Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Relations Institute of Cameroon

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The result of the debate was Speedy keep, nomination withdrawn with no other delete votes. Stifle (talk) 13:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] International Relations Institute of Cameroon

DELETE/VERIFY: It looks like a hoax, contains unserious formulation. Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 14:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

withdrawn: because of the reply (see below), it looks the IRIC does exist.
The phone number was removed, and thus it does not look like a commercial advert anymore.
I am sorry for the effort it may have caused. Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 08:28, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Just because someone may be unaware of its existence doesn't make it a scam. The internet is free, and can be used to verfify all informations. The author has produced and article based on public information. There is no statement of opionion in this piece of writing. Instead of pointing out what should be cleaned out, you simple mark it for deletion. Below are few links talking about the institution. the International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC)exists.

http://hei.unige.ch/ped/EN/cooperation.htm

http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/april_6_2005.html

http://www.minesup.gov.cm/ang/Communiques/Concours/IRIC_2002.htm

http://www.africanfront.com/intlaffairs1.php

This isn't a good way of encouraging people to volunteer their time...

Esso 18:38, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I wrote DELETE/VERIFY, not DELETE. It is not usual to include phone number. An institue should have a meaningful website. "They" wrote a lot of mail from nigeria including the word million. Western countries do not take this serious anymore. http://hei.unige.ch/ped/EN/cooperation.htm the phone number is listed there. "Other websites of interest" : It is called "External links", and only allowed for related websites (no advertising/web directory). 50 links=web directory... Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 10:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

You could have offered some help instead. What is wrong with the phone number being listed on a related website? Just because western institutions have websites don't make those that don't have one unserious. Besides, you might want to check and see what the HEI is. If the HEI website bothers you, if can be taken off the list. where have you seen 50 links?

G p 12:36, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

50 links: it is a joke (i do not assume 50 links are required). All i asked for was verification (because many, many people using wikipedia for commercial advertising). This is now listed in the deletion log. I believe this page does not need to get deleted. If i can help out, no problem. I just can not remove the hoax tag without discussion Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 12:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

You can strike out your nomination (by enclosing it between <s> and </s>) and add something like: "Nomination withdrawn. ~~~~". --Lambiam^Talk 23:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I have checked (visited) the HEI website some hours ago. The phone number is there. This site is allright. Usually, wikipedia entries do not contain phone number, email, and so on. Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 12:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: adding the phone number makes it look like advertisment. -- ReyBrujo 18:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

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