Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florida Oceanographic 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   keep. (non-admin closure)  Rcsprinter  (talk)  18:08, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Florida Oceanographic Society

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This is probably a G12 G11 but looks like it fails WP:ORG as well. Mt king (edits) 03:13, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions.  — Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:24, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  — Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:24, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Not a G12. See the article's talk page. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:23, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Opps - typo meant G11. Mt  king  (edits)  03:33, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably is but being the admin who restored it per this refund request, I'd feel silly turning right around and whacking it as "spam". This is becoming more and more common at refund, see this discussion, a case that inspired me to write WP:CHIMP. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. I made an edit to start to address the advert issues.  Notability might be established with Palm Beach Post articles  -- Lateg (talk) 03:52, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this chimp might just get her tiara :) --Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Seems to meet WP:ORG requirements. It is even mentioned in Frommer's Florida guidebook. --Noleander (talk) 01:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - should be fairly easy to source with a little effort from hard-copy sources. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:54, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets WP:ORG. I added a rescue tag to this article so other Wikipedia users can search for reliable sources to improve the article, too. Northamerica1000 (talk) 12:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:ORG requires significant coverage - whilst there are ample mentions of the FOS out there (in gnews, gbooks and elsewhere), I've yet to come across anything actually about the organisation. Most mentions are in connection with its management of the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Centre, which may itself be notable and article-worthy, but WP:NOTINHERITED applies. News sources are either quotes from Mark Perry, the organisation's executive director, or mentions of local events they are involved in. Nowhere does there seem to be a reliable source that actually talks about the FOS itself. Yunshui (talk) 12:45, 21 September 2011 (UTC) who is open to being convinced otherwise, and will change my !vote if someone can point me to such sources.
 * keep - repeating above, Meets WP:ORG.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:32, 22 September 2011 (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.