Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Power Index

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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 02:13, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

World Power Index

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Not notable. Promotional personal essay supported by originator own research. WPI lacks independent coverage and independent citations. duffbeerforme (talk) 13:10, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:59, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:59, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious: how do you know the article creator is Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:01, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Hello, certainly the WPI is my creation," [1]. duffbeerforme (talk) 15:04, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, there you go! Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:28, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- this source attributed the concept to a 1960 work by Clifford German: Economic and Social Transformation in China: Challenges and Opportunities. As well as here: Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age. So the concept exists, but at a quick glance it's unclear if the article is about something else. It appears to serve as a promotional vehicle for Mr Ruvalcaba; I just removed an external link to his work from the body of the article. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:32, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, on second thoughts. On their Talk page, the article's creator claims that WPI is their work: dif. Unnecessary self-promotion in this case. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:23, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
delete, literally a presentation of OR - David Gerard (talk) 08:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. promotional article based on original research.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 18:20, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I asked the author of the article a few months ago if he could give me any example of this index being used by anyone and essentially, he couldn't. --McSly (talk) 18:27, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.