Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ecological Urbanism


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 17:03, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Ecological Urbanism

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Appears to be an article existing only to call attention to this new term. This is a "project" that was created in May 2010 at Harvard. Almost all the references are from Harvard, and while the article states the book has been reviewed, the references do not really prove this. (And a link to a blog does not suffice as a reliable source. Until there can be reliable neutral, third-party sources, I do not think this article deserves inclusion. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 19:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article is about two things, the book entitle Ecological Urbanism, and the subject - taught at multiple colleges. All of this is referenced. The book by itself has enough third party reviews to warrent inclusion. Add in the topic of it now being a college course, and I think there should be no question in the notability. Turlo Lomon (talk) 19:41, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The article is unclear as to what they're talking about: the book or the "project". This needs clarity. But are there other sources other than just Harvard? &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 19:42, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It is very clear in the article that "Ecological urbanism is a project started at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, including a book, conference and exhibition"--Cuttingedgethinking (talk) 20:07, 22 December 2010 (UTC) — Cuttingedgethinking (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep These references were made within the text. Expanding these references post-haste might be suggested as well as listing others:

"The phrase appeared in April 2003 at a conference at the University of Oregon,[1] and again in 2006 in a paper by Jeffrey Hou.[2] The phrase was used by Mohsen Mostafavi in 2007 in Intervention Architecture[3] and in a lecture at the Canadian Centre for Architecture,[4]" ....Good luck to you.--User:Warrior777 (talk) 16:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Google news search shows the term used elsewhere as well. Is the coverage for the book and the conference at Harvard notable?  Is it just local papers or do those elsewhere give it adequate coverage?  Can anyone who works at Harvard or go to school there publish a book and have a conference about it, getting mention for this in the school's paper as well as the local newspaper?  Has the book been reviewed in any reliable sources?  Metropolis Magazine is a free magazine and the other two places mentioned don't have Wikipedia articles about them, so I have no idea if they are reliable or not.  Getting printed in a free magazine which is mostly ads, doesn't really count towards your notability.   D r e a m Focus  04:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   00:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep The references seem adequate, especially the academic courses on it, to establish it as a significant approach or subject.    DGG ( talk ) 03:44, 14 January 2011 (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.