Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Association of Educators for World Peace

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:16, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

International Association of Educators for World Peace

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It is not verifiable, the article is used to provide an "authority" about a so called Ghandi Prize awarded to Woo Myung by IAEWP, I fear leaving a page of wich links are clearly from the same person, will just give that person as much credibility as if that price was awarded by some important institution like World Health Organization, wich is in reality not. There is no Media speaking about IAEP. Also it is important to note that there is MUCH "literature" on the web about Woo Myung wich is being reported by much people to be a cult leader, just search about maum meditation guys. If that meditation cult is really a good thing, then why the only sites speaking of it are the sites from cultist theirselves? RationalWiki (talk) 11:37, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:13, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:13, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem that you've done your due diligence. You are right in that after this was created as a tiny stuby by Orlady someone added a huge amount of text to this. You're wrong about the media coverage as there are quite a few newss articles about awards it has made.[1] Google books shows up a number of mentions although most have just brief mentions, eg[2]. This book[3] calls it the third most important organisation in the development of peace education. It's affiliated with UNESCO in some way - the NGO Liaison Committee. I can't see any indication it ever gave out an award called the Gahndi Peace Prize, but this might help.[4]

Forgot - I blocked this editor due to their username, Hopefully they'll create a new one and come back here. Doug Weller talk 12:28, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Yes, I created this article as a stub 5-1/2 years ago after encountering statements in which a variety of people and organizations claimed credentials (I don't remember the particulars -- it probably included awards, academic degrees, and certificates of exemplary character and laudable service to mankind) from the International Association of Educators for World Peace. The article was a short stub because it contained all of the third-party-sourced information I could find about the organization that appeared reasonably likely to be reliably sourced. There wasn't much decent information, but I thought there was enough to (1) substantiate the existence of the organization, (2) indicate that independent observers perceive it to be a peace organization of some importance, and (3) indicate what it isn't (it is not a university, it does not have a high profile, etc.). Notability was marginal, and it still is marginal, as near as I can tell. However, it's clear that affiliates of this organization have taken over the article and filled it with unsourced self-promotion. The article should not be retained in its present form. Either edit it back to a stub or delete it. I could argue for either result. Orlady (talk) 04:23, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as my searches have found nothing particularly better at all. SwisterTwister talk 05:48, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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