Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edinburgh University Politics Society


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The result was   delete. kepp votes not well grounded in policy while the delete arguments have policy on their side Spartaz Humbug! 15:47, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Edinburgh University Politics Society

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Student club, precisely zero few Google News, Books, and Scholar hits. Abductive (reasoning) 18:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Scotland Herald has a whole paragraph on it. Politician web sites mention it frequently. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * My bad, has some mentions in the news. BBC says, "Mr Morgan will also give a speech on devolution at Edinburgh University's politics society." (Note the decapitalization). The Herald says, "EDINBURGH University Politics Society was yesterday treated to a Euro-election hustings, with contributions from assorted Euro politicians. During an address from Tory MEP John Purvis, the students received an odd lesson in biology and cookery. In a revelation which may alienate the Tories' traditional farming vote, John spoke of getting chops from a cow. One audience member seemed impressed by Tory ingenuity, however. Paraphrasing the old Knorr TV advert in which a couthy crofter expresses surprise at his wife's ability to conjure pea and ham soup from left-over chicken, he observed: "Chops from a coo? Now that's clever."" Two other articles exist, but they seem to be about other things, with perhaps another speech in front of the society mentioned. I don't see this as extending notability to this student club. Abductive  (reasoning) 01:29, 29 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - student societies need to meet WP:ORG and the sources identified thus far fall well short. TerriersFan (talk) 00:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: I found hundreds of hits on Google - Ret.Prof (talk) 11:47, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you click on the second page of that Google search, you found 107. Abductive  (reasoning) 16:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 17:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete We've normally been quite restrictive in this area of student societies, and I see no reason to change it. If we ever do a Wikipedia Local, there would be a place.   DGG ( talk ) 21:02, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Just because most student groups aren't notable doesn't mean this one isn't. I live in Edinburgh and have previously seen this group mentioned in local and national papers, I can't cite that I haven't saved all the news paers I've read over the years.  Stupidstudent (talk) 23:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge: to University of Edinburgh. Joe Chill (talk) 21:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * comment There are less notable edinburgh university groups see template.

* Edinburgh And if it's to be merged it should be merged to the students association not university article. Stupidstudent (talk) 17:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Each has to be taken on it's own merits. For example, the Plinian Society was founded in 1823 and counts Charles Darwin among its members. Since they are about natural history, the connection to Darwin means something. So Wikipedia can (in fact must) have an article on the Plinian Society. Abductive  (reasoning) 20:53, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - as non-notable, as explained by that notorious deletionist DGG! -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  03:43, 14 November 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.