Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conditional budgeting

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:40, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional budgeting

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Pure original research. The initial revision claims the concept was developed by Simon Pfister and the article was created by Simonpfister (talk · contribs). Several days later the article was subsequently expanded by an IP that is very likely the same user. It's possible that "conditional budgeting" is a notable topic but would need to be rewritten from scratch with proper sourcing from an editor not closely connected with the topic. Jfire (talk) 01:36, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance and Business. Jfire (talk) 01:36, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I get several hits in Scholar, showing how notable this term is, but the article here needs a rewrite, badly. Oaktree b (talk) 02:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm open to the possibility that this is a notable topic, but I don't think the Google Scholar hits demonstrate that. There are only seven unique hits (one duplicate). Of those, all but two are either passing mentions, or unrelated to the topic of this article, or both. One of the two that remains is the table of contents of the book "Cost Management Guidebook", a self-published source (WP:SPS). The last remaining result is Dickmeyer, Nathan. "Financial policy making and planning". New Directions for Higher Education., which definitely does cover the topic. For example, it says Another policy that decreases the effects of uncertainty requires dividing the budget into two parts: the operating budget and the conditional budget. However, this article is not cited anywhere else. So we have a low hit count to start with, a single potential source, and no evidence of impact for that one source. For a notable accounting and finance topic, I'd expect much better results -- compare Google Scholar on zero-based budgeting for example. Jfire (talk) 03:31, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:47, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the nomination and the above source analysis. XOR'easter (talk) 19:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unnotable concept.`~HelpingWorld~`^(👽🛸) 04:54, 28 January 2023 (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.