Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Gannon Award (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:42, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

The Gannon Award
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This article flunks the notability test; there is no mention in reliable secondary sources at all. In addition, the award appears to be a long-dead project. Both of the links in References are dead; the award website (http://www.gannonaward.org/) appears to have been repurposed by an unrelated law firm; and the Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/gannonaward) has been abandoned for the last four years. Spectra239 (talk) 02:10, 27 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete Despite notability not being temporary, I don't think the award was ever notable. The second (dead) source can be found here now, but it's a primary source as it is published by the institution of a recipient. There are some trivial mentions of the award, but all in the Nick Bostrom context. Bottom line, there are no independent reliable sources about the award itself, and as such it is not notable per WP:GNG. The award does not need to be the primary topic, but the mentions are clearly not significant enough even for that standard. There is no detailed information at all in RS, and there would be insufficient material to write a useful article without the award's background, founders, their motivations, the full list of recipients, etc. I can't see any article to redirect this to either. Gap9551 (talk) 23:09, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * If everything is in the Nick Bostrom context, maybe redirect to the Nick Bostrom article? Spectra239 (talk) 04:32, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The award is not mentioned in his article though (and probably shouldn't). There seem to be a few more Gannon Awards such as the Robert A. Gannon Award for Poetry and the Archbishop John Mark Gannon Award, so it may be confusing to redirect this page to Bostrom. Eugene R. Gannon Award for the Continued Pursuit of Human Advancement and Eugene R. Gannon Award exist as redirects to this article, and could be redirected to Nick Bostrom even if it is decided that this article should be deleted. Gannon Award is also a redirect to this article, and may have to be deleted if this article is deleted. Gap9551 (talk) 05:20, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:08, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:37, 3 February 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Move to draft as this seems potentially notable but not currently considering the article is still currently questionable for notability. SwisterTwister   talk  00:03, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


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