Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Environmental Directory

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The result was no consensus. (WP:NPASR.) (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:55, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

National Environmental Directory

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Couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY Boleyn (talk) 20:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I would be interested in what user:DGG thinks of this subject's notability. Is it widely held by libraries? Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

it's a online file, that would not necessarily be cataloged, so I'm checking. I see only 24 libraries in Worldcat; But the collection I know best, Gale's ENVIROnetBASE : environmental resources online, (the successor to Gale Environmental Sourcebook) has only 28. The publication of directories was much more important before the internet. In any case, the best description of the resources is here Envirosource, since it is a free search engine, has only 4 listings, but It's the (free) place I would recommend. DGG ( talk ) 22:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wizardman 16:56, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm currently on the fence; there are several reliable source mentions of the database, but they are fairly incidental ("this exists") mentions. The directory's official website, in Japanese, is currently a portal to deriheru (prostitution legitimized as a medical service) providers in Japan. The National Environmental Directory Database listed by Envirosource points to a dead web page at the University of Michigan. The Madison Public Library links to a North American Association for Environmental Education web page which allows searches of the National Environmental Directory, but searching the database also points to a dead link. Elsewhere the NAAEE simply links to the Japanese prostitution website. The directory and prostitution website are listed in a dozen or so books, but only incidentally, among lists of other websites, and are singled out in a couple peer-reviewed journal articles (here and here). The EPA lists a "National Environmental Directory of Minority and Women-owned Businesses", but it's not clear that it has any relation to this directory. ––Agyle (talk) 18:06, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:49, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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