Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Academic Friends of Israel


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The result was keep.  The Nordic Goddess Kristen  Worship her 02:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

International Academic Friends of Israel

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Limited to zero notability, few secondary sources. Lots of charities exist. Why is this one special? Aurush kazeminitalk 23:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  00:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. "Special" isn't required (though this organization's fighting against academic bigotry is arguably special); the standard is notability, and this clearly surpasses it. Lots of coverage in international press. See Guardian, and several Jerusalem Post articles behind subscription wall. Article has some WP:SYN problems, but that's a reason for repair, rather than deletion. THF (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * you can't just assume there's actual bigotry; that's in dispute and is NPOV, it would be better to integrate the relevant parts of this article into Academic boycotts of Israel (which imo isn't balanced as is, and could use some of this information), but most of it can be deleted Aurush kazeminitalk 03:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * A merger would be inappropriate, because the organization has broader purposes than the academic boycotts issue (for example, it organizes scientific conferences and provides support for Israeli academics), but in any event you didn't put a mergeto tag or otherwise propose a merge, you opened an AFD. THF (talk) 04:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * i'm sure a lot of organizations do that; i don't see how that by itself confers notability --- the only potential notability they seem to have is in this anti-Israeli boycott issue. i didn't propose a merge because i don't see it as necessary to forward International Academic Friends of Israel to Academic boycotts of Israel; i don't really have an objection to that, but moving the little bit of useful information in International Academic Friends of Israel and pasting it in Academic boycotts of Israel seems suitable and isn't something i'd strictly consider a merger. the alternative you're proposing is a setup like "click here to see an alternative viewpoint" on Academic boycotts of Israel (International Academic Friends of Israel is barely mentioned in the one place it might be relevant, Academic boycotts of Israel, leading me to question its notability even more) Aurush kazeminitalk 05:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Sponsoring major academic meetings is notable; yes, "a lot of organizations do that", and all of them is notable. This one is shown not to be of trivial importance through its founding by the editor of one of the very most important biomedical journals. though not free from political affiliation, [] is an acceptable source, along with the others.DGG (talk) 15:13, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The intro needs a rewrite, but the group is notable. CJCurrie (talk) 22:54, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  13:45, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


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