Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Adams 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   delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Douglas Adams Society

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The article concerns a number of university societies that celebrate the works of Douglas Adams. All sources are primary... archives to the socity's termcards and the like, barring one "source" to a self-described alleged overheard conversation. As you'd expect, the article fails all aspects of WP:N; no third party sources of any description that I could find. No material to merge anywhere either. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 17:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. I've added citations in the Independent on Sunday and at RPGnet which suggest that the Oxford society's existence was noted by people outside its immediate vicinity.  If I had the leisure to go through the paper archives of Isis, Cherwell and The Oxford Student from the 1990s, I could identify more mentions.  The York incarnation seems to be getting noticed too, but I'll leave that for others to find references for. (Declaration of interest: yes, I was a member and yes, I've edited the article.) Phil PH (talk) 18:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, the Independent source is definitely trivial; establishing existence isn't the issue, but notability. I'm not sure about RPGnet; I've never come across it, or really know what guideline applies when an online role-playing site hosts your pub quiz rules (not being funny, I genuinely don't know!). Blackmetalbaz (talk) 22:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nja 247 09:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - notability is not established. Doesn't mean that such a group doesn't exist, or that it will never be notable, but right now, it isn't. Frank  |  talk  09:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete This is hardly the Oxford Union. It's just another student society.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 14:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - notability not yet established through independent reliable sources. Robofish (talk) 21:12, 3 May 2009 (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.