Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Borgen Project (3rd nomination)


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The result was   keep. - No consensus for deletion JForget  21:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

The Borgen Project
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Non-notable organization. Almost entirely sourced from its own publications. There is one article from a local university paper and passing mention in two articles on goskagit.com. Though a google news search turns up lots of hits ( I looked at 20 (mainly from the first few pages) and found only one mention that wasn't a comment posted by a reader. That one was another passing mention.  I did not find any in-depth look at the organization by a substantial news source.  The article has been deleted at AfDd twice before under the name Borgen Project - 1st nom; 2nd nom. SiobhanHansa 09:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:25, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral - The project is mentioned in 5 books and 49 news stories, but as the nominator discovered most of these come from user comments on the news and not the news itself.  This is rather strange - Why are so many people talking about something (primarily for stats) that few newspapers seem to care about? (The commments aren't spam.)   This USA Today story appears to be a good source, but a would like to see a little more proof of notability. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:43, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Keep but definite cleanup needs to happen and better references included. Artemis84 (talk) 19:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

KeepThis article obviously means something to quite a few people - the fact that they have resurrected the article twice demonstrates this. Non-profit organizations need to be able to keep their constituencies informed; large corporations do this with advertising. It is my opinion that wikipedia should not base inclusion on whether newspapers, who are more concerned with making enough money to survive rather than reporting news, find a subject to be worth covering. Wikipedia, with no need to "sell" itself and certainly no lack of space, should embrace this organization and the important work that they are doing.Waylando91 (talk) 01:03, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
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