Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad


 * 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 delete. Sr13 07:45, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad

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This article about a local emergency response team provides sources from within the organization, but does not cite primary sources to support its claims of national coverage back in 1950. The primary author has no other contributions, which raises the possibility of WP:COI. Yechiel Man 07:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Did you inform the author of the article that his piece needed some extra sources? He may well be able to provide them.  The article says that President George H.W. Bush visited the Rescue Squad in 1990 on its 50th anniversary and complimented it as one of his 'points of light'.  That must have received coverage in the area press at the time so that might offer useful sources.  Being a member of the organisation, and there's no evidence that he is, wouldn't prevent the author writing about it according to Wikipedia rules surely? Nick mallory 07:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. Normally I don't notify authors of my AFD nominations, but I see why this situation, with a newbie user who might have access to supporting information, might call for that extra step.  Thank you for doing it, Nick. Yechiel Man  08:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, inherently local volunteer organization. No doubt they have rescued many people and saved many lives and strive, as most of their counterparts do, to exceed the standards of their profession. But there is little that can be written about such a subject to confer remarkable notability to begin with, and we have no sources showing that anyone has done so. About the only thing that does stand out is the President designation them as a point of light -- but they designated 1020 of those, about one every business day of his term in office. It's recognition, but it isn't really a significant award. --Dhartung | Talk 07:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I was just pointing out that the article says that President Bush visited them and that coverage of that might confer notability. Nick mallory 08:28, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a directory for emergency or rescue services, and besides, this is not notable either. --SunStar Net talk 08:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The copyright notice on the website all the text is copied from says "No part of these pages, either text or image may be used for any purpose other than authorized Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad uses".  Ford MF 09:55, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * DELETE SPEEDY DELETE - A visit from the President does not automatically confer notability on something. Something has to be notable in its own right. Regardless of that, this article has to go no matter what, as it is a clear COPYRIGHT VIOLATION from http://www.bccrs.org, the official website of this rescue squad. --Hnsampat 06:58, 26 May 2007 (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.