Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connections (journal)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. A merge proposal can be made on the talk page. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 03:54, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Connections (journal)

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Article PRODded with reason "Non-notable journal. Not indexed in any selective databases, no independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG." Article dePRODded by SPA editor without reason provided. SPA editor added a section entitled "Landmark papers" (removed minutes after this AfD was opened), claiming that articles from the journal have had an enormous impact. In fact, what is listed are just some ordinary citations, puffed up in a very promotional way (not to mention OR and SYNTH). Therefore PROD reason still stands. Hence: delete. Randykitty (talk) 13:27, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academic journals-related deletion discussions.  GameInfirmary   Talk  13:38, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  GameInfirmary   Talk  13:38, 17 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Myeh. According to its history, you've been occasionally editing this article for five and a half years. Now, perhaps in a fit of pique after dealing with the alleged SPA, you quickly prod and then five days later upgrade the prod to afd. Yes, the journal is likely obscure, as the overwhelming majority tend to be because their publishers have no interest in gaming Wikipedia "notability" system with the unscrupulous sophistication of, say, the, but then that's the norm with academic material. If the real problem here is with edit-warring SPAs, there are different administrative channels for that. --2601:444:300:3F7F:E5D9:8132:2134:BEB8 (talk) 20:34, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You know, I can do without your insinuations about my possible motives. Comment on the issues, not the editor. Come up with a reason why this would meet GNG or NJournals (as literally thousands of academic journals do) and I'll withdraw my nom. Or not, and then we'll see this AfD through to the end. --Randykitty (talk) 21:54, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There are 3,480 Google Books search-returns for the exact phrase "Connections: The Quarterly Journal", suggesting that its articles are widely cited and that the journal is considered a reliable source. --2601:444:300:3F7F:E5D9:8132:2134:BEB8 (talk) 06:13, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There's something strange with that search, once you start digging deeper. When I browse through the results, nothing comes up after the fifth page (I have my preferences set to 100 results per page), so that's 500 hits max. I picked one result at random and searched within that book for"Connections: The Quarterly Journal", which came up empty. Taking the very first hit on the first page (actually the second one, because the first one is the journal itself) renders an in-passing mention and two citations to articles published in the journal. A GScholar search for "Connections: The Quarterly Journal" renders several very highly-cited articles, but all in different journals. Nothing of significance for this journal pops up. So, no, this does not seem to be a widely cited journal (and whether it's a reliable source or not has no bearing on notability). --Randykitty (talk) 07:34, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 22:51, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Merge at Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes. Fails WP:NJOURNALS, but the content is salvageable. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:08, 1 September 2018 (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.