Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Consulate General of the United States in Kolkata


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The result was   Keep.  Syn  ergy 11:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Consulate General of the United States in Kolkata

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Delete non-notable building, no multiple independent reliable sources of information found per WP:Notability_(Buildings,_structures,_and_landmarks) Aaronw (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Again, this article covers a diplomatic mission, of which many sources exist. riffic (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Ok, a counteroffer. Is this article supposed to be about the actual *structure* that the consulate general is in/has been in, or is it about the US interactions with Calcutta as carried out by the Consulate there?  I can *sort* of understand a useful article about the interactions by the US through that Consulate, but that would be part of Indo-American_relations, maybe as a section 'American presence in Calcutta'.  I also looked through 15 of those  books and could not find a single useful thing.  Most of them are of the form of 'this table provided by the Consulate in Calcutta and all the other ones I could are just signature lines. Aaronw (talk) 23:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - The primary American diplomatic mission in one of the world's most populous and currently economically important cities, not to mention the historic target of animosity towards the US in that part of the world. According to the New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner John F. Burns, it's "one of the most beleaguered American diplomatic posts anywhere."    --Oakshade (talk) 02:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Thanks for finding this reference. I was unable to find it with my searching.  However, the only reference in that entire article to the Consulate itself is the first two paragraphs, and they seem to be more of a 'situation' setting device than any subject matter relevant to the consulate itself.  In fact, it appears to be more reforms of Calcutta than anything else.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronw (talk • contribs) 16:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - historically and at present important consulate of USA. The article is more about the consulate than the structure/building (which is probably not notable). So, the article should be kept. Indeed, the information provided by Oakshade should be included in the article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 03:17, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Major consular posts--and all diplomatic posts--are notable. Anyway, this one has sufficient references in any event to demonstrate it. as supplied above, and that should settle the question. DGG (talk) 03:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have expanded the content and added another reference. Axl (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


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