Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Politeja


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The result was delete. Does not appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:NJOURNALS. RL0919 (talk) 04:34, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Politeja

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Academic journal that fails WP:GNG. I used WP:JOURNALCRIT for specific notability guidelines and Politeja fails the three criteria. The page states that it is indexed by Social Sciences Citation Index and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, which would help it satisfy c1 and c2, but I did not find evidence of that. I also checked the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences and the journal is not indexed there. The article creator stated that they created the page to distinguish it from a different journal with a similar name, which is helpful in spirit but not grounds for having an article on Wikipedia. Citrivescence (talk) 00:33, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academic journals-related deletion discussions. Citrivescence (talk) 00:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Poland-related deletion discussions. Citrivescence (talk) 00:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. I checked the Journal Citation Reports, because those will often still display journals that were included but discontinued, but found nothing. Same for the Clarivate Master list, so apparently the article is incorrect in claiming inclusion in the SSCI. None of the other listed databases are very selective, so even if the journal was included in them, this would not meet NJournals. Likewise, MIAR does not include this journal, but lists 3 non-selective databases. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG, perhaps a case of WP:TOOSOON. --Randykitty (talk) 11:22, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Retain. If research on this were thorough enough, it would show the publication is not defunct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Po Mieczu (talk • contribs)


 * Comment I also noted that the journal is not defunct. However, that is immaterial. It's not enough for a journal just to exist in order to meet our inclusion criteria. And reversely, if a journal is notable, it remains notable even if it stops being published, as notability is not temporary. --Randykitty (talk) 12:49, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment That was a typo on my part. The other journal that the creator wanted to distinguish it from, Politeia (journal), is defunct and I confused the two. Citrivescence (talk) 00:21, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Like most non-English journals, it is an obscure title with little impact. It seems listed on the Polish government list of journals (pl:Wykaz czasopism punktowanych przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego) in the 'worse' (B) category . The B category should not be seen as sufficient for notability as per the pl wiki article cited, it has been known to list predatory journals. I have to conclude that the journal does fail Notability (academic journals) - it is not influential, widely cited nor of historic significance. PS. The article also claims that 'Politeja is abstracted and indexed in: Social Sciences Citation Index'. If this was true, it wouldn't be on the B list, and it would probably be notable - but this claim needs cite and verification. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  22:02, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The claim is false. I checked (see my !vote above) and Politeja is not indexed by Clarivate Analytics (the successor of ISI and Thomson Reuters). --Randykitty (talk) 12:58, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


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