Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists


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The result was delete. Courcelles (talk) 21:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists

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Localized organization and, although I found a source saying it's the only group that "is the only veterinary association with a major interest in acupuncture", my searches found nothing good here (Books), here and here (republished PR in Coventry Evening Telegraph) and here (Scholar). Some of the Books sources say they have several affiliates but I'm not seeing a good move target for this orphaned article. SwisterTwister  talk  18:48, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Some reasonable coverage in books and also some basic news coverage. AusLondonder (talk) 03:36, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete just another professional association, only source is their own website, no coverage, fails WP:ORGDEPTH Kraxler (talk) 00:42, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:50, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete The only scientific literature mentioning Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists is this paper published by the Journal of the British Veterinary Association (formerly a British Medical Journal publication) — Journal of BVA is a low-impact factor (see here) peer-reviewed magazine. The linked paper mentioning ABVA is authored by ABVA itself, so it's a self-promotional publication. The entire topic of veterinary acupuncture is a mixture of alternative medicine and fringe quackery. Toffanin (talk) 10:58, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:ORGDEPTH and WP:SOAP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trhermes (talk • contribs) 23:32, 31 August 2015 (UTC)


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