Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

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. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 04:28, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

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At ticket:2016082210003947 an employee of the organization requested the deletion of this article, and in response, I am nominating this for for deletion.

This article was started in 2006. So far as I can tell, none of the information in it has ever been backed by a citation. It seems fair to consider whether this article meets Wikipedia's own criteria for inclusion. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:08, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As written fails WP:NORG. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:54, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 19:52, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 19:52, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. IPCS reports are widely cited in books, academic journals, and newspapers (see Google News/HighBeam/NYT search links above). This satisfies the spirit of the notability guidelines - many independent sources have taken notice of the organization's work, the organization has had a significant and demonstrable effect on the world. (It is also cited extensively in Wikipedia - 124 articles from 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and 1988 Maldives coup d'état to Wali Ahmad (Sandakai Mulla) and Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh),

The University of Pennsylvannia's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) (the gold standard for evaluating think tanks) ranks IPCS in 2015 as 77th among all foreign policy and international affairs think tanks (the highest rank for an Indian think tank in that area), and 48th among all think tanks in China, India, Japan, and South Korea.[1]. They ranked 24th on the latter list in 2012.[2] So much has been published by IPCS that it can be tedious to find material about the organization, but some does exist, such as [3] Trim article so that it doesn't just echo the organization's website, keep, and improve. --Worldbruce (talk) 20:05, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and yes, please improve. I am swayed by Worldbruce's expertise, and by the number of Google Book hits and JSTOR hits. Drmies (talk) 02:11, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jujutacular (talk) 02:28, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I was looking into the sources myself but Worldbruce beat me to it. My conclusions are exactly the same. It is a very notable organisation. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:56, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.