Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DENIP


 * 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 keep.  The Nordic Goddess Kristen  Worship her 00:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

DENIP

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This article was previously WP:PRODded, and I was considering a speedy A7 at first, but this article doesn't clearly fall into any of the categories and even if it clearly did, I probably would not have due to the iws. However, upon closer inspection, I can't find reliable sources that would make this holiday notable, and the iws seem to be direct translations, all made by one user. I suggest this article, which lacks reliable sources, be deleted as not notable.  Maxim (talk)  16:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I've linked to this at WikiProject Spain to see if any Wikipedians in Spain can offer info on whether or not the holiday is notable over there. Politizer talk / contribs 17:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I was leaning toward deleting it but these two links led me to support keeping it. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  17:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree, pending more input. In any case, it should probably be moved to School Day of Non-violence and Peace if kept. Politizer talk / contribs 17:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I support the move. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  18:31, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. And endorse Politizer move suggestion. THF (talk) 17:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Aside: if this does survive AfD and someone with access to appropriate sources can write a paltry 1500 characters within about a week, it would make for a good January 30 DYK. Politizer talk / contribs 19:54, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep--Notable event covered by the Spanish media, 1. I will try to add sources to the article, but my English is not that good for a DYK. --J.Mundo (talk) 20:21, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Gracias J.Mundo. No worries, others can deal with that. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  20:29, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Question. J.Mundo, not questioning your judgement, but why can't I find it in El País, what I consider the gold standard? "Día Escolar de la No Violencia y la Paz" in http://www.elpais.com/archivo/buscando.html, search 1976-2009, todo el artículo, qualquier formato etc. Your news hits would otherwise seem to be spread over the entire Spanish peninsula: Galicia, Toledo, Mediteráneo, and not just Catalan-Valencian. The ref by Collect  below says that the City Hall of Madrid is involved, then why not in El País. Power.corrupts (talk) 22:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep since J.Mundo says it's notable in Spain. I've moved the article as I suggested above. Politizer talk / contribs 21:43, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but only if someone can do good translations of the slew of cites available including . Collect (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


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 * School Day of Non-violence and Peace (DENIP)

By Harold J. Greenberg (Majorca Daily Bulletin, Palma de Mallorca, January, 18, 1990)

The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" is held on January 30 every year, on the anniversary of the martyrdom in 1948 of Mahatma Gandhi, the great apostle of non-violence.

It will be celebrated, as always, in Majorca. The intiative for this "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" originated in Spain.

In Majorca, it was Llorenç Vidal in 1964 who founded the School Day. He now lives in Cádiz. He was influenced by Lanza del Vasto, a direct disciple of Gandhi. Del Vasto visited Majorca about 15 years ago, and his book "Le Retour aux Origines" ("Return to the Sources"), had an inmediate influence.

The basic message of the "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" states: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism. Non-violence is better than violence. Peace is better than war". Non-violence is the attitude of renouncing killing and inflicting pain on all breings in thought, word and action.

The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" is a non-governmental, international and pioneering initiative of Pacificatory Education in which educational centres of all standards and of all the countries are invited to participate.

It is a practical activity which has neither official programming nor structural lines of action, because the message is one which maintains a permanent nucleus of basic aspects, and permits the free application of each educational centre according to its particular manner.

Professor Eulogio Díaz del Corral has written: "The 'School Day of Non-violence and Peace' was founded in Spain in 1964, when neither in Spain nor abroad did a similar initiative exist. It was maintained through hell and high water in very difficult circumstances, and it is considered the most important pioneering experience of Pacificatory Education of our time, as well as a dynamic nocleus of its promotion at a national and international level".

The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" is a seed which is planted and cultivated in the hearts of the students. It is a bright, new and positive way of looking at the word and preparing for the future.

Harold J. Greenberg (Majorca Daily Bulletin, Palma de Mallorca, January, 18, 1990)

--Ayounali (talk) 21:50, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

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See too *[http://denip.webcindario.com/fundamentosdenip.html Llorenç Vidal: Fundamentos teóricos del "Día Escolar de la No-violencia y la Paz" (DENIP), Educación XXI, revista de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, núm. 6] En espagnol

--Ayounali (talk) 16:58, 11 October 2009 (UTC)