Deletion of Center for International Study and Development

Comment: Fails  and , also written pretty promotionally, against 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:ORG||WP:PROMO)

Comment: Taking into account that the organization lists its Executive Director as Hakim Said, I think we have to assume a |conflict of interest here. That doesn't outright preclude useful contributions, but it does weigh against the article
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI)

Comment: reply|Sagaines}} "Let's help them help people" -- that sounds a lot like "Let's |promote them", and that's not what Wikipedia does. Not for for-profit companies, and not for non-profits. CISD's mission is laudable, but Wikipedia isn't the |soapbox form which they should spread the word
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Spam (WP:SPAM||WP:SOAPBOX)

Comment: reply|HakimSaid}} Serving "several hundred students" is ''laudable'' but it is not ''notable''. Wikipedia's |general notability guidelines (that apply to ''all'' topics, non-profit organizations included) require '''significant coverage''' in independent media, of which I find none for CISD. If you are going to rely on coverage of the former name of the organization, it might be of use to editors if you mentioned the name. The current article does not name it, and your own organization's website contains only a minor obscure reference to the organization named Pen Foundation International (who is named as an "international partner" but whom I presume to be the former organization). That being the case, I found precious little reliable information about PFI either. {{reply|Sagaines}} Please remember to |assume good faith: I am not trolling, but rather raising a concern about an article that I do not believe merits inclusion in Wikipedia. The notability of the articles to which I have contributed |is irrelevant; the present article will be evaluated on its own merits, not in comparison to other articles
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:AGF||WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS)