Talk:Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted because... --Gofigure41 (talk) I have added further additional information about the valuable conference held each year by ADAO. Also, I'll be adding more information and internal wiki links later today and this weekend.

This page should not be speedy deleted because... --Gofigure41 (talk) 17:50, 10 June 2011 (UTC) This is a valid non profit organization which exists solely to assist victims of asbestos disease through the hosting of an annual international conference that brings together international medical specialists. The members of the group, including founder Linda Reinstein whose husband died of mesothelioma, act as advocates for asbestos victims worldwide.

There is no other group for asbestos victims in the United States.

This group does not refer its members to attorneys for representation and is 100% operated by victims, not attorneys.
 * Wikipedia has a core policy that all subjects of articles must be notable. I.e. there must be a sufficient amount of reliable third-party coverage like non-local news, magazine articles, etc. about ADAO to include it to Wikipedia. Without any third-party sources proving the notability of this organisation I'm afraid we can't have an article. Just because something exists it doesn't get a Wikipedia entry, even if it is a noble cause. De728631 (talk) 18:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid the new sources are still not sufficient because they are either unreliable (blogspot) or not independent of the subject (press releases by ADAO on reuters and insurancenewsnet). And the Billy Cyrus article is a single event that doesn't make ADAO notable either per WP:ONEEVENT. What we need is in-depth coverage like feature articles in magazines. De728631 (talk) 17:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * DE728631 I see your new comments on above. I also read the "association" speedy delete criteria. Your comments suggest a much higher qualitative level of substantive -- so a Wikipedia article about a non-profit organization has to be reference by a news article?  Where is that level or list of criteria posted?  Aren't you being much too stringent for "speedy deletion"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gofigure41 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * DE728631 Okay, I have added three external links from independent entities, including the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat from Great Britain, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (which has its own wikipedia page) and the U.S. Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works hearings on June 12, 2007. I could keep going and I will, but it sure would feel great if this means I've met the minimum criteria in your view.  Gofigure41 (talk) 19:28, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism on 8/27/2016
This page was vandalized to less than a stub. I have restored the content that was on the page for over a year with no major complaints. I will be monitoring the page for the next few days very closely. Saltwolf (talk) 23:39, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

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