Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Polar Society


 * 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. (non-admin closure) 🍪 Cookie  Monster  15:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

American Polar Society

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WP:NOTDIRECTORY. The article is titled as if it is about a topic. It's just a list of members without any real context as to why the members are notable or what the purpose of the society is. Shadow311 (talk) 15:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Organizations. Shadow311 (talk) 15:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Travel and tourism, Environment,  and United States of America. Skynxnex (talk) 16:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep? I'm not really sure what the procedure is for when the topic has a lot of available material but the article is only minimally present. I'm pretty sure this article in Polar Record gives the most detail on what the organization actually was for, but of course, that's the one I don't have immediate access to. Still, the journal published obituaries of people in the field (pdf here) and the one for APS founder August Howard gives some context. This biography of Louise Arner Boyd also appears to dedicate a couple of pages to the society and Boyd's interactions with it on page 289+. Also, I'm not sure if it matters for inclusion standards, but Ohio State University's library maintains a special collection of the society's historical records. Lubal (talk) 18:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  19:17, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep: A ton of coverage in Gnewspapers talks about it. It's described here . Obituary here about the founder . Oaktree b (talk) 23:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep – Looked at the sources, there are some indepth content that can be used to expand the article beyond NOTDIRECTORY. Passes notability guidelines. Toadette  ( Let's discuss together! ) 23:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:SOFIXIT. Geschichte (talk) 08:15, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Needs cleanup, not deletion. There's enough reliably-sourced coverage here to easily pass WP:SIGCOV. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 12:35, 20 March 2024 (UTC)


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