Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carrie Bow Marine Field Station


 * 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 No consensus. The debate quickly diverted itself to possible rename or merge ideas, which is yet undecided. We are clearly no longer considering deletion, so AfD is not needed to finish the editor collaboration that has started here.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 03:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Carrie Bow Marine Field Station

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The program may be notable, but it doesn't appear to have an article. There's no evidence this particular field station is. Ghits don't assert any notability and it doesn't appear to be on a map, so I don't think there's any inherent notability. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 16:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete: Not notable.  Thanks, George D. Watson  (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 17:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  22:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Perhaps the article should be moved to the name of the island where the field station is located, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize (sometimes written 	Carrie Bow Caye), at coordinates 	16° 47' 00" N 	088° 04' 00" W, since all islands are notable. I found a map at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Carrie+Bow+Cay,+belize&sll=17.189877,-88.49765&sspn=4.045267,8.657227&ie=UTF8&ei=SJnDR83pJ4aijgGMx8GWCA&sig2=aJDsVGeW-DIjnjJGKMNwgw&cd=3&cid=16802569,-88081856,488568001953571820&li=lmd&z=14&t=m But as a research station, its claim to notability is the scientific research that has been done there, and a Unesco reference states that more than 500 scientific apers have been published as a result of research at Carrie Bow Marine Field Station. --Eastmain (talk) 04:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There or if an article is written about the project. I think it would fit in either place but doesn't have standalone notability. The info you added is good, but I think it still needs to be part of a larger whole. I think the research, if I found the same source as you did, is part of the Ecosystem project, which could make for an article there. I think it could be merged with whichever is likely to be more substantive. I'm not in favor of creating an island article just to plant this there. I know islands are inherently notable but it doesn't mean we have to create an article on every island just because we can. Make sense? Where do we think it would 'fit' better? I'm leaning toward the org since it's 'known' for its research, not its location TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 05:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think an article on the organization would be more appropriate. The island itself looks fairly small, but the research done by the organization would be more notable and worth covering.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TerriersFan (talk) 03:13, 3 March 2008 (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.