Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Distributed Proofreaders Europe

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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 Merge to Distributed Proofreaders#DP Europe - Peripitus (Talk) 12:31, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Distributed Proofreaders Europe

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  • No assertion of notability made. Advertising. will381796 (talk) 05:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect into Distributed Proofreaders#DP Europe. --A. B. (talk) 13:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm a bit confused as to how this could be considered advertising. Everything stated in the (admittedly rather small) article was factual, and I made no attempt to encourage people to visit or join. Also, DP Europe is a separate entity from the original DP, both in its mission and in its legal status. Combining it with the main DP article implies that it is part of DP, when it is not. If the issue is that there is not enough information, then please mark it as a stub, but don't delete it. If it needs to be "notable" then please explain what needs to be added. Thank you. Dylan38 (talk) 13:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~~~~ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge & redirect as above. Separate articles for subsidiary entities are discouraged per WP:ORG. Dylan38: It's advertising if it is just here to give the organization a presence, without citing reliable and independent sources to demonstrate notability. --Dhartung | Talk 23:31, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. This is not a "subsidiary entity" as is explained in the article and by Dylan38, so merging is not appropriate. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Why merge into an article on a separate organisation? Distributed Proofreaders Europe is not part of Distributed Proofreaders, as is explained in the article and in this AfD. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Reply Well, Distributed Proofreaders Canada is a redirect to the main DP article, and in general, I just don't see how this European satellite organization is notable independantly of DP itself. Thus, it should be covered in the context of the main DP article. --NickPenguin(contribs) 22:10, 23 December 2007 (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.