Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nomadic Theatre


 * 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   no consensus. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 14:49, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Nomadic Theatre

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The article does not have any independent reliable sources to support the notability, and excessive coverage, of this group. It, much like other Georgetown University student associations, is not worthy of coverage on the English Wikipedia. — Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 06:41, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:31, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * This ref does seem independent and I've found a couple of Georgetown Voice bylined stories on the theatre that the nominator probably considers primary since they are from a GU student paper.Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 19:15, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Comment This article was a focus during university outreach programs through Wikimedia's Public Policy Initiative, and may be again this fall semester. We might check with Sage if he knows which Georgetown classes are currently involved.-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 19:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Relisting comment: Sage has been notified.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Deryck C. 14:05, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. First, thanks for pointing me this way, Deryck. On the U.S. courses page for this term, there are two Georgetown classes working on Wikipedia, but neither is from the same professor who was leading the course this article came from. But in any case, we shouldn't treat this article differently from any other in terms of whether the topic is notable, especially well after the students' project is over. (We're starting, as a community, to be a little more gentle with beginner mistakes when we recognize that it's a student working on a class project, I think. And that, of course, we should do, since we know such editors are trying to follow the rules even if they don't quite understand them yet.) That said, in my opinion, this article has quite sufficient sourcing. The student newspaper of a large university community (about 20,000 students, faculty and staff... about the size of community served by a small city newspaper) is independent enough from individual organizations associated with the university to establish notability. Student newspapers generally aspire to the same sorts of journalism as other newspapers, including critical coverage of events within their institutions... the newspaper isn't the publishing/publicity arm of this theatre. It could probably do with some trimming, but in my view it meets the notability standard.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 14:37, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Regardless of the origins of the article, the vast majority of student groups are not notable. If there were multiple sources beyond highly localized coverage, that would be a different story. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 15:37, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Georgetown University where it is briefly mentioned. A bit more information could be added there.  This current page is overly detailed, is written like a student guide not an encyclopedia entry, and belongs on Georgetown U's website not here. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:54, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
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