Talk:YMCA London South West

I am trying to build up a page that documents the history of an charitable organisation formed in 1874 and that has amongst other things helped form Kingstonian's football club (http://www.kingstonian.net/club.jsp?history) as well as take over the running of the Hawker Centre in North Kingston and Hampton Pool http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Pool — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnybravorichard (talk • contribs)
 * Sounds good, but there's nothing in this article to explain what's WP:Notable about this particular branch of the YMCA. Perhaps you could start by adding referenced material to YMCA? Thanks, Scopecreep (talk) 15:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Each YMCA is completely autonomous and not part of a larger group, I was only just getting started with the article on YMCA London South West and have a range of external references and notable activities to add. Should I develop it offline first and then post? (Johnnybravorichard (talk) 15:38, 10 April 2012 (UTC)).


 * True, but they are all affiliated with the YMCA in the UK, aren't they? I would still suggest adding referenced content there, and splitting it off to a separate article only if it gets too big. Scopecreep (talk) 15:40, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * They are affiliated however the UK is split into the four nations and within England there are over 50 YMCAs so if each added something the section would be huge. There is a precedence for YMCAs having their own page YMCA of Greater New York and Horsham YMCA (Johnnybravorichard (talk) 15:44, 10 April 2012 (UTC)).


 * Yes indeed, YMCA LSW may be notable enough for its own article, but have a read of WP:ORG so you can decide whether it will be judged notable enough for this. Thanks, Scopecreep (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * In fact, it's not clear yet whether Horsham YMCA is notable enough for its own article, in the article's present state. Scopecreep (talk) 15:55, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will do some work and see what I can come up with via the YMCA England Page cross referencing this to Hampton Pool and Hawker's Sports Ground