Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations/Bilateral relations task force

Welcome to the Bilateral relations task force of WikiProject International relations. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Bilateral relations.

Our goal

To improve Wikipedia's coverage of bilateral relations articles, and centralize discussion on them. Participants will analyse extant bilateral relations articles and sort them into three preliminary categories:

• Prod - these articles are deemed by participants not to be notable, and they will prod them
• AfD - these articles are either be of unclear notability, or participants have not been able to reach a consensus on their notability, so they will be sent to articles for deletion
• Keep - these articles are deemed by participants to be notable, and in need of expansion and improvement rather than deletion

Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

• -Marcusmax(speak) 03:21, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• - Biruitorul ^Talk 03:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• - DubZog (talk) 18:13, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• Hans Adler (talk) 23:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Interest: Reducing the number of "X–Y relations" articles dramatically
• - TonyBallioni (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)- Interested in development of notability guideline.
• - DGG (talk) 00:18, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Interest: preventing the removal of article with any potential, as elsewhere in Wikipedia. No prejudgment about what the number will be.
• User:Drmies (talk). I'm interested in deflating the pressure cooker of AfD and article rescue. I'm extremely prejudiced: I think all articles on notable subjects should be kept. ;)
• User:LibStar. Interested in developing notability guidelines for such. given that in recent months a number of random combination articles have been created with no consideration of reliable sources indicating notablity. LibStar (talk) 07:48, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
• Nick-D (talk) 08:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
• Martintg (talk) 04:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC). I'm interested in developing some reasonable guidelines on notability first before embarking on wholesale deletion of these "X-Y Relations" articles.

Currently at AfD

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hungary–Tajikistan relations
• Comment, can AfD's be suspended until consensus is achieved at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Bilateral international relations? Martintg (talk) 04:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

the answer appears to be no. AfDs are proceeding. LibStar (talk) 01:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)