Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Community Media Association

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The result was Keep. (Non-admin closure). Per last comment, I am withdrawing the nomination. Ritchie333 (talk) 22:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Community Media Association

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The organisation looks notable from its description, but I couldn't find any reliable sources to verify its claims. The closest I found for an independent, reliable source was this and this, neither of which gives it anything more than passing mention. Ritchie333 (talk) 09:42, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are a few additional independent sources this, this, and this, all of which I found in "news" above. Clearly bona fide and I would say sufficiently notable. asnac (talk) 10:35, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy Keep - Completely bona fide; see, e.g., books.google.com search -- inclusion in numerous reference books on media; mention of its role in government work ("With the recent passage of the Communication Bill into law - thanks in large measure to the persistent lobbying efforts and policy analyses conducted by the Community Media Association (CMA)" -- Kevin Howley, Community Media). See also previous name, "Community Radio Association", for many more. --Lquilter (talk) 14:39, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've added various references into the article; enough to verify notability, I think. AllyD (talk) 20:20, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I don't mean to sound like a cantankerous old sod, but the only one of the references so far that really goes into some depth about what the CMA is and what it does is asnac's first article - everything else talks around the subject and mentions it in passing, like my two original references. However, if we can find lots of passing references, then that probably does indicate notability after all, and if nobody else can put forward alternative arguments by tomorrow, I'll probably withdraw this. --Ritchie333 (talk) 20:26, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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