Talk:Institute of Welsh Affairs

Previously deletion and draftspacing
The article was previously deleted in 2017, nominated by User:Uncle Milty. I recognise the early version of the page was poor and read as thoroughly promotional.

There is quite widespread coverage of the reports and studies of the IWA in a range of reputable, independent sources. I've added citations to Hansard (House of Commons), the HoC Library studies, BBC News, WalesOnline/Western Mail, and The Independent. Quite a lot of their work is given prominence by UK Government, Welsh Government, and they are probably the largest think tank in Wales. For that reason I think it's worth a rewrite. Any contributions from editors who can reduce promotional language would be welcomed. I'll be regularly adding information too. Thanks. Llemiles (talk) 23:27, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Draftspacing
I was slightly surprised by your decision to unilaterally move this article from mainspace, and would appreciate your response to the below.

I am sure you know it well, but to break down how I interpreted WP:DRAFTIFY policy, the draftify needs to have:

I am minded to move the article back into mainspace, and would appreciate it if you would establish specific areas of the article you feel are promotional, as I am more than happy to work on the article further. As a result I do feel that draftifying was unnecessary, and based on what I see under WP:DRAFTIFY the above the article is best improved in mainspace, given its extensive citations and substantiveness of the article

Llemiles (talk) 09:28, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Reintroduction into main space
I contacted the above user for clarification for the reasons for draftifying the article but received no response.

As there have been no other interventions by editors, I have moved the article back into mainspace, on the basis that there is a silent consensus for the article existing in mainspace. No other users voiced the view that this was a stub article, nor indicated it qualified for WP:Draftify.

The article is substantive, lengthy, widely referenced, and independently sourced. If any edits are required, such as to resolve Cleanup-PR, mainspace is the appropriate place for these. Llemiles (talk) 18:41, 12 September 2019 (UTC)