Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sparks (charity)


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The result was   keep. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 12:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Sparks (charity)
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fails WP:N and cites only primary references. There may also be WP:COPYVIO issues. Article seemingly created by someone connected with the charity, so is probably also WP:COI. Has been nominated for speedy a couple of times, but user always reverts nomination. TheRetroGuy (talk) 14:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as copyvio pablo hablo. 15:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but rewrite - There's a few sources online of varying merit, , , , but this version is a copyvio and needs a rewrite. If the end decision here is keep, I volunteer for the job.  Also a point of clarification - this is not The Spark Center, formerly the Children's AIDS Program.   Flying  Toaster  15:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but write, this is one of the biggest charities in the UK. - fchd (talk) 18:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but rewrite - charity is well known and very notable. Readro (talk) 14:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Must confess I hadn't heard of this charity until I saw the article. Taking a closer look at the subject, however, I see that it does enjoy the support of some fairly high profile people, and I'm informed that it is, indeed, well known, so WP:N is probably not appropriate here. I really nominated it because it had been speedied a few times with the creator removing the tag, and I thought we needed a wider consensus on the matter. It needs some serious work doing to it as there are copyvio issues, but I'm sure it can be sorted out. TheRetroGuy (talk) 19:44, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


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