Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spondylitis Association of America


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The result was redirect to Ankylosing spondylitis. Any content worth merging is still available in he article history. Randykitty (talk) 10:46, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Spondylitis Association of America

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Although this may not actually be as blatantly promtional as others, I'm concerned about the almost virtually non-existent good solid coverage. I added a sentence about Rico Brogna being a spokesman but that's the best I could add to my best abilities. My searches were here, here, here, here, here and here. This is an interesting subject and I hope someone familiar with this can improve and move this past its current state. Unfortunately, if a move elsewhere is better, there's no target as this is an orphan unless it's mentioned at the AS article. SwisterTwister  talk  05:48, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as proba bly the result of undeclared paid editing. What's diagnostic is the statement of origin & motivation: " Her goal was to get word out about ankylosing spondylitis and help support others with this disease". This is a particularly meaningless example, and nobody would use it who wasn't trying to write according to a bad pattern.  DGG ( talk ) 23:07, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Disagree about paid editing. I can't imagine anyone paying this editor Special:Contributions/Sackofrice, who seems to be the major contributor. I think this is just some well meaning soul trying to improve an article, but based solely on the SAA website. --Derek Andrews (talk) 15:15, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:50, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor Talk! 12:13, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree that good references are hard to find, but judging by the number of times their publications are referenced, they are obviously a respected organization. I think a better way forward would be to tag the article for improvement of content and sources. Sadly, I think that references from mainstream media will only be common for organizations that are mired in controversy or some other big story.--Derek Andrews (talk) 15:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note I have since made some improvements regarding the tone of the article and added a few more independent references. I will keep plugging away at it. Derek Andrews (talk) 20:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge in limited form into a section in Ankylosing spondylitis, or delete. Not convinced by the coverage.  Sandstein   17:58, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - The organization is somewhat notable, but I don't think that they have received (or are likely to receive) the kind of reliable source coverage that we really need here. I feel inclined to just delete this. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 08:29, 11 September 2015 (UTC)


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