Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

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The result was nomination withdrawn. Shrike (talk) 11:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)(non admin closure)[reply]

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

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Most of the article relies on primary source(the organisation website).And it reads now like campaign leaflet of this organisation.Though organisation is sometime mentioned in secondary sources its very scarce usually one or two sentences.I propose to merge what is salvageable to House demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Shrike (talk) 15:29, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

they do appear in some RS, but not too often, and not much substance (a lot of repetition). on the proposal to merge: they do appear their along with other NGOs. maybe add a sentence or two further up that page in the human rights organizations criticisms? Soosim (talk) 15:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I don't think the WP:BEFORE process has been followed. Google books[1], Google scholar[2], Google news[3]. There are a very large number of sources out there. Sean.hoyland - talk 17:23, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep-

Haaretz describe them as " a prominent Israeli non-governmental organization". here they devote an entire article to the organisations report to the UN about house demolitions in EJ. Jpost also wrote an article on the organisations report to the UN.[4]
The Journal of Palestine Studies (University of California Press, Vol. 36, no. 3, p. 36) contains "an account of the creation of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) as marking a transition from mere protest to engaged resistance, and reflections on the requirements of a true peace." [5]
Two articles in ynet devoted to covering the organisations volunteer work rebuilding demolished Palestinian homes [6], [7].
Ynet devote an article to the organisations appeal to the UN and International Human rights organisations over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza [8]
Article in the Guardian devoted to the organisation.[9]

This isn't an exhaustive list, there are countless RS reports on this organisation. Most of them are breif mentions, but there are also occasionally more detailed coverage which easily meets notability requirements. The article certainly needs work, but that is a separate issue to saying that an article is not merited on notability grounds. Dlv999 (talk) 18:12, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. Sean.hoyland - talk 18:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletion discussions. Sean.hoyland - talk 18:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above. WP:BEFORE is part of AfD for a good reason. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 20:30, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Snow Keep - have added citations to The Guardian, certainly another RS. ICAHD is a major, serious organization properly covered in international newspapers and other sources. There is no case to answer here - this article has no chance of being deleted. ICAHD, like all political players in the Middle East, will have strong backers and strong opponents. We must not confuse vigorous opposition with cause for deletion. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:01, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Clearly notable as per above. SL93 (talk) 00:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:45, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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