Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching


 * 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   delete.  MBisanz  talk 00:39, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching
KEEP: But change the name as "OFSET". Steven.Shiau (talk) 08:47, 11 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.110.59.180 (talk)

KEEP: I suppose that changing the name of the page would help a lot: most of the people interacting with this organization name it "OFSET", and if referred in this way, it passes all the tests for non-deletion. Georges.khaznadar (talk) 08:27, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

KEEP: I fail to understand why this article is being deleted? Does wikipedia lack space? This is a community based organisation, not interested in self promotion, with loosely affiliated chapters around the world. I will try to find supporting evidence over the next few days, and alert the broader OFSET community to improve the article. --Kattekrab (talk) 00:59, 11 December 2008 (UTC)


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I can't find any reliable sources that show notability. Schuy m 1 ( talk ) 03:09, 24 November 2008 (UTC) 
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 * Delete. While it does list some activities on its web site, this organization doesn't appear to have generated any independent coverage; the are some mentions of it on FSF's site, with which it is affiliated, but that's practically it. The fr wiki article is equally devoid of content. Pcap ping  08:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:23, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


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 * Keep. 14 hits in Google Scholar. It is a French org so there may be other references in French. McWomble (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  02:25, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment. The Google Scholar hits are catalog-type mentions, and most aren't in English, so we need some specifics as to what qualifies it for WP:CORP. Pcap ping  01:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - a non-trivial mention counts; a catalogue entry doesn't. Any language does as well as English. TerriersFan (talk) 05:11, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete where's the third party coverage? Google news search shows nothing. Michellecrisp (talk) 03:02, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. None of the Google Scholar hits mentioned above are anything like third-party publications that establish notability. There's a report or two, there's a French document generated by the organization itself--in other words, nothing. Drmies (talk) 03:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't seem ready for an article yet. Maybe after it earns more mentions. Ancemy (talk) 22:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Hi We are co-organizers of the RMLL http://rmll.info + one of our projects earned a Trophee du Libre in 2008 http://tropheesdulibre.com/DRBL.html + we do have members from many countries + we are one of the oldest organization in free software for education advocating + our projects do release regularly + you have to look for "OFSET", not the full name, as an example see this reference (there are more of course) http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20031006/indiacomputes02.shtml also http://diariored.com/blog/ana/archivo/pda-152.html and there are more on Google News - Maybe the page should be renamed to OFSET ?.. About the fame inside France : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recherche?search=OFSET&fulltext=Rechercher —Preceding unsigned comment added by OdileB  07:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:N, WP:RS and WP:ORG.  Vegaswikian (talk) 07:34, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


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