Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Children's Wish Foundation of Canada (2nd nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was soft merge to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as a soft merge. Editors are free to remove the articles from the merge backlog or reverse the merge by splitting the articles back out. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:54, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

Children's Wish Foundation of Canada

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I propose merging to Make-A-Wish because the article has hardly any content and could just be a few sentences in the main Make-A-Wish article that it has been absorbed into. DirtyHarry991 (talk) 05:07, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

• Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related AfD discussions. DirtyHarry991 (talk) 05:07, 7 October 2026 (UTC)
• Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related AfD discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:30, 7 October 2026 (UTC)
• Comment: Children's Wish Foundation of Canada merged with Make-A-Wish Canada, a subsidiary of Make-A-Wish Foundation, to create Make-A-Wish Foundation Canada, which on its website describes itself as an affiliate of Make-A-Wish International (see "Our History" on their website). Note: Make-a-Wish International (established 1993, see affiliations), Make-a-Wish US (established 1983). It appears Make-a-Wish International is the umbrella organization for all national versions. This should be made clear in any resulting merger. Mindmatrix 15:36, 7 October 2026 (UTC)
• Comment: this survived the first nomination from 2015–a time when AfD only had traditional deletion discussions, and was a few years before the organization's merger with Make-A-Wish Canada anyway–but even that was not enough to resolve the tag for potential NORG failure present since 2012. (No opinion on the merger proposal or anything else.). WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 23:44, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cavarrone 07:08, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

Move to Make-A-Wish Foundation Canada if I can manage to find sourcing (will try to get back to this quickly), but otherwise support a merge with the expectation that the above recommendations are implemented.

CSGinger14 (talk) 04:50, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

| (I'd be suspect of this one if it were covering pretty much anything other than a Make-A-Wish / St. Jude / etc. style foundation) | (A lot of sourcing I've found is news of various orgs / people giving money to / carrying out fundraisers for the organization, which establish some degree of notability imo) | (to that effect...). Also don't open that last link unless you really aren't convinced by the other 7 cause the number of ads The Globe'll attempt to shove in your face if you do so is atrocious.

There were a fair number of media pieces on the wishes that actually got granted, but I figured those are inadmissible, and would fall under an unspoken guideline akin to WP:VICTIMIZE (that I can't put a name on, but which relies on a presumption that we shouldn't be making what would amount to a 'List of kids with terminal illnesses', for obvious reasons).

Best to all,

CSGinger14 (talk) 05:43, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 19:08, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

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.