Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Google Cultural Institute Pakistan


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The result was delete. Jujutacular (talk) 04:16, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Google Cultural Institute Pakistan

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No useful, looks like advertising. We have Google Cultural Institute and I don't understand why we need this. Eugεn S¡m¡on  (14) ®  20:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Comment The first paragraph is a close paraphrasing of this page's first paragraph. Adam9007 (talk) 00:10, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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- that global page [] is so very basic without any details or focus on any of it's exhibits
 * Keep There are several reasons for keeping this page separate than the global Cultural Institute (CI) one:

- each geography is a different challenge and CI was executed in Pakistan (PK) very differently and that needs to be shared

- there are few very interesting project-related stories which will be added to this page as soon as CI is launched formally in PK

- considering Wikipedia as an online encyclopedia, this page can be a great source of very localized information about the project beyond what Google 'officially' would share

- general local users in PK don't get the background and context of what this project is and there's no other platform to explain that better

- existing content can certainly be improved so will work on that

- not being a very regular Wikipedia contributor, please guide if this is the right page to share feedback to counter deletion of proposed page: []

--Badar76 (talk) 10:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

- the global CI wiki page[] is not at all properly maintained on Wiki [ e.g. like Street View []
 * Addition to above Keep comments:

- there are several examples of region/product/event Google related pages e.g. Google China [], Book Search Settlement Agreement [], Coverage of SV [], Google Bus Protests [], Oracle vs. Google []

--Badar76 (talk) 19:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I'm not even sure if this institute exists. The Tribune article is about the signing of an MOU between Google and the Punjab government to allow Google 'access to heritage and cultural sites'. No mention of any institute nor any indication that it's a state-wide initiative. bizmanagement.pk seems to be a spam website and doesn't disclose any actual information on the institute. punjab.gov.pk is merely a local website for the Punjab government and in the article I was only able to find a single picture of a meeting between the managing director a Punjab organization and Nelson Matteos (maybe I missed something though). Two of the other references are blog posts (and even, they don't mention any 'Google Cultural Institute Pakistan'). After an examination of the sources and my own research, I am very skeptical of this institute's existence. Even if it does exist, then it is most likely is not notable enough and almost definitely is not a national initiative. Elspamo4 (talk) 19:10, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

- Google just launched Pakistan project online and I just added the link to the page -- please check and verify!
 * Keep: Please, no keep twice.. Regards— ☮  JAaron95  Talk  12:10, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

- Biz Management website, as the local executing partner, can't disclose any info until PR embargo is lifted (another 12 hours to go)

- In the Punjab Government newsletter PDF, scroll down to Page # 6 and look for "Posing for Explore Punjab" section -- you'll Nelson Mattos pic there

- The other two official Google blog posts never were about CI; if u read carefully, they are part of the project background/context and related to MapMaker and how it helped Pakistan

- Again, for the last point, the best evidence is Google's own launch -- just added the link to the main page -- kindly check

--Badar76 (talk) 21:09, 19 August 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  12:13, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  06:09, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the very first sentence is adspeak evidently copied from somewhere, and nobody has been interested enough to fix this, why are we even having this discussion? It is not evident form the article or the sparse sources what this "Institute" is even supposed to be; the sources describe some sort of cultural collaboration between Google and Pakistan but do not seem to describe an "Institute". Fails WP:V, borderline G11 speedy deletion case.  Sandstein   08:04, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Searches returned nothing to indicate that this organization meets the notability criteria.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)


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