Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nairobi and Bukavu documents

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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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 12:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nairobi and Bukavu documents

Nairobi and Bukavu documents (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

First Deletion Reason: Non-notable assertion by conspiracy theorist Wayne Madsen, supported solely by 1 citation which does not meet our standards for reliability under WP:RS. Morton DevonshireYo 17:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete as per nom ... and all that. Torturous Devastating Cudgel 18:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I'm not sure that there is a clear notability standard for news, but this seems fairly non-notable to me. On the other hand, this appears to have at least some basis in truth. Madsen's article claims that the Nairobi and Bukavu documents were leaked to Le Soir. From what I can tell, the cite for that article is probably: "Colette Braeckman, “Irak: Dans quel pays Bagdad a-t-il tenté de faire sonshopping?” Le Soir, September 30, 2002", but I can't find the article online. Unless someone is willing to put in the research to find some reliable sources on this issue, it probably should be deleted, or merged into a broader article on accusations that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo. TheronJ 19:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Apparently the material at his site hasn't been published, so it is not reliably sourced. I cannot support Morton's statement that it has even 1 citation. Conspiracruft. Delete without prejudice. Come back when this assertion has been published by at least a couple of reliable, verifiable and independent sources. Edison 00:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
  • delete (without prejudice) as article currently stands. Clearly, there was somethingor other newsworthy about Congo uranium intelligence going on at the time. But, the article as it stands doesn't say much of anything and has no working sources. It looks like the Butler report mentions the issue, so that article might be a suitably prominent place for it to be covered if more is found. Derex 03:09, 27 January 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.