Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry L. Stimson Center
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was Keep --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 21:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Henry L. Stimson Center
Delete basically unsourced article about a nn think tank, fails WP:CORP Carlossuarez46 22:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- Delete - as per nom as he has such a way with words! :) --WebHamster 01:10, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep and I'll clean it up and source it. The article was started just sixteen hours ago and nominated for deletion only two hours later. A brief Google search shows that in 2005 Michael Krepon gave evidence before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations where he was described as "Co-founder, The Henry L. Stimson Center". It occurs to me that people reading that testimony would want to know what the Center was about, and an encyclopedia article is merited. Moreover since Mr Krepon has submitted testimony to that important committee we should at least give him a redirect pointing to his work at the Center. A similar principle applies to Ms Victoria K. Holt, a Senior Associate at the Center who in 2005 submitted testimony to a subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (which was at that time known by its alternative name of "House Committee on International Relations") --Tony Sidaway 11:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep, The Stimson Center is referenced in secondary sources such as The Economist[1] (second to last paragraph), CNN [2], the BBC [3], Washington Post [4] (middle of article) and work of the Stimson is mentioned at University of Virginia website among others.[5] It also seen as a viable place to intern by a number of universities including Harvard.[6] Beyond media and academia, Stimson is also recognized by its work in government studies, including having a senior associate on the Iraq Study Group. [7] While this article is short, and does not go into its role and place in Washington, I would consider this a stub that needs additions and edits, rather than a promotion that needs to be deleted.--Huskybear
- Yes, early days yet but I've just found several references to the Stimson Center, quoting comments by Michael Krepon, co-founder and head of the Center's South Asia program, in major Pakistani and Indian mainstream press and media, and have added three of them to the article. These guys are big players in the peacemaking business, in the subcontinent at least. --Tony Sidaway 16:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- The citations provided by Huskybear are mere mentions of the group or its members - none are the significant coverage expected by WP:N or WP:CORP: "incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability". Carlossuarez46 18:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- These are mere examples of weekly coverage of the subject's work. Participation in the Iraq Study Group is certainly of note, but I am not claiming it alone as a reason. It is consistently in the news, providing expert commentary, again, the above are examples. Search a given source and the Stimson and you will yield more results. It is not merely incidental, its consistent. Huskybear 18:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep but clean. The article does give the impression of being an advocacy piece for the center's projects. DGG (talk) 00:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
