Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Innovation through Science and Technology

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The result was redirect to CRDF Global. People are unconvinced that this is independently notable. Sandstein 18:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

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An initiative to spur economic development. Just because it is funded by the U.S. Department of State does not exempt the author from providing evidence of notability. — RHaworth {{toolbar|separator=dot|talk | contribs }} 20:51, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge/Redirect to CRDF Global which is implementing the program. The references are not impressive, and a search of the [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22global+innovation+through+science+and+technology%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Search+Archives Google News Archive] suggests that the initiative has gotten minimal press. --MelanieN (talk) 00:59, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

keep from a GIST conference announcement :"In total, more than 200 participants representing the research, government, private business, university and NGO sectors of 25 nations have participated in prior GIST conferences in Alexandria, Egypt and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, respectively." - certainly not a mom-and-pop shop, has global notability regardless American press. Lolo Sambinho (talk) 17:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
P.S. I don't know how MelanieN used google archuive search, but it missed A LOT, such as [http://www.kln.gov.my/web/usa_washington/e2011/-/asset_publisher/ME2g/blog/tyt-dato-sri-ambassador-speaks-at-gist-conference-kuala-lumpur-23-february-2011?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fusa_washington%2Fe2011 a Malaysia newspiece] or[http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20110607102456 a Saudi Arabia newspiece], which demonstrate high profile of the project. (although I have to say that the name is stupid (how else innnovation can b e? "Through Politics and Bureaucracy"?)) Lolo Sambinho (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC).

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. — frankie (talk) 17:55, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. — frankie (talk) 17:55, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Delete. Lack of reliable sources about the initiative, and therefore it does not meet WP:GNG. Any useful information may be merged into CRDF Global, if properly sourced. Beagel (talk) 19:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

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