.·Maunus·ƛ· 01:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a dictionary, so our concern is not with the phrase "Norwegian diaspora" but with the phenomenon. Looking at our category "Diasporas", I see 183 subcategories and 17 articles about the general phenomenon of emigration and emigrant communities originating from various places. Margaret Clunies Ross, who has edited the scholarly works Old Norse Myths, Literature and Society and Old Icelandic Literature and Society is a distinguished scholar with major work published by CUP; I fail to understand why the nom wants us to dismiss her as "an Australian professor of Norse Poetry" whose words on Norwegian diaspora bear no authority. From reading the article's talk page and its history, it seems to me that RAN's effort to write on this topic has indeed turned into a WP:BATTLEGROUND, but the battling doesn't seem to me to be exclusively or even primarily the fault of RAN. Sharktopustalk 00:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And how can you know that the phenomenon is notable or existant if nobody uses the phrase? Cunies word bearno authority because she is writing about Icelandoc poetry and not norwegian population movements and only sues the word once in passing. Read WP:NEO. And If we want to assign blame regarding battlegrounds we can start by asking who recreates an article before the deletion review is concludced and who starts his arguments by using personal attacks, that would probably go a long way to explain the kind of response RAN is getting. ·Maunus·ƛ· 01:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You had previously changed it to be your definition of it, quoting a book which has the word "encyclopedia" in its title, but isn't proven to be a reliable source. I tried to clarify things based on the dictionary's definition of the word, since that dictionary is a reliable source. People are welcome to join the discussion there. I'm hoping we'll get more input on this. Dream Focus 01:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what world you live in where an 1200 page academic encyclopedia published by Yale and SPringe press is not a reliable source nut Merriam-Webster's is. Good grief.·Maunus·ƛ· 01:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
[7] Diaspora. A people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location. The people dispersed to different lands may harbor thoughts of return, may not fully assimilate to their host countries, and may maintain relationships with other communities in the diaspora. Discussing this over there. Dream Focus 01:15, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep on the simple basis that the article describes with precision its subject matter (an yes it is referenced). If you're arguing about the title, then move it to a better title. Life is really too short for this type of discussion. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 01:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This argument does not adress the WP:NEO concern - sources are not just any source.·Maunus·ƛ· 02:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NEO does not apply to this topic any more than WP:BLP does. This is not an article about a new phrase or about a novel concept. The phrase "Norwegian diaspora" has uses going back to 1986. Furthermore, "Norwegian diaspora" is just a convenient shorthand way of talking about Norwegian "people dispersed in different lands." Sharktopustalk 02:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your usage of diaspora makes it impossible to distinguish from others like ex-patriot, tourist, or even colonizer. By that definition African slave communities in the new world would be no more diasporic than British land owners in colonial Kenya. I'm not sure if you understand the irony there, but if you were familiar with the literature on diaspora you most certainly would. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 02:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Griswaldo, you are absolutely correct that the traditional use of diaspora has a resonance and depth that is far from its also-accepted-by-dictionaries current meaning, from which I was quoting a fragment. Here are a couple more definitions of "diaspora": "4. any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. 5. ( lowercase ) any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland." It seems to me that the self-defined descendants of Norwegian emigrants do fit that description. See for example Dutch diaspora and Hungarian diaspora, both of which use the term simply to talk about people of foo-descent living outside foo-country. Whether or not the Vikings are part of Norwegian diaspora is surely a matter to deal with in the article's talk page, not by filing an AfD. Sharktopustalk 03:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for {{rescue}} by the Article Rescue Squadron. SnottyWong squeal 15:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but rename - From our own article on diaspora: The notion of diaspora is often linked with the diasporic community harboring a longing for, or a wish to return to, the ancestral homeland, and generally with a maintenance of a separate ethnic identity over significant periods of time. I don't see any evidence of this being true among Norwegian expatriates or their descendants, and I also don't see many sources using the word "diaspora" to describe this phenomenon. I'm not sure what the ideal title would be for the article, but something along the lines of Norwegian emigration would work for me. SnottyWong squeal 15:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That definition was just written by Maunus, and as you know we don't use recursive logic in Wikipedia. We don't say something is so because it appears in Wikipedia, unless we are talking about issues of style. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:15, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This is a style issue. This article is not going to be deleted, and renaming these articles needs to be done en masse, for which a bigger forum is required for consensus. Abductive (reasoning) 16:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I essentially agree with this POV, but I think that practically speaking if we don't delete we're going to have a much harder time renaming this and other entries like it. People are going to hold this AfD up as proof that the community supports an entry titled "Norwegian diaspora". That's my biggest worry at this point. Category:Diasporas is filled with entries that need a similar treatment. Note that some expatriate communities are actually referred to as diasporas in the relevant literature, but these need to be sorted out from the rest.Griswaldo (talk) 15:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • Is Wikipedia going to adjudicate which region's emigrants "deserve" to be called a diaspora and which are just emigrants? The word "diaspora" is now used for emigrant communities including the Dutch diaspora, which is (according to Amazon.com's description of a recent book The Dutch Diaspora) "the former colonial empire of the Netherlands." See also the dictionary definitions many have cited here. The editors of The Encyclopedia of Diasporas have no power to freeze the meaning of an increasingly-common English word. Furthermore, letting the word's meaning be used in a general way is a benefit to our readers, since it will help them find articles they are looking for. We can leave it to the text of the articles to inform readers of the circumstances that caused emigration in various cases.Sharktopustalk 16:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • The irony here is almost drowning me. Wikipedians are the ones who have claimed the term diaspora for groups of people who are rarely ever called diasporic in reliable sources. That's the very point here. Reliable sources refer to some populations as diasporas, while not referring to others as such for a good reason. You may wish to figure out why. Either way, here at Wikipedia we go by what the sources tell us. Your argument is completely self-contradictory. You falsely claim that others are doing exactly what you are yourself arguing for.Griswaldo (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • This article is not going to be deleted for having a bad title. I strongly urge interested parties to hold an RFC on a better naming system. Abductive (reasoning) 16:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • Dictionaries and general usage have long ago made the change Griswaldo deplores. This is not evil Wikipedians leading a mob up the mountain to demolish your castle, this is Wikipedians following common usage of a useful term now used to denote a wide range of emigrations. Nobody is being harmed by this expansion of an old word's definition.Sharktopustalk 16:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
              • You are asking us to be ok with original research. It has never been OK to create compound words based on dictionary definitions and apply them to subjects that are not covered by reliable sources under those concepts. Especially when other subjects are discussed in reliable sources under those concepts. Also, please understand that dictionaries offer only very broad definitions of terms. Encyclopedias are able to discuss those terms a greater depth, following the mainstream literature on a topic. That's what we're meant to do here. As I noted already, if the literature calls a certain emigrant group diasporic and not another that's what we do. It is not up to you are I as editors to say ... "well despite what the literature does, I can logically explain how group Y is also diasporic based on a one sentence dictionary definition, so that's what we'll call it here". Once again, that's ORIGINAL RESEARCH. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 17:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedians make stylistic decisions all the time for how articles will be organized and what the topics will be called. Please note that the most edited article last week is a neologism, the exact phrase used in the title doesn't appear outside of Wikipedia: 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests, yet everyone making the edits understands what belongs in the article and understand it is an article that is going to touch on a broad range of issues. We don't spend hours debating what is a "protest" and what is a "demonstration". Every reference work makes stylistic decisions that are going to irk someone. There are a half dozen here that I would have done differently, but I don't go from article to article trying to delete the ones that contain the name or formatting I dislike, I lobby to make the change globally. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nominator. This verges on a small group of editors using Wikipedia to publish their own novel view. The only response supporters seem to have is their constant reliance on dictionaries. Not only is this unencyclopedic, it is often a sign of OR. Slrubenstein | Talk 18:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. This editor has registered today and has repeatedly vandalized the the nominated article.·Maunus·ƛ· 19:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment As of February 11, this was the entire lede on Diaspora: "A diaspora (from Greek διασπορά, "scattering, dispersion"[1]) is the movement or migration of a group of people, such as those sharing a national and/or ethnic identity, away from an established or ancestral homeland." On February 11, Maunus filed the first AfD against Norwegian diaspora, on February 12 and 13 he [8] replaced this accurate definition with a much more restrictive one that is now presented to us as the "established" usage Wikipedia articles must honor. This established usage was established less than two weeks ago, cherry-picked out of the universe of all the various definitions in WP:RS in order to support wiping out articles that use the word to mean exactly what it used to mean up until February 12. Sharktopustalk 19:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It really interesting how "cherry picking" a large academic encyclopedia about the very topic the article treats can be seen as problematic. There is a movement in wikipedia to use only the most trivial definitions of understandings and definitions and exlcude actual academic discussiond and definitions of concepts that originate in academia - this trend I am produly opposing. A scholarly encyclopedia trumps laymans understandings and dictionary definitions every day. Secondly it is not as if I am frivolously nominating for deletion here - the first afd was closed as delete and yet the article was recreated within hours of the closure. This comment by Sharktopus is an unfounded attack on my integrity as an editor and academic and should not go uncommented by administrators. ·Maunus·ƛ· 19:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can people help decide whether the Settlement of Iceland belongs in the Category:Norwegian diaspora. The reference in Norwegian diaspora clearly places the Settlement of Iceland as part of the diaspora, but the category keeps getting removed. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 19:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And what a great "reference" that is. The snippet from google scholar says "So, in this context, Iceland was just one of many, the last settled colony of the Norwegian diaspora. " have you actually taken a look at the book to find out in which specific context she is talking about? My guess is that you haven't. Immpressive scholarship.·Maunus·ƛ· 19:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Assume good faith. And the book is one of a series of books published by Cambridge University, and seems quite notable. Dream Focus 08:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I might assume good faith - but in this case I have no reason to assume competence. What context is she talking about? The book is probably notable in the study of skaldic poetry in which Dr. Clunies-Ross specializes - but it is not notable as a source on Norwegian migrations.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Argue against the ideas, not against me personally please. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I will keep that in mind Randy.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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RAN, I wonder if expanding this topic to Scandinavian diaspora might solve some of your problem with the Vikings. Maunus, as an admin yourself, could you set a better example here on WP:CIVIL? Sharktopustalk 20:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You and R.A.N. have been making personal uncivil remarks against me from the very outset of this case, attempting to impute me as a person and as a scholar. I do not appreciate your insinuation that I am the one personalizing this dispute. ·Maunus·ƛ· 21:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I never even heard of you until I stumbled on this article a couple of days ago; your AfD of a previous version of this article was filed on Feb. 12. RAN already explained that his reference to Essjay was based on an impression that you (like Essjay) wanted your own opinions to trump material found in WP:RS, not on a wish to cast doubt on your userpage claim to be a grad student/scholar studying whatever, which I also don't doubt. Sharktopustalk 05:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Such an expansion would be extremely problematic. Scandinavia is a region encompassing a variety of ethnic groups and cultures. You would want the plural at the very least there. "Scandinavian diasporas", but then I would not advice this unless it is a concept one may find in reliable sources.Griswaldo (talk) 20:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That is the beauty of "undue" it creates its own summary. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It simply states what you are doing and offers no explanation for why. I see you are still not using the talk pages. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 21:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can people come to Settlement of Iceland and weigh in on whether the Settlement of Iceland should be in the Category:Norwegian diaspora. The category already includes "Norwegian migration to North America". I think the argument being made is that the Norseman of 1,000 years ago are not synonymous with the modern state of Norway that was created in 1905. But by that argument any pre-1905 event should be struck from the article on Norway. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep A google book search for "Norwegian diaspora" returns about 27 hits, "Norse diaspora" returns a further 5, and "Scandanavian diaspora" (which would include Norse migrants) around 47 - so the subject is notable and verifiable the only argument that has any weight here is WP:NEO and that rests only on whether all these sources simply use the term "Norwegian diaspora" or whether they are about the concept of the Norwegian diaspora - browsing through these sources I have to conclude it is the latter as they are mainly reliable texts about Norse migration and colonization. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 00:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There are several hundred hits if you look in books on Norway and then search for diaspora. Books that have Norway as their topic don't use the phrase "Norwegian diaspora", they just say "diaspora" because the reader already knows the topic is Norway. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 18:01, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Lets be clear here. "Scandinavian diaspora" and "Norse diaspora" turn up hits to the Viking age. "Norwegian diaspora" turns up only one such hit. I'm not convinced at all that most of these books discuss the concept in depth. Also, please compare those 27 hits to these 122,000 dealing only with the subject of Norwegian emigration to America. If "Norwegian diaspora" is a mainstream term for the subject matter discussed in this entry why does it only appear 27 times in Google books, amidst this vast literature? Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 00:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anyone is writing these things to try and change your mind, we all know where you stand on the issue. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 06:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Summary up to this point It is a relatively new phrase, but not one banned by Wikipedia rules, since it goes back to [at least] 1986. The word "diaspora" has been replacing the word "migration", and has been adopted by Wikipedians through consensus to cover all topics on migration in 245 categories. There is nothing exceptional about Norwegians and about Swedes that exempt them from either the scholarly use of the term, or the broader Wikipedia use of the term. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 06:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
1986? Google books hits show it's use in 1955,1960,1973,1978,1980 so it's not even a new term. @Griswaldo There is a difference between general emigration and diaspora. As "Ember, Ember and Skogard" says, Emigrants will often integrate fully with the country and culture they emigrate to whereas member of a diaspora are more likely to retain contact with other communities within the diaspora and make plans to return to the homeland when the cause of their leaving is resolved. In sources, the Norwegian diaspora is used to refer to outposts of the Viking empire, Norwegian Americans who put political pressure on the Swedish government to give Norway independence, how the Norwegian Lutheran church grew in America among American-Norwegian communities who retained their Norwegian culture, and so on. I've no doubt you could write an article on Norwegian emigration, but the subset of that emigration that is diaspora is notable in it's own right and does not meet any reasons for deletion, only reasons for improving the article.Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 09:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, Ember has a much narrower definition than Merriam-Webster as does William Safran in 1991. But I don't think the Wikipedia approach should be to discard the dictionary definition for a narrower rule developed by any individual. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The difference between Ember, Ember and Skoggarrd and Safran as opposed to the merriam webster dictionary is that the first mentioned are scholars and experts on the topic of Diaspora and the second is not. Wikipedia is not a dictionary.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Dictionaries are not written by trained monkeys at typewriters. I think it is safe to assume that dictionaries are written by experts, just not experts that agree with your favorite book's more restrictive definition. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:00, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
But Merriam-Webster is still quite narrow as all definitions are made relating back to an "ancestral homeland" if a second generation immigrant comes to consider the country they are born in as their homeland then they've already moved out of Merriam-Webster's definition of Diaspora and within another generation there may be no consideration of the change of nationality and culture. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 17:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are mistaken if you think all of those 27 sources are discussing Norwegian emigration in the manner you claim. They are not. More importantly however, thousands of other sources do discuss Norwegian emigrant communities of that kind without using the term "Norwegian diaspora". It is clearly a term used by very few. In terms of the Viking era, that few is exactly ONE source. Please stop referring to sources in the plural there. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 12:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please maintain civility, In my previous post, I already established that I believed that use of the terms "Norse" and "Scandinavian" were synonymous with "Norwegian" when sources discussing the diaspora of Norway. Should the term be changed? I don't think so Scandinavian is too general and can cover other Scandinavian countries and "Norse" is used far less in Reliable sources than "Norwegian" however these sources do establish Norwegian emigration in the Viking period as a diaspora. Interestingly the term Diaspora is only applied to the first and third waves of Norwegian emigration (Viking and the Americas) the second to mainland Europe and primarily the Netherlands don't use this term, so whilst sources may consider that an emigration tey do not consider that it formed the specific identity of a Diaspora. I also think if you check all 27 sources you will find that the majority are discussing the Norwegian Diaspora in the way that I claim and only perhaps 1 or 2 use it in the general way of identifying all Norwegian emigration. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 14:33, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
They are quite different. Norse, and Scandinavian encompass much more than the inhabitants of the territory of Norway, which was not one singular cultural or political entity during the entire Viking era, certainly not when Iceland was settled. There is a good reason why "Norwegian diaspora" is not used by these sources. It is not just happenstance. To refer to Norwegians at all in this era is absurd. Yes some Norsemen might be proto-Norwegians, or the ancestors of modern Norwegians and those would be Norsemen who remained in Norway. The Norsemen who settled in Iceland are not, and were never "Norwegian". They are the Norse ancestors of present day Icelanders.Griswaldo (talk) 14:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC) \[reply]
By the way, the vikings who colonized the Americas did not even originate from the geographic region now known as Norway. They are absolutely not Norwegian. If the claim is that their ancestors did then why stop there, because every human inhabitant of the entire earth is just part of the African diaspora in that case.Griswaldo (talk) 14:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, they did. In the Settlement of Iceland it says they came from Norway. Click on the names of the guy who discovered it, and in his article it says he was from Norway. In Norway right now, they teach their children about their viking ancestors in all the schools. Dream Focus 14:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It says the settlers of Iceland (not the Americas) came from Norway because that's the way we currently refer to the region they inhabited. It does not call them Norwegian for a very good reason. The term Norwegian does not appear in the entry for the same very good reason. Because back then, one was not Norwegian. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 15:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We don't seem to have an issue with discussing say German Diaspora where our articles on pre-unification emigration treat the two as comparable however unlike German there is no single term like "Volkdeutsche" that is not already used to connote some more specific or more general meaning that is separate from this - it does not mean that a term cannot be applied evenly as some sources already do with Imsen preferring "Norse" and Ross preferring "Norwegian". On some of your other points "Americas" refers to those who left Norway in the 1850s to early 1900s during Swedish rule -not early Norse settlers in the new world. I also noted that we should focus on sources which specifically addressed the Norwegian elements of a Norse (2 sources of the 5 use Norwegian as well as Norse) or Scandinavian (18 of the 45 use Norwegian as well as Scandinavian) Diaspora. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 15:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but rename I'm with the nominator that "diaspora" is not correct in this case, as reflected by the lack of sources, but that the topic itself, under a title such as Emigration from Norway or Communities of Norwegian origin, is notable. The implication in the use of the term "diaspora" of a feeling of exile and wish to return (which derives from the original exclusive use for the Jews) makes it an insulting word when used of some modern communities, notably Iceland; as reflected in the sources, to equate all emigré groups with diaspora is not a modern and acceptable usage, but a blurring of an important distinction and in many cases a great oversimplification of history. Which does indeed fall under WP:SYNTH. While information on the people of Norwegian heritage in various parts of the world and how and when they got there is encyclopedically valuable, the article should be moved to a more accurate title and distinguish clearly between cases and periods. Yngvadottir (talk) 07:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga By Margaret Clunies Ross [9] is published by Cambridge University. Is this used as a textbook in any of their classes? As I and I believe others have quoted from it before, it says "Iceland was just one of many, the last settled colony of the Norwegian diaspora." on page four. [10] There are a series of books from that university which start with "The Cambridge Introduction to" in the title, so I assume the university gives its backing to what is being published. Everyone post whether they believe this to be a reliable source or not please. I certainly do. Dream Focus 08:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As pointed out above, that is a reference to events more than 1,000 years ago, and the sentence actually says that the settlement of Iceland was the last such diasporic colony. After that have come many political events, not the least of which was the assassination of Snorri Sturluson for treacherously seeking the reunification of Iceland with Norway, the dissolution of the Icelandic Commonwealth. I would not be surprised if this is why the category keeps getting removed from the article. Use of the term diaspora is at best extremely anachronistic and potentially insulting. Icelanders are proud of their independence. There is a real distinction here, not just a hang-up over words, and that citation does not support use of the term in the contemporary context. --Yngvadottir (talk) 08:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It says it was the last "settled colony" of the Norwegian diaspora, not that other things considered a diaspora didn't come after that. Dream Focus 09:21, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Either way it is one source. There are thousands of sources discussing the "settlement of Iceland" and not a single one of the others use that term.Griswaldo (talk) 12:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You can not delete an article because it follows the same naming conventions of hundreds of other articles of the same type. We're here to discuss whether the article is a notable subject or not, not what terms it uses in its title. Dream Focus 12:51, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? What does that have to do with your claims just above which have been thoroughly debunked. I'm responding directly to your claim that the settlement of Iceland, and other Viking era migrations are part of this topic, which they are not. Your reply is a non sequitur. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 12:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The diaspora category is a Wikipedia style developed by consensus. If you think the category should be changed to "migration" then you are welcome to start a "request for comment". But depopulating the category with entries for Norway and Sweden and deleting the main articles for only Norway and Sweden is disruptive. We then have an incomplete set of 245 entries minus 2, because somehow Norway and Sweden are exceptions to the Wikipedia style. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
NO there are legitimate entries in the category. There are others that are about migration more generally and yes should be in another category. There is no reason why this can't be sorted out, and why we can't develop style conventions that reflect what reliable sources do. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 16:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You still haven't produced a reliable source to contradict the reliable source used to include. You are arguing Wikipedia:truth and we are arguing Wikipedia:reliable sources. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We don't need to provide a source stating that the moon is not made of green cheese or that there were no animated skeletons fighting in the peloponessian war. And you also are apparently incapable of using our policy WP:RS to realize that a source is only reliable in a specific context. In this case noone has even bother to look in the book to find out what context Clunies-Ross is actually talking when she starts her statement by "In this context, ...".·Maunus·ƛ· 20:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That is called the strawman fallacy where you set up a ridiculous idea then knock it down as if it were made of straw and then conclude that it applies to the previous argument. No one argues that the moon is made of cheese, yet we have sources saying that migration and diaspora are synonyms. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:52, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If you keep repeating yourself then it will become true clearly. I have supplied plenty of evidence. But you can't prove a negative in the manner you propose. The point is that the subject matter of this entry (Norwegian emigration) is discussed in thousands of sources, while only 27 of those have used this term, and when they have usually once in an entire book. Here are some examples, but again what's the point of listing them one by one? [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. These books discuss the community of immigrants, their ties the homeland, their continuance of cultural practices, without ever using the term diaspora. That a handful of sources have used the term, to discuss the same subject is not in dispute.Griswaldo (talk) 18:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another attempt at a summary: Several issues are being raised. A major point for the nom is that the word "diaspora" should be reserved for emigrant populations "foo" that have been extensively discussed by scholars using the exact words "foo diaspora." Even if this assertion is accepted (the assertion is being debated here and at Talk: Diaspora), do we need to delete an article-in-progress about the Norwegian emigrant community in order to preserve diaspora's most restrictive meaning? A second major point is whether or not the Viking expansion should be part of this article. In my opinion, it should not -- but that question should be dealt with by consensus on the article talk page, not by filing an AfD. I have been arguing against deletion, but I think that the Viking diaspora should be dealt with in Viking expansion, not conflated with the past hundred-plus years of emigration from Norway. Sharktopustalk 19:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are right that several things are being conflated, and I think we actually, basically agree. I am in this second afd because R.A.N. has stubbornly defended the notion that the topic of "Norwegian diaspora" is notable in spite of a complete lack of treatment of that topic in reliable sources. I am not arguing that wikipedia should not have an article about emigration from Norway or, Norwegian immigrant communities in the US. I am arguing against the idea that all emigrations and immigrant communities shall be blanket labeled as "diasporas" without regard to how reliable sources call those communities. If someone had suggested to rename the article to "ex-patriate Norwegians", "Norwegian migration", "Norwegians in the US", or something similar I would have supported that idea as long as the article treated that topic and was based on sources. However due to the tenacity of certain editors here, and the way they have shifted the argument to be about consistency of style taking preference over the existence of reliable sources and to the notion that new topics can be constructed as neologisms by using a dictinary, I am now forced to push for this article to be deleted in order to show that it is not ok to create articles about topics that are not supported by substantial coverage in secondary sources. Is this a sad waste of time? yes. ·Maunus·ƛ· 20:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Working to enhance the possible good-will here, I endorse your wish for the article Diaspora to reflect current and past scholarship. But (just to go to an analogy here) the only True bug is a hemipteran arthropod, and woe betide any zoology grad student who calls a coleopteran a bug. The word "bug" also has a colloquial meaning -- it gets used alone or in compounds like Pill bug or even Software bug. Having non-scholars use the word "bug" in colloquial ways does not damage the ability of scientists to define a "true bug" and make a scholarly article available here to readers. The common noun "diaspora" is not as common a noun as "bug" but it is becoming common enough as a synonym for ethnic communities living outside a homeland that many Wikipedia articles already refer to such communities as "foo diaspora." Perhaps an RfC about what to do with all such article titles would provide a good forum to address the larger issue. Sharktopustalk 21:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for this rather amiable exhhange which provides a delightful break. I do maintain that I don't think wikipedia articles should take the colloquial meaning of words as their point of departure - unless this is already well entrenched in the reliable sources about the topic. I think the academic usage of words should generally be privileged, because this is an encyclopedoia and not a dictionary. I realize that this is perhaps not the view of the general community and this is why I believe this Afd is of principial importance, because it goes to the heart of how we use sources to support notability, and naming of articles - and how we weigh internal consistency vs. consistency with academic usage. I think an RfC might be a good idea - but in my experience Afd's get much more community attention than rfcs.·Maunus·ƛ· 21:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is called disrupting Wikipedia to make a point when you call for the deletion of an article because of the semantics of the title. There is the talk page to discuss name changes, and RFCs for larger issues about global naming in Wikipedia. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is disrpution yes, the disruptor however is you who recreates articles already deleted, argues without basis in policies, makes personal attacks from the get-go, and who has clearly argued that if this article is not deleted that that will be evidence for its notability and a precedent for naming of further articles following the same flawed logics in effect leaving me no other option than to get these articles deleted in order to hinder the creation of swathes of similar unsourceable articles. This is now a matter of principle and you made it that way.·Maunus·ƛ· 23:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Let's remember the old wise saying, keep your words sweet and tender, you may have to eat them. Sharktopustalk 23:23, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per AfD WP:NOTCLEANUP. An article about Norwegian communities outside Norway is without a doubt encyclopedic. The proper forum for concerns about its title and scope is Wikipedia:Requested moves. walk victor falk talk 20:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • My position is that the nominator and the delete !voters above have failed to understand Wikipedia's rules on this, and in particular they've failed to understand the reasons for the rules.

    The rule is WP:BEFORE: where there is an alternative to deletion, don't delete. In this case there's an alternative, which is to convert this title into a redirect to Viking expansion. The references already provided in the article show that "Norwegian diaspora" is an attested alternative name for the Viking expansion, in scholarly literature. As such it's a plausible search term and we can do better for our users than to give them a redlink.

    The reason why "redirect" trumps "delete" in this case is because a "delete" outcome leaves a redlink that directly encourages inexperienced editors to write an article in that space. If we give them a redirect to follow instead, then we can save a lot of discussion and process the next time around.—S Marshall T/C 12:33, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree in essence that this should be handled differently, but perhaps you missed the fact that an entry with this title was recently deleted. That explains the reason for renomination I think above anything else, though you're right. In the end another solution will most likely be found. That said I take issue with the bulk of your assertions. This is not an "attested alternative name for the Viking expansion". It is used in only one source in that manner. I repeat, one source. Sources use labels like "Scandinavian" and "Norse" when discussing the vikings because claiming a "Norwegian" ethnic or cultural group in most of that time period is almost silly. "Norwegian diaspora" is therefore not a plausible search term for Viking expansion at all. It ought to redirect to an article that discusses Norwegian emigrant communities from the modern era. That is what the bulk of few sources that use the term are referring to when they do ("bulk" equals all but one).Griswaldo (talk) 12:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment In the interest of harmony and uniformity, could the renaming of this article be postponed until after there has been a wider discussion of what to do about similarly-titled articles such as British diaspora and Dutch diaspora, and others which (like this article-title) use "diaspora" in its increasingly-common unscholarly sense to mean "emigrant communities"? Sharktopustalk 14:22, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't agree. We need to treat each entry on its own. The issue isn't whether all entries should stop using the term "diaspora". A broader discussion will only muddy the waters here and create gridlock. We can't decide on each individual case in such a discussion. Nor should we.Griswaldo (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies, Griswaldo, I don't think I made my suggestion clear. What I would suggest is that the discussion of "diaspora" be concluded before re-naming articles in any individual case, including this one. If consensus agrees on some delimiting meaning of "diaspora", or if it agrees that "diaspora" cannot be used for any nationality that has not been treated at length by diaspora scholars as "foo diaspora", then it will be time enough to rename some articles but not others, in my opinion. Closing discussion now should be absolutely without prejudice to a future re-naming of the article if consensus agrees that "diaspora" is the wrong word here. I see that a wider discussion has been proposed below but I hope some knowledgeable admin will move it to an appropriate noticeboard where it can get wider input from admins and others whose grasp of our policies is much wider than my own. Sharktopustalk 17:14, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We cannot determine the meaning of diaspora for use across the encyclopedia, and as used within compound words or phrases. That's my point. If there is a Norwegian diaspora it is determined via reliable sources that discuss a "Norwegian diaspora" and not through some Wikipedia wide consensus of what "diaspora" is that is then applied to sources about Norwegian emigrants which themselves never use the term. The wider discussion proposed below is framed in such a way that no meaningful discussion can be had between those who share my perspective and those who share RAN's. It is a bogus question he has posed. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 17:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

<--It is your contention that "Norwegian diaspora" cannot be used to mean "Norwegian emigrant community" even though about 15+ Google Book results use the phrase to mean exactly that. The basis of that contention is a series of different claims: 1) 1) that WP:RS do not suffice to determine the meaning of words because scholarly definitions of any word are privileged, 2) that the policy WP:NEO forbids any use of "diaspora" that scholars have not extensively studied, and 3) that WP:SYNTH forbids using "diaspora" in article titles with its increasingly-common meaning of "dispersed community sharing some kind of identity" (and scholars too are using the term just that way, Google "gay diaspora"). All those contentions and claims are disputed. That is why we need a wider discussion. Sharktopustalk 22:06, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I remain unable to understand how the "topic" can be something other than what is described in the title. We are voting on the topic that the title describes, not the current content of the article. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What is described in the title is "Norwegian emigration and emigrant communities" or maybe even "people who consider themselves Norwegian but do not live in Norway. Those are common, modern meanings of the word "diaspora", see for instance scholarly discussions of "gay diaspora." There is no need to delete an article that is about X just because someone claims that anything with that article title must be about Y. An AfD is a vote on whether or not to delete an article, not a vote on whether or not the page should be moved to a different title. Sharktopustalk 08:58, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Final summary from my view Diaspora is defined by Merriam-Webster as "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland". Maunus found a definition in a book on diasporas that includes "a desire to return to the homeland" as a restriction in usage. "Norwegian diaspora" is a relatively new phrase, but not one banned by Wikipedia rules as a neologism, since it goes back to at least 1955 according to Google Books. The word "Norwegian diaspora" is used as a synonym for "Norwegian migration" by Wikipedians through consensus to cover all topics on migration in 245 categories at Category:Diasporas. There is nothing exceptional about Norwegians and about Swedes that exempt them from either the narrow scholarly use of the term, or the broader Wikipedia use of the term. Nominating this and Swedish diaspora because of the title is Wikipedia:Disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. Any arguments about the title could have been made on the talk page or at a Wikipedia:Request for comment. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Final summary from my view. In order to merit an article a topic, as described by the article title, must either be notable as evidenced by substantial coverage in reliable sources OR it must be permissible as a generally descriptive title of a phenomena that is of unquestionable notability. The keep voters have failed to show that the concept of "Norwegian diaspora" has been the subject of more than passing mention in sources about various other topics, and they have also proved unable to support the argument that "diaspora" is simply a short hand for the general concept of emigration from Norway.
  • The concept "diaspora" is has a complex history of usage, but at its core is clearly the notion that a people can continue to be a people even though it is dislocated in time and space from a place of origin. This is even implicit in the merriam-webster definition when it talks of "a people that is scattered". The question then becomes when a emigrant group continues to be part of the same people as where they originated and when they become a new people. This is the key point and it is crucial. R.A.N. would have us accept the notion that every and any group that has migrated from X place of origin can be referred to as "x diaspora" whether or not they continue to think of themselves as part of the same people as their ancestors in the place of origin. To this, I and others have argued that definitions, especially those in expert tertiary sources such as the Encyclopedia of Diaspora's and Diaspora theorists like William Saffran but also Merriam-Websters definition, clearly require continued identification with the original people to qualify for being called a diaspora. Now then, how do we find out whether an emigrant group consider them selves sufficiently part of an ancestral people to be labelled a diaspora? The policies of wikipedia allow only one way of doing this: by showing that the majority of reliable sources consider the migrant group to be a diaspora of another group. If we were to judge this ourselves based on our knowledge of the groups in question would be OR. If we were to use descriptions of the sentiments of x migrant group and based on these sources arrive at a conclusionof whether they have enough x-sentiment to be called a diaspora is SYNTH.
  • Only by shjowing that a majority of reliable sources consider x migrant group a diaspora can we remain in line with wikipedias WP:NOR, WP:RS and WP:V policies. The sources that R.A.N. have produced are very few in number and it is very dubious that they can be said to represent a majority of scholarship. Secondly they only use the word "diaspora" in passing and thus do not pass muster of the requirement of WP:NEO that "To support an article about a particular term or concept we must cite reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term or concept, not books and papers that use the term.."

In conclusion: the topic "Norwegian Diaspora" neither has notable presence in reliable sources, nor can it be defended as a simple shorthand for "Norwegian emigration". Whether the article is deleted or renamed is irrelevant as this AfD has had the purpose of establishing that the topic "Norwegian diaspora" is not sufficiently notable to merit an article in this encyclopedia. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Final summary from my view: Our policy WP:TITLE recommends short titles where possible and consistency among Wikipedia articles on similar topics. "Foo diaspora" is shorter than "foo emigration and emigrant communities." It is consistent with the usage of "diaspora" on other articles in Wikipedia, including articles on groups such as the Irish where most people agree there is a "diaspora" in the older sense, and in each case the article lede makes clear what the title describes:
  • "The Irish diaspora (Irish: Diaspóra na nGael) consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants..."
  • "The Albanian diaspora encompasses Albanians outside of Albania and Kosovo."
  • "The British diaspora consists of British people and their descendants who emigrated from the United Kingdom."
  • "The French diaspora consists of French emigrants and their descendants..."

Norwegian emigration, Norwegian emigrants and their descendants, and Norwegian diaspora communities are notable topics. It would be efficient, simple, short, in accord with Wikipedia practice for other similar articles, and in accord with our policy WP:TITLE that an article covering these topics have the name Norwegian diaspora. Sharktopustalk 04:27, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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The AFD has an RFC for both Swedish diaspora and Norwegian diaspora.

RFC:Use of the word diaspora in Wikipedia
This is completely disruptive. What's wrong with waiting to see how these AfDs pan out before starting an RFC like this? Not unlike how you (Richard Arthur Norton) filed a DRV on the first deletion of Norwegian Diaspora, and then proceeded to recreate the page well before the DRV ended. Are you trying to disrupt the encyclopedia or are you just plain impatient?Griswaldo (talk) 17:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Could we please discuss Wikipedia articles and policies not personalities? I think any discussion of the usage of diaspora should be in a public forum such as an RfC or the OR noticeboard, not on a randomly created new page. Sharktopustalk 20:13, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I note that the above page has been moved to User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )/Use of the word diaspora in Wikipedia, so that it won't be deleted via G8. lifebaka++ 20:56, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I posted what I thought was a rather open description of our dispute at WP:OR/N. From an iPhone in a swaying taxi comes this inadeqyate notification , sorry. Sharktopustalk 22:44, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Are you two User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) and User:Griswaldo really going to edit war over this on an AFD page? Heiro 05:07, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I made one revert (and did not intend to make any more should it have been reversed). Hardly edit warring. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 05:21, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And for the record I made the revert because I had a look at concern of the other editor who tried fixing the formatting here twice now. The log page for the 21st is completely malformed in the TOC because of the two "RFC" sections RAN added. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2011_February_21. You're right that it isn't the biggest deal in the world, but I can't for the life of me understand why it isn't allowed to be fixed. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 05:27, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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CgB's arguments claiming 'racism' are ludicrous, but since everyone will hopefully ignore it and not let it affect their judgement of the other arguments on both sides, I won't bother addressing it. Grr. Trying not to read it. Anarchangel (talk) 09:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It pretty much needs a rename. There just is not enough scholarly use of the title as it currently exists. And it is going to be pretty hard to come up with a name that isn't 10 words long. But the subject is almost empirically observable to be notable, and not just part of the emigration to the USA, either, but from as far back as the Viking expansion and the Swedish Empire. And also, the current title would make a good redirect, so killing it to remake the article later under a new name does not make sense either.

There are some absurd, upside down, opposite-day arguments against the RFC on the other AfD. 'People who make RFCs should have more patience' (no one usually bothers waiting for people to show up to RFCs; consequently AFDs that should have been RFCs are continually nominated). 'AfDs should be allowed to run their course to not interrupt the discussion about the articles' (RFCs are the proper place for discuss the content of articles; AfDs should only be discussions about titles that are (currently) impossible to make good articles out of). 'Letting people at AfD know about the RFCs is preventing people having a centralized discussion' (self explanatory: the RFC is all in one place, letting everyone know means everyone can join it all in one place). Pre-emptively adding arguments against. Anarchangel (talk) 09:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • speedy keep. If you have a better title under WP:NAME, suggest a move. I am aware that the term "diaspora" sees excessive use on Wikipedia. "Expatriate community" may be better. So, by all means move this to Norwegian expatriates or Norwegian expatriate community or something, but don't submit stuff to AfD that aren't AfDs. --dab (𒁳) 20:07, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • delete. I agree with User:Yilloslime's suggestion to "delete as synthesis or merge to Norwegian people#Historic migration out of Norway. The first sentence of the article is classic synthesis (i.e. putting two dicdef's ...". There's no evidence here of a classic "diaspora", so specifically it is better to simply delete. Merge any modicum of different info here to the "Historic migration out of Norway section" of the "Norwegian people" article, but then please simply delete this with no redirect. --doncram 22:24, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Which part of "the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland" is a synthesis when applied to Norway? WP:SYN says: "Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. If one reliable source says A, and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C that is not mentioned by either of the sources." Is it an original thought that Norwegians are people? Or that they migrated away from Norway? What in the definition of a diaspora makes it a synthesis when combined with Norwegians and not the other 244 peoples in Category:Diaspora. What makes Norwegians the exception? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    "Norwegian diaspora" is a coined, artificial, overly dramatic term. You are quoting one dictionary definition of diaspora, but the Jewish one comes first in a couple dictionaries that i looked at, and the term diaspora otherwise seems to me to best describe involuntary, forced dispersions of a people. It is grandstanding to assert implicitly that Norway had that. Probably is a misapplication of term diaspora to 235 or 240 or so of the other ones you assert the term might apply to, also. Let's deal with this one first, where diaspora in common understanding of the term does not apply. Merge and delete the incorrect, coined redirect, so, technically, DELETE.--doncram 14:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    nobody disputes that there are Norwegian expatriates. The issue just seems to be that the term "Norwegian diaspora" does not happen to be applied to them. This can be remedied by a simple suggestion for a page move. I have no idea why this is even being discussed on AfD. The cause of the problem is that we have a category named Category:Diasporas, with lots of articles titled "$NATIONAL diaspora", so that this has become something of an on-wiki terminological magnet. It would be preferable to rename the "diasporas" category to "expatriate communities" or something. Again, this has nothing to do with deletion criteria, only with WP:NAME.
    It is, however, not true that the term "Norwegian diaspora" is of on-wiki coinage. It is found in publications from 1986, 1980, 1973 and 1960. A single google search would have saved the submitter of this AfD from the embarassment of looking like a fool. The term "Norwegian expatriates" only gives marginally more hits[16]. Nevertheless, a modest suggestion to move the page to Norwegian diaspora could have been a constructive contribution. Now can we please close down this thread and send interested parties to discuss wherever it is the page should reside on actual article talkpages? --dab (𒁳) 11:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The reason we are voting on this at AFD is that our friend R:A:N: has maintained throughout that it is a question of whether the topic is notable - not a question about the current articles title. So we are basically voting on whether the topic "Norwegian diaspora" is notable enough to have an article in it. As you realize the topic isn't notable, whereas the topic of Norwegian expatriate communities is. ·Maunus·ƛ· 11:51, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but perhaps we can move beyond that now. I'm realizing now that I've been stuck arguing against RAN and co. while the POVs presented here by others who think the entry should be kept have been of a different, much more reasonable sort. Initially I think it was right to oppose RAN's recreation of this page, and I think it is still reasonable to oppose the way that he and a couple of others want to apply the term "diaspora", but is that really about keeping or deleting the present content anymore? I'm not sure it is. I've changed my vote to one of indifference, as long as we can discuss a name change.Griswaldo (talk) 12:55, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
@Dab. "Norwegian immigrant community" does much better than either. Essentially I think you are correct. Someone needs to close the AfD so we can move on to the name discussion.Griswaldo (talk) 11:43, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:36, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Opal Minded

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Non-notable company (do we cover every opal company with its own boutique?). Speedy declined, presumably on the basis of the newspaper cites. Miracle Pen (talk) 21:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was withdrawn by nom here. lifebaka++ 20:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Frontier Boys

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I can't find any claims of notability from reliable sources. The film's creator does not appear notable, either. ceranthor 20:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting - i'm not familiar with the requirements for film "notability." thoughts? are new independent films notable? --Ericn9 (talk) 20:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think that WP:NOTFILM would be helpful to read. ceranthor 21:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, just looking that over. Seems like the only case for notability at this point is the acting role of Rebecca St. James as the film is already mentioned on her page. --Ericn9 (talk) 21:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Second "notable person with a major role" (paraphrasing WP:NOTFILM) is Big Kenny --Ericn9 (talk) 21:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Having notable persons in the film might help, but what is required to meet WP:Notability (film) is to have the film written about and covered in multiple independent secondary sources. I have just given your article some major tweaks and added such sources. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:37, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"The Edelstam prize"

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Fails the general notability guidelines. No reliable sources for verification. (Author contested prod) OSborn arfcontribs. 20:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Edelstampriset - it's there in the foundation's page that is linked to in the article. I don't see much: it looks as if it has yet to be awarded?? Yngvadottir (talk) 22:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - I thought that was it, but there's so little available for it that I wondered... According to http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200909/14/20090914085214_Realtid148/20090914085214_Realtid148.dbp.asp they were still talking about setting it up in 2009, and the article mentions no names for people receiving the award. edelstampriset.com contains no content. All in all, there's more in this article than I can find on Google. Both the references are to do with Edelstam personally, not the prize. If the author or anyone can come up with evidence that it's been awarded, it would help. Peridon (talk) 14:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Although I disagree with the statement at the bottom that there is an "overwhelming" consensus, (not a vote and all that) there is a rough consensus to keep. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:29, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees

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Aside from the fact that the article has been tagged as referenceless since March 2008 (that's 3 years), I don't believe there is any reason whatsoever to have an article which is a CONTENT FORK of the original Golden Globe awards article. The sole difference is that this article is based on all the black nominees and I find that highly trivial and unnecessary. All the black nominees are listed in their awards' appropriate article. There is no need to single them out here. Feedback ☎ 20:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Feedback ☎ 20:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete as a non-notable "intersection" topic. See the highly relevant WP:OVERCAT: "Dedicated group-subject subcategories, such as Category:LGBT writers or Category:African American musicians, should only be created where that combination is itself recognized as a distinct and unique cultural topic in its own right." Jonathanwallace (talk) 21:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep Apparently this was created as trivia, but it isn't quite as "non-notable" a topic as one might think. However, even the article's contributors seem to have failed to notice how damn few black Golden Globe nominees there have actually been over the years. The reasons for this aren't racism in the foreign press reporters (nor for the Academy Awards either). But it's no secret that there are relatively few major roles for African-American actors in film and television, and even fewer for black actresses. Honestly-- five nominations per year per category, and only 7 or 8 black actresses have ever been nominated in the last fifty years for best actress in either drama or comedy? What's that work out to, 2 percent? One nomination for a black director over the years? Two nominations for a black screenwriter? Out of all the nominations since 1943? However, if the film and TV fans who maintain the article have somehow missed that, I don't hold out much hope that the article would ever have meaningful context. I'm a (middle-aged) white guy, and I would wager that all of this article's contributors fit the definition of the stereotypical Wikipedian. Mandsford 01:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. A few years ago, List of black Academy Award winners and nominees was at AfD (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees). It was kept, in part, because there were sources that discuss the issue of black people being or not being nominated for the Oscars. (For some more recent examples, see [18], [19], [20], [21].) I haven't been able to find similar coverage of the issue of black people being or not being nominated for Golden Globes. That is not because of a lack of interest in the standing of African Americans in Hollywood, but because the Golden Globes are not that significant as an indicator of that. They are mostly the subject of public interest as a precursor to the Oscars, not as an end in themselves. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Although I note that some sources have been added to the article, the majority of them appear to refer to the Golden Globes only incidentally, sometimes only in a single sentence. This level of media coverage is not even close to the level of media coverage discussing the nominations, or lack of nominations, for black people at the Oscars. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep. Per Mandsford. And the refs discoverable in the simplest of google searches, which reflect the strong notability of the intersection. On a side note -- the lead point in the nomination is irrelevant to the issue of whether an article should be AfD'd or not. The focus is on whether coverage exists, not on whether it is reflected in the article.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • The whole idea of this article is to have a trivial collection (WP:CRUFT) of information that is already in each awards' articles (WP:Content forking). If you think an article about few black nominees should exist, then you can go ahead and create an article that debates the issue and provides many sources that speak about the controversy (if there is one). However, a "list" of black winners is definitely non-notable wether the number of nominations is an issue or not. Feedback ☎ 20:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Strong Delete per WP:NOT#DIRECTORY and WP:OCAT - unless the intersection is one of a culturally distinct phenomenon (not merely one reported here and there in external sources) the crossover should not exist. There is nothing that distinguishes the Golden Globes and African Americans as notable topics to intersect. That this may interest a select minority seeking examples of famous African American actors is not enough to consider it "encyclopedic." Wikipedia is not for everything. Bulldog123 03:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why did you write "Strong Keep" in your edit summary? 04:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Delete
  1. There is no such thing as the "Black Golden Globe Awards", there's only the regular one. Unless Black became a proper noun all of a sudden this page is about a non-existent award. (If kept should be moved to List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees)
  2. Pointless racial segregation. Black people have been winning and nominated for decades.
  3. Nominations are not notable for there own articles, see the various lists with awards and lack of lists about nominations. Nominations go on the actors and the film articles, it does not warrant its own article. Xeworlebi (talk) 14:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Which, frankly, should be immediately reverted... since doing so treats this list like a bio-specific category. Bulldog123 13:33, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Even though I feel its stupid for people to separate themselves from their fellow human beings by the category of race for any reason, this does in fact get ample news coverage. They have news sources that specifically cover anything dealing with blacks, and the mainstream media even mentions race at times. So surely coverage exist. Lot of results to search through when I search for "African American" AND "Golden Globe award" and some results are not viewable without paying first. [22] If you search for the word "black" then even more results appear. Dream Focus 08:39, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The article is now well referenced to a significant number of substantial reliable sources. In my opinion this is an acceptable content fork. Like it or not, there has been a considerable amount written about the neglect of black actors/actresses with major awards within the entertainment industry in the United States. The Oscars of course has received the most attention, but similar press coverage can be found on all the other major awards (Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, etc.) This list reflects that interest and organizes the Golden Globe winners content accordingly. There will be readers coming to wikipedia for this sort of information and there are reliable sources verifying this content. I see no valid reason to delete this useful list.4meter4 (talk) 11:47, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How exactly is this original research? There is no original synthesis and similar lists have been published elsewhere, such as here. I can't see in what way OR applies to this particular article. If anything you seem to be objecting to the point of view of the article, which really isn't an AFD issue and should be sorted out on the article's talk page. The issue here is notability. Fact, other notable sources have published similar lists. Multiple reliable references support the list's content. Notability is clearly established per the criteria at WP:N. Best.4meter4 (talk) 12:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes because we're judging whether or not this is an irrelevant intersection. I don't see the external refs that comment on the relevance of the intersection, because it needs to be "...in some way a culturally significant phenomenon." Where does it say that Golden Globes and African Americans together form something "culturally significant?" Okay, you found the list published somewhere... well, a lot of places publish similar lists intersecting award winners of various backgrounds (Irish Echo, for example)... it doesn't meant they're all suitable for wikipedia. Bulldog123 13:06, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've already given a well reasoned arguement that satisfies the criteria of WP:N. Your need for someone to demonstrate "the relevance of the intersection" is frankly a red herring arguement and is tantamount to Wikipedia:Wikilawyering. However, the answer to your question should be obvious. The fact that similar lists have been included in published works on the history of African-Americans in cinema (example given in my comment above) should be enough to demonstrate the relevance of the two topics. The source given wasn't just a random newspaper article, but a comprehensive 377 page book which analyzes cinema in the United States from the perspective of African-American history. Reguardless, you have yet to present a valid reason based on WP:N policy that this articles should be deleted. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:19, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, I've already stated why this article should be deleted and that's because it's a cross-categorization of two disparate things (Golden Globes, black people) and not a "culturally distinct phenomenon" documented by external sources. I don't see how you can buy the argument that "because the list is published, it must mean the intersection is worthy of its own topic article African Americans and the Golden Globes." If you consider relevance to be a red herring, then bring the issue up at the talk page for WP:NOT -- maybe you can alter WP:NOTDIR where it says this type of combination is not notable. The article that you are !voting to keep is African Americans in cinema, not African Americans & The Golden Globes. Bulldog123 13:28, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. I think the fact that such lists have been published in respectable works on African-Americans in cinema proves that this isn't random cross-categorization. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:32, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Okay so List of left-handed actors would also be legitimate per this published list of left-handed actors? Bulldog123 13:35, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Or List of movies that involve math per http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/ ?--Yaksar (let's chat) 13:44, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Those are hardly fair comparisons. This is vearing off into WP:Otherstuffexists territory and is not helpful. We could easily point to other groups who might make a reasonable list, like List of LGBT winners of the Golden Globes. Let's discuss this list solely based on its own merits and evidence. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:46, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep per Mandsford. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:01, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and end this ridiculous assault on every ethnic category, list, and infobox entry in the project. Ethnicity is so incredibly tied to identity that to deny it in every place we can find on WP is a fool's errand. The fact is that people do have major perceptions of self and others based upon these qualities. A quick google scholar search for "ethnicity and identity" finds over 400,000 scholarly articles. Denial is original research - wishing that enthicity wasn't important to people's self-identity and their perceptions of others does not make it so. The sources talk about the topic as it is written, and we are ethically bound to follow the sources. This is clearly a notable topic, reliable sources cover it in sufficient detail to support the article, and we are obliged to keep and maintain it. Jim Miller See me | Touch me 14:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Denial is original research - wishing that enthicity wasn't important to people's self-identity and their perceptions of others does not make it so. I presume you meant to say "careers" or "ability to win awards"... because otherwise your !vote seems to be in the wrong AfD. This isn't an AfD for the deletion of all mentions of ethnicity on Wikipedia. Now, regarding the WP:OR remark... Not nearly as much original research as saying that ethnicity (something somebody can choose to identify with) is important to their chosen career (even when they make no indication of that). You can pick and choose what to call original research very easily these days. I just find it unusual to call the "negative" (or non-existence) of something WP:OR. It's kind of like saying it's original research that we don't call Martin van Buren a Dutch-American United States president. I mean... after all... he is. Bulldog123 18:10, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Garbage men are held in higher regard than those who produce the garbage. I'm okay with that. Since you're avoiding talking about the content of this article (instead choosing to talk about the nominator), I feel you have no legitimate reason for !keeping this particular list and so your two cents appear strangely irrelevant. Note that your claim "reliable sources cover it in sufficient detail" is a lot of horsesh*t. Not a single book or academic paper shows up on the subject, even though a book about the Oscars and African Americans shows up immediately. Retort? Bulldog123 06:36, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per 4meter4. The Golden Globes is obviously second fiddle to the Oscars, but it's still a very prominent award in American entertainment. The topic of African Americans in entertainment, and (under)recognition of their accomplishments in major awards, is far from a random or irrelevant intersection. Such lists are also a useful proxy for pointing out the most celebrated and prominent African Americans in film and television. I'd recommend a move to List of African American Golden Globe Award winners and nominees unless there's a compelling reason to keep the title as it is. postdlf (talk) 14:27, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Of all this series of nominations, this seems to me perhaps the most absurd. Acting is one of the fields in which ethnicity in all the different ways people designate it . A list --and a category also--is therefore appropriate. A list adds the possibility of specifiying some additional information, so should always supplement a category. DGG ( talk ) 15:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I also agree with User:Xeworlebi's point above that the capitalization of the title needs to be fixed. Jim Miller See me | Touch me 15:43, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment If we allow this list to exist, then we should definitely open a "List of Caucasian Golden Globe winners and nominees". There's no difference. By allowing this article to exist and not the latter, you're not being neutral. This list has absolutely no impact or cultural significance. "African Americans in Cinema would be a very culturally important article, but that isn't what we're voting for here. We're voting to either keep or delete a very TRIVIAL list that doesn't need placement in an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia after all, not a Golden Globes trivia handbook. Feedback ☎ 16:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Give up. There is no policy-based (or common-sense-based) reason being used to keep this list (or similar such combinations). It's just one big, fat, nonsensical syllogism: A) Ethnicity can be defining B) People have jobs C) Therefore ethnicity is a defining factor in people's jobs. Bulldog123 18:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep A notable, encyclopedic topic backed by dozens of reliable and verifiable sources. This is what lists are for. Alansohn (talk) 19:03, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep per outstanding improvements by editor Epeefleche. The ample references specifically about black people in the performing arts show that this sort of list is noteable and doesnt have to be OR. Dream is of course right that its a shame some choose to separate themselves from their brothers and sisters on grounds of race, but its a part of mainstream educational thinking that some members of minority groups benefit by being inspired with role models of their own ethnicity, so this sort of list is very valuable. FeydHuxtable (talk) 20:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All those references talk about African Americans and cinema which we all know is a very important cultural topic, but how is African Americans and the Golden Globes SPECIFICALLY important enough for its own article? Again, we're voting on wether this article should exist, not "The African American Struggle in the Performing Arts". It seems to me that you don't even know what you're voting for. Feedback ☎ 20:37, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The opening text of the article and the many refs that are in it, some of which are discussed above, are replete with such discussion of the intersection. Many of the !votes here, the majority of which are to keep the article, point to and/or discuss that.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:40, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment No one is arguing that race in acting has had an important history, just that race in the Golden Globes has never been a significant topic. This really would set a problematic precedent. Race in business has had an important history. Race in crime has had an important history. Should every award in a field that has been affected by race have lists split up by race? Should we have an article on "List of black rapists" "List of Asian drug dealers" or "List of white armed robbers" because race is an important issue in crime? Should the Mark Twain prize have a list for each race since race has been an important issue in comedy?--Yaksar (let's chat) 23:20, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The point here is that multiple reliable independent sources, including academic publications and major news organizations, have discussed the Golden Globe Awards within the context of African-American History and race in general. Per wikipedia's notability guidelines, those multiple reliable sources are what confer notability on this topic. If and when your above examples also are supported by multiple substantial reliable sources, than feasibly such lists could be created. However, it is unlikely that the absurb examples you gave above would be supported by enough sources to ever pass WP:N. Stop using false comparisons please.4meter4 (talk) 00:18, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm looking through the sources, and race in the golden globes seems to be mentioned as either a tidbit in an article about a black person winning, or in the case of the book on blacks in cinema, just in an appendix. We could also find countless articles on, say, celebrities wearing a particular suit or brand of glasses, but we don't have "People who wear X." And don't say that couldn't be sourced, I guarantee I could find you a million people magazine articles about all the celebrities who have worn a particular dress best, or whatever.--Yaksar (let's chat) 00:23, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
actually, I think we probably could have a list of "Notable film characters wearing clothing designed by Adrian" Some intersections are significant enough. DGG ( talk ) 05:34, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, I see no problem with list of black rapists. There are multiple reliable sources that document the link between race and rape... especially black on white rape. It seems way more relevant that the connection between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's statue and race. Here's the first one on google [23]. And here's the cat: Category:Rapists_by_nationality Bulldog123 06:40, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There's a big difference there. Films with clothes by Adrian would be the equivalent of a filmography, something perfectly acceptable and encyclopedic, and totally different from the "who wore it best" kind of lists I was referring to.--Yaksar (let's chat) 06:48, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Kudos to User:Epeefleche for the work done on improving this article and putting this into context. Mandsford 12:44, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You realize that all User:Epeefleche did was add references right? He literally changed nothing of the actual content in the article. [24] Feedback ☎ 14:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, to give him credit, I think he added all that worthless WP:TRIVIA at the top. Stuff like In 2009, when Black actor Tracy Morgan was awarded a Golden Globe, he joked: "I'm the face of post-racial America. Deal with it, Cate Blanchett.". Great. Instead of a random ethnicity/occupation list, we have a big repository of loosely-associated factoids with no order or logical flow. Yup, "kudos." Facepalm Facepalm Bulldog123 16:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Tx. Agreed. The overwhelming consensus appears to be to keep, as I see it.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 19:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FC Bemina

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Does not appear to be notable, no g/news hits. No reliable sources to verify with. Being used as spam by a user with an apparent COI. OSborn arfcontribs. 18:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. WP:CRYSTAL The Bushranger One ping only 19:24, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Development of Windows 8

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Unverifiable information. I don't consider the references given to be reliable sources, and the majority of the information presented is speculation or hearsay. I'm not saying there won't be a Windows 8 -- there probably will be (though potentially with a different name). But we simply don't have enough information right now to make a reasonable article out of it. This is precisely what WP:CRYSTAL talks about. Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 16:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was PNG'd (delete). The Bushranger One ping only 19:17, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Diplomatic sales

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This article was originally written by someone apparently trying to plug Volvo's diplomatic sales (a more directly promotional article was removed). Now that I've removed the Volvo stuff from this one, what's left asserts no real notability and is unsourced, and I wonder if there's anything of encyclopedic importance here at all - there are lots of "discount sales" schemes for all sort of customers all over the place. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. I'm unsure of the original editor's intention, but this is entirely uncited and doesn't demonstrate any notability. There may be an article in the subject of sales to diplomatic staff (I've no idea), but what's here doesn't give me any confidence. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. No prejustice against recreation if notability established in the future. The Bushranger One ping only 19:16, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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unreferenced, orphaned, original research. 2nd'd prod challenged by article creator. RadioFan (talk) 12:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. J04n(talk page) 04:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Voorschoten '97

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Non-notable amateur football club playing only in the second highest amateur league. Travelbird (talk) 12:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep all. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 LBC United Football League

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It is not a notable league. Since this is a league within the Philippines, and having done a check, there is no league system/pyramid in the coutnry and therefore isn't the top flight and is just an 'isolated' league. It's also not overseen/governed by a recognized FA. Banana Fingers (talk) 11:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • I am also nominating the following related pages because these are clubs that play in this league and they are not notable. The first four clubs listed are also recreations of previous articles (under different titles) that have been deleted via PROD due to failing notability and lack of coverage.
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Like I've said above, this league isn't governed by a recognized body. When I say 'recognized', they aren't members of of the Philippine Football Federation or any of its member associations such as the National Capital Region F.A.. So your comment that this league runs the highest, second highest and is the successor to the Filipino Premier League is incorrect. I believe it's also irrelevant if their official website states that they have aspirations to play in the AFC Champions. Banana Fingers (talk) 11:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I thought the same thing, and a lot of the website is bereft of any sort of link to the PFF. Two things changed my mind though. One is that if you go here and look at the image under the word 'board', one of the images in the cycle is the logo of the PFF with the words 'The United Football League is sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation' underneath. The second is that this article talks about players not being able to play for their country if playing in a league not recognised by FIFA. It also says that the captain of the filipino team plays for Kaya Futbol Club. Taken together I felt that was enough to persuade me they were , an official league. If you can point to something that contradicts this, I'm happy to change my mind. Considering the PFF's website is a pdf about tickets for a match earlier this month, I think it's safe to say it isn't easy to get clarity! Stu.W UK (talk) 12:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry but that little photo underneath the word 'board' saying that they are sanction by the PFF... I'm not buying it. Surely if they were sanctioned/recognied by the PFF, the governing body of this league would at least be an associate member of the PFF. Heck, they should at least be a probationary member of the PFF, but no evidence is found regarding this. The group behind this league are the same ones who have put directly on their website that they intend to get recognized by the AFC so the clubs in their league could qualify for the AFC Champions League. For a league that's still very new and considering the level of Philippine football as a whole, that's some ambition they've got. And by saying they're sanctioned by the PFF would probably be their way of trying to show some credibility. At the end of the day, there is no evidence they are. Banana Fingers (talk) 14:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comment. Regarding the part about players not being able to play for their country if playing in a league not recognized by FIFA... that has nothing to do with this. That's talking about the Philippines captain having the possibility of being barred for playing for the Philippines if he plays for a club in Indonesia "rogue league", the Indonesia Premier League. Banana Fingers (talk) 14:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I researched the team Sunken Garden United and found references in prominent Philippine newspapers. This team is associated with the University of the Philippines which is one of the top two or three universities in the Philippines (ie equivalent to Harvard or Yale or Oxford etc). My sense is it's a topic of growing importance in the Philippines (since "football" or what is called "soccer" in the US) is starting to catch on big in this country -- it's been only a decade or so, but enthusiasm is growing. There are references -- but there is a general unfamiliarity with Philippine newspapers and magazines by Wikipedians writing about this topic. If one of the teams is notable, then the league as a whole is surely notable; not sure about individual players though.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The article about the League, plus the teams within the League, are not well done yet, but the fault isn't that the topic isn't notable; rather, they need substantial trimming and referencing.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comment. About the criticism that the league isn't structured well -- there are published sources suggesting that it puts on a month-long annual tournament entitled World Cup Pilipinas here. The Philippine Securities & Exchange Commission registers teams as "athletic organizations"; there are corporate sponsors; imo, looks officially like a league.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"If one of the teams is notable, then the league as a whole is surely notable". This seems quite odd. One team is notable all of a sudden the entire league is? This "World Cup Pilipinas" has nothing to do with the United Football League. The Philippine Securities & Exchange Commission may register teams as "athletic organizations". It doesn't all the teams are actually registered. Banana Fingers (talk) 14:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, teams play in a league. If a particular team is notable, then wouldn't a much higher entity -- the league -- be notable as well? And aren't you applying a similar (top-down) logic: if a league isn't notable, then all the teams within the league aren't notable as well? I think they're all connected, and I think you'll agree. Plus I found numerous references (even more exist) for both the league as well as individual teams, suggesting that Philippine sportswriters, for prominent publications (Sun Star, Inquirer, Philippine Star), think these subjects are important enough to write about.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not quite. The governing body of this league is independent (not a recognized body). Therefore it's like saying, I set up a competition/league (it would be a non-notable competition), and I was able to get a world renown team like Arsenal for example to play in it. It doesn't really make my competition notable. Banana Fingers (talk) 16:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as above, both Stu.W UK and Tomwsulcer have convinced me of the worth of these articles. GiantSnowman 14:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The league is only 4 years old, but notable and receives considerable national coverage in that part of the world. The teams have substantial sponsors. I don't believe editors should out-of-hand delete the Philippine national Air Force and Navy teams for being "non-notable". --UnicornTapestry (talk) 15:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just had a look through the website of the Philippine Inquirer. A quick search reveals a number of articles, including this which states "sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation and the National Capital Region Football Association, the tournament is organized by the Football Alliance and the United Football Club Association." There's also this, which describes it as "The country’s first ever professional, corporate-sponsored football league". Stu.W UK (talk) 16:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation....." That author probably just had a look at the league's website and saw that they're supposedly sanctioned by the PFF and concluded that they must also be sanctioned by the NCRFA? lol. Seriously. That's the same journalist who can't even give the public the correct name of the mother of Philippines international Neil Etheridge. Etheridge's mother's name is Melissa here, Melinda here, and Merlinda here. Banana Fingers (talk) 19:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comment. "The country's first ever professional....." No it's not. Philippine football is still amateur. That journalist's line of thinking is, corporate sponsors = professional. Banana Fingers (talk) 19:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That same article explicitly refers to the "country’s first foray in play-for-pay football". Now you may argue whether that merits it being called professional or semi-professional, but I'd say it pretty much rules out the idea they're amateur. As for mocking the journalism of the paper this describes it as the most widely read, circulated and awarded newspaper in the Philippines. You may not consider the standard of Filipino journalism in English to be particularly high, but for establishing notability it's the best you're likely to find. Stu.W UK (talk) 20:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Here from early October 2010? (no date given), "It was also announced that the First Division clubs will be receiving much higher allowances this season...." Key word is 'allowances'. It's not wages or salaries. That doesn't make the club and especially the players semi-pro, let alone fully pro. Banana Fingers (talk) 21:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It says the clubs get allowances, not the players. I would read that as meaning they get more from the companies that back them or from a central league pot of money. The players get paid to play football, thus it isn't amateur. Or am I missing something? Stu.W UK (talk) 22:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The clubs get these allowances and then it would be up to the clubs how they allocate them to the players and to anyone else within club. Banana Fingers (talk) 07:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I was dismayed that you had to be asked to notify the original author of some of the articles and you didn't bother to notify the original author or major editors of this one (LBC) at all. Next time, please notify parties that might have an interest. Thank you. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 21:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me? Having just checked, I'll admit that I forgot about the creator of the article LBC United Football League and that is my bad, I apologize for that. But for everything else (the club aticles), it's the same author who created them all, and I did notify that person. Even before you did. I assumed it was the same user who created all these articles. Banana Fingers (talk) 07:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough; that is eminently understandable. No problem, then. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 14:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly your assumption is wrong. How can the likes of Philippine internationals Emelio Caligdong and Ian Araneta be full time footballers when they're active members within the Philippine Air Force? It's simple, they're not full time footballers therefore the players and the league isn't pro. Banana Fingers (talk) 09:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly they're not amateurs either since they're getting paid (no matter how their compensation is called). This is akin to European basketball leagues before FIBA allowed "professionals" to compete in their tournaments. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 11:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's like saying an amateur boxer who competes at the Olympics is counted as a professional because they're getting allowances from their boxing association/Olympic association. Banana Fingers (talk) 11:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And we have articles for them. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If it meets WP:GNG, and in its current, more referenced state I'd say it does, no other criteria matter Stu.W UK (talk) 12:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Moluccas national football team

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Fails WP:N. This team has played twice ever, in an unnotable cup competition. Stu.W UK (talk) 11:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Consensus seems to lean toward the notion that the ship isn't quite there yet in terms of notability. Juliancolton (talk) 23:10, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Le Pietre (yacht)

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Contested PROD (as Le pietre yacht). Fails WP:GNG. It's just someone's yacht. It came third in a non-notable race. Wikipedia is not the place to tell the world about your yacht, however nice it is. Also nominating Le pietre yacht - duplicate of this page. Shirt58 (talk) 09:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The race IS notable and quite popular with those who know about wooden gulets. There is no page about it in wiki yet, but I am sure it will be here soon. On Wikipedia there are pages about other yachts and building companies, like Perini Navi or Aegean Yacht or Cobra yacht and many many others. If you intend to remove this page please remove similar pages as well. I agree that page Le pietre yacht is duplicated, it can be removed. But not this Le Pietre (yacht). 35m vessel is not someone's pet or house, it is a big yacht that deserves it's place in the yacht's list. The page is written according to all wiki's recommendations for writing about yachts Natalia Spatar (talk) 10:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The three articles you link are all about shipyards, not individual yachts. To show that it's notable, you need to find "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" (see WP:Notability). At the moment, there's no evidence of that in the article. I'm trying to ignore the fact that it reads like one long advert. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 17:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete with fire. This article is a putrid example of highjacking wikipedia for advertising. Lines like: fabulous space for entertaining are abundant throughout. I tagged the previous article with {{advert}}, {{Primary sources}} and {{notability}}. So far the author has contested a speedy; removed a prod and started a new article sans all of the tags I had placed. The article is also a photo gallery. Rewritten without the advertising slant this article would consist of one paragraph even ignoring the fact that it isn't notable to begin with. Brad (talk) 19:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This may be a yacht, but it is not a small pleasure craft. At 135 GT, it is an ocean-going vessel and thus notable. Agree that the article needs a lot of promotional material culled, but that is not a reason to delete. WP:SHIPS notified of discussion. Mjroots (talk) 06:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - as Mjroots points out, few yachts make it to this size (qualifying for WP:SHIPS, even!). This said, the article is chock full of peacocks and Spam Vikings, and there appears to be no significant coverage of the ship aside from a few Internet links. If the ship had won the Bodrum Cup race, I'd be a bit more sympathetic, but it didn't, and there is no evidence of any form of notability beyond WP:ITEXISTS and the initial, non-bolded-keep's editor's assertion that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. No prejustice against recreation sans spamminess if additional reliable sources allow for the proving of notability in the future. (as a note, given the tone of the article, I'm amazed this got AfD'd instead of G11'd...) - The Bushranger One ping only 15:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Trimmed to improve WP:NPOV, added inline cites. For those who know sailboats, the fact that large, chunky wooden motorsailers like this are being finished out as luxury yachts is somewhat surprising, and certainly makes me take note. The Gulet appears to be an indigenous Turkish development in sailing vessel design, and I suggest that we keep a few examples of vessels like this for purposes of countering systematic bias WP:WORLDVIEW. My guess is that most press coverage of this vessel would be in Turkish, given where it is based, but I can't read the Turkish on the web sites. Also, what Mjroots said: this is a rather large, oceangoing wooden sailing vessel, capable of carrying passengers for hire. It has much more functional hull lines (clearly aimed at commercial purposes of maximizing passenger space) than is typical of luxury sailing yachts. So far, despite the question of limits on oil reserves, we are only getting a very few vessels like this built in the 21st century. Djembayz (talk) 05:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps before we spend time creating and cleaning up these advertisements for individual gulets, we should devote energy to cleaning up the basic Gulet article which does not meet our high standards at present. —Diiscool (talk) 13:55, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Could someone here join in and enlist some help on Gulet from WikiProject Turkey, where we might find more language expertise? Djembayz (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Although the article is improved in the sense that overtly promotional language has been removed, the fundamental problem remains. All the information in the article except the raw race results come from a source that was involved in building the yacht. There is no evidence so far of notability, namely coverage in multiple reliable, secondary sources independent of the topic that discuss this yacht in depth. Lacking that proven notability, the article simply doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Cullen328 (talk) 20:39, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Whilst secondary sources are preferred, the is not rule that says we cannot use primary sources in the absence of these. This source is a secondary source, but possibly not a WP:RS, although it does give much useful info for further research. Mjroots (talk) 12:08, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Geopbyte

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The result was already deleted. Some Wiki Editor (talk) 22:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed name for a data storage space unit. Has not been widely accepted, nor is there any machine available with such amount of data space. The article was speedily deleted twice on request by other editors - I thought I'd give this an AfD to settle the matter. Travelbird (talk) 09:33, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 19:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Arnold

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Coach of a non-professional team, only coverage in a local newspaper and college related source. Travelbird (talk) 09:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete - G4 recreation of an article previously deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Order of Druids and, in any event, A7 --B (talk) 01:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New Order of Druids

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A search didn't show up evidence of notability. Dougweller (talk) 09:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. WP:NEO, WP:NOTDICTIONARY, WP:MADEUP The Bushranger One ping only 19:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Earthstorical

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Unsourced neologisms. Contested prod by article creator. Zachlipton (talk) 08:31, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Juliancolton (talk) 23:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Marty Burke (Politician)

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Fairly well written article about a candidate for political office, however the main purpose of the article seems to be to promote this person. As a candidate for a major party he gets some local news coverage, however if not elected his long term notability is in serious doubt. Should be re-added only if and when this person actually is elected. Travelbird (talk) 08:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - do you mean Keep or Delete? Peridon (talk) 22:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I !voted "Delete", a sock puppet altered my !vote here Ryan4314 (talk) 23:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per WP:CRYSTAL and WP:POLITICIAN. Being a candidate is not a source of notability. Nothing else there that would merit an article. Don't think I'm knocking him - he's had a worthwhile life and career. It's just not what gives notability by Wikipedia's standards. Peridon (talk) 19:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep He has made significant contributions to more than one area and will have a high profile in the next election. name 15:22, 21 February 2011
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Please look at those two policies I linked to. Being a candidate is not notable - here. It's our field and our ball, not what's in your dictionary. Peridon (talk) 20:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep As a military official and high-profile candidate in the upcoming Canadian federal election, this individual is notable in more than one area. [[User Glewis04/Glewis04 15:58, 21 February 2011
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  • Comment to all new accounts editing here This isn't decided on political standards of notability, or definitions in dictionaries. Look at WP:POLITICIAN - "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability...". If you want this page to survive, stop ignoring what I'm telling you and read the policies. Then make surew the article fits those policies. I personally couldn't care about whether Marty Burke has an article or not. I won't be voting for or against him as I am a UK citizen (having had a father who WAS a Canadian citizen, incidentally). I do care that articles fit the requirements. Single Purpose Accounts tend to be counted less important in these discussions - especially when they don't address the issues. Over to you... Peridon (talk) 21:31, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's also not a head count - it's based on discussion. Peridon (talk) 21:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I am very surprised by this comment coming from a sysop. This article does not nearly qualify for speedy deletion. There is no blatant advertising going on. The text is broadly factual, and is conform to NPOV. What gives the apparence of promotion is 1) an editor with a conflict of interest, which shows in the very poor sourcing of the article (primary sources) and the addition of pictures (although it doesn't really have to do with POV), 2) the socking going on in this AfD.
COI is not ground for speedy deletion, and I say again, the text of the article does not have a promotional tone; as far as I can see, there is no weasel words and puffery. The same article without these 'sources' would be perfectly fine as a start-class article, if the subject were notable (which it is not, at this time, thus my delete vote). [[CharlieEchoTango]] 00:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 19:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Leo Chim

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Claims to be famous in Hong Kong. Google turns up nothing but a linkedin/facebook/blogs. This is quite possibly self-promotion. Travelbird (talk) 08:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no source for notability or justification of notability Pi (Talk to me! ) 08:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Juliancolton (talk) 23:05, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Deland

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Association football player who has not played for a fully professional club. He has only played on loan in the semi-professional Scottish Second Division. Does not meet WP:N or WP:NFOOTY guidelines. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 07:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Juliancolton (talk) 23:05, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Park

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Association football player who has not played for a fully professional club. He has only played on loan in the semi-professional Scottish Second Division. Does not meet WP:N or WP:NFOOTY guidelines. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 07:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Juliancolton (talk) 23:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Ridgers

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Association football player who has not played for a fully professional club. He has only played (on loan) in the semi-professional Scottish Second Division. Does not meet WP:N or WP:NFOOTY guidelines. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 07:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. No prejustice against recreation if reliable sources can be found. The Bushranger One ping only 18:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shi Shian

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The article asserts notability and, if verifiable, would be notable. But it provides absolutely no way to verify these events (not that I doubt it, per se; it's that the article, as written, makes it impossible to verify), and provides insufficient context. I realize that deletion is not a substitute to cleanup, but in this case, cleanup is impossible, and the article as written is impossible to salvage. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 06:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Renaming, if desired, can be done through the usual methods. The Bushranger One ping only 18:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Inglewood, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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This might be a community, in which case it, like all communities, will be notable -- but it might be just an estate, in which case it probably is not. The only avail ref is compatible with either interpretation. The lack of geographic references--or at least lack of any I can locate-- implies it may be just an estate or house. Sending it here from Prod to make sure it gets a visible discussion. DGG ( talk ) 05:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment on source found The article you found makes it very clear that Inglewood was only a plantation owned by the Goode family. The only mention of anything like a settlement near it is a post office called "Inca" that was around 2 miles away (the date of establishment/de-establishment of the post office aren't given, but after its de-establishment it was turned into a store, which was gone by 1915). Most of the 8 page article is about the horses bred, raced and sold from the plantation. Nothing in the article demonstrates that this was a community, nor that, as a plantation, it was notable in any way. By 1942, when the article was written, it had ceased to be a plantation for at least four decades from what I can gather. (There is an annoying lack of clear dates/milestones it the article, besides the name and amount of money each horse sold, and is written as if it was someone who lived there, and written for an audience that knew of the area, i.e. definitely local interest only.) Ravendrop 09:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per my comment above. Weak Keep After re-reading the article, and DGG's comments, and looking at Wikipedia:Places of local interest, I've been swayed to change my vote. One suggestion I would make though, is to rename the article (something along the lines of Inglewood Plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia or the like) to avoid confusion. Ravendrop 22:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I apologize for unaccountably missing that article. Had I seen it, I would not have nominated for deletion. I wrote all the following before I saw Ravendrop's synopsis of the article: here is my own: In the full text of the article, which I can send to an editor if wanted--email me--Inglewood is given unambiguously as a plantation, i.e., a large estate, though a quite large estate in fact: "From the several conveyances it appears that the "Inglewood" Plantation as then constituted extended from Taylor's Ferry to a point east of Eastland's Creek with a frontage of considerably more than a mile on the north bank of the Roanoke River." (p.56) I se no indication it ever became a settlement, except perhaps in the sense that every Southern plantation where there was slave housing was a settlement--but the article mentions 13 slaves and a stable, but not separate slave housing. From the article, one of the owners did more than posses a stable: he "maintained a race course on the "Inglewood" Plantation" and the article devotes 2 1/2 of its 8 pages to the stud there, which included what were a number of well-known horses, including a probable ancestor of General Lee's "Traveller". An estate that has a full article about it in an academic magazine important enough to be in JSTOR is notable. There is clearly additional material that could be adde to our article from it. DGG ( talk ) 22:34, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep: Per DGG and Ravendrop. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Correct me if I'm wrong, but now that DGG has voted keep, and since he was the nominator (and since I was the only delete vote, but have since changed to keep) can't this be closed as withdrawn? Nevermind, see below. Ravendrop 01:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete Geez, I really feel bad now, but we had an edit conflict. Assuming that people want a common outcome that every Southern slaveowner's plantation should be presumed notable-- and I'm not sure how many people would support that interpretation of WP:NPLACE-- then maybe it should be renamed Inglewood (Thomas Goode estate). Mount Vernon, Monticello and The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee), notable for their history, aren't referred to as former unincorporated communities. Does any source show where the Goode estate might have been? It doesn't appear to be recognized as notable enough for a historical marker. [25] Mandsford 02:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, per Ravendrop. FieldMarine (talk) 04:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 18:51, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Actor does not meet WP:N criteria. Only reference is IMDB (not a reliable source in and of itself anyway), but a look at his IMDB page shows no credits, only a self-submitted resume. Credits are mostly as a Technical Advisor and for minor roles "police officer," "soldier," "thief." Google searches aren't turning up much that isn't self-published/promotional, certainly not substantial coverage in reliable sources as is required. Zachlipton (talk) 05:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakelika (V.A.)

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I had redirected this unreferenced BLP of a non-notable artist to his former employer, but this was reverted without discussion. Artist has two albums, neither of which seem to have charted or to otherwise have generated any coverage.

A Google News search indicates that we are not dealing with an artist here is notable by our standards. Note: he has two albums with a company that has a Wikipedia article, Suburban Noize Records, but that's hardly an impressive outfit, in my opinion. Drmies (talk) 05:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, does not appear to meed any notability criterion. A protected redirect to Kottonmouth Kings probably adds some value to Wikipedia. VQuakr (talk) 05:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • His sophomore album supported his candidacy for the 2008 presidential elections, and the band "Disfunction-Ill" that Pakelika is a part of is in the process of being made, along with another album on Suburban Noize Records. There are multiple sources from were I gathered the information presented on the page.- Diversity8 (talk) 06:34, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete – As far as I can see, Pakelika doesn’t fill any of the criteria for Wikipedia:Notability (music). We might debate about the notability of Suburban Noize Records and, thereby, is Pakelika associated with “an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of whom are notable”. Wiki agrees that the company is notable, and some of its artists are too – their articles are allowed on Wiki after all aren’t they ? But Pakelika’s association with notables doesn’t mean that notability rubs-off on him. So I think a Suburban Noize Records “are they / aren’t they notable" discussion would be irrelevant. Is Pakelika notable under the terms of Wikipedia:Notability (music) ? – No. Acabashi (talk) 06:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Google news archive search for his name and that of his band shows 19 results. [26] Most of the major newspapers listed require you to pay to read those articles so I can't tell how much coverage this one person got.
  • Newstimes mentions him and his album briefly.[27]
In other news
Pakelika, the 6-foot-8 "visual assassin" who dances on stage and has been described as half man, half machine, will be dropping a new album late this summer as Disfunction-ill. The album, called "The Invisible Movement," will feature collaborations with Grand Vanacular, who released a fresh hip-hop album a few years back on Suburban Noize. …
Yes: nothing. The hits you pointed at are concert announcements and brief reviews. There is no significant discussion, and existence ≠ notability. Drmies (talk) 14:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just found out and added in his Biography that one of his songs, "Late Fees", charted on the Hip Hop charts for Burbank, CA.[1]- Thanks a lot for all the help- Diversity8 (talk) 07:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a list of sources;
  1. http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/The-Kottonmouth-Kings-are-all-fired-up-245938.php#page-2
  2. http://www.celebstoner.com/201009224899/blogs/pakelika/pakelika-speaks.html
  3. http://www.celebstoner.com/20071026396/news/celebstoner-news/pakelika-for-president.html
  4. http://www.reverbnation.com/pakelika#!/main/bes_chart?artist_id=276256&genre=Hip%20Hop&genre_geo=Local
  5. http://www.pakelika10.com/
  6. http://www.suburbannoizerecords.com/?page=album/view/168
  7. http://www.pakelika10.com/News/PAKELIKA-4-PRESIDENT-/0E5E5FFFF00F2A63A001600A118AA

- Diversity8 (talk) 09:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Regarding ref link verifiability: Pakelika article’s External links at the moment are facebook, myspace, LastFM, or self-refer links back to References. Ref links are to Reverbnation (anyone seeking self-promotion can attach themselves to this web site - as dubious for proof of notability as myspace), subject’s self-promoting web site, or subject’s promotional record company web site - all these not independent from the subject as is necessary for proof of notability. The "Hip Hop charts for Burbank” mentioned are Reverbnation web site charts, here.

The two linked sites we then have to look at are newstimes.com and celebstoner.com. The newstime.com interview, here, with band members, (sans Pakelika), mentions Pakelika. Unfortunately, “where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves”, this self-referencing cannot be used as independent evidence.

The celebstoner article, here, is “Pakelika's exclusive blog about what's been going on”. Again the subject talks about himself, and again self-referencing rules-out the source as independent evidence.

None of the above links provide disinterested viable reference and should be disreguarded as proof of such.

User:Dream Focus’s celebstoner link, here, also has parts where Pakelika self-references. Where he doesn’t, the web site declares, under the heading of "Pakelika for President!": “Pakelika, the Kottonmouth Kings’ "Visual Assassin," has announced his entry into the 2008 presidential campaign. The Top CelebStoner joins TV talk-show host Stephen Colbert and actor Fred Thompson as celebrity candidates. The 6-for-7 Pakelika, who wears a mask on stage while dancing robotically to the band's hip-hop/punk-rock music and puffing from a vaporizer...” . Is there an independent viable source to show that this talk show espisode took place on Network TV? - I can't find it, but others might have better luck. My view on this is that celebstoner.com is biased, being a web site unambiguously promoting the use of a certain drug, reviewing a user of the same drug.

Proposal if article is to be saved: All in-line cites to the non-viable sources would be removed, effectively all in-line cites in the article. Any links that exist now to be under External links, but not those existing that run against Wikipedia:External links protocol, see Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided. The intro sentence and Biography section, where nothing is evidenced, removed totally, and replaced with a simple standard intro sentence - name, where born, birth name, and very brief unbiased description. A Career Section would provide any verified information if there is enough of it, but no unsupported fancruft, blogese, promotion, quotes, hyberbole or original research. The Pakelika for President section would go, being completely unreferenced text. Mention of his candidacy for President can be made - there will be a few links there. Effectively, to save this article, it would need to be reduced to a stub. But I still think Delete.

However, see Wikipedia:Notability (music) – it is all that matters here for a judgement on deletion. Acabashi (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy deleted per G7 by Stephen (talk · contribs). Non-admin closure. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Carisa Hendrix

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Subject is not sufficiently notable and article lacks reliable sources. The article is self-sourced or sourced via SEO channels of promotion. Advertising. Works are self-published.
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The result was Delete Salting it has been proposed, since this was recreated after a 2008 deletion. If re-re-created, that option should be considered. Mandsford 20:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rhodri Giggs

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The only things that have changed since the previous AfD are his two years at Curzon Ashton and Salford City, both of the Northern Premier League Division One North, four divisions below England's lowest wholly professional league. The phrase "Giggs works as a truck driver at Trafford Park when not playing for or managing the club" gives useful context for those unfamiliar with the English football system. Looking at the sources used, it's quite clear that the Mail, BBC and to an extent Manchester Evening News coverage is primarily due to the fact that Rhodri is the brother of Ryan (WP:NOTINHERITED). The rest of the sources exist exclusively to cover non-league football, which means they are not worthy of consideration when deciding whether Rhodri meets the GNG.

I considered speedy-ing under CSD G4. But at least one established editor believes that he merits an article, so I have taken it here for wider discussion. —WFC— 04:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC) —WFC— 04:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nom, nothing has really changed since 1st AfD in regard to notability, still only played or managed as a non-professional. While any article about this Giggs is likely to again mention that he is Ryan's brother and that shouldn't preclude him from having an article, any coverage give to Rhodri is either in direct relation to (or, per his assault conviction, inflated because of) that, or general sports announcements and coverage of a trivial nature - ie his non-league match report mentions and coaching appointment. I think the final keep rational in the previous AfD sums up the reason to not have an article; an encyclopaedia should _not_ have "articles about people that have been in the news for reasons that don't frankly matter", Rhodri Giggs has achieved nothing of note.--ClubOranjeT 07:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete Still not notable. Can we salt this as well? It's been deleted three times already. Number 57 09:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Passes GNG by having multiple mainstream media reliable sources on article and talk page that are primarily about him and his life covering the last 5 years. Any reporting about him will inevitably cast him in the shadow of his brother, but there is certainly enough there to pass WP:N. Nanonic (talk) 11:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Nothing has changed regarding Mr Giggs' notability since the last AfD. Imprisonment for assault doesn't afford notability, nor does being an estate agent who sold a wrap of cocaine and wouldn't have qualified for a tabloid "sting" had he not been Ryan Giggs' brother. He isn't notable as a football player or coach because he's done neither at a fully-professional level. The only difference between media coverage of Mr Giggs' coaching career and that of any other of the hundreds of ordinary blokes who coach non-league football in their spare time, is that journalists think they'll get an easy feature piece published if they can hang it on the contrast between Rhodri Giggs and his superstar brother. Struway2 (talk) 11:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - this guy is still floating abround the semi-professional world of sports (failing WP:NFOOTBALL) and there is not enough "substantial media coverage" to meet WP:GNG. I'd suggest to the creator to userfy, work on it, as it could have potential at some point in the future with a lot of research and hard work - but it doesn't now. GiantSnowman 14:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete. Does not meet the requirements at WP:Athlete.4meter4 (talk) 11:13, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Redirect to Auburn Tigers#Toomer's Trees poisoned. Mandsford 20:30, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Harvey Updyke Jr.

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Biography of a person known for a single event, does not meet guidelines for inclusion RadioFan (talk) 03:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree this is a better place for the merge/redirect. I updated my comment above. VQuakr (talk) 16:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was speedy deleted per G11 by RHaworth (talk · contribs). Non-admin closure. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

National Premier League (cricket)

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This appears to be an advertisement for a non-notable cricket league. Steven 2142 (talk) 03:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete Mandsford 20:14, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Borgahan Gümüşsoy

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fails WP:BIO and WP:ENT. nothing in gnews [29]. and IMDB reveals a very limited career. [30]. insufficient info to establish any major roles. LibStar (talk) 08:07, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. A good deal of work has been done on the article to address the original objections about it being merely a dictionary definition. Sourcing of the entries, hopefully, will follow, and some "citation needed" tags are in order. Mandsford 20:11, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Avocation

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Article is a dictionary definition that has not evolved beyond that in 3 years. Better for wiktionary. c y m r u . l a s s (talk me, stalk me) 06:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Perhaps we could agree to call this a redirect to the Hobby article? An avocation is, in essence, a hobby. The first line of the article says exactly that (and every dictionary I can find agrees) and I can't think of anything this article will contribute that is not already covered by the hobby article. My bias is still towards outright deletion -- the phrasing of the opening paragraph is straight-up definition stuff, and I don't know how it can be rephrased without being inaccurate -- but I could agree to calling this a redirect. An avocation is a hobby. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 09:16, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • General Comment (to be taken in concert with my delete vote above): I've reviewed what's been added to this article. We have: an extension of the existing dictionary definition of the word "avocation." We also now have a Robert Frost poem that uses the word "avocation" as part of an "avocation in literature" section. We also now have a list -- a hopelessly unmanageable one, at that -- of people whose "avocations" are not the same as their "vocations." Uhm. That list could basically include everybody in human history, given the respective definitions of the words "avocation" and "vocation" (hint: that letter 'a' at the beginning means something)

    Leaving aside, for the moment, that by definition one's avocation would inevitably not be the same as one's vocation, I do not see anything in these new additions that makes this an encyclopedic article. What was formerly a dictionary definition is now a dictionary definition with a random Robert Frost poem and a list of people whose hobbies are not the same as their full time jobs -- a list that could be expanded to include everybody in the known universe, I think. I'm fine with redirecting to the existing article at Hobby -- an "avocation" is, by definition, a Hobby. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 09:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Concern about WP:CREEP in WP:GAMECRUFT may be valid, but I don't think a convincing case can be made that the "random monster you raise/kill for XP" lists, that only state "monster X has ability Y and costs Z", are comparable to a backhand or to Alekhine's Defense. Consensus can change, but it shows no signs of having changed here. The Bushranger One ping only 18:30, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Monster Rancher monsters

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Wikipedia is not a WP:GAMEGUIDE. Before anyone says WP:OTHERCRAP exists like this for other video games that involve collecting monsters... keep in mind that this is pretty much the same as having a List of Pogs. Yes. I realize that there are games where the entire point of it is to collect things, be it pogs, or monsters, or tiny coins. But Wikipedia is not a WP:GAMEGUIDE. We should explain how and why the collection matters in the main game article, but should not cross over into game guide territory by offering a complete list of every item you collect in order to obtain victory. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Community consensus to delete lists of game units/enemies/drones


  • Comment I don't see anything here that resembles a gameguide as there are no "how-to" instructions, game statistics, attack lists, or other playing tips on the list. I seriously doubt that this list will even aid someone who is playing one of the games. But that doesn't mean that the list violates other provisions of WP:NOT, particularly WP:IINFO. There are an huge number of incidental characters. It also doesn't help matters that many statements appear to be based on original research or that the article is entirely unsourced. It should not be confused with List of Monster Rancher characters, which lists characters from the anime series based on the game. —Farix (t | c) 14:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you remove the physical description, the in-game abilities, and where to find them, you're left with pure plot information. Article is a collection of game guide factoids such as "The only known way to get a purebred Disk without using cheat codes is to unlock its two sub-breeds, Gooaalll! (Disk/?) and Radial (Disk/?), and combine them." Or "They are extremely hard to obtain and have powerful but strange attacks, which include a chicken motorcycle and a large boot. " Or "They have a large variety of attacks, employing their wings, claws, tails, fangs, and fire breath. They are extremely powerful, but have relatively short lifespans compared to other species. They have been scaled down quite a bit in Monster Farm Lagoon, not only in size but also in power." And I just looked at three random species in a row. That's the norm here. Shooterwalker (talk) 14:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. WP:NOT#PLOT The Bushranger One ping only 02:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History in For Want of a Nail

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This topic fails WP:N due to a lack of third party sources. Third party sources exist for the novel itself. But there's no basis in references for creating a WP:CONTENTFORK of For Want of a Nail (novel) that focuses entirely on plot, especially since Wikipedia is not just plot summaries (see: WP:NOT#PLOT). Shooterwalker (talk) 02:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Guoguo12--Talk--  17:54, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Ainsworth

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Extremely minor Rugby player (only four games) with not enough significant reliable secondary source coverage to meet notability Sadads (talk) 01:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: As per WP:NSPORTS, he's notable. He played in the premier rugby league competition of his time. That guideline exists to AVOID AfDs like this, as it assumes that if you play sport at a suitable level, then somewhere, maybe not googleable, maybe not online, there will be sufficient coverage. St George is a big club, there are probably yearbooks, club histories and maybe papers from the day that also cover him (none of which I have access to), but for now, an index-like coverage proving that he played at the top level is sufficient. The-Pope (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Are you saying four games is enough! That seems silly, lets wait for further comment. At the very least, he should be merged into a list or something, Sadads (talk) 03:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, actually ONE game is enough. WWGB (talk) 03:42, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Strong Keep. The player has "appeared in at least one match of a fully professional domestic Rugby league competition" and hence satisfies Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#Rugby league. Nothing more needs to be said really. WWGB (talk) 03:42, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep meets the sports notability guideline. Jenks24 (talk) 05:42, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as much as I don't like how WP:NSPORTS says any number of games for top professional level. this guy clearly passes. LibStar (talk) 06:31, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete It's worth noting that WP:NSPORTS states that rugby league players are only "presumed notable" if they've played at the professional level - this doesn't meant that they're always notable. Given that none of the sources provided in the article (which can be assumed to be reasonably comprehensive thanks to the use of the NLA's Trove search of old newspapers) provide any biographical details on Ainsworth beyond a few sentences and statistics on his short and unremarkable playing career, I don't think that notability is established here. Nick-D (talk) 07:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment. You are attempting to create wriggle-room where none exists. The guideline is unequivocal: one-game professional players ARE presumed notable. There are no ifs, buts or maybes, no deferral to secondary guidelines. Please accept the guideline in the spirit it was written. If you are going to prefer other guidelines, what is the point of having a relevant, primary guideline in the first place? WWGB (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • There is always wiggle room, because there Are No Firm Rules on Wikipedia. I have to agree with Nick-D's assessment, all of the sources are fairly insignificant, even though there are sideways mentions of Ainsworth, they aren't about him but the team. I think he should be deleted or merged to a player list, he does not warrent his own article Sadads (talk) 10:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • To be blunt, I don't think invoking IAR helps your cause (and I doubt that is what Nick-D was implying). Although the sources are not significant coverage, they do verify that Ainsworth played rugby at the highest level. Although Nick-D asserts that trove nla is comprehensive, I have found that to be far from the case. As it has been verified, it can be presumed that Ainsworth is notable and that reliable sources exist to prove that (whether those sources are online is another matter). Jenks24 (talk) 13:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • I evoked IAR because the idea that notability guidelines should not be changed or taken to be the final straw is, frankly, bullock. Notability needs to be judged in a case by case basis and the 3 newspaper articles only show that he was expected to need to do a lot for the team, and that he is a temporary substitute player, which the team obviously didn't use very much. Whether or not he actually did anything is not verified, and all that this article does is present trivial information. That the databases are the only verification that he actually did anything also suggests that this article meets several points at Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (3 and 5 mostly), Sadads (talk) 14:48, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • I'm not asserting that 'trove nla is comprehensive' - my post said that the search for sources was 'reasonably comprehensive' thanks to it's use. It includes a few newspapers in areas where Rugby League is popular, so the minimal coverage of this guy in them can be assumed to be representative. Arguing that he's notable on the basis of sources no-one can actually find seems a weak argument to me. Nick-D (talk) 07:28, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or Merge per Nick-D's cogent argument. The deeply flawed WP:NSPORTS can be used to claim that the subject is notable but "without significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" I find it hard to see how this article meets WP:GNG nor how a decnt article can be written. I also find it difficult to see how an article that basically rewrites the infobox in prose actually improves the encyclopedia. A better solution for these types of articles would be to redirect to a relevant list, if one can be identified. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 08:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep. Meets Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#Rugby league.Doctorhawkes (talk) 08:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep - as per Doctorhawkes. GW(talk) 15:50, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: He meets the notability guidelines, so he has to stay unless the guidelines are changed. Mattlore (talk) 22:52, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep I'm surprised that this was relisted, since the consensus can't get much clearer than this. You know, I'm not entirely crazy about WP:ATHLETE either, but the idea, that "presumed notable" is a loophole for argument runs contrary to the entire idea behind subject specific guidelines. If you begin trying to prove that this player with only 4 games shouldn't be notable because you can't find a lot of coverage from 1946, but this other one who played 4 games in 2006 should be notable because he's all over the internet, it defeats the purpose of presumed notability. If WP:ATHLETE strikes someone as a silly, foolish, dumb, what-were-they-thinking policy... then work at changing the policy. Mandsford 04:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but AFD cases are a good place to start discussion about the need to change guidelines, if the consensus shows that certain articles don't meet notability yet the guidelines do, then the guidelines should change. Notability discussions on AFD do not hinge soly upon the topic specific guidelines but on the item itself, Sadads (talk) 14:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oddly enough, I probably don't disagree with you and Nick-D and Guoguo-12 that WP:ATHLETE should change, nor do other participants who said "Keep" necessarily think that it's fine the way it is. But it most certainly won't be changed with Mr. Ainsworth's case. WP:OUTCOMES can be changed here, but not policy. Relisting the article is just going to reinforce the consensus that we follow written policy, whether we like it or not. If you want to invite our comments when you folks do take up a policy discussion about changing the way things are, I think you'll find that a lot of persons who comment on sports articles here will take interest there. Right now, notices of active proposals to change policy are hidden about 3/4 of the way down in a little box next to "Before nominating an article", which is probably why the AfD crowd never goes to those things. Good luck to you over there. Mandsford 22:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Four games, he scored a try and we have photo of him !! Compared to this guy I'd say Ainsworth isn't just notable, he's legendary ! -Sticks66 02:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Snow Keep  I'm not quickly seeing why this discussion was relisted.  On the surface, it looks like the only possibility is that enough 'Delete' !votes might be attracted to change the consensus from 'Keep' to "No consensus'.  Unscintillating (talk) 19:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, professional rugby league player. And lets also make clear that he's a rugby league player, not a rugby player, and the nominator messing that up more or less underlines how much effort was put into this AFD. Lankiveil (speak to me) 23:25, 24 February 2011 (UTC).[reply]
    Still, as far as I can tell there is hardly any difference between a rugby and rugby league player. Remember, we are writing for an audience which need not be familiar with the specific sport in order to learn something from the article. As far as I can tell, as someone who hardly follows sports to any degree, I find nothing that particularly signifies notability of the player. It's not like we write articles about every person that ever writes novels and gets them published by big companies, instead we rely on the degree of coverage from outside sources. I do know novels and novelist articles, and if Ainsworth were a novel or novelist, he would be deleted, Sadads (talk) 02:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    See, if you're going to make comments that you don't know the difference between a rugby and rugby league player, doesn't that pretty much underscore that you're probably not the best qualified person to make the call? Lankiveil (speak to me) 03:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC).[reply]
    Your difference page suggests no difference in notability. What someone does is far less important then how well that we can discuss them based on the sources. All of the sources presented thus far are trivial, therefore our coverage of Ainsworth can be no more than trivial, because he himself is trivial. Again, returning to something I am familiar with and which, I think, everyone can relate: are you suggesting that every author who publishes one book with a major press is 100% notable, even if their only referencess are simple listings that their books were published in some specialist publication which talk about original price, publisher and genre? That is about what you are saying with Ainsworth, he had a basic value, role and function having participated in 4 games, and that is all we verify, therefore he must have been important at some level, because he existed. Wait a minute, is every sports reporter notable then, especially if they are related to "rugby league"? I mean if they reported on Rugby league players they must be notable ! (sarcasm) Really, does anyone else not see the inconsistency of this argument with other Wikipedia policies? Sadads (talk) 11:28, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    All of these analogies with authors and sports reporters are spurious. Ainsworth meets the guideline at WP:NSPORTS#Rugby league. That's it, all over red rover! If you think the guideline is too generous, make your case over there and stop cherry picking individuals who meet the agreed notability requirement. WWGB (talk) 11:52, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a guideline! And besides, I am arguing he doesn't meet The Basic Criteria Per NSPORTS (which every article has to meet throughout Wikipedia). Actually, rereading the NSPORTS, Ainsworth clearly falls into the Routine Coverage problem, Sadads (talk) 12:27, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Really? Which part of the basic criteria for sports are you arguing? Let me quote: "Notability guidelines on sportspersons...Generally acceptable standards...Sports figures are presumed notable (except as noted within a specific section) if they: have participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level such as the Olympics.... meet any of the qualifications in one of the sports specific sections below..." Here's what's written below: "Rugby league... A player, coach, or referee of rugby league football is presumed notable if they: Have appeared in at least one competitive international match between Full members of the RLIF and/or Full or Associate Members of the RLEF (see Notes 1 & 2), or Have appeared in at least one match at a Rugby League World Cup tournament, or Have have appeared in at least one match of a fully professional domestic Rugby league competition: National Rugby League (see Note 3), or Super League (see Note 3) including Challenge Cup appearances, or Co-operative Championship Other players and personalities surrounding the game are notable if they meet WP:GNG." "Note 3: or their earlier iterations in the UK, Australia or New Zealand". I can't believe that we have to even quote that. It's truly regrettable that an administrator turned this into a lengthy argument by relisting it for further comment... he or she opened a Pandora's box full of arguments that you can make about why we shouldn't follow what's referred to in WP:N as a "subject specific guideline". There's one good argument about why we should, however: Because it's a guideline, and editors and admins follow the guidelines. Mandsford 13:30, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. Listed for 21 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator but only one !voter has addressed the issue of sourcing. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Andrus

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at first I thought it just needed a rewrite, but looking at the refs I don't think it passes NN Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. The Bushranger One ping only 02:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nathalie Obadia

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Article fails WP:NOTABILITY, WP:BIO and serious WP:COI. Article was created by the PR/sales person (Anne-Laure Buffard Albuffard (talk · contribs)) with no other edits other than to promote Galerie Nathalie Obadia. This is one Part of a long history of Spamming and promotion by this individual on Wikipedia, see also -Spam case. Self-promotion and marketing gimmicks are NOT the routes to having an encyclopaedia article. Hu12 (talk) 16:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maria Ferrante

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Autobiographical, non-notable, very resume-like BurtAlert (talk) 02:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I can vouch for the paywall articles and would be happy to email copies to anyone requesting them. I have a subscription to Highbeam Research, and in fact added the refs myself as the article was previously completely unreferenced. The reviews are for very local productions in the Boston area by small and/or semi-professional companies and orchestras (not Boston Lyric Opera or Boston Symphony Orchestra). There is one article about her in the Boston Globe in 2002("Soprano's Voice, Confidence Take Wing", 480 words)—sort of a "local girl might be about to make good" piece. It was the only reason I didn't immediately !vote delete. But given the lack of breadth and depth of coverage which isn't compensated for by fulfilling any of the alternate criteria at WP:MUSICBIO and no verification of the awards, I'll have to !vote delete. Voceditenore (talk) 12:57, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vitare

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Non-notable software product. I am unable to find any independent secondary sources that discuss this video game. VQuakr (talk) 02:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. Drmies, if you want to knock this around some more let me know and I'll be glad to reopen it (or you can renominate it at your leasure). Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:34, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Deathless

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It exists, but it is not notable: these results do not indicate awards having been won, discussion having taken place, or anyone writing for a reliable source having paid attention to the book. Drmies (talk) 04:43, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. WP:NEO The Bushranger One ping only 02:23, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Collective Simulations

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Term presented by WP in a sense that is found only handful of hardly cited articles. The term is more commonly found in a generic sense, except in material related to "Mr. Vetro" and AgentSheets. --balabiot 14:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was nomination withdrawn. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:53, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edmar Lacerda da Silva

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Contested PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG, and who has not played in a fully pro league. No reason was given for contesting. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following articles for the same reason. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:28, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. There's a consensus here that the subject, while failing WP:NFOOTBALL does pass WP:GNG. However, for future AFDs, some pointers to these sources, if online, would be helpful. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Wingrove

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Contested PROD, reason given was; "5 different sources from the BBC and Evening Standard are significant sources". Footballer clearly fails WP:FOOTYN as he has never played at a fully-professional or full international level of football. The sources provided are not enough to pass WP:GNG, there are a couple of trivial articles about Wingrove personally but the others fail WP:NTEMP as they are merely passing references of name-checks in match reports. --Jimbo[online] 20:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: The author of the article was not informed of this discussion by the nominator. I have now informed the author. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. If an article on the Virginia paintball case existed, then the result would be to merge this into that article per WP:BLP1E. Barring that, there is not much that can be done based on this AfD. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:29, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sabri Benkahla

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WP:BLP1E. While the article may look impressive, most of the sources are primary in nature - I have been unable to find evidence that he reaches the standard required for a BLP covered for a single set of events. Ironholds (talk) 22:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also good sourcing, and alot of different twists and turns that makes this case a not be "just another criminal case" but quite the opposit. Unique.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:37, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How is there good sourcing exactly? Most of it is primary. The fact that the case is now appellate in nature does not mean it isn't a single chain of events. The fact that you have heard about it is completely irrelevant. Ironholds (talk) 20:47, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Primary sourcing is not bad sourcing. Check WP:PRIMARY again. Making unsupported claims on the basis of primary sources is bad practice. But then, so is requiring that sources other than primary ones be used, as the Wikipedia rules N, GNG, and others have come to do, through erroneous instruction creep. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yusif Khalil Abdallah Nur. Anarchangel (talk) 01:09, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:45, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

UNPO Cup

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Fails WP:N. Google news search returns no hits and google search returns the organization's site and wiki mirrors. Also nominating South Moluccas national football team. They have only ever played at this tournament. I initially turned their page into a redirect to UNPO Cup thinking I'd find some notability for the tournament, but didn't. I reverted the team's article back to help discussion. Stu.W UK (talk) 01:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Courcelles 04:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moore's Beta Male

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Seems like a well written article, but after further research, I believe that it is simply a promotion for the author's website. The only sources in the article are to the author's site, and it is based heavily on his work. Pax85 (talk) 05:39, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Advert. Google search returns <20 hits all author related. Szzuk (talk) 22:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Very Secret Diaries

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Non-notable fanfiction; fails WP:WEB. I understand this may be one of the most well-known pieces of fanfiction - certainly, it seems to be the only one with a Wikipedia article - but nonetheless I don't believe it passes our inclusion guidelines. While it has been mentioned in reliable sources, the only coverage is trivial: see [39], [40] and [41]. It is also apparently included in the documentary Ringers: Lord of the Fans, but I don't think that's enough for notability. Currently, it has a brief mention in the Lord of the Rings article; that seems fine, but there isn't enough coverage to justify a separate article. (I note it was previously kept at AfD, but that was back in 2005, and our standards have changed a lot since then.) Robofish (talk) 01:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Correction of self - nominator is not blocking addition of this particular article, just mention of the fact that the author in question wrote fanfic. Sorry, my mistake, I'll go away now. --  Nashville Monkey  talk  -- 08:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You're correct, I have been trying to keep mention of this fanfic out of the Cassandra Clare article, because there isn't a single reliable source that asserts that they were written by that author. (Or, there wasn't until recently - the Italian-language link I posted above might qualify.) But that's not why I've nominated this article for deletion; after considering it, I simply don't think it meets our notability guidelines in any event. Robofish (talk) 01:46, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Ironholds (talk) 18:24, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Second Revolution flag

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It was literally only used at that one Scott Brown rally, and all coverage relates to that. The rest seems to be a possible advertisement for this tea party flag company. There has been no notable use, or even use as far as I can tell, outside of this one event. Yaksar (let's chat) 01:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

*Merge, per WikiCopter, into American flag or Betsy Ross flag. Per nom., not notable enough to warrant its own article.--JayJasper (talk) 04:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete or merge I searched the Proquest newspaper archive and found only a single, two-sentence long mention of it from April 2010. It does not appear to be notable.   Will Beback  talk  22:05, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I have added more refs, it has received the most press on two events the Scott Brown's victory party, and the National Tax Day Tea Party rallies on Tax Day. I also found it referred to as "Second Revolution flag", "II Revolution flag" and "New American flag"; "Second Revolution flag" has 13,000 google hits. However RS has not cover the flag alone that often. But other tea party rally articles often have images of it, as well youtube has several videos of it across the US at many different rallies.--Duchamps_comb MFA 00:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meets both wp:notability and real world notability....keep if the main editors want to. Main editor has supplied a RS that specifically covers it and others that include it. Few would argue that there isn't more RS coverage of this out there. As a sidebar, has more real world notability than then subjects of about 1/2 of Wikipedia articles. Nevertheless, voluntarily merging it to the TPM article might be a good idea. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 22:31, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'd actually oppose a merge of this into the main TPM article. Given the large scope this article covers, this is barely a blip on the radar, maybe part of a sentence in a section about the use of the gadsden flag, but I don't think more is needed.--Yaksar (let's chat) 23:35, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed that it should be short (if merged). But the standards for weight/inclusion at the TPM article are already in the toilet, so nothing could make it any worse. There's a big section in there on one guy's twitter comment, and a 710 word section on an unsubstantiated claim that some unnamed person in a crowd made a racial insult. North8000 (talk) 23:58, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe. But just because quality may be low, it doesn't mean we should lower our standards to the same level.--Yaksar (let's chat) 08:09, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's not "spreading", the refs that have been added are all the same as the ones from before the relisting and from the exact same time period, with the exact same issues that were objected to above. And, although it's unrelated to the AfD, I really think we should be taking phrases like "synonymous" with the tea party with a few grains of salt; you'd think something that is supposedly so prominent would be getting a bit more coverage.--Yaksar (let's chat) 20:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with your assessment . It's all about news cycles and the protests/rallies. It will be in the news cycle again on the 15th Tax day. --Duchamps_comb MFA 23:38, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe. If it is and gets coverage that would very likely be evidence of enduring notability. But we certainly can't just assume that anything will happen.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:24, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 01:00, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Inner Mongolia football team

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Can't PROD as one was removed in 2009. Fails to meet WP:V or WP:N. The only link is dead and that was to a forum anyway. Stu.W UK (talk) 00:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy delete (G7) by Athaenara. Non-admin closure --Pgallert (talk) 15:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Younger

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This biographical article on an author does not appear to meet the applicable criteria for notability. I was unable to find any reliable secondary sources about this person. VQuakr (talk) 00:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a link to the subject's book. It is not independent of the subject, so it does not establish notability. Please see the guidelines WP:AUTHOR and WP:GNG for ideas on what sort of sources are needed. Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 01:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 00:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Floral terrace

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Non-notable band. References are to youtube and blogs, nothing reliable. Strong promotional tone and admitted COI as well. VQuakr (talk) 00:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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