Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heroes of the Environment


 * 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. SoWhy 08:47, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Heroes of the Environment

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This award ran for just three years, 2007-2009, then disappeared without comment. The only significant independent coverage I can find is an article in The Guardian of 22 Oct 2017. Also Heroes of the Environment (2007), Heroes of the Environment (2008), and Heroes of the Environment (2009). Edwardx (talk) 13:02, 24 April 2018 (UTC) Edwardx (talk) 13:02, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 16:23, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 16:23, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep This short-lived award was notable at the time. Searches in gScholar on "Heroes of the Environment" + Time magazine (here:, show one INDEPTH article discussing this award, and many brief mentions of it in discussions of individuals to whom it has been given.  A proquest news archive search get so many hits along the lines of: Mike Pandey named Environment Hero by Time magazine, Hindustan Times; New Delhi [New Delhi]01 Oct 2009, ("Well-known wildlife conservationist Mike Pandey has been named an 'Environmental Hero' by Time magazine as part of its Heroes of the Environment 2009...",) that I suspect we could source every individual listed as a winner to an article generated by the awarding of the prize. Also note the large number of incoming links from other pages.  Frankly, I fail to see the point of deleting this.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:40, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability isn't inherited from the magazine, and even they dropped it. Szzuk (talk) 19:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ansh 666 21:25, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of independent notability, an attribute that one can never obtain from a will, in Wikipedia. -The Gnome (talk) 17:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete: No, this short-lived award was never notable. No SIGCOV about the award (as opposed to passing mentions), none now.  Nha Trang  Allons! 17:45, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - lacks notability. Septrillion (talk) 03:34, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Notable. Satisfies GNG. The Guardian article, for example, looks fine to me. Deletion would violate ATD, PRESERVE and R, this being a plausible redirect to Time magazine, with mergeable content. James500 (talk) 22:14, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, seems to satisfy GNG. I did a search and have provided a few more references, which either discuss the list as a whole, or focus on particular entries on the list. Oceanh (talk) 00:43, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:HEY, nice sourcing by User:Oceanh.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:11, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 14:48, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is not temporary, and notability established by sources now in article.  Sounds like it was developed during this AFD, i am not checking.  I doubt that the overall importance is lessening for awards programs and other programs related to the environment.  It will be good for Wikipedia to carry some memory of this particular program, to put others into perspective.  By the way, since the program terminated and the amount of content won't continue to grow, it may be possible to design a nice table with three columns that will combine the info about the three years, without it becoming unwieldy.  Editors interested in the topic could create such a table and merge the three separate year articles into the main article, so there's just one article, but that is for after the AFD. --Doncram (talk) 21:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)


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