Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dance Marathon at UCLA


 * 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. Discussion has shown that the article is about a local event, and despite assertions of evidence of non-local notability citations, these have not been produced. Consensus according to our guidelines is that the article should be deleted, however the suggestion that a brief mention at UCLA would be useful is a good one, and I have done that. I will follow consensus and delete the article, though create a redirect of the tittle asa viable search term and point it to UCLA  SilkTork  *YES! 11:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Dance Marathon at UCLA

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Non-notable student group. While this is a good cause, not all good causes are notable enough to be encyclopedic. OCNative (talk) 03:57, 2 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:21, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 14:01, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, lacks the reliable sources to make it a proper encyclopedia article. Nyttend (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, one of the largest events of its kind. --TorriTorri(Talk to me!) 09:58, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment First, please define "its kind" and then provide reliable third party sources to substantiate the largest events claim. JBsupreme (talk) 07:01, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  02:44, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete at the most this is worth one sentence in the student activities section of the UCLA article. Racepacket (talk) 06:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * KEEP DM at UCLA is the largest student-run philanthropic event in the western US. If this one not important, then no Dance Marathons should be important enough to be encyclopedic. But they are, and this one is especially. ViRaKhVaR321 (talk)
 * Comment. I'm not sure you're making any sense.  Do you have evidence of non-trivial coverage of this event by reliable third party publications?  JBsupreme (talk) 04:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. LA Times:, just one example. ViRaKhVaR321 (talk) 07:53, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment According to WP:CLUB: "Organizations whose activities are local in scope may be notable where there is verifiable information from reliable independent sources outside the organization's local area. Where coverage is only local in scope, the organization may be included as a section in an article on the organization's local area instead." The LA Times is the local area's paper in this case. OCNative (talk) 17:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep absolutely meets notability criteria. It took me 15 seconds of googling to turn up more than enough non-trivial coverage.--CastAStone//₵₳$↑₳₴₮ʘ№€ 04:30, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Care to share examples of this non-trivial coverage you found in 15 seconds of Googling? OCNative (talk) 17:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete A worthy cause, I'm sure, but not notable to the wider world. Google search turns up publicity releases and facebook stuff. Google News search turns up nothing. --MelanieN (talk) 04:39, 23 January 2010 (UTC)MelanieN
 * Delete Research shows either local coverage or social networking sites. Local isn't notable in the global arena and social networking sites per WP:Reliable Sources are seen as "Self-published sources", meaning that they are not notable. National coverage would help, but I couldn't find any. - FaceMash (talk) 15:45, 23 January 2010 (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.