Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lake Mohawk Yacht Club


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The result was merge to Lake Mohawk, New Jersey. apparent consensus  DGG ( talk ) 22:21, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Lake Mohawk Yacht Club

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Other than trivial mentions, can't find any significant coverage of this facility (similar to the current reference #1). In current sourcing, source #2 doesn't even appear to mention the yacht club, merely the fleet of boats which call the lake home.  Onel 5969  TT me 11:20, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   11:42, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Merge / Redirect to Lake Mohawk, New Jersey There is encyclopedic content here that can and should be merged into the article for Lake Mohawk, New Jersey, which covers both the lake itself and the surrounding community. Alansohn (talk) 11:50, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge as suggested by Alansohn. Hyperbolick (talk) 16:25, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't see any reason to delete this entry of leading active sports club on the region. Club members include a world champion (Charles Gabor) and a junior national champion (Kenneth Heitman). There are tons of articles on the WP about other sports clubs (ice hockey, soccer, baseball, etc.) with much less relevance. Anything against sailing ?--Banderas (talk) 16:53, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:12, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   12:56, 15 May 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947 (c)  05:14, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability is not inherited, so having notable members is not enough. The club doesn't seem to have done anything to warrant an entry in an encyclopedia. WP:NOTYELLOWPAGES. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:31, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Club athletes (sailors) not only win championships for themselves, but also for the club. The Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy, for example, is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper, not to the skipper (in this case, Lake Mohawk Yacht Club' Snipe fleet). History is inherited, and this club has relevant history.--Banderas (talk) 11:38, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - Sorry, but notability is not inherited.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:08, 26 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep: Do not know if I would use the word "inherited" but I think a leading active sports club is notable. - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:33, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment to closer - please note that none of the keep !votes has any basis in policy, but are more along the lines of WP:ILIKEIT.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:09, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge per Alansohn's suggestion. Google search for ("lake mohawk yacht club") only yields 47 results, none of which appears to offer independent in-depth coverage: either the club's own website, directory entries, or passing mentions of events taking place at the club.  The only source cited in the article that might satisfy notability requirements is the 1946 Jib Sheet article.  However it's not clear how wide a circulation this Jib Sheet had (the name appears to have been used for a number of different sailing clubs' newsletters); the small number of advertisements, most of them for firms in New York state, suggests that it was not widely distributed, so can't be used to support a claim of general notability.  Fails WP:GNG as a stand-alone article, but probably merits a paragraph or two within the Lake Mohawk article. Ammodramus (talk) 15:17, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge to Lake Mohawk, New Jersey. I find the reasoning of User:Ammodramus and User:Alansohn compelling in this case.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:22, 4 June 2017 (UTC).
 * Comment - I also agree with a merge decision, as per my original comments back in April prior to bringing this to AfD.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:49, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


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