Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Borgen Project (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Borgen Project (2nd nomination)

 * And right after doing some minor cleanup on this page and adding a fair use directive, I'm nominating this for deletion, mainly on the basis of its last VfD, which resulted in a consensus of delete as a non-notable think tank. It's been a year, though. Has anything changed since then? theProject 16:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


 * It's not a think tank, but a global campaign to bring political attention to poverty. The organization gets meetings with all of the top congressional offices see here http://bproject.wordpress.com/. They're also aligned with the United Nations Volunteer Program http://onlinevolunteering.org/groups/group_home.php?source=self&gp_id=7593.


 * To address the concern of theProject, quite a bit has changed with the Borgen Project since last year. They've launched a massive public awareness campaign by distributing their PSA across the nation (currently 25 whole states). As the previous user noted, they also got meetings with over 40 key congressional offices in July of 2006. Again, it's not a think tank but a player in the process of increasing political attention on international poverty. Please also notice that Clint Borgen (President) is mentioned on the United Nations page and the Borgen Project is cited on the Millennium Goals page. Wikiusa 19:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 *  AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Baseball,Baby!   balls  •  strikes  01:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete, article as it stands is entirely self-promotion. Gazpacho 06:02, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete if no references from outside media can be found: We don't allow promotion/advertising even of worthy and non-partisan organizations unless there is some outside reference to the group's significance/effectiveness.  If you ask not "how can I tell people about this organization" and ask, instead, "Who will want to know what this organization is because of curiosity," you get nearer to an article standard.  Geogre 13:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Until multiple independent publications feel it worthy to write about it, it fails WP:CORP. -- MyWikiBiz 14:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per above. will381796 21:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Gazpacho, Geogre, MyWikiBiz. GBYork 12:38, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I think it's a very noteable organisation, even if no-one else seems to. - Blood red sandman 13:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.