- 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 Speedy delete. 21:13, 6 April 2009 Dank55 (talk | contribs) deleted "Arab library" (G12: copyright infringement of http://www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Culture/Pages/ArabLibrary.aspx) (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Arab library (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)
Non-notable Web site, failing WP:WEB. SchuminWeb (Talk) 14:20, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
*Agree - The Rolling Camel (talk) 14:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - has some third-party references: [1] and [2]. Genius101Guestbook 15:44, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Transwiki to .ar.wikipedia.org, per my earlier comments, and LedgendGamer. Thanks, Genius101Guestbook 22:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Transwiki to ar.wikipedia.org. The official site listed is in Arabic anyway. —LedgendGamer 22:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Transwiki The Rolling Camel (talk) 16:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment, is Transwiki really appropriate, given that the article is in English? Lankiveil (speak to me) 03:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tone 22:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Lankiveil brings up a valid point. The sources are in Arabic, but the article itself is in English. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 22:49, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment That is true. I'm relatively new to AfD, so what is the policy here? Is there one? Thanks, Genius101Guestbook 19:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz talk 22:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. What am I missing here? Genius101 has identified two journalistic sources that appear to meet criterion #1 in WP:WEB. I can see where the apparently limited coverage might not satisfy our intuitive idea of notability, but that's cause to gather consensus to modify WP:WEB, not to simply ignore it and delete the article in spite of the guideline. The fact that the web site itself is in Arabic doesn't mean that it has no interest for an English-language encyclopedia; indeed WP:NONENG clearly suggests that the article would be acceptable here even if all of the sources were in Arabic, too, and none in English. Of course, two actions are needed: (a) cleanupcleanupcleanup and (b) creation of a companion article in the Arabic Wikipedia if one isn't there already. Ipoellet (talk) 00:44, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Keep This is a Microsoft project, not a free-lance effort. There are two excellent sources in English for it, given above. I havent looked for others, though there probably will be, because that's enough to start with. Articles about notable websites, in Arabic, or any other language, if they are written in English, belong in the English WP. Additionally, if someone cares to translate the article into Arabic, or write one from scratch there, it should of course go in that wp also.. Ditto for other Wikipedias, if they have similar notability rules & someone there wants to do it. the enWp is the WP with the articles written in English. That's the only English-language restriction about it. DGG (talk) 04:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Speedy delete under CSD G12. The entire article is copied from http://www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Culture/Pages/ArabLibrary.aspx. Tagged as such. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:52, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- G12 per Ritzman, good catch. I've never seen a situation like this before! Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 23:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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