Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D'Penguineers


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The result was   no consensus. (non-admin closure) NorthAmerica1000 07:25, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

D'Penguineers

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Only claim to fame is to have been a subject of a book. Such teams cannot have inherent notability (it's a high-school competition), and winning awards in that competition doesn't make the subject notable. Drmies (talk) 05:38, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Being subject of a popular book is fairly good evidence of notability, and they appear to be leaders in their field. They also have some other media coverage (mostly local press). You could consider a merge with the article on the book: The New Cool (book). --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:46, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Comments (I don't feel strongly enough either way to vote yet) Source-wise, I'm seeing a lot of things that border on blogs and press releases, and not full-on news stories.   . A few comments from User talk:Member#barnstar (from 2010) made AFD-esque arguments on notability of this article, which may be of interest. Chris857 (talk) 15:47, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 16:13, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Merge to The New Cool (book). The book is the main source on the team, and all discussions of the team in other reliable sources seem to be essentially reviews of the book.  I can find nothing to add to this article that doesn't come from that book or from self-sources.  Hence, no reason to have a separate article right now.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 18:34, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep I added several additional references. This team is the subject of a notable book by a best-selling author, and a Disney movie about the team is in the works. The teacher who founded and leads it received a Macarthur Foundation award. --MelanieN (talk) 16:07, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 03:10, 3 March 2014 (UTC)


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