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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) b uidh e 04:38, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Overseas Indian Cultural Congress
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Fails WP:NORG and WP:GNG. Hemant Dabral Talk 15:49, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log ( step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 February 27. — cyberbot I Talk to my owner:Online 16:03, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 16:04, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 16:04, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:ORGCRIT. I performed a [ Google News Search] and could find nothing more than passing mentions. -- BonkHindrance ( talk) 16:16, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Delete The article did not pass our notability criteria. S. M. Nazmus Shakib ( talk) 04:11, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Organisation in existence for 30+ years, mostly active in the Gulf; multiple sources across multiple years. Easily passes ORG. AfD is not cleanup. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
- ^ Cheruppa, Hassan (25 May 2017). "'OICC won accolades for numerous humanitarian initiatives'". Saudigazette.
- ^ "Doha businessman is president of forum". Gulf-Times. 14 April 2013.
- ^ "OICC distributes tickets for illegal Indian expats". Arab News. 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC) Co-Ordination Committee Organized Felicitation Meeting to Mr. Varghese Puthukulangara". www.indiansinkuwait.com. 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Overseas Indian Cultural Congress holds Iftar party". Times of Oman. 16 August 2011.
- ^ "The NRI factor". gulfnews.com. 26 January 2014.
- ^ Gorman, Anthony (2015). Diasporas of the Modern Middle East. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8611-7.
- ^ "Tribute paid to murdered Congress workers in Bahrain". en.albiladpress.com. 24 February 2019.
-- Goldsztajn ( talk) 10:42, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep: Per references and reasoning found by Goldsztajn. The article was poorly sourced but I note the WP:BEFORE did not evidence efforts to consider alternatives to AfD first such as notability tagging and possible merges (Djm-leighpark). Djm-mobile ( talk) 23:23, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Leaning towards keep based on the findings by Goldsztajn. KartikeyaS ( talk) 17:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KaisaL ( talk) 05:32, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KaisaL ( talk) 05:32, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, b uidh e 19:06, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, b uidh e 19:06, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
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