Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medknow Publications


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The result was keep. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:25, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Medknow Publications

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Fails WP:NCORP. &#x222F; WBG converse 14:08, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  Ruyaba   (talk)  14:12, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  Ruyaba   (talk)  14:19, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep I'd consider Medknow to be a notable (if not very good) subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, which publishes several notable journals (see Category:Medknow Publications academic journals). Not sure deletion is the best outcome, but redirecting would be better than deletion if it comes to that. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:56, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note, it was briefly on Beall's list for having an 'vague/unproven business model', but it was taken down because 'It is the publisher for many well-respected Indian professional societies and is disseminating abundant, high-quality research.'. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:31, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Gave the article a polish and a spitshine. Trimned a lot of WP:WEASEL/WP:PROMO stuff. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:20, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * , which part of WP:NCORP is non-comprehensible? &#x222F; WBG converse 07:10, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Which part of 'meets WP:GNG' is not? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 07:12, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * , WP:NCORP is the only guideline that effectively supercedes GNG per WP:ORGCRIT. I can go into a detailed analysis of sources (esp. intellectual independency); shall you wish so. &#x222F; WBG converse 07:16, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Feel free to intellectualize the sources, but WP:ORGCRIT does not supercede WP:GNG. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 07:18, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academic journals-related deletion discussions. North America1000 06:26, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * How does it fail WP:NCORP, anyway? The "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?" Science article, obviously very critical, gives it not just as an example but as "one of the largest open-access publishers". The "India's Efforts in Open Access Publishing " article names Medknow the first "among leading [Open Access, Indian] publishers", for example. So Medknow has 1. significant coverage in 2. multiple 3. independent, 4. reliable 5. secondary sources – which of these is not true? Tokenzero (talk) 15:04, 3 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Don't forget Beall either. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:11, 3 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep Passes the GNG, and as best I can tell, WP:NCORP too. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 17:39, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * A reasonable number of independent sources. Rathfelder (talk) 17:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)


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