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292:, we typically don't could them towards notability, even if they are reliable for the purpose of verification. I'm unsure of the German press, but this appears to me to follow a similar pattern in many Anglophone subject areas where people load the article with sourcing from sources that are famously easy to get into in order to make it appear notable when it isn't. Being a German source doesn't change that this tactic is harmful. 561:(WP:NOT) and promotional tones. I read the article and looked at references first for my own assessment before looking at comments. The article is by far sourced with "Heise online" and a problem is that "many mentions" from the same source all count as one for notability. I started going through the sources, that are mostly just product news, which is mentioned in a "keep !vote above, 464:
With 500 attendees, it gathers a significant part of the Apple developers in Europe. I'm not 100% sure (no reference but my own extensive search) but as far as I can tell, it is not only the biggest Apple developer conference in Europe but also the third biggest (behind WWDC and AltConf) world-wide.
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The articles on Mac & i often are reports about the conference, they are not just short mentions. When I wrote the article, I tried to back all claims and as many numbers as possible with references from secondary sources (Obviously nobody outside the Macoun team counted the visitors so there is
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The long list of sources is deceptive - often a ploy to hoodwink less careful New Page Patrollers. The vast majority of them are to the Heise organisation, but different pages on their website, usually a page for each year's conference, so those multiple sources being about the
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no real secondary source here. I still included references here because the (lack of) size was a topic in the German Knowledge (XXG)). I added references only when needed to back a claim, not to just have another source (e.g.
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is more general about the conference. Heise however appears to be reliable. Not so for most of the others which include at least two private blogs. Without additional sources to German mainstream press such as
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That's a very unique understanding of the GNG (which, given how horribly it is written, I can understand for a user new to dealing with new content). If the blogs are niche and don't have a wide
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not connected to the subject is required. The subject is a yearly workshop "conference" that charges attendees for participation. "Speciality" sources reflect advertisement (WP:NOT) such as a
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coverage on Heise Online on a sign of significance. Heise Online is not just one ot the most visited pages in the German IT szene: The German equivalent to
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part of WWDC attention. Do academic conferences get coverage in end user magazines (as chip.de) or (business) news papers (Handelsblatt, Spiegel, SZ)?
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References almost entirely one, seemingly niche, technology blog. The rest of the references seem to be to non-notable sources. A preliminary
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The speakers are well known in their field in Germany, most in Europe, and some world-wide. (References could be better here)
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if the references from the "same" are attempted to be used as evidence of notability, or to pass WP:GNG that states
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Even WWDC does not get coverage on chip.de, Spiegel, … that goes beyond the product news: I quickly checked the
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Regarding the significance of Heise Online: It is one of the most visited IT news sites in Germany ().
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regarding WWDC (highlight is hit #2, a tumble dryer) on chip.de: None of them seemed to give the
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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individual conferences could really be considered as being one only . Only
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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and words like "According to the organizers". Some such as
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Apple developer conference might be a niche but one with a
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No further edits should be made to this page. 397:While there is converage on other publications ( 256:Note: This discussion has been included in the 242:Note: This discussion has been included in the 228:Note: This discussion has been included in the 8: 258:list of Germany-related deletion discussions 244:list of Events-related deletion discussions 473:, 500 attendees seems to be above average. 255: 241: 227: 577:and reasoning that coverage in multiple 661: 56:if anybody feels strongly about it. -- 379:it would probably clinch the deal.. 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 569:. Another "support" comment stated 469:. 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