Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Family Service Agency of San Mateo County


 * 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. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  00:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Family Service Agency of San Mateo County

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Declined speedy; article is an advertisement for an unnotable agency, no significant coverage Lets  drink  Tea  22:04, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong delete – part of it is a copy-and-pasted from the website, a copyvio, while the rest of the content seems to suggest the usage of Wikipedia as its own web host. MuZemike 00:12, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I would like to respectfully contend that Family Service Agency of San Mateo County is indeed a notable nonprofit agency that has received extensive media coverage relevant to the region it serves. The article was not created as an ad, nor was wikipedia used to create it; the article copy is original.

I would like to reference again that fact that a wikipedia article previously has been approved for a similar--though fiscally unrelated--entity, Family Service Agency of San Francisco. According to Family Service/San Francisco's website, that organization serves approximately 16,000 clients annually, while Family Service/San Mateo serves 19,500 in the same general area. This certainly helps illustrate that Family Service/San Mateo is notable in its own right, with its services reaching a wider client base than the aforementioned entity. Aside from this, Family Service/San Mateo has been a successfully operating nonprofit for nearly 60 years--a feat which is certainly notable, particularly in today's dismal economic conditions.

Furthermore, Family Service/San Mateo, a regional nonprofit organization just like Family Service/San Francisco, has received extensive media coverage, including numerous feature articles and TV coverage from local ABC and NBC affiliates, links for which are provided on the wikipedia article created. A simple Google News search of Family Service Agency of San Mateo County's full name will verify this. Links were not provided to more articles/coverage since most have been archived by individual news media, but we will work on rectifying this to provide further prove of past coverage. It is also noteworthy that while a regional nonprofit, our programs/client have appeared in national Associated Press articles, as well as on Geraldo Rivera's now cancelled FOX TV show Gerlado at Large. We do not focus on national publicity since our client base is regional, and as such, the vast extent of our local media coverage should hold more significance than some in this forum are attributing to it.

As for the comment about content for the wikipedia article being culled from our website, I think this may refer to our mission (on the homepage). It is core to our operating purpose, and is written the same no matter where it appears. It was not copied from the website. Some of the copy for the website was written by the same author who created the wikipedia article, so this might explain some of the overlap. Again, we will work to rectify any repeat info, but our mission remains the same.

Finally, Family Service Agency of San Mateo County is an organization of great importance, particularly to the SF Bay Area Peninsula community that it serves. It was a life boat for struggling families when it was established following WWII, and remains today a vital resource for children, families and seniors in need. Its programs have been nationally appluaded--including by the White House. Due to the history of the organization, and its uniqe place in the SF Bay Area nonprofit community--as well as national recognition of its programs--we submit that Wikipedia would be remiss to include articles on other SF Bay Area nonprofits and not this one. (Kchouteau (talk) 18:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC))
 * Please read WP:N to see why this company does not qualify. Also you state that you are affiliated with the company, see WP:SPAM and WP:COI. As for the other agency, see WP:WAX and WP:OSE  Lets  drink  Tea  19:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete unless fundamentally re-written in a non-promotional way, preferably by someone not connected with the organisation. Even if this is done, not convinced this would pass notability. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete agree with above. Spam for a good cause is still spam, and this sounds like a brochure/PR-piece, and even if cleaned up I'm not seeing anything here that would pass our notability guidelines. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:54, 21 March 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.