Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reading day


 * 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 keep, as the notability for this article has been firmly established from this debate. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 16:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Reading day

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

A non-notable day, set aside by few schools during final examinations. Is it really notable enough to receive an article? Jmlk 1  7  22:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I thought most schools had reading days. The concept is at least worth a mention somewhere - maybe merge to Final examination? Zagalejo^^^ 22:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, most four-year universities that I know of have a reading day. Sarsaparilla (talk) 22:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. But are reading days encyclopedic?  Really?--DerRichter (talk) 23:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * See UNENCYCLOPEDIC Sarsaparilla (talk) 23:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:OR. All of the references are either primary sources or simply confirm the existence of a Reading Day. There's no independent literature about Reading Day. Pburka (talk) 00:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * See Primary_source. Wikipedia is a compendium of primary and secondary sources. If you read some of those cited resolutions and student newspaper articles, you can see that they support the arguments, counterarguments and facts summed up in the article. Sarsaparilla (talk) 03:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Removing delete vote in light of the references discovered by Abd. Pburka (talk) 16:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, they may exist, but I don't think they're that notable. Lankiveil (complaints 01:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC).
 * Keep ghits "reading day" university, 58,500. Article sources include published discussion of the topic, I also found more "independent literature about Reading Day" at: . See also . All established student newspapers, which I'd consider meet WP:RS. --Abd (talk) 05:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep It's not a few schools--a reading day or reading period has become fairly widespread, and is generally referred to in the sources that discuss things about colleges. considerable expansion is possible. DGG (talk) 18:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment When did we go back to counting ghits to establish notability? Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  15:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I totally agree.  That arguement is used in most afd discussions now, too. --DerRichter (talk) 17:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article needs a lot of work, but does meet WP:N.  To address DerRitcher's concern, I believe if the article were re-written, expounding the history, modern usage, and implications of the subject then it could be Encyclopedic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BizMgr (talk • contribs) 22:01, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep although probably should be "reading period," since at many schools this runs more than one day. Minos P. Dautrieve (talk) 00:37, 14 February 2008 (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.