Talk:European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning

This article was nominated for deletion on 6 July 2009. The result of the discussion was keep.

EUROCALL is a non-profit-making professional association. There is already an article in Wikipedia about its sister association in the USA, namely CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALICO_-_The_Computer_Assisted_Language_Instruction_Consortium

The EUROCALL article, like the CALICO article, merely provides information about a respectable and well-established professional association, whose main aim is to disseminate information about good educational practices. Like CALICO, EUROCALL promotes research at the highest level and also offers annual awards and scholarships, e.g. for distinguished academic achievement and for funding for East Europeans wishing to attend its annual conference.

EUROCALL, CALICO, IALLT and similar professional associations feature in this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning

I believe the article should be retained.

GroovyGuzi

The article does not indicate how the subject is notable by Wikipedia's standards. Please see WP:N for guidelines. ... discospinster _talk 15:39, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, thanks for pointing me to that other article. I have just nominated it for deletion. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 16:06, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

EUROCALL, as a non-commercial organisation, fits in with Wikipedia's guidelines, namely:

Organizations are usually notable if they meet both of the following standards:

- The scope of their activities is national or international in scale.

- Information about the organization and its activities can be verified by third-party, independent, reliable sources. (In other words, they must satisfy the primary criterion for all organizations as described above.)

The same applies to CALICO, EUROCALL's sister organisation in the USA. Both organisations are international in scale (worldwide, in fact), they are well-established and they have an excellent record of disseminating information about the use of ICT in language learning and teaching through their publications, websites and conferences. Their activities can be verified by a simple Google search.

GroovyGuzi —Preceding unsigned comment added by GroovyGuzi (talk • contribs) 13:29, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would also strongly support that the Wikipedia articles for EUROCALL and CALICO remain. I work in the area in which both of these non-profit organizations are active, and it is readily apparent that they should fit under the notable criteria, i.e. they are international and information about them can be verified by third-party, independent, reliable sources. For example, Cambridge University Press publishes the journal of the EUROCALL organization called RECALL, which can be directly verified at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=REC In the same way, the CALICO journal published by CALICO can be readily verified in library catalogues, such as http://swb2.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.312/SET=1/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=6/PRS=HOL&HILN=888&ADI_LND= If more proof is needed, please let me know. I am very surprised that this even is an issue. Prof. Dr. Detmar Meurers (The Ohio State University, US and Universität Tübingen, Germany) Detmar (talk) 11:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am a member of EUROCALL, which is a very useful organisation. I don't understand why anybody could want to delete this article. Please reconsider your action or, at least, state clearly why you would like to delete the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.60.0.72 (talk) 14:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]