Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Moldova


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 19:03, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Moldova

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First, what exactly is this Chamber? It's one of around 80 chapters of the Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad. The Union doesn't have an article on en.wiki, but probably should. However, I think it's a bit of a stretch to have articles for its individual chapters, since we don't usually do that for NGOs. (Even for Amnesty International, which is about 100 times bigger (3 million versus 30,000), we only have articles on five national chapters.) We're not told how big the Moldova chapter is, but really, how many French businesses can there be in the poorest country in Europe, with a GDP of $7 billion, that does 2% of its trade with France? Five? Ten?

Second, about the sourcing, let's start by keeping in mind that anything foreign, especially from the developed world, that touches on Moldova, gets an inordinate amount of attention within Moldova. I'm not saying that something notable in Moldova isn't notable for Wikipedia (Călin Vieru or Bravicea are notable only within Moldova, but clearly also notable by our standards), just that we should compensate accordingly. So what do we have in terms of sources? Well, mainly passing mentions in interviews, news briefs, press releases, puff pieces, that sort of thing. Not much in the way of in-depth coverage.

Finally, we cannot fail to mention that the article's author is Raphaelpouget. His is, of course, a single-purpose account. Interestingly, there is someone named Raphael Pouget who just happens to be... "Intern: Club France - CCI France Moldavie". The same guy? You decide. Anyway, if he is their intern, he's a diligent one, having already created similar pages on fr.wiki and ro.wiki, and apparently intending to do the same for ru.wiki.

Oh, and one more thing. On the talk page, M. Pouget asks, in essence, "what about Moldovan–American Chamber of Commerce"? WP:WAX aside, I think that's a valid question. That is an equally non-notable institution, and its article ought to be deleted forthwith, as should the cloyingly promotional biography of its founder, Mark A. Meyer. - Biruitorul Talk 16:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Moldova-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:33, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:33, 26 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Theopolisme ( talk )  01:46, 2 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:ORG. coverage is mostly primary. LibStar (talk) 02:41, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
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