Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Independent Research Consortium


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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 15:21, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

International Independent Research Consortium

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Utter lack of notability, borderline hoax. Supposedly founded in 2011 but seems to have accomplished nothing in four years. Searches for "International Independent Research Consortium" or "IIRC Bangalore" turn up absolutely no sources of interest; the few results you get are Wikipedia, the organization's own page, LinkedIn pages and the like. Zero hits on Scholar. Claims to be "reviewing and publishing research papers", but there is no evidence of this - in addition to the lack of any independent mention on the web and Scholar hits, the "Journal Overview" on their website is blank in every category. Kolbasz (talk) 13:59, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * IIRC is a non profit research organization. It has members across the globe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manchester001 (talk • contribs) 15:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * — Note to closing admin: Manchester001 (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this AfD. Kolbasz (talk) 15:08, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete -Lacking significant coverage in multiple secondary, independent and reliable sources, subject fails to meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for organizations and general notability guideline. // being a non-profit organization and having members world-wide -is not really a valid criteria of inclusion on Wikipedia. Please see WP:ORG and WP:GNG. Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  17:17, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - No notability. Kautilya3 (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete. No notability. Only coverage is its own web site. They apparently intend to produce pay-to-publish open-access online journals, but so do hundreds of other fly-by-night operators. -- 120.23.42.25 (talk) 00:09, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. I cannot find anything to suggest any notability under WP:ORG or WP:GNG. As noted above, there are various claims made on their website relating to being actively involved with publishing, but appears that there is no established history of them having published any significant volume of material. Drchriswilliams (talk) 00:42, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
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