Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Improvidence


 * 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. Please note this decision takes into account the quality of the arguments presented. Tyrenius 00:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Improvidence

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Non-notable group of students. The notability claim is non-verifiable. 30 or more hours of non-stop improvisational theatre is impressive, but how can we verify through independent sources that it happened, the circumstances of the record, how can we have independent confirmation that it is indeed a world record? IMHO, articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable sources (a message board, the only source, is rather unreliable), and exceptional claims require exceptional sources... Edcolins 19:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, non-notable group; fails WP:V providentially. SkierRMH 21:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete No sourcing; little asserted notability; slightly POV. -- Kicking222 21:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep --BigFishy 22:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Any reason for that opinion? -- Kicking222 01:24, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep -- There are plenty of other articles about student organizations, including ones that do not even claim to have set world records. Should they all be deleted as well? NBS525 05:06, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, that depends whether they adhere to policy and guidelines, doesn't it? Charlie 07:31, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete article is POV saying that they perform to large enthusiastic audiences from across the country but doesn't say at what venue. Does not say they tour, does not have any independent references. Edison 01:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep pending verification. The msg-board is a summary of media reports, not just some random guy saying something. Unfortunately, doens't give specific refs to those reports:( It cites a specific news report about the event...not sure if the note is a quote of that report or just a summary of it. I added the relevant comment to the Talk page, since it's kinda buried on the msg-board itself. Is WP:V of the 30-hr thing occurring and being some sort of record all that is needed here? I've emailed the group to ask for externally-verifiable information and cites of media reports about the record-length show, however they're on University holiday so they might take longer than the standard AfD time-frame to respond. DMacks 10:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete If reliable sources can be found article can be recreated. As it stands, it violates the core policies of WP:V and WP:NOR.  Eluchil404 09:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
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