Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society


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The result was merge into Hoober Observatory. Deryck C. 14:42, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society

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small local society, no major claim to notability, lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:26, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Merge this with Hoober Observatory to make one article that just might pass the notability threshold, marginally, based on search results like the GBooks snippet from an Astronomy Now article, a mention by the BBC, and a local paper's feature that I added to the article. Seems like it might be a noteworthy local landmark/educational facility.--Arxiloxos (talk) 00:57, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep as rather sweet. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC).
 * Merge with Hoober Observatory, rather than delete.  I assume that the observatory is visible enough locally to be a landmark.  I doubt the society is notable in its own right.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:06, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge with Hoober Observatory, agreeing with above comments. -- Stephen Gilbert (talk) 18:06, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
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