Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Affairs Conference


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The result was delete. Nakon 02:33, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

World Affairs Conference

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Non-notable student conference, under constant promotional pressure from students involved in it. See article history and Talk page. Jytdog (talk) 10:08, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Notable student conference, the oldest and largest of its kind in Canada. Has hosted a number of important keynote speakers (Dambisa Moyo, Stephen Lewis, David Frum) and received widespread media coverage in 2015 for hosting Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald as keynote speakers. See the sources provided on the page or Google it for more. NB – I am not involved with this conference. RogerSheaffe 10:28, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * this edit is typical of what I've encountered from promotional editors at this article. Have a look at this ref which supposedly supports "international coverage": a caption on a picture is not "coverage".  meh. Jytdog (talk) 19:45, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I am not a 'promotional' editor, but I did add that link to international content after you deleted the word 'international' from an edit I made regarding Snowden's appearance, demanding a specific link. For the record, I think a widely-circulated Reuters file photo (with a caption mentioning the event) heading several international news articles on Snowden does constitute some form of international coverage. But I have added two more articles, these ones specifically on the World Affairs Conference – one from UPI and the other from Russia Today – to meet your threshold as you evidently could not be bothered to Google them yourself. With respect, I'm finding your destructive edits to this page tiresome.The full 2016 conference itinerary someone posted was indeed not fit for WP, but repeatedly ripping out a few sentences on distinguished keynote speakers (Dambisa Moyo, David Frum, Jeffrey Sachs) simply because the information comes from a conference-related publication seems extreme. The very rules you cite WP:SPS note that 'Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves...' (emphasis added). There are caveats, e.g. the source not be 'unduly self-serving' – I don't think factual statements on past speakers even off an the website of a related institution could be realistically termed as such. Further that 'the article is not based primarily on such [primary] sources'. It was once true that much of the article did indeed link back to self-published sources, but that's no longer the case. I think that adding back the list of past speakers is at least a reasonable inclusion, but am sure you'll delete it instantly again. I'm not sure why you have such an axe to grind with a student event – perhaps some of those students have been over-eager editors in the past. But the event does indeed meet the notability guidelines IMHO, so respectfully I think you should lay off. RogerSheaffe (talk) 20:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Jytdog (talk) 02:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete altogether perhaps as I would've also suggested Redirecting but if this is vulnerable to restarting, it's best deleted for now since the overall article is still questionable. SwisterTwister   talk  00:20, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:58, 8 May 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:24, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 15:03, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Delete. This event fails WP:GNG. There's simply not enough coverage to show notability. What little coverage there is is centred around Edward Snowden, not around the conference itself. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 18:17, 23 May 2016 (UTC)


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