Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/De-bushing Advisory Service Namibia

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 merge to Bush encroachment in Namibia. Not much discussion here, but the redirect seems plausible, and WP:ATD argues for that over deletion. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:51, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

De-bushing Advisory Service Namibia

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Non-notable NGO.Purely promotional. Winged Blades ^Godric 10:52, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:03, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Keep -- Note, I am the author of the first version of this article. The De-bushing Advisory Service is a notable institution within the jurisdiction of Namibia. It was initiated by the government of Namibia as a response to the national crisis of bush encroachment. It renders are public service and is not commercial. Since the institution is still young, it may not be widely known yet, further references to be added along the way. --Vision2030 (talk) 20:17, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
• Comment:--The newera.com source is utter promotional spam.The economist.com.na source has no editorial control and fails [{WP:RS]].Winged Blades ^Godric 04:09, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
• Comment:--Please consider the context. The Wikipedia page is about a public service institution in Namibia and the referenced articles are published by newspapers that are locally accepted as leading, (largely) independent media. No doubt that there is a very evident lack of journalistic quality, but this does not change the fact that the De-bushing Advisory Service is a notable institution (locally). Must a Namibian institution be mentioned on Western media before it is considered relevant? --Vision2030 (talk) 16:52, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect content into Bush encroachment in Namibia. There are a number of issues here. I'm about to NPR I have NPRed the new bush encroachment page. I think the latter is probably notable, but that the article is currently poorly written with insufficient sources, and probably by an editor using a corporate account in a well-meaning manner on Namibian environmental issues. I recommend the redirect/merge and I will work with the editor to enhance that article. (Addendum: I tried to leave detailed advice and extra urls on the article creator's talk page, but a glitch in Page Curtation Tool appears to have lost that content.) Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:50, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:11, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein  12:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:53, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:53, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

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