Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together

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 of the debate was KEEP (no consensus). TigerShark 23:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together

This page was speedy deleted under CSD A7. A DRV consensus determined that notability was asserted, and a full hearing at AfD was deserved. This is a procedural listing, so I abstain. Xoloz 17:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per newspaper coverage. Melchoir 18:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
  • What newspaper coverage? That page is mostly press releases by FAST that are on-site, and occasionally a link to 1 other website. --Rory096 07:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per the newspaper coverage, most of which appears to be in Jewish newspapers. I rest my position on the three or so links to mainstream Canadian papers. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 18:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
  • And one of those is a press release, so it's more like two. But that's exactly my threshold for notability. Melchoir 18:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, I mean, these are established Jewish papers, so the coverage is worth something, so it's more than just two newspaper mentions here. Wouldn't wanna condone "jewcruft" though. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 19:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as NN. Ardenn 19:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as NN. (A google news search would be more creditable here than their press release page, although not on the article itself.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 19:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per newspaper coverage. TruthbringerToronto 20:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, only a year old, no real claim to notability in the article and only 79 unique Google results, many of which appear to be a press release. -- Kjkolb 21:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete by a narrow margin. The coverage is not substantial, and largely in special interest publications (Toronto Jewish News). A one-year-old organisation is rarely actually notable. Just zis Guy you know? 22:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Covered in the Jewish press. --JJay 22:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Link? --Rory096 07:58, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
    • • Please try to follow the discussion before commenting. See link at top of page. --JJay 00:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable enough for the Bank of Montreal to be supporting it[1] (and its CEO being one of the co-founders). Agent 86 23:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The Bank of Montreal is probably supporting it because its CEO is one of the co-founders, but its founder doesn't make it notable (do we even have an article on the CEO of the Bank of Montreal?) --Rory096 07:57, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment That may very well be true, but the fact remains that a CEO answers to a board of directors and the bank approved support for the programme. As for an article for the CEO, if you'll see the FAST article mentions him and links to the article on him. Agent 86 18:07, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
      • OK, so any organization made by a substub is notable? Doubtful. What does "supporting" it mean? They issued a statement in support? Why would they turn that down if the CEO asked for it? --Rory096 19:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
        • The BMO is not some mom-and-pop organization. They do not allow their goodwill, name, and trademarks to be taken lightly. In fact, I see that the BMO is not the only significant organization lending their support. If this organization was not notable, you wouldn't see all these people and organizations[2] giving their support. Agent 86 00:44, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I think that while it is a rather cursory stub at the moment, time will make it a decent article. Falcon 23:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete. I can't see that it's gotten a lot of media attention. this page is supposedly reprinted from the Toronto Star, but I can't find anything on the Toronto Star's own website, and they're usually good about archiving everything there. That article says "The two recently made headlines by founding a group called Fighting AntiSemitism Together," but where are all these "headlines"?... If someone can show me some then I'll change my vote. ENpeeOHvee 05:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The National Post ran an op-ed piece by Mr. Comper on the topic, and the Winnipeg Free Press ran an article May 12, 2006 (their on-line copyof the story requires registration). Agent 86 03:38, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non notable organization. Borderline {{db-club}}. --Rory096 07:57, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable. and per Rory096 it's borderline db-club. - Motor (talk) 16:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, I don't see where/how notability was asserted. Equendil Talk 18:55, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Week keep in light of other comments. Articles needs sources though. Equendil Talk 20:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per others -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 23:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Rory096. SushiGeek 16:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable "blue ribbon" group made up of leading business figures in Canada such as Tony Comper, President and CEO of BMO Financial Group; Dan Fortin, President of IBM Canada; Charles Baillie, Retired Chairman and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group and Chancellor of Queen’s University; John M. Cassaday, President and CEO, Corus Entertainment Inc., Ed Clark, President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group; Richard J. Currie, Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick, Michael Sabia, President and CEO of Bell Canada Enterprises, David A. Galloway, Chairman of BMO Financial;Galen Weston; Senator Michael Meighen; Gordon Nixon, CEO of RBC Financial; to name a few[3]. They received notable media attention when they were launched (not just the Jewish press, I recall reading about them in the Star and the Globe and Mail). They're also interesting as they are a group fighting anti-Semitism made up entirely of notable non-Jews. Homey 19:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Here's a link to a Toronto Star article[4].Homey 19:11, 13 June 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.