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Celestial (Ed Sheeran song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I had previously BOLDly BLAR'd this article, redirecting and merging content to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This was reverted with a request to take this to AfD, hence this nomination. My rationale for the original BLAR was because of a sheer lack of significant coverage on this song. There are quite literally no sources discussing impact or popularity, whether that be in the form of reviews, editorial pieces, or just opinion pieces. All that exists are news pieces discussing its announcement, and the bulk of these are primarily within the span of the first two weeks following its reveal, showing a notable WP:SUSTAINED issue, as all sources after that are announcements over its remix in the DLCs (Which don't really say that much beyond confirming that it exists and nothing more), trivial mentions, or mentions in unreliable sources.

While it's charted a lot, per WP:NSONGS, this does not outright indicate notability, only that there may be a chance at notability. The content here is relatively small, with the bulk of this article's text just being charting and release information. Per WP:NOPAGE, "Sometimes, a notable topic can be covered better as part of a larger article, where there can be more complete context that would be lost on a separate page," and " Sometimes, several related topics, each of them similarly notable, can be collected into a single page, where the relationships between them can be better appreciated than if they were each a separate page" Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's article contains information on the entire soundtrack of the game, of which Sheeran's song is included. It is overall more helpful to readers to be able to read about information relating to Celestial in a section that also covers other associated music, allowing them to get an understanding of the wider context surrounding this song, while not needing to go to a separate, unneeded split to get a full understanding of the game's soundtrack.

As a result of the above points, I don't see why this article meets individual, standalone notability, and I believe it is better off merged into Scarlet and Violet's article, where its information can be preserved and better appreciated by readers. The contents of my previous merger, as well as an additional merger of some content at the request of Ss112, who reverted my initial BLAR, are present at SV's article at present, which should help illustrate that this article is small enough to where its content can be slotted into an article subsection. While charting is not yet present, this can likely be added without being a detriment to page length by including drop-down menus that can be expanded by reader choice. I hope this helps clarify my rationale for my prior BLAR, and my current rationale for believing this is not suited for a standalone article. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Ss112, who reverted my BLAR, to offer their thoughts on this. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. While I am very aware of WP:NSONGS and quote it regularly myself, charting this extensively—making the top 10 in the UK, the top 40 in Europe and other regions, appearing on multiple year-end charts, and being certified in at least four countries, along with the already present media coverage—makes this a truly baffling BOLD redirect and nomination. Redirecting to a Pokémon article makes it appear that the extent of its existence is being made for those games and that it achieved nothing else, and that's clearly not true. There is also still media coverage on this, and as stated at the nominator's talk page, I do not believe what is on the article at present is the extent of it. Songs also don't need to have continuing nor "sustained" relevance let alone an "impact" in the current day to have been notable in the year of their release—I don't know what that's about. WP:SUSTAINED states that short bursts of news coverage "may not sufficiently demonstrate notability", but as stated, the perhaps meagre news coverage at the time of its release is not all the song achieved nor is the extent of its notability. Ss112 18:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I have clarified that I have done several BEFORE searches on this subject. This is almost certainly the extent of the coverage, at least in terms of what I could find. Almost every source I could find stated mostly the same things about release information, namely that it was made by Ed Sheeran and was featured in and made for a Pokémon game. What other information I could find was charting information and the like cited here.
  • Perhaps it's due to a difference between how the music side of Wikipedia handles subject notability and how I'm used to it in my subject areas, but to me SUSTAINED coverage is needed to show that this subject had a long-term impact beyond the scope of its release. The lack of real coverage I discussed in my nomination makes that difficult to see. Additionally, I feel your argument isn't really fulfilling Wikipedia:Verifiability. We need sources to verify that this song had a lasting impact, and we need sources to show those charting numbers have an impact beyond being just numbers on a list. It all comes down to sources, and these are sources that I could not find during my search per what I have already clarified in my nomination. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Waiting for Woody (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Completely unreferenced article about a short film, not making any strong claim to passing WP:NFILM. As always, films are not all automatically notable just for existing, and have to show reliably sourced evicence of passing one or more notability criteria to qualify for inclusion -- but the attempted notability claim here is an unsourced table of awards from minor film festivals whose awards aren't "inherently" notable enough to exempt a film from having to have sources. (And the most notable film festival in the table is one where it's pulling the "nominee for film festival award that was wide-open to every single film in the program and didn't actually curate any special shortlist of finalists" stunt that Wikipedia editors often pull to oversell a film's passage of "notable because awards" -- which, therefore, also cannot be an "inherent" notability freebie without sources explicitly stating that the film was actively "nominated" for the award either.)
The film, further, also cannot claim "inherent" notability just because you've heard of some of the people in the cast list -- notability is not inherited, so even a film with famous people in its cast still has to pass WP:GNG on its sourcing. A Google search, further, turned up nothing useful, finding only directory entries, primary sources and a single glancing namecheck of this film's existence as a prior work by the director in an article whose primary subject was a different later film rather than this.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt this film from having to have any sources. Bearcat (talk) 17:42, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Order of precedence in Northern Ireland (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This appears to be WP:OR, on the basis that several substantial changes have happened since 1992, such as the Good Friday Agreement, and no official updates have been made. It is impossible to say if the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will remove people from the list completely or remove a let people stay on the list... The topic seems to be esoteric, and unlikely to be of encyclopedic value. SqrtLog (talk) 17:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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There are no secondary sources on the for this page. There are no secondary sources on the specific subject of this page, as far as I can see. There is a page on Legislative Competence Order, which I think would provide a good redirect destination. SqrtLog (talk) 17:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - I see no reason to remove it? There is useful content here. I will go look for some secondary sourcing and coverage, but as an article it sticks very closely to the original LCO. Nothing is lost by leaving it. Flatthew (talk) 13:23, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Have been reading about the order. It appears it essentially governed Conduct in National Assembly elections between 2007 and 2020. That is quite clearly significant enough to be retained. I do not know how whoever wrote this page managed to downplay it's significance as substantially as they did, but I'm working on resolving that now. Flatthew (talk) 13:49, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Reunions (Philippine TV series) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined at WP:AFC moved to main space regardless, fails WP:GNG Theroadislong (talk) 16:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I've added some sources, and I think it's notable because it was one of Q TV's most impactful shows. It also got several nominations both locally and internationally. D-Flo27 (talk) 17:14, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ana Coimbra (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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We have here a good example of WP:BLP1E, a person whose purported notability is tied to a single event, i.e. a single beauty pageant event. There are three sources which are difficult to evaluate as a non-Portuguese reader; however, they note a) the pageant win and b) a couple of appearances at charity events in support of the pageant, including a (possibly public??) breast exam. This is way too thin to support the general notability guideline, and there are no SNGs that could apply here. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have bundled the above articles for the same reason, except that they have even less sourcing. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:36, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: I could find GNG in several sources of independent of subject. Check the Sout African here, I could find this, another by AngoRussia here, more here by Forbes Africa, also covered here in general. I could also stumble into this reported by subject's embassies in foreign countries. Again, you could not tag an article for AfD simply because it has less sources. That is the exact use of the template tags unless subject entirely has no traces of GNG. An article's sources being in foreign language other than in English is not a genuine reason for that. Otherwise, at very least, I would suggest redirecting it to Miss Angola, but then with pinged sources above, I go with keep. Hope the mentioned above can be used to sustain the article per WP:NEXIST--Tumbuka Arch (talk) 08:18, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rebuttal: The Opais link you gave here is already in the article, and I dealt with its thinness in the deletion nomination. The embassy link provides just three sentences on the pageant, one of which is about the judges and not the subject of this bio. The South African gives us a bulleted list of stuff in the pageant handout like birth place and star sign, but nothing of substance for a biography – certainly nothing that could be used to expand the article. The Forbes article says very little at all, but notes she has an afro, a red swimsuit, and an unnamed "social project", but nothing really about the person. AngoRussia, a single sentence mentioning birthplace, area of study, and country of residence, nothing more. These, like the original sources, are shallow and/or in-passing and tied to the single event, which just underscores this is a BLP1E situation. ☆ Bri (talk) 14:06, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Desserts (film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Completely unreferenced article about a short film. As always, films are not inherently notable just for existing, and have to be reliably sourced as passing certain specific notability criteria to qualify for inclusion -- however, the only claim of notability even attempted here is that Ewan McGregor was in it, but films do not inherit notability from their cast members, so having a famous actor in it does not exempt a film from having to pass WP:GNG in and of itself.
I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody with better access to archived British media coverage from the 1990s can find better sourcing than I've been able to locate on the Google, but even Ewan McGregor can't magically exempt short films from having to have sources. Bearcat (talk) 17:05, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chang Jiang: The Great River of China (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Article about a short documentary film, not properly referenced as having any strong claim to passing WP:NFILM. As always, every film is not always automatically notable enough for a Wikipedia article just because it exists, and must pass certain specific notability criteria to qualify for inclusion. But the only notability claim on offer here is that the film exists, and the only footnote is a Rotten Tomatoes entry that offers no tomato rating and lists no film reviews that could be pulled over to start building passage of WP:GNG.
I had to remove one other footnote, which was an unrecoverable deadlink to a site I cannot determine whether it would have been GNG-worthy or not, and a Google search found only primary sources and wikimirrors rather than anything GNG-worthy.
As the film was a Chinese-Japanese coproduction, I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody with skills in those languages can find coverage in those languages that wouldn't have turned up by searching on the English title, but just existing isn't "inherently" notable enough to exempt a film from having to have any GNG-worthy sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 16:33, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Somequest (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This developer does not meet WP:NCORP, and their games are not individually notable.

The PlayStation Blog article is a primary listing of products with no commentary. Using Google's advanced search to filter to Polish-language sources only brings up business databases, which are not significant coverage (see WP:CORPTRIV).

Their debut game, Xposed, received reviews from PlayStation Country, a WordPress website, and a short review from the small site Video Chums. Their games have received multiple reviews by Game Slush Pile, a blog run by one person with unknown credentials. The announcement from Gaming Lyfe appears to be a republished press release or other unusable primary source. Celebrities Hacked received a short announcement from Push Square, a reliable source.

A version of the article with similar sourcing on Polish Wikipedia has been draftified. QuietCicada chirp 16:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sam Chandola (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:BLP of a tech entrepreneur cum political candidate, not properly sourced as meeting inclusion criteria for tech entrepreneurs or political candidates. This was created in August, so it was clearly intended as a campaign brochure for his electoral candidacy -- but candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, and must demonstrate that they already had preexisting notability for other reasons.
But his "career background" as a tech entrepreneur is referenced entirely to primary sources that are not support for notability, but for one article in a suburban community hyperlocal that isn't enough to vault him over GNG all by itself -- and otherwise what's left for reliable sourcing is just the bog-standard run of the mill "party selects candidate" stuff that every candidate for every party in every electoral district can always show, not evincing any reason why his candidacy would qualify as a special case of more enduring significance than all the other candidates who failed to win the election yesterday.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable without better sourcing than this. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Agree per reasons above, and the fact that Chandola has now lost the election, so notability through being an elected MLA cannot be established Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:16, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Please do what is suitable with this page. Apandeyhp89 (talk) 16:39, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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2023 Nicosia Israeli embassy bombing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The reason I'm requesting this article be deleted is:

  • As far as a bombing on the embassy, the embassy wasn't bombed and the explosive went off 30 meters away and nowhere near the embassy
  • According to the sources themselves (Times of Israel and AP), Cyprus Police never stated that the target was the embassy building thus implying as such is Original Research
  • From my research no charges or at least no convictions have come out from this event and as such we don't actually know what the motives were nor what the outcome of this investigation was.
  • Im assuming that due to the event not picking up any traction except from the day it was reported, there was likely a lot of sensationalization from media organisations due to Cyprus and Israel's relationship and the timing of it, happening less than a few weeks after October 7th.ShovelandSpade (talk) 14:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Terrorism, Israel, and Cyprus. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 15:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. In addition to the OR issues, the bombing would require sustained analysis or study beyond news coverage. Right now, it's just a WP:News article. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yet very early for such. This event was on October 21, 2023. gidonb (talk) 14:50, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge (selectively) into Cyprus–Israel relations. Let's work by the points, nice touch for an intro. #1 agreed, this does not help notability. #2 the newspapers tied the bomb to the embassy so not really OR. #3 agreed, this does not help notability either. #4 We do not know that either. In conclusion, a minor event including by some of the criteria raised. No article on Hewiki. Also, seems entirely missing at Cyprus–Israel relations, so an improper SPINOUT. Best briefly mentioned at the parent. gidonb (talk) 05:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Issue is nobody actually confirmed the embassy was a target and Cyprus isnt new to pyrotechnic incidents whether it be the football, political events, hooliganism in general etc. ShovelandSpade (talk) 10:38, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Therefore shouldn't remain an article, now and in the future. The press did tie this to the embassy consistently. Also claiming it might be unrelated is OR. We follow the RS. gidonb (talk) 12:41, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Press tied it due to proximity, not any official statement (Either from the Cypriot or Israeli governments). As most articles themselves in the titles say "near the Israeli embassy" or something along those lines, I'm addressing this with regards to merging it to Cyprus Israel relations. ShovelandSpade (talk) 13:53, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Press says near the embassy and that is what we will write. NEVER ENGAGE IN OR, disregardful of its direction! You are warning against one direction of OR and engage in the opposite OR. Perhaps only to make a point. Both directions, however, are bad and should not add or remove information from the article space. gidonb (talk) 14:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Im saying were not informed enough to make a definitive statement and definitely not enough to include in any article, the AP article clearly states "Police did not say whether the bombing some 30 meters (98 feet) from the Israeli Embassy was connected to the war in Gaza." Surely then adding it to an article related to embassy attacks would make it OR. I just think generally it lacks verifiability to even be listed anywhere. ShovelandSpade (talk) 16:29, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheung Chau fishball (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Content has been merged into Fish_ball#Hong_Kong_and_Macau UKWikiGuy (talk) 14:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nirmalya Ghosh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:BLP, identified as possible WP:UPE, about a scientist not clearly shown as passing inclusion criteria. This was started in the creator's personal sandbox, going through two rounds of needing to have categories removed from it on WP:USERNOCAT grounds, before the creator (a WP:SPA with no prior edit history apart from this article) tried to move it to a "user" profile, following which it was moved to draftspace by an established editor on the grounds that no user account existed under the username Nirmalya Ghosh -- but then the creator moved it directly to mainspace themselves, following which there's been a full edit war over redraftifying and remainspacing it.
Paid editors, however, are required to use the WP:AFC process so that their articles can be reviewed for compliance with Wikipedia's content rules -- but given the fact that there's already been an edit war over what namespace it was located in, I don't see the point in just moving it back to draftspace again without discussion. Obviously if consensus does land on moving it back to draftspace, it should be move-protected to prevent further edit-warring, but obviously consensus may also just lean toward straight deletion. Bearcat (talk) 12:56, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Kazi Rafiqul Alam (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Previously speedy deleted and repeatedly recreated, but the last speedy deletion (A7) was declined. Article is heavily promotional with no indication of notability, with the first source clearly being paid promotion, and the second one being from the company he is the director of.

Doing a WP:BEFORE, many sources appear to talk about a homonym engaged in education and humanitarian work ([2], [3]), although the stated date of birth clearly shows that these are two different people. The one this article is about is said to be born in 1995, while the other apparently worked to set up a cancer hospital between 1994 and 1999. Yet another homonym appears to be the director of Alokito Bangladesh.

All in all, no indication of sources that could help meet WP:GNG for now. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 14:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Chapman (murderer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The crime received some contemporaneous news coverage but I don't think it meets the lasting significance standard of WP:NEVENT. gnu57 21:13, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Haven't done too deep of a dive yet, but searching on Google books there does seem to be coverage from reliable sources continuing with sigcov, using it as a sort of case study of internet crime. Should probably be renamed Murder of Ashleigh Hall though, since I don't see a particular reason to focus on the perp in this case. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Aeroflot Flight 971 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Per WP:GNG and WP:EVENTCRIT: Other than databases, there exists no reliable secondary sources (significant) coverage of the event, no in-depth coverage, no (sustained) continued coverage, no demonstrated lasting effects nor long-term impacts on a significant region of the world that would make this event notable enough for a stand-alone article. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 13:31, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women's U21 Three Nations Cup 2024 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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fails WP:GNG; I did some searching and was not able to find significant coverage in a single reliable source Joeykai (talk) 13:18, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Syed Karrar Hussain (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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He's a young doctor with six years of experience. The Donald J. Cohen fellowship is for young professionals. He doesn't have significant coverage. Maria Gemmi (talk) 12:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have amended my !vote to make clear that I no longer think draftifying is a valid option for this article. This looks more like a vanity piece and should be deleted outright. —C.Fred (talk) 13:18, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Extremely minor left-wing group, no notability established. Attempts to find RS come up blank, article is nearly 100% WP:SELFPUB violation. No likelihood for improvement.

Was discussed at an AFD around 13 years ago and adjourned as Keep, vague reason seems to be "sources exist" but given there's been no improvement in 13 years I don't think that defence really stands, nor can be established at this time. Rambling Rambler (talk) 11:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zhongli (Genshin Impact) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I still refuse to believe that this character is notable. [4] This source is the only one that is WP:SIGCOV, but it is weak. Sources like these [5] [6] [7] [8] doesn't help SIGCOV, but is WP:GAMECRUFT (It isn't similar like Tingle or Ashley Graham). I'm not sure dumping all Chinese sources and listicles/rankings is helpful either. It looks like it was built to impress editors at first glance, like, Woah, that's a lot of sources; it must be notable. I am not saying this in an offensive way. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 11:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep WP:SIGCOV explicitly states that sources do not have to be in English to establish notability of an article's subject. Not sure why this is being nominated again for similar reasons as the first nomination but generally, the use of scholarly articles and secondary sources that discuss the characater in depth generally meets the established notability criteria for a fictional character. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 14:54, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep I also don't quite understand the nominator's rationale here. Even if they're not in English, they're still SIGCOV and count for notability. Being foreign language doesn't immediately disqualify the source's use. Nothing has changed since the last nomination, so I don't see a reason to hold another discussion on a rationale that led to a keep last time. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 16:17, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the last discussion and nominators faulty rationale. I might change my stance if an actual source analysis is provided, rather than tossing out all of the sources for simply not being in English. λ NegativeMP1 16:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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A CV-type article which substantially remains that originally contributed by WP:SPA SQuins 12 years ago. Sources can be found to confirm the subject as a working journalist, and he was working at KTVU TV when they obtained a 2009 Peabody Award, but that doesn't seem sufficient to demonstrate individual notability. AllyD (talk) 11:29, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article PRODded with reason "Non-notable journal. Not indexed in any selective databases, no independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG." Article dePRODded with reason "Remove deletion tag, I explain the reasoning a separate message. It does not mean that the article cannot be improved". PROD reason still stands, hence: delete. Randykitty (talk) 17:26, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I am a little bit lost here, what does PROD reason means? Why citations do not count or is there something I overlooked? Sorry, I just try to provide sufficient evidence to retain the journal, but I need to know what is actually required. Besides, I suggest putting this at least on hold because the journal has currently got a new editor (this is not me) and will move to a new publication platform (https://www.soap2.ch/) with all the old articles properly tagged with DOI. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 18:10, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To avoid the deletion of the entry for Ancient TL (ATL) from Wikipedia.com, I am providing evidence of the journal's relevance. First, a little bit of background: Ancient TL is the open-source and free-of-charge luminescence and electron-spin resonance dating community journal. The journal is run by volunteers from the academic community. The few articles published yearly are mainly of technical (such as conversion factors) nature of relevance to the experts in the field. Beyond, the journal publishes abstracts about completed theses in the field (source: http://ancienttl.org). The publications have no DOI (yet), and the journal needs to be indexed, which is related to the low number of publications yearly. Given the following evidence, The journal is of utmost relevance to the scientific community.
@RandyKitty if this is not enough evidence, I may ask to provide actual arguments why the given evidence is not sufficient. Thank you! GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 21:01, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I did a Google scholar search on "Ancient TL" and it shows quite a few papers with > 50 citations, some more than 100. I think this is enough to demonstrate that it is not fluff. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:14, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: nobody says that this is "fluff", but that is not enough to make a journal notable in the WP sense. That articles from the journal have racked up some citations is nothing out of the ordinary and certainly not enough to pass NJournals (and GNG even less). --Randykitty (talk) 15:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Randykitty I understand and see your point, but citations are the currency in academia. Why should authors, alleged experts in their field, cite a journal in peer-reviewed papers (and reviewers and editors agree) in journals such as Nature (communications) or Science regularly if what is published in this journal has no significance to the field? At least the high-impact journals are somewhat sensitive to non-essential references and frequently request their removal during the review process. Where do you draw the line then? Or differently formulated: What do you accept as evidence of the significance of a journal? The numbers I quoted are high in our field, but of course, compared to author disciplines such as medicine or chemistry, they are of little relevance. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 15:41, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My understanding is that this is the threshold for notability: A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
    I'm not sure how one would demonstrate this for every article published in the journal, but perhaps some examples help. Take the following article: "Huntley, D.J., Baril, M.R., 1997. The K content of the K-feldspars being measured in optical dating or in thermoluminescence dating. Ancient TL, v.15, n.1, 1997." Google Scholar registers 716 citations of this article. Looking at the first page of results, citing articles come from reputable sources (Quaternary Geochronology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Boreas, Science, Radiation Measurements, Science, Nature) and citing articles are themselves highly cited (cited by 662, 25, 63, 1189, 762, 546, 843, 169, 54, 683). Another example: "Kreutzer, S., et al., 2012. Introducing an R package for luminescence dating analysis. Ancient TL, v.30, n.1, 2012" This registers 345 citations. The first page of results show citing articles that are published in Nature Reviews, Science, Ancient TL, Science, Nature, Science Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature, Quaternary Geochronology, and Quaternary Science Reviews. These citing articles are cited 169, 142, 158, 169, 341, 22, 26, 4 (published this year), 116, and 25 times.
    These articles are receiving significant coverage (highly cited), in reliable sources (Science, Nature, Quaternary Geochronology, Nature Reviews, and so on), that are independent of the source (with one exception, these citations are coming from other journals). One could replicate this analysis on many highly cited articles published in Ancient TL.
    Perhaps some users may interpret this threshold differently, but I argue that one could reasonable argue that Ancient TL meets this definition. TroutbeckRise (talk) 16:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't believe this discussion is taking place at all. You want to remove a post about a journal created by some of the best researchers in the world, whose work on the development of luminescent methods has a great impact on many areas of our lives? The methods described in the journal are used in archaeology, geology, conservation, mining, palaeontology, biology, etc. Since when has it been most important whether a journal is cited? The most important thing is that it is read, and the methods described therein are used on a daily basis in hundreds of laboratories around the world and in the process of building new and ever more perfect equipment. Furthermore, you want to remove a respected journal without understanding the impact it has on science, and you easily allow sites promoting the idea of a flat earth to exist!!! You probably need to read the definition of the word ‘encyclopaedia’ because I have the impression that you lack basic knowledge in this area.
    Artur Ginter, head of Laboratory of Luminescence Dating and Conservation of Artifacts, University of Lodz, Poland 91.228.32.177 (talk) 21:14, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I wrote this without been logged in. ArturGinter (talk) 21:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see that you're new here, so I recommend that you read some of the policies and guidelines that I have linked to with a "welcome" template on your talk page. I may not know the meaning of the work "encyclopaedia", but you clearly don't know how things work here. One important piece to read, BTW, is WP:AGF, thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 22:01, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Your reply in no way refers to my post. I've been using Wikipedia since 2002 so certainly longer than you've had an account here, but I don't know what relevance that has. Content from the Ancient TL can only be cited by a small group of scientists in the world (because the rest don't understand much of it) so it's not surprising that statistically there is less of it than comments on flat earth and chemitrails. In the following article from Nature, Ancient TL is quoted 6 or 7 times. ‘The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age’ Daniel Richter, Rainer Grün, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Teresa E. Steele, Fethi Amani, Mathieu Rué, Paul Fernandes, Jean-Paul Raynal, Denis Geraads, Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer, Jean-Jacques Hublin & Shannon P. McPherron. In Nature ... which is the most important journal in the world, where only the best go, and usually once in a lifetime. How many times have your articles been cited in Nature or Science? ArturGinter (talk) 17:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • While you may have been reading WP for a long time, your ignorance of policies and guidelines here is evident. And how long I've been here or how many times I've been cited by Nature is irrelevant (and as a matter of principle I don't reveal any personal info, so I'm not confirming nor denying ever having been cited by that or any other journal). Comment on the issues, not the editor. In any case, your description of the journal being noticed by only a small group of people is basically an argument against it being notable in the WP sense. --Randykitty (talk) 17:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. As a faculty researcher within the field of luminescence dating, I confirm that this journal is notable within our community. If the benchmark for notability is that a journal is known for publishing scholarly research in the spirit of GNG, Ancient TL plainly fits that definition. As detailed in a previous reply, a significant majority of all peer-reviewed journal articles which employ luminescence dating rely upon and cite work that was published in Ancient TL. Ancient TL also has historical importance for our field in that it, along with Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, was one of the first publications dedicated to this subfield. The scope of this journal is more restricted than most (usually involving technological advances germane to dating specialists) but the review process and editorial oversight are robust, and many individual articles are foundational to our field and highly cited. Finally, it should be re-emphasized that this journal is not predatory by any metric, but is a publication run by the scientific community which it serves. It is run on a volunteer basis and is diamond open access: it charges no fees to authors or readers. TroutbeckRise (talk) 14:54, 14 October 2024 (UTC)TroutbeckRise (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
  • Comment: I appreciate your dedication to this journal. However, one requirement of WP is that statements need to be supported by independent reliable sources. Statements from WP editors unfortunately don't count as such. Unless you can come up with such sources (again, independent of the subject), your !vote will likely be ignored by the closing admin. --Randykitty (talk) 15:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The point is that none of those articles is about the journal. If this journal is so crucial to its field, how come there are no sources about that? Why is the journal not indexed in Scopus or the Science Citation Index or, indeed, any other index (not even less selective ones)? I understand that you'd like your journal to have an article here, but so far you have not provided any hard evidence. If even you editors yourselves can't find such evidence, it likely doesn't exist. --Randykitty (talk) 16:17, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    But perhaps the interpretation that inclusion within journal indices is the only viable metric of reputability is a narrow interpretation and one that is not codified into WP guidelines? Citation counts and the reputability of journals which cite Ancient TL articles are both independent of the source. Is there consensus that these metric do not count? If so, is this codified somewhere? I apologize for my ignorance here, but it strikes me that this singular reliance upon whether a journal is indexed is overly restrictive. TroutbeckRise (talk) 16:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps @GeoGammaMorphologe and I are demonstrating Criterion 2.b of the WP:Notability criteria: the journal is frequently cited by other reliable sources AND "the only reasonably accurate way of finding citations to journals are via bibliographic databases and citation indices, such as...Google Scholar." TroutbeckRise (talk) 17:02, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    A little context might be useful here. The notability criterion used for academic journals are controversial e.g. see this discussion, or the tens of thousands of words spilled on the talk page of NJOURNALS. The fundamental criteria used to determine if a topic should have a standalone Wikipedia article is WP:GNG: "A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." However, using the general notability guideline for journals is contentious because very, very few journals meet these criteria. Academics generally spend little time writing about their journals in depth (which would comprise significant coverage), and when they do there is often a COI (i.e. the writer lacks independence, such as an editor summarizing a journal's publication history in a retrospective or a "meta" note published with a journal issue). Using GNG isn't necessarily a problem, but many editors want looser standards for journal notability, for example because journals publish the reliable sources we often cite on Wikipedia and it serves readers to have information about the publishers of those cited sources. For that reason, editors write essays (like WP:NJOURNALS) that attempt to formulate alternative criteria. I want to emphasize that the criteria in that essay (such as C1, about indexing in selective database indices) is a frequently-used guide but is itself contentious. Note that C1 and C2 are an attempt to lower the bar so that even academic journals that don't meet GNG might be accepted as standalone Wikipedia articles! If Ancient TL doesn't meet that lower bar (or WP:GNG itself), it may make sense to mention it on other Wikipedia articles where it is relevant... or to recreate the article in the future if it receives more attention from academics. You are likely correct to focus on C2 here. C2 is tricky because it's hard to tell what is a significant number of citations in a journal's particular subfield. Suriname0 (talk) 19:02, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for that clarification, @Suriname0. That is quite helpful and interesting. I suppose I would then only say that citation counts mentioned in my previous comment are generally considered high in geosciences and archaeometry. And then given the ambiguity involved, perhaps it would be best to err on the side of preserving the entry, especially given the broader context mentioned by @GeoGammaMorphologe. TroutbeckRise (talk) 20:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Randykitty OK, now, I understand. Thank you for making this clear. In fact not having this listing was so far one of the major critics the journal received from its own community. But I also suggest looking up **how** such indices are generated and **how** a journal becomes listed.
    Here are a few examples regarding ATL:
    • ATL articles do not have a DOI simply because the membership in the Web of Science, for instance, has a (low) price tag. In the past, readers had to pay for the print version of ATL; this was abolished in 2014 (I think) in favour of an online-only version. However, with funds, there was no money for the DOI registration. This situation will now change with the new publication platform, and the affiliation of the new editor will cover the costs.
    • To get indexed and receive an impact factor, you have to fulfil a certain number of criteria, for instance, a certain number of publications per year. ATL was consistently below that threshold, but this is related to the journal's nature and purely non-profit nature not its significance in the field. Even for professional publishers with all their resources, it takes years to get a journal indexed. For instance, Geochronology (https://www.geochronology.net/index.html) was launched in 2019, it received in IF in 2024.
    Bottom line, for diamond open-access journal it is not so super easy to achieve a listing, it needs resources. Still, I may add more examples that are somewhat independent (so far examples from academia are counted as independent; of course, no one explicitly writes about Ancient TL but uses the source).
    * To calculate luminescence (and electron spin resonance) ages, a few online calculators exist,
    **all**
    use data published in Acient TL
    because it contains important values agreed by the community and is used a reference:
    • DRAC caculator [(Durcan et al., 2015, Quaternary Geochronology)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.03.012); website:
    https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/dges/research/quaternary/luminescence-research-laboratory/dose-rate-calculator/?show=references
    • µRate [Tudyka et al., 2022, Archeometry](https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12828), website: https://miu-rate.polsl.pl/miu-rate/login
    • DRc [Taskalos et al., 2015, Archeometry](https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12162)
    • eM-Age program: https://github.com/yomismovk/eM-Age-program (the article itself is published in Ancient TL)
    • DIN 44808-1:2024-06 (https://www.dinmedia.de/en/draft-standard/din-44808-1/380077566) referes explicitly to five articles published in Ancient TL (18 references in total). Unfortunately, the norm is behind a paywall, as most of the norms are. Cited in this norm (available in German and currently as a draft in English) are the following articles from Ancient TL: Aitken (1992, ATL 10, 15-16); Duller (2011; ATL 29, 1-3); Duval et al. (2017, ATL 35, 11-39); Grün (1992; ATL, 10, 58); Mauz and Lang (2004, ATL 22, 1-8).
    • Equipment manufacturers refer to articles published in Ancient TL: https://www.lexsyg.com/applications/geology/radiofluorescence.html and publish technical notes in this journal: https://www.freiberginstruments.com/fileadmin/data/publications/12_Richter_et_al_2012_BetaQuelle_AncientTL.pdf; https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/temperature-calibration-and-minisys-temperature-upgrade-for-the-r GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 16:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Genuinely, thank you for creating an account to participate in this discussion! Testimonials from researchers in a field can be very useful. I want to quickly point you toward Wikipedia's WP:COI policies; if you have any COI (such as being a current or former editor for Ancient TL), you would need to mention that in a reply or in an edit summary. Cheers, Suriname0 (talk) 15:04, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Suriname0 Sorry, you are right; I should disclose that I am not unbiased because I am an editorial board member (not the editor) of the journal (the new website is not online yet, though). Two things are, however, important: When I created the original entry on Wikipedia in 2015 and made modifications in the past, I had no such affiliation. Coincidentally, I was just appointed, and we had the first meeting literally a day before ATL was flagged for removal from Wikipedia (which, admittedly, was a little bit odd). My term on the board is limited to a maximum of two years, but I hope that you see that, besides this conflict of interest, the arguments I have given are based on facts and should speak for themselves. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 15:17, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this kind of thing is not generally a problem (and quite common for academia-related articles which have lots of gray area). Just needs to be disclosed. Thanks! Suriname0 (talk) 18:36, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for letting me know. Yes, I am also currently an editor for Ancient TL. TroutbeckRise (talk) 15:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Randykitty and @Suriname0, I may raise two more asepcts, and then I will rest my case and wait for the final decision.
I argue that understanding how knowledge is derived is crucial but has been underrepresented in the discussion so far. Imagine I were to write a new Wikipedia article about the timing of the last glacial ice shield retreat in Europe. Because I have a little bit of an understanding of the subject, I would use luminescence data from loess deposits in Europe. Of course, I would cite only sources with a high reputation in the field, such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Nature Geoscience, Science, Quaternary Geochronology, etc. Assuming that I do not screw up the writing, there would be little doubt about the validity of the content, given that it uses highly acceptable sources. But here is the catch: all those articles and their discovery likely sit on parameters published in a journal, eventually not considered worth being listed in the first place. This is a severe problem because it changes how knowledge is generated and reiterated, and it gives more credit to secondary sources than the basis they are using to infer their discovery. I cannot see how this is in Wikipedia's genuine interest. Still, I acknowledge that this is a tricky matter, given the lengthy discussions linked by @Suriname0.
The other point I may raise is that we live in a time where the dissemination of knowledge is a very successful business model. So, instead of giving society free access to knowledge, researchers (paid by taxpayer money) summarise their findings. Then, the taxpayer pays again in one way or another for every article published. And yet, still, large parts of our societies will never have access to that knowledge for pure business reasons. My understanding of Wikipedia is that it tries to provide free access to knowledge to everyone, and this is, on a very different level, of course, the same idea as a community journal where volunteers do everything, apply the same ethical standards as other, listed, journals but distribute free under CC BY licence conditions do not charge the author. To me, this is the original idea of Wikipedia, and I find it daunting to realise that Wikipedia itself is a little bit reluctant to support the engagement of others in that regard.
I did not even blink when a large part of the content from the article was removed in 2022 because this was likely indeed overly promotional. But what is on the vote here is the deletion of mainly technical information. Is it really that essential to have it removed?
Well, I guess that's all I have. Thanks for reading and for considering my arguments!
GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 20:13, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Independent sources are sufficient to demonstrate that this journal has a meaningful presence in the professional world of a legitimate scientific field. Given that, I am satisfied that this article provides a home for useful information about a topic which readers would have reason to want to know. In my own experience, these sorts of articles can be quite useful for vetting sources of information, both in my professional life and while editing Wikipedia (and even while just reading the news). So I think this article is a net positive for the encyclopedia and common sense would suggest that it should be kept. Given the limitations of the WP:GNG guideline and the lack of consensus around the WP:NJOURNALS essay, I think common sense is the best thing we have to go on. Hence, keep. Botterweg (talk) 22:05, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Thanks for addiing some sources to this article. Unfortunately, in-passing mentions in obituaries of the founding editor do not contribute to notability. And an editorial published in the journal itself is not independent and does not contribute to notability either. So basically your motivation for your "keep" !vote is WP:ILIKEIT. --Randykitty (talk) 17:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Some of the (canvassed?) Keep views here carry little if any P&G weight. But even discarding those, we don't yet have consensus--or even quorum--to delete.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× 19:19, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Since we seem to start again, a few more arguments: Ancient TL (or more the editor) has a seat in the committee of the elected international trapped-charge dating association (results from 2023: [9].)This meets WP:NJOURNALS criteria 1 because the journal is considered influential enough in its subject area to grant such a position (no other editor from higher ranked journals are listed automatically). The journal is further listed in the European Parlament Library [10]. The journal certainly fulfils WP:NJOURNALS criteria 3 ("The journal is historically important in its subject area."), which is explained in detail in a dedicated article (yes, in Ancient TL, but I cannot explain it much better than as it is written) [11]. The more as even today (see my links in comments above) articles from the 90s are still cited in recent articles. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 20:16, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not pass GNG or NJOURNALS. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:15, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd rather see a merge, but there's no obvious target (Center for Archaeometry the original publisher, being ideal IMO), therefore delete. No independent sources. This fails WP:NJOURNALS. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I'm not from this field, so I don't have expertise on this journal. But it seems to meet WP:NJOURNALS criteria 1 ("considered by reliable sources to be influential in its subject area") and 2 ("The journal is frequently cited by other reliable sources"). These are actually pretty clear-cut: many of the articles are cited by journals that are clearly reliable (I see plenty of Nature and Science, as well as Quaternary Science Reviews [12] [13]. The question of independent, third-party sources is more iffy. But there are university webpages that mention basic details about the journal: [14], [15]. It's sometimes also described as a subject in its own right in scientific papers: [16] - "Optimization of ambient lighting in luminescence dating laboratories has been subject to several studies since the early days of thermoluminescence dating. Almost all of these are published in Ancient TL.") It's not exactly in-depth coverage by the New York Times, but it's worth pointing out that the vast majority of clearly notable journals for which Wikipedia has dedicated articles would fail this criterion if we demanded that sort of coverage. In short: WP:NJOURNALS seems to be clearly fulfilled. The thin existence of third-party sources makes it an edge case, and I would much prefer to err on the side of keep in cases like that. --Tserton (talk) 18:45, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If the result ends up being keep, I would volunteer to clean up the article a bit and add the third-party sources. Tserton (talk) 19:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Which third-party sources? Just some citations won't do. Unless I'm terribly mistaken (which may well be given the wall of text above), there's not a single source about the journal. That articles that appeared in a journal are cited by reliable sources is irrelevant (WP:NOTINHERITED). --Randykitty (talk) 21:22, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Randykitty, "Just some citations won't do". You can certainly bring that argument, but then we narrow it down to something that exists only in a few disciplines where a particular journal (not articles) gains much public attention. In academia, citations count. Ancient TL serves a niche, and notability relates to the field (cf. WP:NJOURNALS). Your striking argument is that the journal is not listed in some sources detailed in WP:NJOURNALS. Foremost, Scopus, FENS, JSTOR and  Journal Citation Reports. This was not on debate anyway, but since WP:NJOURNALS only needs one of the criteria fulfilled, I may suggest changing WP:NJOURNALS (or at least reaching a consensus there) before continuing here. From where I stand, this would be a fair and logical procedure and it would also serve the "in dubio pro reo" idea. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 07:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Randykitty: Respectfully, I think you're wrong. The NJOURNAL notability criteria, as I interpret them, are that a subject only needs to be widely cited by reliable sources, which this journal clearly is. There doesn't have to be an article specifically about the journal, just third-party sources that provide information about it to form citable content for the page. As GeoGammaMorphologe notes, there are very, very, very few academic journals that are covered as a standalone subject by third party sources. Tserton (talk)
  • Yes, and there are very, very, very few academic journals without indexing that get an article here. Note that per NJournals coverage in selective indexing services constitute independent reliable sources, which this journal doesn't have. As we only have sources depending on the journal itself, we don't have anything to base an article on. The NJournals criterium on citations is rather subjective. What you find substantial, I deem not sufficient. NJournals needs overhaul, but have a look at its talk page: it's obviously an uphill battle to change anything or even maintain the status quo. --Randykitty (talk) 08:36, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have taken more time to read into the WP:NJOURNALS discussion and admit that while looking at my field, thepressure is just too high to spend time writing articles about essential journals in the field. Disciplines are different, though. I think the Wikipedia community should preserve and curate this memory based on traceable details, and this should not be dominated by selected indices where a business interest certainly is one driving factor. At least, I would hope so. You seem to agree that WP:NJOURNALS lacks consensus and needs a change. Therefore, it seems fair to postpone the deletion discussion until the guidelines are more precise. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 10:37, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete at present. It has no doi for articles and isn't indexed. If that changes in the near future, then as far as I'm concerned that's an argument for !keep that has some weight. Until that time, there's nothing much here except WP:ILIKEIT.JMWt (talk) 07:33, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No DOI is indeed very annoying but not a WP:NJOURNALS criteria and should not be considered. Being indexed is one vivacious and possible criterion but not a compulsory one. Besides, this change is underway with the switch to the new publisher (see above) and the listing in CrossRef. My last information is that this will be completed by 2024. What about agreeing on a reasonable deadline for this change here, and if it does not happen as I claim it, we go ahead and delete the entry as proposed? This will serve both sides of the aisle. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 10:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok well you’ve been heard extensively. But as someone who has a clear Conflict of Interest (COI), there is no consensus to take any more notice than we already have of your opinion. JMWt (talk) 16:21, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your comment @JMWt, no problem, I got it and will then stay in the back. GeoGammaMorphologe (talk) 18:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: We now have quorum, but I still see no consensus here. Please note that WP:NJOURNALS is an essay, not a guideline. There's no community consensus that meeting NJOURNALS is sufficient to establish notability, although the general view is that failing NJOURNALS is enough to justify deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× 11:20, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ireland–Zambia relations (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Previous AfD outcome was redirect. A year later someone reverts this redirect with no improvement to article. These relations still fail GNG. LibStar (talk) 11:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest continuously inhabited cities (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This list has been a magnet for original research and edit warring for years. The basic problem is that we don't have good sources that treat the subject as a cohesive set, because while the "X is the oldest city in Y" is an attention-grabbing headline, it's not really a topic of serious scholarly interest. Instead, the list has been cobbled together from hundreds of sources that make claims about the age of individual cities. This is problematic because these sources don't have a consistent definition of—and rarely even discuss—what counts as a "city" or what it means to be "continuously inhabited". Non-academic sources also routinely repeat dubious dates without checking where they come from or confuse e.g. a prehistoric camp site being found within or adjacent to a village with that village being "10,000 years old", especially where there's a nationalistic angle (i.e. our oldest city is oldest than our neighbours).

I suggest deletion because I don't think this list is salvageable by changing the scope or sourcing requirements and in general we have moved on from these SYNTHy collections that were common in the early days. – Joe (talk) 10:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I accept the nominator's points about the drawbacks of this list, but I do think a list of oldest cities is a reasonable thing for WP to provide. While people certainly do add OR to this article (constantly), that OR is removed when the additions cannot be sourced. Good academic sources exist on the history of all major settlements in the world today. The fact that bad sources also exist is no grounds for refusing to cover a topic. As for definitions of terms, "city" can't really be a problem, or we wouldn't have any lists of cities, while edge cases for "continuously inhabited" can be dealt with using the "notes" section of the list.
It certainly is a lot of work to maintain this list in the face of frequent additions of inappropriate content, but that isn't a justification for deletion. Furius (talk) 13:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good academic sources exist on the history of all major settlements in the world today – certainly, but these sources are not helpful, because of the consistency problems mentioned above. The definition of a city might not be an issue in lists of modern cities but in the past it is a lot hardy to define and the frequent subject of debate.[17] What we need are reliable sources that list and discuss "oldest cities" specifically per WP:LISTN. – Joe (talk) 14:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP for, oddly enough, the very reason you think it should be deleted. Because you need to cobble together dozens and dozens of sources for any comparison, _any_ comparison has strong encyclopedic value, even if imperfect. Even if _deeply_ imperfect. Tigerhawkvok (talk) 18:22, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. We have five keep !votes but still not a single source that would count towards WP:LISTN. – Joe (talk) 19:19, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Latin Fresh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I can't find any significant coverage from independent and reliable sources, not even in spanish

the topic of the article seems not to comply with WP:SINGER, not WP:SIGCOV in WP:RS to comply with WP:GNG Pitille02 (talk) 09:30, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Through Art – to Peace and Understanding (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The significance of the award has not been demonstrated separately from Slavyansky Bazar. There are no independent authoritative references.--Анатолий Росдашин (talk) 09:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Procedural nomination. Contested Jimfbleak's WP:G11 deletion and reverted to a non-promotional revision. Potentially meets WP:DIRECTOR through his filmography. I would !vote weak keep, but I have no real opinion as I have not investigated this topic in any great detail. Anarchyte (talk) 08:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Electronic Materials (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not pass WP:NCORP. Mccapra (talk) 07:54, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Only receives tangential coverage and reads like WP:PROMO, does not meet the criteria of either WP:NSINGER or GNG. WP:SIGCOV requires high quality references with proper signatures. Pitille02 (talk) 06:10, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of wars involving North Korea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I absolutely think that a page about wars involving Korea should exist. However, I don't believe a separate page is necessary. All wars involving pre-1945 Korea as well as North and South Korea are already included on List of wars involving Korea. I believe that is sufficient. This also has precedent e.g. East and West Germany don't have separate pages for their wars, and neither do North and South Vietnam or North and South Yemen.

I also find it a bit odd to include wars involving historical states on the territory of current-day North Korea here, as North Korea isn't a direct successor those states - both North and South Korea succeed the Korean Empire and Korea as a territory under Japanese occupation. When excluding those pre-modern wars, the list shrinks down quite a lot, making this page an unnecessary fork. Cortador (talk) 14:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to this: depending on the outcome of this AfD, I'll nominate List of wars involving South Korea as well. However, this the arguments for and against that will pretty much be the same as the ones here, I didn't want to split the debate, and just nominated this page for now. Cortador (talk) 14:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
North Korea is still a country, however. I propose that we kept this article strictly North Korea (and the South Korea one, strictly South Korea). For the Korea one, we can skip the duplicates and instead link to these separate articles. If Korea is ever reunified, I suppose we could consider a merge, but that's for another day :) Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 02:19, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep (but remove general korea stuff pre-1948 and add a This article is about post-1948 wars fought by North Korea. For wars fought by pre-1948 Korea, see List of wars involving Korea at the top). East/west Germany were not involved in many (any?) conflicts outside of Germany as themselves so a list would be silly but North/South Korea division has persisted to this day and NK has been involved in several significant conflicts as the list shows (also I believe Russia-Ukraine - that should probably be added but I'll leave it to someone more experienced with military articles as I don't think they've technically confirmed it). MolecularPilot 06:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Was previously soft-deleted after an AfD in May, and it appears all the same issues discussed there still apply. Both the nominator and sole voter in that AfD called for deletion, and I'd be surprised if anyone would've countered it had there been more participation. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 10:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: Hello! I started this page a while back and have continued working on this page. I did not chime in when the page was previously put up for deletion as I wholeheartedly agreed with the reasoning for deletion: the only mention of the subject not from a publishing body she was signed to/managed by was in passing in one article (that has since been removed as it was from a pseudo-blog owned by the label who released the song it discussed), and while she has continued to craft hits of all sizes (she is a songwriter), there were no awards at the time to further prove notability. However, much has changed since the deletion, as Q3 2023-2024 has been a banner season for her career:

(1) A Billboard magazine article ([18]) discussing an elite writing camp her publishing company put together (of 11 members) that has since appeared on virtually every K-pop album that has broken through in the United States market (nicknamed "the Hit Factory"). Not only does she appear in the cover photo and additional photos, but the article mentions her past and present placements as well as a few mentions of personal life.

(2) A songwriting award (win) from BMI - arguably the largest songwriting/publishing governance organization, as the song she co-wrote was ranked in the top 20 of pop songs in the past year based on radio airplay, club play, live performances, and TV commercial placements.

(3) A songwriting award (nomination) for "Wild Ones" - a large country-pop single (2x Platinum) this year that is already being discussed in several Grammy award songwriting and performance categories (to be announced next month in November).

(4) She has since co-written/produced virtually an entire major label album (female rapper Coi Leray's COI), receiving her first Billboard Top 10 single as a writer, as well as several songs with David Guetta that became hits in the European / Australian markets. Trainsskyscrapers (talk 15:32, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was delete‎. plicit 11:08, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Unfortunately fails of WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT. Played 17 minutes in Japan's third league. The only source in ja:wiki to possibly rise above the usual primary and routine sources, [19], is also a transfer announcement containing three long quotes. Geschichte (talk) 05:08, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete Only English things I can find are player databases with minimal info on them and very minimal criteria for inclusion. Searches for Japanese: 野田樹 return basically the same thing (but also some social media profiles). Only things of interest are [20] which is just a football club saying that she's returning to her original club after a loan - it's primary so doesn't count her WP:BIO. As mentioned by Geschichte there's also [21] but I don't think it counts as "substantial" it's just a WP:PRIMARY quote and "this player, among others, has been announced for the team" with some limited biographical data. MolecularPilot 06:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Based on the sourcing in this article, the organisation does not meet WP:NCORP. The Hebrew article isn’t any help in terms of additional sources that would show the topic is notable. There may be better sources in Hebrew that I can’t find, but if not I think this should be deleted, Mccapra (talk) 03:42, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a recognized association in Israel (link here & here), It's also known for it's political activities (some English sources: 1, 2, 3). I don't think the article should be deleted, but I'll respect the community decision. אקסינו (talk) 07:00, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep As it covers an important progressive movement in Israel that has made a significant impact on social and political issues. The group has been involved in campaigns for environmental protection, human rights, and social justice, which have received media attention. There are reliable sources that show the group's importance, including news articles and reports about its activities. --RodrigoIPacce (talk) 12:05, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A previous AfD last year decided that this article should be merged into MrBeast Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Tyson (2nd nomination), and was recreated this year by a user with only 54 edits total [22] While the misconduct allegations that have come out since that discussion have signficiantly enhanced the coverage of this individual, I still think that it should be deleted/redirected for a number of reasons. 1. This individual has basically only been covered in the context of coming out as transgender and misconduct allegations against them, which is entirely within the context of their relationship with MrBeast (WP:NOTINHERITED), and given that their relationship with MrBeast has ended it seems unlikely that they will get any followup coverage in the future. Both aspects are already adequately covered in the main MrBeast article. While this isn't technically a BLP1E, it's not exactly far off. 2. This article since its recreation has been a massive target for serious BLP-violating vandalism which continually comes back despite having been semi-protected numerous times over the last few months and seems unlikely to abate in the near future. Wikipedia has a duty of care towards BLP subjects and I do not think this page currently serves a useful purpose. Hemiauchenia (talk) 03:19, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For clarity I am fine with the article being merged as suggested by others below. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:37, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge This is a difficult one to judge. It is very close to BLP1E. I don't know if any (official) charges were made against the subject? The reason I ask is that if there are criminal charges then this may drag on and result in further information being added. Obviously, WP:CRYSTAL applies as to what might happen in the future. For now, I think this is as close as you can get to BLP1E and the article should be merged to MrBeast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knitsey (talkcontribs)
As far as I am aware, there are no criminal charges. Hemiauchenia (talk) 14:04, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Sorry for forgetting to sign, I sometimes forget when desktop editing)
I've had a look around for anything else about the subject and can't find anything other than the recent accusations against her. It should be noted, that not all American sources are available in the UK. Knitsey (talk) 14:15, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge? Probably? I was expecting this to be a keep but adding "-beast -mrbeast" to the Google searches returns only non-RS stuff. Some of it is people involved with Tyson having their say, which is fair enough, but most of it is cynical drama content and other worthless slop. However, I do have a warning: Merging this will not stop the disruption. It will only move it to the merged article. We may even get an increase in disruption as the content would be in a higher profile article. That said, if it should be merged then we can't let that stop us. --DanielRigal (talk) 14:09, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This articles content is basically already entirely covered at MrBeast#LGBT Issues (in the personal views section, where their gender transition is discussed) and MrBeast#Ava Kris Tyson (in the controversies section which covers the misconduct allegations), so I don't see how redirecting this article will realistically increase disruption if the content is already there. Hemiauchenia (talk) 15:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ava uses she/her. 82.3.200.164 (talk) 00:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Any content in the page is merged into the MrBeast page already, and in the scope of BLP, I don't think it's great, although the semi protection has worked, so not sure about the BLP section, but given it's not adding much value given most content is already in the MrBeast page, I think it could be deleted. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 19:53, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BLP lacking any proper sourcing, cut and pasted from draft. I wanted to draftify it but the draft still exists. Does not belong in mainspace. Mccapra (talk) 05:01, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beauxbatons (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This page has similar coverage and notability as other locations in the Harry Potter series, notably the Durmstrang academy as both locations have the same role in the series as schools in the triwizard tournament in the 4th harry potter book, which does not have its own article.

The references in the current article are currently two top 10 trivia lists from screenrant, an article written by JK Rowling herself about the school and other articles that talk about Beauxbatons along with other locations in the series with similar depth and focus.

Based on this with the WP:GNG guidelines I don't believe Beauxbatons has significant independent coverage to warrant its own article, and it should be merged with Places in Harry Potter with other locations in the series that have similar coverage. Mousymouse (talk) 04:49, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And like Penultimate supper stated, the analysis deals with themes around national identity and ethnicity in Harry Potter. So if there was and article about that, that might be a good place to cover both, and that might be a more encyclopedic approach than the list of locations, but I don't know of such an article so far. Daranios (talk) 15:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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List of programmes broadcast by Urdu 1 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Tagged for notability in hopes of improvement but tag removed. A WP:BEFORE does not find significant coverage discussing the list as a whole so fails WP:NLIST. Would recommend merging the content to Urdu 1 but not finding significant coverage for the channel either. Looking at some of the programs listed, I believe a lot will fail notability as well. Searching for ("amanat" + "Urdu 1") finds nothing on Gnews, and only sources such as YouTube and social media in regular Google. CNMall41 (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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There is no such thing as the “New Republican People’s Party”. The phrase was used a couple of times by the former leader, but the sources don’t support the claim that it was consistently applied or had any specific meaning. Yes the former leader changed some of the party’s political direction, and perhaps a few sentences from this article could be merged into Republican People's Party, but essentially this just isn’t a thing. The article is based on WP:SYNTH. Mccapra (talk) 03:05, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (films). Most of the sources are relating to Anjali Nair's wedding and not the film itself. The rest are just passing mentions. Other than the first Kungumam source (which doesn't give much), every other source is a passing mention. The title is just a general way of stating I love you [24] [25]. The film had one unreliable Filmibeat source [26], which was about the marriage incident, which is listed as unreliable at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film/Indian_cinema_task_force#Generally_used_sources.

Add two reviews (preferably reliable if possible) or reliable sources. DareshMohan (talk) 02:47, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NMUSICIAN. Looking at the listed films, I cannot see where he is mentioned on some and the others I do find him in are not supported by the sources used. A WP:BEFORE finds no significant coverage. There is also some FAKEREFerences used such as those for the awards. The one he apparently won does NOT show the award won, only lists his name as a nomination. CNMall41 (talk) 02:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I cannot find a reference to support the award so a citation needed tag would not suffice. The other references are not reliable. The first is a redaction of what was posted on Instagram, the second is WP:NEWSORGINDIA, and the third is all quotes from the subject (it also shows a byline but posted by Odisha Diary Bureau which indicates it could be a paid placement - not assuming it is but not the strongest of sources). --CNMall41 (talk) 18:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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None of the purported meanings are mentioned in any of the pages linked here. BD2412 T 01:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ionex is very common for ion exchange process and resins.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ionex+ion+exchange
Or my memory fails and Uncle Google fails too. Shaddack (talk) 02:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All those results are either the name of a company (or a product of a company) that doesn't meet WP:GNG. It doesn't seem to be a general term for the exchange of ions - which is what the linked article is about and makes no mention of these specific products. MolecularPilot 06:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As of the ionospheric map exchange format, see this spec.
https://files.igs.org/pub/data/format/ionex1.pdf
Hard to argue about nonexistence of the thing with International GNSS Service that uses it. Shaddack (talk) 02:40, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But we don't have an article on the map format (it seems only to be used by that specific company or in a very niche area and may not meet WP:GNG). What would the point of the DAB be? MolecularPilot 06:17, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Fails WP:SIGCOV. No significant coverage in any of the sources. Two of the three cited sources don't even mention the subject, and the one source that does simply lists her as one of several singers in a chamber choir (she is one of four singers in the soprano section). 4meter4 (talk) 01:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I looked as promised, don't know yet. Solo appearance at the BBC Proms is at least something. I added some external links to check out. Her repertoire seems off the beaten track, plenty contemporary, and we might want to support that. I found the ref from which most of the article was taken and reworded. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:53, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    adding: the French article has 24 references. I guess that some are those I also found (now in external links). Will look closer tomorrow, but someone knowing French might be more more successful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep: I haven't looked at those yet, but the English article is now referenced. For me, she is notable enough, having made interesting recordings, with notable ensembles and conductors, and only favourable reviews. She is not a diva-type soprano: that should not be a reason to delete. The article serves many links to music that is not normally in focus, both Baroque as contemporary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:12, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    For the French sources, I need help to not misread the French:
    1. [31] This Le Monde article says that she won a prize.
    2. [32] This is a more detailed review of her singing (not just "outstanding").
    3. [33] recital
    4. [34] recording --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gerda Arendt I don't think this in-depth enough to meet WP:SIGCOV. The last source is selling her CD and is not independent or significant coverage. The prod-s.com website also lacks independence. The Le Monde article spends half a sentence on her, and is a smaller not all that notable prize. The main prize went to another performer, Richard Rittelman, who deservedly is the focus of that article. Only the anaclase.com source approaches significant coverage (and honestly it isn't long enough to be considered in-depth as it devotes less than a paragraph of the article to her performance). Laurent Cuniot is the main subject of that article not Isshiki. There's not enough here to pass WP:NSINGER or WP:GNG or WP:ANYBIO.4meter4 (talk) 21:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Is Wikipedia only for those who win first prize? - This is a performer of several unusual recordings, and performances in Paris, Brussels, Proms, ... - Aldeburgh could be added. - Deborah Sasson was kept, but achieved less in the music world. She knew how to attract the press, however. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt This has nothing to do with the evaluating the worth of prize winners, but evaluating the quality of coverage of Kaoli Isshiki in sources. A half sentence of text is not significant coverage, and if the award were significant we would expect more coverage in independent media or academic publications. We can only build articles based on our notability guidelines which requires that we support articles with extant sources that contain significant coverage. That does mean that what journalists and academics choose to pay attention to directly impacts the types of articles we can create because we can't engage in WP:Original Research. That is both a limitation and a strength of writing on wikipedia. The fact that you have yet to locate any sources directly about Isshiki where she is the primary subject indicates that she isn't notable for wikipedia's purposes. This indicates that a journalist or an academic researcher needs to do some work before we can have an article and it is WP:TOOSOON for wikipedia to write on this person.4meter4 (talk) 22:34, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that our coverage should depend on one reviewer's or academic's personal attention or lack of that, when her contributions to music are facts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then fundamentally you have missed the point of wikipedia's core policies at WP:No original research, WP:VERIFIABILITY, and WP:SIGCOV. We can't build articles largely verified to primary and non-independent sources. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:20, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Informations about concerts and recordings are facts, not original research. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Deletion process#Relisting discussions
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Liz, could you please notify relevant projects, such as Opera and Women (in Music, in Red), - Song is not relevant. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
May 2010 Northern Sumatra earthquake (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This was essentially a felt event. With a maximum felt intensity of V (""Moderate""), it does not qualify to be on any of our lists of earthquakes, so no place to redirect. From the impact summary of the USGS report "Slight damage and a power outage reported on Simeulue. Felt (V) at Banda Aceh and Meulaboh; (IV) at Medan, Nias and Padang; (III) at Riau and Sibolga; (II) at Jakarta. Felt (III) at Alor Setar, Ayer Itam and Tanjong Bunga; (II) at Bukit Mertajam, Butterworth, Gelugor, Georgetown, Kuala Lumpur, Nibong Tebal and Tanjong Tokong, Malaysia. Felt in much of Peninsular Malaysia. Felt (III) at Phuket, Thailand. Also felt at Bangkok, Hat Yai and Yala. Felt (II) at Rangoon, Burma and at Vientiane, Laos. Also felt (II) in Singapore." Dawnseeker2000 01:17, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no sustained coverage Traumnovelle (talk) 03:23, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DXKS-FM (Cagayan de Oro) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Recently recreated page after earlier prod, evidently with the same tags. The station does exist (the NTC pulled a Mexico and double-dipped on DXKS) and has been around a while but needs citation help urgently to meet the GNG, a problem common to Philippines radio station articles. See also title DXKS-FM (CDO). Sammi Brie (she/her • tc) 01:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vishal Singh (politician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This is about an insignificant politician who is not elected to any state level, national level and even local level body. He is merely an officeholder in a government organisation. It fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Adamantine123 (talk) 00:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting as there is no consensus here yet. As far as I understand it, "officeholder" in POL means being elected or appointed to a government position, agency or legislative body, not having a position or "office" in a NGO or other organization.
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Blake Alma (numismatist) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Previously deleted as WP:Articles for deletion/Blake Alma (TV Host) and in the first nomination, and salted as Blake Alma. WP:REFBOMBED with unreliable sources, quotes, passing mentions, etc. with very little actual significant coverage cited.

(Not tagging for speedy deletion because it's been several years so things could plausibly have changed. But the refs here fail to convince me they have) * Pppery * it has begun... 00:21, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And let's titleblacklist .*blake.*alma.* once this is closed as delete so we can finally stop this campaign or whatever. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The article as provided demonstrates significant developments in Blake Alma's notability since the 2018 deletion. The sources cited, particularly WCPO (a major Cincinnati ABC affiliate), K-Love (a nationally syndicated radio network), and multiple Cincinnati Enquirer archive pieces, offer substantial, independent coverage that extends well beyond passing mentions or quotes.
These are not unreliable sources or self-promotion; they are established, reputable media outlets providing significant coverage of Alma's work and impact. The WCPO and Cincinnati Enquirer pieces offer in-depth reporting on Alma's activities and influence in the outdoor and conservation spheres.
This is not a case of WP:REFBOMBING. Each source included provides meaningful, substantial coverage. A thorough review of these sources, paying close attention to the depth of coverage and the independence of the reporting, is warranted.
The current body of coverage, coming from established and independent media outlets, meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. The subject has clearly gained significant attention since the previous AfD, justifying a reevaluation of his notability status. If there are specific concerns about any of the sources or their content, they should be addressed individually rather than dismissing the article outright. Delawaretallman (talk) 17:56, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the detailed breakdown...I totally agree! I put a lot of effort into this article and it's great to see someone else recognizing how Alma's profile has grown since the other deletion which I wasn't aware of until a live admin told me. Those sources really do show he's become noteworthy for this page. Thanks @Delawaretallman Coincollector4500 (talk) 18:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're most welcome. Upon further review, some of the data in media coverage seems slightly like a form WP:REFBOMBING however, if cleaned up you should be just fine. Just use the secondary and primary sources that are in-depth. @Coincollector4500 Good luck! Delawaretallman (talk) 18:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lastly, you quoted him on a religious statement from seemingly a personal social media account as the last source. I'd suggest you'd find that on a public account or another source. Looks like the K-Love article also quoted from that video so I suggest using that as the source. Delawaretallman (talk) 18:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it does look like the notability has changed. So yes, it should have been created in draft space and then an administrator could have moved it. But the process has nothing to do with whether it should be kept now. StAnselm (talk) 17:09, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate you bringing this to my attention. However, I'm not aware of any disrespect I've shown towards Wikipedia's processes or decisions. If I've inadvertently done so, I sincerely apologize. Could you please provide more specific information about the decision you're referring to? I'm always eager to learn and improve my contributions to Wikipedia. If there's been a misunderstanding, I'd be happy to discuss it further and ensure we're aligned with community consensus moving forward. Delawaretallman (talk) 17:11, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That "you" was really directed more to Coincollector4500, and I (perhaps erroneously) guilted you by association. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:18, 21 October 2024 (UTC) * Pppery * it has begun... 17:18, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification. I did provide some guidance to Coincollector4500, but I have no association with the article's creator. I appreciate you bringing this to my attention, as it's important to maintain transparency in Wikipedia collaborations. If there are concerns about the article's creation or maintenance, I'd be happy to discuss them further to ensure we're adhering to Wikipedia's policies and community decisions. Delawaretallman (talk) 17:27, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: the subject now passes GNG. StAnselm (talk) 17:12, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The only sources that get close to WP:GNG-qualifying are WCPO, KLove, and Spectrum News. The WCPO piece predates all the other AfD discussions and appears almost entirely based on an WP:INTERVIEW that doesn't appear to involve substantial journalistic work beyond the comments from Alma, making it a WP:PRIMARYSOURCE. The new-ish KLove piece is highly promotional and one-sided, with language like Blake Alma's story is one of remarkable success and profound personal transformation.... his journey from a successful entrepreneur to a college student underscores the significance of aligning one's professional achievements with personal convictions. His narrative, enriched with personal reflections and aspirations, serves as an inspiration, highlighting the courage it takes to pursue a path that truly resonates with one's values and beliefs, even when it diverges from a successful, established route. This is transparently not an independent source, and again appears based solely on Alma's word, not original reporting. The same goes for the Spectrum News piece, it's based solely on Alma's words. The handful of Cincinnati Enquirer stories are likewise interview-based human interest pieces that function as primary sources since they're entirely based on Alma's words or videos. (Worth noting: the four Enquirer stories are not actually linked on the site of the publication or on ProQuest, but are copyright violations posted on a personal webhost service that coincidentally only includes these four articles and nothing else: https://cincinnatiarchives.tiiny.site/. I am deleting them from the article per WP:COPYLINK.). The rest of the links are WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS or press releases that don't support notability. Based on the non-independence of the sources used, I don't believe we have a WP:GNG pass here. The salting of the original article title was wise, and I agree with Pppery that additional permutations of this article title should be salted to avoid AfC evasion. Finally, this article was created a single-purpose account whose only other work was a draft for Alma's company CoinHub Media, so I strongly suspect we have a case of WP:UPE here as well. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:54, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You raise some valid points about the WCPO source - I agree it appears to be interview-based, and the unclear sourcing of the video content does make it less reliable as a provable independent source. However, I respectfully disagree about the K-love article. While it does contain some promotional-sounding language, this appears to be more a reflection of K-love established editorial style as a religous broadcasting network rather than a lack of independence. Klove is a national broadcasting network (operating over 400 stations) and should be a recognized secondary source. The religious perspective in their reporting shouldn't disqualify it as a reliable source. Regarding the Cincinnati Enquirer articles, that was a good catch and yes, you did a fine job of removing that. It appears a random IP address tried to fix the issue, presumably the article's creator. The Spectrum News piece, while containing interview footage, is reporting and verification of Alma's business operations, and is primary source material. I overall personally disagree with your assessment to delete but I do appreciate your viewpoint, and you've done excellent work catching the Cincinnati Enquirer citation issues and raising valid questions about the WCPO source. Delawaretallman (talk) 16:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Right, but the Spectrum News piece verifies things by quoting... Alma himself. There's no evidence of other sources for Alma's claims. And the KLove piece appears to be based on nothing more than... Alma's claims about himself. And there's no evidence that KLove is operating as a real news organization per WP:NEWSORG. It has no editorial staff listing on its site, and it has no public editorial policy or statements about fact-checking or corrections. Its news feed (https://www.klove.com/news) is mostly reprints of wire stories mixed in with WP:USERGENERATED content. And its mission is explicitly about creating positive and inspiring content (see its "Positive People" feed), which means its content will always be editorially positive and thus introduces questions about independence and reliability. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. We need to hear more assessment of the sources here and opinions on what should happen with this article and whether or no notability can be established.
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  • Delete: after looking at them, only 3 of the sources are valid and not just passing mentions as Dclemens1971 stated. For WCPO per WP:RS "Human interest reporting is generally not as reliable as news reporting" and that's basically all it is. It's just about "wow this kid discovered the outdoors (and A LOT of specifics about the journey) and runs a small (now defunct) podcast", nothing related to what he does today and doesn't show anything relating to NOTABILITY. The KLove and Spectrum articles are also human interest, and all they do is repeat what he said with little else. Parroting what he said, without analysis or contextualization, is a primary source. WP:BIO: "primary sources... do not [prove] notability". I also echo concerns raised by Dclemens1971 over the reliability of KLove as a legit WP:NEWSORG, I cannot find any evidence of editors, editorial policies or oversight.MolecularPilot 01:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and salt: Even in otherwise-reliable publications, you aren't going to meet the GNG with interviews alone (and I also question whether K-Love—which while a national radio network is more known for its Christian music programming than anything resembling journalism—even constitutes generally-RS for our purposes to start with). As to the UPE concerns mentioned earlier: there has been socking in relation to this topic in the past involving at least most of the previous creation attempts, for what that's worth. WCQuidditch 05:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete & salt It's an interesting one. On the face of it, the sources look plenty. Take out the non-reliable sources (NY Post, Goodreads, social media) and the ones that are about numismatics rather than Alma, as well as the CoinHub ones of course, and you're still left with several. If we were merely counting the number of sources, GNG would be easily satisfied. Alas, they are all of the 'young person does business' type, the sort of stuff you might see as the 'kicker' ie. the final light piece in a local news bulletin. These often come about because either the subject, or someone close to them, is good at playing the media game and/or has the right contacts. And judging by the persistence with which this is being pushed into Wikipedia, I get the feeling we're very much part of that publicity campaign. For that reason, I'm also asking for salt, because otherwise I expect we shall meet here again before long. --DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:22, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]