Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wakaratai

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Petros471 18:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wakaratai and Derry Anime and Manga Association

Contested prods. Non-notable organization with 0 and 22 Ghits respectively. Contents of the articles are unverifiable through reliable sources and constitutes original research. They are also vanity articles, especially with quotes such as, "The group, which was founded in August of 2006". TheFarix (Talk) 12:33, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions. -- TheFarix (Talk) 12:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete both although I'm not sure if this anon actually meant to contest the prod, as he added it to the talk page. -- Ned Scott 12:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I'm talking the comments he/she made on the talk page as contesting the prod. If he/she just simply moved it to the talk page, I would have simply moved it back. --TheFarix (Talk) 13:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Ah, I see. -- Ned Scott 13:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete both per nom. Recury 14:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Qw6 16:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as NN org. C56C 01:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Submitter. Wakaratai may not be the largest group in the world but what it does is attempt to support community relations in one of the most war torn regions in the first world. This article as well as others across the web are designed to spread knowledge of the group, its work, and allow those who may need its services to come forward.

I do not believe that the amount of hits on Google should constitute the importance of a group or organization. This article has nothing to do with Vanity, as previously stated it is to spread information and increase awareness.

Equally there would be no ghits on the name as the group, by this name only came into existence, however has been operating under another name [as the article explains] under a different name for over two years. Before you decide to delete it I would appreciate getting more information on why. {{Butch-cassidy 08:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)}}

This article has nothing to do with Vanity, as previously stated it is to spread information and increase awareness.

But that is not the purpose of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has notability and verifiability guidelines, and if an article can't abide by them, it should not exist. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 09:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment It might be noteable in terms of northern ireland, a rather small nation. User:Yy-bo 21:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Submitter. Alright. If you truely beleive that our work is not worthy of Wiki then you may delete the article. [[[User:Butch-cassidy|Butch-cassidy]] 10:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)]
• Delete per nom, also with a nod to WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a soapbox and author's claim that the article exists to increase awareness. Neier 10:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Reformat considering WP:LAYOUT. Looks having national significance (northern ireland being a small nation). Staff details do not belong into the article. User:Yy-bo
• Submitter. Id also be happy to merge the documents if that has any effect. Butch-cassidy 13:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The Derry article in particular is very important in Northern Ireland terms - as a resident of Northern Ireland I was unaware it existed and this was most useful info for me and for many others. The article can of course be improved (as can most on WP) but it is not simply a vanity article. Ardfern 11:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete verifiability problems, seems to be at least some self-promotion involved ("some of our members") Demiurge 12:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Eusebeus 12:38, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This article is notable as being "one of the UK’s largest anime societies" and "Ireland’s largest anime society, twice the size of similar clubs". Needs copyediting - check other similar artricles about associations for a guide. --Mal 05:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.