Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Economic Freedom of the World


 * 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. This has been relisted thrice and I still don't see a clear consensus for either keep or redirect/selective merge. A renomination after some time is recommended. (non-admin closure) — Yashtalk stalk 09:54, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Economic Freedom of the World

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The superficial referenciness of this article obscures the fact that there are no cited sources independent of the publishers which establish its significance. Guy (Help!) 14:54, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Selective merge/redirect to Fraser Institute. Neutralitytalk 14:55, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Selective merge/redirect to Fraser Institute. I agree with Neutrality. The article is not notable on its own, but some of the content in it should be on Fraser Institute article. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:58, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 *  Ditto . Actually, Keep – Article has several independent sources. (I'll work to provide more.) – S. Rich (talk) 02:18, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:19, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - Index is widely referenced. I see no advantage in merging as article is quite long.Jonpatterns (talk) 13:31, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Conservatism-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 00:47, 10 April 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:30, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Coming off of a Wikibreak, I did a little research. Seems the Fraser Institute is very highly ranked (2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report) as a think tank. In my Google Scholar search for "fraser institute freedom index" I got 78,500 hits. E.g., lots of authors are looking at the Freedom of the World index as a source. Reason enough for a clear Keep (IMO) because the listing itself is notable. – S. Rich (talk) 01:46, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Subject is indepedntly notable, and doesn't need to be redirected or merged. L3X1 (distant write)  21:01, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Fraser Institute; a lot of promtionalism and lack of independent notability. I was not able to find sufficient sources that discuss the subject directly and in detail. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:36, 20 April 2017 (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.