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The result was keep. ✗ plicit 10:55, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
Turkish Education Association
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an artifact from 2008. considering the original article, it was likely written just to promote the entity. ltb dl ( talk) 10:39, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Education, and Turkey. ltb dl ( talk) 10:39, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep — The article having promotional text way back in 2008 is pretty irrelevant since it's now entirely stripped down of any content, barring a few sentences that just describe the association. Obviously not the best of articles, but I think the topic is notable. Firstly, this is a non-profit, so
WP:NCORP treats it a bit nicer compared to actual companies. Having been founded in 1928, it's pretty unlikely that an organization of this size and history doesn't have any coverage available, and I'm honestly not convinced a
WP:BEFORE has been carried out (because I indeed have found sources within a few minutes) since the nomination makes no mention of notability. A rationale solely consisting of "was promotional at some point" cannot be the basis of an AfD.
Styyx (
talk) 11:45, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
styyx: hey, could i have a look at your sources? ltb
dl (
talk) 17:09, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- If you can show me you did a WP:BEFORE, then yes.
Styyx (
talk) 17:17, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- seriously? ltb
dl (
talk) 17:19, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, seriously. I do realize I'm being a dick here, but a Google search is the bare minimum expected before sending something to AfD. If you say you couldn't find any sources while searching, that's also enough; I'm not going to shame you for not finding anything in a different language, but I do still want to see the effort.
Styyx (
talk) 17:25, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- oh, very well then. all the sources i dredged up were trivial mentions (eg.
[1]
[2]). ltb
dl (
talk) 03:44, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
- That's fine, and I'd agree with your assessment on the 2 particular sources you mentioned. I added some better ones to the talk page. Also they have 10055 hits on Hürriyet which is a lot. Styyx ( talk) 09:16, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
- oh, very well then. all the sources i dredged up were trivial mentions (eg.
[1]
[2]). ltb
dl (
talk) 03:44, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, seriously. I do realize I'm being a dick here, but a Google search is the bare minimum expected before sending something to AfD. If you say you couldn't find any sources while searching, that's also enough; I'm not going to shame you for not finding anything in a different language, but I do still want to see the effort.
Styyx (
talk) 17:25, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- seriously? ltb
dl (
talk) 17:19, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- If you can show me you did a WP:BEFORE, then yes.
Styyx (
talk) 17:17, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
styyx: hey, could i have a look at your sources? ltb
dl (
talk) 17:09, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep — I have added another cite. If anyone likes to merge in the "see also" articles that would be good I think as I doubt they deserve their own articles. Chidgk1 ( talk) 17:13, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
- Weak keep. TED is fairly well-known. I tried to do a quick search to find better references, but surprisingly, I couldn't find any good ones. So, I would respect any reasonable votes to delete, but TED is a known, old organization. Aintabli ( talk) 19:55, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
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