Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goddard Scholars Program


 * 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 redirect. Page Goddard Scholars Program was also speedy-delete-tagged. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:18, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Goddard Scholars Program
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No indication of recognition beyond the local area. No indication of any recognition whatsoever in secondary sources beyond the local community. Fails WP:GNG John from Idegon (talk) 22:24, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  15:16, 19 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denihoxha (talk • contribs) 03:19, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

What do you mean by local community? The program has many sponsors including the Robert Goddard association, and I don't think that the recognition should be just based from online sources, when there is also some great evidence. The program is everywhere in the city and anyone that you ask in the city and state knows about it. Also another point, what about all the other programs and schools on Wikipedia? What about those that are for example "local" or "state" recognition? Why aren't those ones being deleted? And some of them are so irrelevant that not even locally people don't know about them. I think this isn't a good decision. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.136.76.218 (talk) 01:41, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * PLease log in with your Wikipedia account when commenting here, and refrain from posting spam links on all sorts of articles for GSP. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment The criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia is neither importance or relevance.  The criteria is notability.  If you cannot show that the organization has been covered in detail in reliable secondary sources from disparate geographical areas, it does not qualify.  BTW, if the unsigned comment from the IP editor is from the same person as the unsigned !vote by the registered editor, you should merge the discussions and note that you did that.  A !vote without an argument will simply be discounted by the closer. John from Idegon (talk) 03:45, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I would not be opposed to calling this a merge as opposed to a delete, as there is already a significant section in the article on the only notable school this program is at (South High Community School). John from Idegon (talk) 04:05, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Another comment I'd like to make is that yes it is nobility. It shows nobility, because the program has been running since 1988, and it has been extremely successful. Students from the program have received excellent AP scores and several have won the national merit scholarship psat. The article should not be deleted or merged, but if merging is the only option then merge, however it is noble enough to remain! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.136.76.218 (talk) 22:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Also Important to recognize that when it says "(Find sources: "Goddard Scholars Program" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR)" --- The program is alternatively also known as just Goddard Scholars, or Goddard Scholars Academy (at Sullivan). You need to fix that and make it all three. And when you look that up on Books it's included in Robert Goddard book, and when you search it on news, it says Goddard Scholars, there are plenty of results. Also there are also textual evidence from state newspapers about the program as well! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.136.76.218 (talk) 23:34, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * You should have thought about that and included any reliable sources when you created the article - thereare enough reminders about articles needing to be sourced. You can still add those sources and prevent possible deletion, but you should log in to your account when posting here or edting the article. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:19, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Please note that with recent additions to the article, it is appearing more and more like the subject is more than adequately covered at South High Community School and as such I have nominated it for CSD A10. A single school program that has had no coverage outside the local area and that is already adequately covered in the school's article does not need to be here.  It is a duplication of part of an existing article.  John from Idegon (talk) 04:25, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete. It is not substantial enough to have nascent notability so even a redirect would be inappropriate for this purely internal school's program that is 'recognised' by the county. The fact that is is named after an alumus of a county school has no impact on notability whatsoever. It is already more than sufficiently mentioned at South High Community School. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:33, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Note for closing admin: Be sure to check 'What links here' and delete them because the creator has included links to this Goddard programme across several pages. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:37, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note for closer: An admin,  has redirected the page in question to the school. John from Idegon (talk) 19:18, 22 January 2015 (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.