Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telenor Culture Award


 * 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 keep. Michig (talk) 07:25, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Telenor Culture Award

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Zero sources establishing notability. COI creation, deleted via prod, undelete requested by conflicted editor.No interest of independent interest. Guy (Help!) 01:44, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * For information (writing with a COI on this delete page), for those interested there are 15 independent media/sources listed at the talk page of the article. 13 of these are Norwegian, the others are from India and Pakistan (in English). Bjoertvedt (talk) 03:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep There is substantial coverage of the awards every time they are given out. Even if it weren't independently notable it would be a clear merge to the parent company Telenor. But I don't see why the nom thinks there isn't substantial coverage? Several sources were posted to the talk page when it was prodded (as per Wikipedia instructions) and a Google News search reveals plenty more. Candleabracadabra (talk) 04:01, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. This sham has gone on long enough. See Talk:Telenor Culture Award for a discussion about the the so-called "independent" coverage. For example this was posted as "Reuters" coverage, when it's a just a press release, etc. Someone not using his real name (talk) 22:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:34, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:34, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep the award generates significant media coverage every year when awarded (some of which are listed on the talk page; I have found others). The coverage is sufficiently overwhelming that there can be little doubt of the award being notable per WP:GNG. Arsenikk (talk)  19:04, 9 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 05:31, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Having been through the list of links given this is the only one that appears to be about the award rather than using the award as a wp:Coatrack. Give me another couple that devote more than two lines to the award itself because right now I'm not seeing that much notability especially for a corporate award.  Neonchameleon (talk) 20:59, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Weeeaaakkk keep: it seems to me that the fact that so many independent sources have chosen to publish Telenor's press releases is weak evidence of notability. Even if those press releases are all penned by the company, someone at those newspapers is choosing to publish them. It would be better if there was a more independent source, of course. Ivanvector (talk) 21:22, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Neonchamaleon and others, see Talk page of this article for several examples. BR, Bjoertvedt (talk) 14:03, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not I had - although on rechecking the Economic Times of India also had a substantial section on the award itself - and right at the top of the page. The second link, for example, isn't much to do with the Telenor award other than mentioning in passing that the award exists and that the winners have it - a single sentence in paragraph nine about the gigs played.  That's what I mean - the press releases that make up the pages on the talk page aren't about the Telenor award.  They are press releases about the winners. Neonchameleon (talk) 00:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:14, 23 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep An award with a significant cash prize, given for 18 years. This looks like significant coverage to me.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:47, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. If an award repeatedly gets coverage when it's awarded, that's sufficient, even if the coverage is mainly about the winners. Puffery can be edited, but I don't think that deleting the basic facts on an award like this furthers Wikipedia's encyclopedic mission. --Arxiloxos (talk) 01:31, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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