Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Academy of Achievement

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The result was keep. John254 15:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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A charity with a website. A noble aim, I'm sure, but several of the 35 unique Google hits are unrelated, only one is anythign above trivial (a 1997 review of the website), Factiva turns up some passing mentikons and press releases, Google News a handful of the same. No evidence that I can see of multiple non-trivial coverage in reliable secondary sources independent of the subject. My opinion is somewhat coloured by the fact that Sspillers (talk · contribs) (check those contribs), who is employed by the academy, added a very large number of links some time back, often with blatantly promotional link text, and is now emailing me to ask for them to be allowed back in. Apparently it took a while to notice their removal. Guy (Help!) 21:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Very much to my surprise, I easily found unimpeachable sources (WSJ, NYT, Chicago Tribune) on the Proquest subscription database. I've added the 3 best. I cannot explain the lack of web links--it seems they do actually need some publicity! DGG 03:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per the sources added by DGG. A strange phenomenon indeed that an annual meeting of such notable and famous individuals receives so little coverage: the WSJ description as the "Glitziest Gathering Nobody Knows" seems quite accurate. -- Black Falcon 09:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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