Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baku International Humanitarian Forum


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 20:48, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Baku International Humanitarian Forum

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I'm not seeing much in the way of independent coverage in reliable sources. Stuff from their own website, conference invitee lists and videos, presidential photo ops, press releases: just nothing independent of the subject.

And by the way, things of this ilk that come out of Azerbaijan should be treated with an extra dose of scepticism, because, along with places like Equatorial Guinea, Qatar and especially Kazakhstan, it's one of "those" countries with enough oil and gas money sloshing around to mount large PR campaigns trying to convince the West, "hey, we actually are a democracy! Look how modern we are! Look how many important people pay attention to us [because we pay them to]!" (Lest I be accused of pro-Armenianism, since any statement perceived as anti-Azerbaijan is bound to draw such allegations: Armenia does the same thing, but not with oil money, which it doesn't have; rather, through a vocal diaspora.) Unsurprisingly, the author of this article is essentially a single-purpose account.

Finally, I must say this drew a chuckle: "Assembly of the representatives of all spheres of human activity leads to the optimal solution of vital problems, which disturb all humanity." If they ever make a Borat sequel, that's got to go in there. - Biruitorul Talk 18:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Theo polisme  22:27, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete few secondary sources and appears to be a PR piece for the dictator of Azerbaijan. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 01:20, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I didn't see substantial coverage from independent reliable sources. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 18:58, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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