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My editing philosophy:

Welcome to my Wikipedia user page. My real name isn't "Biosthmors", which is just a rearrangment of the letters in the word thrombosis. I edit Wikipedia and you can too. I don't think it is difficult. I think we should focus most of our efforts on improving existing articles, instead of starting new ones. I want every Wikipedia article to follow our neutral point of view policy, especially the articles that I think raise the most important issues of our time. Access to factual, unbiased information is essential for forming an engaged public. Thankfully, on Wikipedia engaging in any sort of advocacy, slant, or spin is forbidden. If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please feel free to contact me on Wikipedia on my user talk page or by email.[but email works only if you're logged in, and setting up an account is easy]

If you want check my edits to see if I am slanting any article towards any point of view, I'll explain some of my beliefs: I see money in politics as the big issue of our time. I wonder why the word socioeconomic exists but politicoeconomic is not in our vocabulary. I happen to like this video, which gives a global/U.K. view, and this video, which gives a U.S. perspective. My view on the Wikipedia–Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) dynamic as I see it is described here. According to Bernie Sanders, the 300 richest own as much as the poorest 3,000,000,000.[1] I don't see the wisdom in this. So I wonder if Wikipedia might—if it were as good as it could be—make the world a more just place?

As for other groups of people around the world, I think all the faces here are attractive (well except for one). As for other sentient beings, I think dolphins and whales should have human rights (unless you're an Inuit hunting with pre-Industrial Revolution tools). Why do I bother mentioning all of this? Because I want you to know that I see editing Wikipedia as one method we might take more responsibility for the world around us—and as an effect, improve social and environmental health.

My views on the owner of the domain:

My other Wikipedia–WMF views are as follows: I am strongly pro-paid editing and strongly anti-advocacy/pro-neutrality. I want the WMF to keep metrics on editor retention of experienced editors. The WMF Board of Trustees has three community representatives, but I think they—SJ, Phoebe, and Raystorm—might represent a wmf:chapter perspective that is orthogonal to the community interest. I don't think that the chapters as a whole should be considered a part of the community. Some chapters are paid bureaucracies, and I'm not sure they add any reasonable value (especially in terms of dollars spent) for readers. In other words, I think that the way we select board seats could be influenced by probably hundreds and hundreds of votes from people who think they have something to gain, like money or travel. (I've received funds for travel from the WMF and I've been very thankful for it. I've tried to give back to the community to prove that this was a good investment of resources.) This is similar to what Sue said.

I care about this politicoeconomical influence because I think it limits the options available for effective governance of the WMF. Wikipedia is in a crisis. It has previously fallen on Alexa page rankings from #5 to #8. We need good governance, oversight, and effective investment of community resources to end the crisis. We should try to be the the world's #1 internet destination. Also, I wish the WMF would publish metrics similar to what Alexa uses, like bounce rate, daily page views per visitor, and daily time on site. What are the historical trends on those numbers?

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can edit—not the encyclopedia you can abuse to force anyone to edit. Therefore, I feel that the WMF should never influence instructors to force students to edit other than inside Wikipedia sandboxes. Unskilled, uninformed, and untrained students being forced by ignorant instructors to edit Wikipedia articles is one of the worst things about the education program. In my opinion, this forced editing results from the WMF using a bad metric: quantity. However, a quantity-focused approach is not how the English Wikipedia developed—nor is it what the community wants—so pursuing this strategy to build the encyclopedia in English or any other language seems very ill-advised.

My potential conflicts of interest:
  • I have an interest in Vanguard and in the performance of VTSMX and VGTSX with an eye towards increasing shareholder value (and dividend payments) for corporations in those indecies, which might involve the reduction of executive pay
  • Groups I appreciate include the Sunlight Foundation, Transparency International, and Amnesty International; if these groups have their way, they might reduce some level of shareholder value (please note the apparent contradiction with the first bullet point)
  • I have a potential conflict of interest with the topic Suburban Express, but not a real one, because all I want is for the wise application of NPOV and RS to win out
  • I want the Democratic party to win the Senate seat in the 2014 Georgia election because I still think what Saxby Chambliss did to Max Cleland was despicable
  • I support abolishing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration because I see drug abuse, not drug use, as a social and medical problem—not a criminal problem. The U.S. government should not outlaw anyone's personal freedom as they do currently. Why should they?[2] I support the Portuguese model. I find the viewpoint of some U.S. "conservatives", those who believe that they know what God wants politicians and the government to do, to be highly flawed. I feel that that religiopolitical ideology might be best classified as a disease.
"Reported" bug/feature requests:
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References
  1. ^ Original here; archived here.
  2. ^ Griffiths R, Richards W, Johnson M, McCann U, Jesse R (2008). "Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later". J Psychopharmacol. 22 (6): 621–32. doi:10.1177/0269881108094300. PMC 3050654. PMID 18593735.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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Brock Walker

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Brock Walker (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The press releases and similar do not pass GNG, and the Bru Times News appears to be paid / vanity press. I do not see citations for WP:NPROF. Little other sign of notability. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 15:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Sudheer Dara

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I tried to fixed the page, but i failed to fix the notability. He is an ulelected politician, fails WP:NPOL. Looking at WP:GNG, some articles including ABP News [7] looks like advertisement as it is published in Brand Wire section. Other article and citations also needs to be checked. Taabii (talk) 14:00, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Chemxpert Database

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Apparent WP:PROMO violation. Article contains no third-party sourcing at all; external links provide some third-party interviews but nothing independent of the subject. On running the usual searches, I have not been able to locate anything that is even minimally suggestive of independent coverage in reliable sources, on which an encyclopedic article could be based. So I'm not sure this even meets WP:V, let alone WP:GNG, let alone WP:NCORP. (NB: there is also a "ChemXpert" software product that does not appear to be related to this company, which comes up in some Google Scholar searches.) Visviva (talk) 05:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

All extrenal links are removed from article. Pharmadatabase (talk) 08:56, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete Unless this website becomes notable or is expected to be notable in the near future, I don't see a reason to keeps it. It is far from meeting even the verifiability guideline. Sangsangaplaz (Talk to me! I'm willing to help) 09:05, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete Nothing independent found. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 11:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
    All reference sources and external links are updated.All sources links are genuine. Pharmadatabase (talk) 05:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete I am rather against the deletion of articles on Wikipedia but this is clearly a page used to promote this service, no reliable source found after some research and almost all the sources of the article are primary, I think that the article was even eligible for speedy deletion. SparklingBlueMoon (talk) 15:09, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Susmita Bhattacharya

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Susmita Bhattacharya (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Since the subject does not meet the notability criteria under WP:NACADEMIC, it requires significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. Currently, the subject is supported by primary sources and has only an h-index of 7, which is insufficient to establish notability by academic standards. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

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Doug Drysdale

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Mildly WP:PROMO bio of a non-notable businessman. Despite being a WP:REFBOMB, the sources do not meet WP:GNG or WP:NBIO. They are limited to:

  • Routine news in WP:TRADES publications ([9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14])
  • Press releases ([15])
  • WP:PRIMARYSOURCE Q&A interviews/speaker bios ([16], [17], [18], [19])
  • A WP:FORBES "contributor" post (i.e., not reliable) and a "citizen contributor" (i.e. unedited blogger) post on a local news site.
  • And finally, a promotional profile on a website whose stated purpose is promoting the success of executives and their diverse team of business partners and thus not independent.

I didn't find anything else qualifying in the WP:BEFORE search. I also checked on the statement that he won an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which might meet WP:ANYBIO#1, but it turns out he won a New Jersey region EY award (source) Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Keep: The subject may meet notability standards under WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. Coverage across multiple sources, including recognition through an EY Entrepreneur of the Year (regional) award, demonstrates relevance and significance in their field. While some sources are primary or publications, they complement others that provide independent context. The article can be improved for neutrality and sourcing rather than deleted. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 05:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC) — Note to closing admin: 24eeWikiUser (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
@24eeWikiUser, please say which sources meet the test of WP:GNG or WP:NBIO, not just asserting that they do. And the criterion of WP:ANYBIO that allows a subject to be considered automatically notable for winning an award applies to "major" awards like Nobel Prizes, Oscars, MacArthur Genius Grants, etc -- not to being one of 11 people from New Jersey to win a business award. Dclemens1971 (talk) 05:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
You may not yet be convinced that the subject, Doug Drysdale, is notable; however, he has 30 years of experience in his field, including 12 years as CEO of three pharmaceutical companies with global reach Alvogen, Pernix Therapeutics, and Cybin Inc. Among them are a NASDAQ-listed company and another he served as Founding CEO. He has also chaired the boards of other NASDAQ-listed companies and has made widely recognized contributions. Since the sources back up his background and align with the listed awards and recognitions, I reiterate that the article can be improved for neutrality and sourcing rather than deleted.
    1. Sustained Attention: Routine mentions, when taken collectively, contribute to notability by indicating sustained attention to the subject's career.
    2. Regional EY Award: Regional awards are part of the broader EY Entrepreneur of the Year program, which adds credibility and weight to his achievements.
    3. Field Contributions: Detailed coverage in interviews and other publications, provide valuable insight into his influence and significance.
    4. Sources Are Not Disqualifying: What you referred to as promotional sites and Forbes articles are not entirely disqualifying when they complement other sources.
24eeWikiUser (talk) 06:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
I note that you have still not answered my question: which sources do you think qualify the subject as notable? Your comments do a lot of hand-waving about routine mentions, when taken collectively and detailed coverage in interviews and complement other sources but you have offered no competing analysis of sources, nor even suggested a mere WP:THREE, that meet the standard here. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:45, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment. Please check these sources, [20], [21], [22], and he was also listed among 10 Psychedelics CEOs To Pay Attention To In 2022. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 17:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
All of these sources are already discussed in my nomination statement, but here's some more detailed analysis of each of the links you offered:
☒N A local news profile by a "citizen contributor." "Citizen contributor" = community member/blogger, not an actual journalist and thus not someone writing to the standards expected of reliable sources.
☒N A Forbes profile by a "senior contributor." Per WP:FORBESCON, Most content on Forbes.com is written by contributors or "Senior Contributors" with minimal editorial oversight, and is generally unreliable.
☒N A press release posted by Drysdale's company on BusinessWire. Per WP:PRSOURCE, A press release is clearly not an independent source as it is usually written either by the business or organization it is written about, or by a business or person hired by or affiliated with the organization.
☒N A brief mention in a list of CEOs. This is a WP:TRIVIALMENTION, not WP:SIGCOV. It's also directly copied from his official corporate bio and thus not WP:INDEPENDENT. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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Dick Simon (entrepreneur)

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Accepted at AFC in 2015, but standards were somewhat less exacting then. Simon is presented with many references, but appears to be a WP:ROTM businessman dabbling in psychedelic drugs. Much of the rest appears to be wealthy persons hobbies. The references, especially the more authoritative ones, seem to be what Simon says, not what is said about him. Sample checking the others shows them to be of a similar nature. Fails WP:BIO 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 11:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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Wu Sing-yung

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Seemingly written by someone close to the subject, fails WP:PROF. Remsense ‥ 论 08:41, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Remsense ‥ 论 08:41, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Medicine, and China. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 10:47, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
  • I'm finding IS ∩ RS ∩ SIGCOV at this 2016 article, this 2016 article, and this 2023 article; IS RS discussion of his work without SIGCOV at this 2009 article and this 2019 article; and an RS SIGCOV 2012 interview which I'd consider to be IS as well even though interviews are sometimes borderline.
    Fails NPROF for sure, but looks like he meets NAUTHOR (or maybe it's ANYBIO or GNG; notability guidelines confuse me). The article is a bit curriculis vitae (which is probably the wrong declension, but "CV" tends to mean "copyvio" here so expanding); this can be fixed. Not super convinced by COI hypothesis: this article is indeed the first major contribution by Singering88, but a. creating it as their userpage is a fair and common rookie mistake; and b. the subject was born 1939, lived in and was educated in Taiwan, then emigrated to the US— at no point in this chain would it be intuitive that a COI editor would choose to render the subject's native name in 簡體字 (which it has been since the initial recension).
    I could see a case here for COATRACK, since a fair portion of the prose actually deals with the subject's research into the Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan. But I am seeing notability here, so landing at improve and keep. Folly Mox (talk) 16:36, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
    Hoc simulat curriculum vitae, perhaps? —David Eppstein (talk) 19:09, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep. No GS profile but there seems to be substantial citations, top 410, 305, 265, 226, 169 and further ~five >100 citns, which makes a case for meeting PROF by citations for the thyroid hormone work. Seven mainstream published books are also likely to have generated enough reviews to meet AUTHOR. The article is probably readily salvageable simply by deleting all the unrelated material. If there was COI originally, the article was submitted to AfC and accepted by DGG, so that's not a reason for deletion. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:17, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

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2023–2024 Gaza Strip preterm births

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This seems to be an overly specific and redundant article given the Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present) which already exists and provides key context needed to cover this topic. Very limited coverage on this singular issue as a standalone topic exists with such coverage normally being mentioned in passing as part of the greater crisis. Originalcola (talk) 05:12, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Should be deleted as WP:G5; only significant contributions are from two sockpuppets. BilledMammal (talk) 05:17, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
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  • Keep passes WP:GNG with flying colours. If anything, it should be expanded using the many RS that cover the subject. M.Bitton (talk) 13:12, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
    I’d strongly argue that this is not the case. Outside of regular news reporting on the crisis where passing mention is given to preterm births there isn’t any coverage of this topic as a standalone, much less significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Originalcola (talk) 04:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep - easily passes GNG, beyond that Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present) sits at 89 kB and 14,335 words of readable prose, making it WP:TOOBIG to absorb all this material and this an appropriate WP:SPINOFF for size reasons. And no, this does not qualify for G5, as I myself have a non-trivial edit there. Last I checked I am not a sock of a banned user. nableezy - 18:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
    Did I miss something? As far as I can tell, the only edit you have is reverting a sock? BilledMammal (talk) 03:50, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    That is still a substantive edit. nableezy - 13:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    I think you're misinterpreting the intent of the rule there, although there are other non-sock editors who have made substantive non-revert posts. Originalcola (talk) 02:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
    A merger would probably only add 100-200 words to whatever article it’s merged with. It might make more sense to merge it with Effect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip if size is still too great a concern. Originalcola (talk) 04:44, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    How do you figure that unless you gut the entirety of what is merged? nableezy - 13:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    It was a guesstimate but when merging you'd probably not transfer the lead and background. Both articles have a section or a decent amount of information on Gaza preterm births already, so you wouldn't have to copy all 797 words on this page over. Originalcola (talk) 03:09, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment I don’t really care if the article is deleted or merged, but I removed several sources that were either live updates from news liveblogs or Tweets. So I think the article needs cleaning up. Also I think it is written in news reporting style: on November 12, X happened, then on November 13, Y happened, etc…. I don’t think Wikipedia is supposed to have so many articles written like this unless I am misunderstanding WP:NOTNEWS. More experienced editors may be able to help improve the article and sourcing. Wafflefrites (talk) 05:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:G5. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 08:46, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep There is a raft of relevant coverage from aid agencies, rights groups and all the major newsorgs (just search premature babies Gaza to see) so GNG is easily met, passing mention is simply untrue. The article does need improvement but that's not a reason to delete, I already restored one item adding a secondary to deal with a "newsblog" complaint (these sources are already used in other related articles, btw). G5 was already tried twice and successfully challenged leading to this AfD so "per WP:G5" is not a reason to delete either. Selfstudier (talk) 12:19, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    According to another experienced editor on here, “No pages should really be using live blogs long-term as sources. This is a WP:NOTNEWS issue as much as anything else. Because yes, live blogs are just a stream of off-the-cuff news and unredacted commentary.” Per WP:NEWSBLOG, they should be used with caution. Wafflefrites (talk) 14:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    What's "unredacted commentary"? Anyway, I added a secondary to the restored material so not a problem. Just some work to locate secondaries, that's all. Selfstudier (talk) 14:17, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete I have to be honest. Everything that CarmenEsparzaAmoux touched leaves a sour taste in my mouth. When we're crying out for neutrality and independence in this contentious area, the consequences of their actions are so destructive and this isn't about sides. It would be similarly damaging if they were making pro Israel edits. Sticking to the facts about this article - I have to agree with the citing of WP:G5 MaskedSinger (talk) 19:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete - as noted above, G5 alone is a good reason to delete, as is WP:SOAP. I’m entirely sympathetic to the issues - I created Palestinian law - but we are also primarily a news organization. Bearian (talk) 19:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    • Comment "we are also primarily a news organization" That is news to me. Since when are we supposed to simply offer news coverage instead of being an encyclopedia? Dimadick (talk) 14:25, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep - I've already restored most of the deleted content, it wasn't hard to find proper sources to back it up, and I've also added more information. The topic is notable. I don't fully agree with WP:G5 - being a sockpuppet doesn't necessarily means all your edits are trash. We should keep what is salvageable, and in this case, I don't see any significant issues with the existing article, which can certainly be expanded. - Ïvana (talk) 01:51, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
    Kudos to you for doing that, but there's still a complete lack of secondary sources on this page, with non-routine news coverage on the topic of this article not existing. I don't think this is the right venue to talk about the merits of the G5 rule. Originalcola (talk) 03:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
    Routine news coverage is about announcements and scheduled events. All of the sources in the article are secondary and all of them are non-routine. nableezy - 01:42, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
    I don't know why I mentioned WP:ROUTINE, I meant to say sources that weren't news articles or similar primary sources. Originalcola (talk) 22:27, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    News articles aren't primary sources unless they are about the news organisation itself.
    You mentioned routine coverage because you appear to look for ways to discredit the sourcing, switching arguments whenever someone points out that your arguments are flawed. Cortador (talk) 14:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment - I'm going to ignore the completely reasonable "I don't think this is the right venue to talk about the merits of the G5 rule". My view is that the G5 condition "...and that have no substantial edits by others not subject to the ban or sanctions" is a mistake. It's a self-defeating strategy that rewards and incentivizes ban evasion by over-estimating the importance of preserving content and under-estimating the importance of having effective ban evasion countermeasures. I think articles created by people employing deception in contentious topic areas where socks are common should be deleted even if there are hundreds of 'substantial edits' by other editors, even if there are tens of thousands of daily pageviews, and even if the article has attained featured article status. If the subject matters, other people, not employing deception, will have the same idea at some point and create it again. There's no deadline for content or need to take a short-term view. Anyway, having got that futile rant out of the way, I don't know what "substantial edits by others" actually means in terms of quantities, but here are the quantities in the form of token counts for the content of the current version of the page.
    CarmenEsparzaAmoux 67.3%, Ïvana 15.3%, MWQs 8.9%, Wafflefrites 4.2%, with Nableezy, Pincrete, טבעת-זרם each having less than 1%.
Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Uninvolved admin note, G5 had been brought up and the tag has also been declined twice. Rather than continuing to litigate that procedural element, please focus on whether the subject is notable and/or if it should be merged. The decision will be made on community consensus and not speedy grounds. Star Mississippi 21:26, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Effect_of_the_Israel–Hamas_war_on_children_in_the_Gaza_Strip#Premature_babies where this is already covered at the appropriate level of detail. We are an encyclopedia, not a news organization, which means that it is inappropriate to cover a current event at this minute level of detail. Being created by a blocked sock does not help. Sandstein 19:24, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Delete -After looking at the arguments, I still think that deletion is the best approach. There's no significant coverage on pre-term births that could meet the standards of notability as per WP:GNG. At present, all the sources on the page are primary sources (predominantly news reports) and there does not exist secondary sources focused mainly on the topic of this article. Even if such coverage did exist, which is doubtful, no editor has made a convincing reason as to why the content of this article would not be better served as part of another larger article as per the reasons I stated when initially proposing this page for deletion. Originalcola (talk) 01:50, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Double vote Nomination already implies that the nominator recommends deletion (unless indicated otherwise), and nominators should refrain from repeating this per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion Selfstudier (talk) 10:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Apologies, I didn't mean to double vote there and shouldn't have used a bold heading. Originalcola (talk) 03:40, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
G5 is absolutely a reason to delete. That editor's edits should be completely stripped from the article history and entirely removed from view/access. I support a redirect. Not a merge.4meter4 (talk) 16:58, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
I have made edits to that article, G5 does not apply. nableezy - 17:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
An admin has already stated that G5 won't apply here. Besides, someone already tried to do a speedy deletion and it was contested. Originalcola (talk) 03:39, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep, meets WP:GNG with plenty of coverage in academia [23] [24] [25] [26] and news media [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]. Topic could be broadened to not just focus on 2023-2024, but Gaza overall, as this has been the subject of WP:SIGCOV prior to the war [33] [34] [35]. I'm not seeing any persuasive argument for merging this with parent articles. Levivich (talk) 01:19, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    None of the academic sources cited seem to include more than a single sentence mentioning premature births. [2] doesn't even include a sentence on premature births, just having the word prematurity in a list. This is clearly trivial coverage in articles in which preterm births are not the main focus. The issue with using news articles is that this article assumes that much of the coverage is in relation to individual events like the raid on Al-Shifa last year and thus don't actually say much about preterm births. These events may or may not be notable, but there still remains a clear lack of depth and duration of coverage of increases in pre-term deaths, premature births or anything similar. With regard to the claim that preterm births in a specific area of a country, I would also disagree, especially since all 3 of the sources are masters theses. These are not only unreliable sources by the standards of Wikipedia but also don't seem to have any reason to be linked to what's going on in Gaza right now. Originalcola (talk) 04:37, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    Even if we forget about all the academic sources, it still meets GNG based on the news media sources, and those are appropriate sources for a current event such as this war. The news RS don't just focus on one event/hospital (and the selection I posted aren't all of them; more are in the article). Levivich (talk) 07:24, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    I don't think an article on a topic like this should be comprised mostly or in whole by news articles without a good reason. GNG states that secondary sources should be used, which none of the cited news media articles are; you can't establish notability with just primary sources. The appropriateness of news articles as sources for an article doesn't mean that they themselves form the basis of notability without reliable secondary sources. It also seems that every source currently in the article is a news article and that there are no secondary sources included in the article at present.
    I also don't agree with your assertion that the articles "don't focus on one event/hospital". Sources 6,7,9 and 10 are also covering one hospital, those being al-Nasr for 6, Al Shifa for 7 and 10 and Emirati for 9. As it stands the article is currently split up into different sections on different hospitals and as such the news articles cited are predominately focused on each individual hospital or event as opposed to the wider topic of the article. In all articles premature births and deaths are mentioned as part of the wider context of the effects of this war on children in the Gaza Strip rather or individual hospitals. This is mostly the case for the news articles cited as well. Originalcola (talk) 22:21, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    News articles form the basis of notability for all notable current events topics. You can disagree with it if you want to, but it's still Wikipedia policy that news articles are RS. Levivich (talk) 03:39, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    News articles do not necessarily form the basis of notability for current events for a variety of reasons I hope are fairly obvious, and there is no indication that this event is notable in the articles. My issue is not that I disagree that news articles are reliable, but that the articles included lack sufficient depth and duration to establish the topics' significance. Many of the sources are reliable without doubt, but for the purposes of WP:GNG there needs to exist secondary sources of reliable nature, not just news articles which in this case are predominately primary sources. That's why I put so much weight into the fact that there isn't any academic coverage of this topic, as those are generally the highest quality secondary sources.
    TL;DR:Lack of secondary sources, overreliance on primary sources in news reports. Originalcola (talk) 16:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

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  • Merge with Effect_of_the_Israel–Hamas_war_on_children_in_the_Gaza_Strip#Premature_babies. Per nom, this article is overly specific and redundant, since the topic is adequately covered in other articles.--DesiMoore (talk) 15:44, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Merge with Effect_of_the_Israel–Hamas_war_on_children_in_the_Gaza_Strip#Premature_babies. This is article count bludgeoning: yes, it's a humanitarian crisis but writing an article on every aspect when in an actual encyclopedia a sentence at most would be required is quite WP:UNDUE. Mangoe (talk) 23:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
    I can't believe you'd look at this article and conclude that a sentence is the most that would be written in an encyclopedia to cover this topic. How could you possibly condense it all into one sentence? What would that sentence be? Levivich (talk) 03:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    It's important to note that this is the only article on Wikipedia on preterm births for a given country, region, and/or time period. Whilst only a sentence might be cutting back too much, it seems quite much without some kind of special assertion of notability, unless one were to make the argument that there should be more preterm birth pages. Originalcola (talk) 16:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS (or not) is not a valid reason to delete, just whataboutism. Selfstudier (talk) 16:42, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    I just mean that an aspect of a conflict as specific as preterm births should not have its own independent article without a good reason; there is no presumption of inherent notability for preterm births in a conflict. It's certainly true that it's not enough to say that because other articles don't exist, then this article shouldn't. Conversely, there is no special reason why, in this specific case, preterm births are more notable as to warrant it's own article. Giving this topic its own page gives undue weight to this aspect of the conflict in a way that potentially breaks NPOV, which is what I was trying to get.
    Also, a small technical/semantic issue but I'd like to note that this was a comment on merging, not deleting this page. Originalcola (talk) 02:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep for the WP:GNG reasons listed by others and because of WP:PAGEDECIDE - if we are trying to decide how to present information so that readers best understand it, then merging it into an already huge article seems like it would have the opposite impact. The issue in question has global attention and as others have so capably shown, RS (both academic and journalistic) cover it as a topic in its own right, so I don't see why we wouldn't do so, also. There is research from before 2023-24 that indicates that this is part of a WP:SUSTAINED issue as well. Smallangryplanet (talk) 06:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    Also, children doesn't fit. There is also a woman in every pre term birth. So, it could go there or in the page on women. The ambiguity is a reason to do neither. Industrial Metal Brain (talk) 14:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    I'd disagree on your point on WP:PAGEDECIDE. IMO in order to appropriately cover this topic, you need to include the wider context of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The article proposed to be merged into by others(Effect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip) isn't currently that large as it stands. Originalcola (talk) 16:39, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
    Honestly I'm trying to WP:AGF but I'm not sure how you can believe this ('wider context') at the same time as you unilaterally blanked a section on embryos, which provided necessary context within the article – one of the things we're supposed to consider for PAGEDECIDE. If anything, this is a sure sign that the article is necessary - it contains separate and important context for a notable issue covered extensively by RS, and merging it with another page (let alone deleting it) does a disservice to the topic and to readers, which, again, is what we're meant to consider. Smallangryplanet (talk) 13:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Delete. Topic is too specific for a standalone article. redirect to Effect_of_the_Israel–Hamas_war_on_children_in_the_Gaza_Strip#Premature_babies as suggested above by Sandstein. Whizkin (talk) 08:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    Topic is too specific for a standalone article Which policy argument says that? GNG is clearly established. Selfstudier (talk) 15:27, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    I did reference the policy he's likely referring to in my original nomination:WP:NOPAGE. There are other similar policies that could also be argued for or against, but it does seem kind of silly to demand policy rules for every little argument. GNG hasn't been clearly established or disestablished through consensus, if it had, then this deletion discussion would have been resolved. Originalcola (talk) 19:36, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    Please note that you have exceeded the 1000 word limit mandated by Arbcom for contributions to formal discussions. Selfstudier (talk) 19:48, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    @Selfstudier: Are you saying that rule applies to AfD? jlwoodwa (talk) 06:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1257490232#Motion_2c:_Word_limits "All participants in formal discussions (RfCs, RMs, etc) within the area of conflict..." Selfstudier (talk) 10:08, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
    Then this page needs to be expanded to cover the whole topic. Not squeezed into a huge page that only covers half of it. Industrial Metal Brain (talk) 21:10, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    That a page needs improvement is also not a reason to delete. Selfstudier (talk) 21:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
    I was saying we should keep it. Industrial Metal Brain (talk) 04:17, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Merge. There are already articles about the Effect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip, Women in the Israel–Hamas war, Timeline of the Gaza Strip healthcare collapse, Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present) and attacks on individual hospitals like Al-Shifa Hospital siege. The topic is not in itself more notable than the death of other babies or children in Gaza, especially because it is incidental to the general attacks on hospitals and not a specifically targeted operation that would need its own coverage. This should be merged into the relevant articles, with some more detail included in the article about the specific hospitals. Compare this to the article Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War, which was a specific operation not part of the combat itself. If it were to come out that Israel was specifically targeting palestinian children for demographic reasons (compare Ethiopian Jews in Israel#Birth control) that would maybe make it deserve a separate article. We also don't have an article about the destruction of oncology departments in Gaza because that comes with the destruction of hospitals in general, and those are already covered in articles about the hospitals themselves, in the article on healthcare and the article about humanitarian crisis. This really is not distinct enough to get its own article. Not everything has to get the same level of granularity as the hundreds of "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on X" articles. — jonas (talk) 15:42, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
    It should be mentioned on all of those pages, but the intersection of women + children + health + humanitarian crisis is an independently notable topic with hundreds of sources. Industrial Metal Brain (talk) 18:09, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

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  • Keep. While the topic is fairly specific, it has also received fairly broad coverage over and extended period of time, including some coverage by academics. Merging this with the article on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not reasonable as that article is already huge. If anything, more topics should be forked from it. Cortador (talk) 14:32, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Merge or delete per above. Interpretations of GNG that rely excessively upon news reporting are iffy IMO. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 21:57, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

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