Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ross Island Yacht Club Antarctica


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. A Merger has been brought up but no specific target article/section provided and there has been no additional comments to this discussion in the past two weeks. Further discussion can occur on the article talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 23:21, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Ross Island Yacht Club Antarctica

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A club of some 25 hobbyists without any actual achievements, and without notability from independent sources (the "Antarctic Sun" is the internal newspaper of the US Antarctic program, and this club is just an informal group on one of their bases). As the Antarctic Sun article says, there also is the "first and only" bikers club in Antarctica (though there are no bikes), and so on. As long as it doesn't get this kind of attention from reliable independent sources, it doesn't belong here, but all I can find are blogs, reports from someone from another yachting club, Facebook, Linkedin, ... Fram (talk) 14:30, 25 August 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 16:49, 1 September 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 Talk Work 19:51, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations and Antarctica. Fram (talk) 14:30, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge Could be a brief subsection in the article about the US Antarctic program. Oaktree b (talk) 15:05, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: The Antarctic Sun looks like an independent, reliable source after looking at our article. That said, I remain skeptical about an independent article for this yacht club. Also, they need a boat (maybe an iceboat? There’s a huge ice runway at McMurdo.)
 * — A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 15:13, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Life at these Antarctic stations is unusual and they have many quirky traditions. It would be useful to have an article about these that might include the yacht club. That’s beyond the scope and timeframe of this AfD but perhaps @Germenfer and/or WikiProject Antarctica might want to take this on.
 * — A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 15:27, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * How about merging this with the McMurdo station article, and adding some more info on "Antarctic clubs" born in the McMurdo station? It could be a sub-section of its own. Germenfer (talk) 09:46, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


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