Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 04:18, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

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No sources are provided, and searching for sources really only shows "x person from Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy says..." or a short, surface-level biography of the org--not anything to indicate noteworthiness. Relevant policy: WP:NORG. It's remained a stub from 2006 with little change. SWinxy (talk) 21:52, 7 June 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:05, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations and United Kingdom. SWinxy (talk) 21:52, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. This organization seems to have played a key role in the nuclear non-proliferation treaties of the 1990s. Its work is described in this book.  Also, on p. 77, it says "During the CTBT negotiations, the Acronym Institute came to be regarded by many delegations as the 'ngo negotiator' on the treaty." At worst, merge and redirect to Johnson's article. SpinningSpark 11:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Keep. Because...
 * Passing mentions in academic paper:
 * Researchers: Help free the world of nuclear weapons. (2020). Nature, 584(7819), 7. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02274-9
 * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/maggie-and-me-by-those-who-love-her-and-those-who-didn-t-1676343.html
 * Their executive director is often quoted in mainstream news:
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/international-campaign-to-abolish-nuclear-weapons-wins-nobel-peace-prize/2017/10/06/9c05dcb0-aa0b-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html
 * https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/15/uk-spent-1-3m-on-security-for-worlds-biggest-weapons-fair
 * They are a source that is used in scholarly journals:
 * Minor, E. (2015). Changing the discourse on nuclear weapons: The humanitarian initiative. International Review of the Red Cross, 97(899), 711-730. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S181638311600014X
 * Dee, M. (2012). EXPLAINING EUROPEAN UNION PERFORMANCE IN THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE: LIMITED AMBITIONS BUT PRAGMATIC POSITIONING1. UNISCI Discussion Papers, (30), 11-26. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/explaining-european-union-performance-nuclear-non/docview/1269113306/se-2
 * ...however, I must say weak, because I'm making an argument that appeals to WP:COMMONSENSE and is at odds with policy. Normally we'd need one in depth source to justify this. But this is an anti-nuclear organisation, decades of history, not for profit motivations, the sort of organisation that people might seek out on Wikipedia. I think keeping this adds encyclopaedic value, even if it doesn't have the normal sourcing, and I hope that others might let this pass on the basis of the cumulative of what I've written above. CT55555 (talk) 01:47, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


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