Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ScholarCon


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The result was delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:06, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

ScholarCon

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Seemingly non-notable local student conference. No mainstream coverage - almost all of the sources are blogs and PR, with the remainder consisting of student newsletters/papers. Nothing to establish the notability of the conference. Bilby (talk) 20:36, 5 February 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete this is advertising. Curro2 (talk) 06:02, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete' and perhaps briefly mention at the parent organization's article as this is still questionably solidly notable. SwisterTwister   talk  06:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:36, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment I looked at some of the sources. Buzzfeed one is a "user article" by ScholarCon. HuffPo ones are from the person who is "President & Chief Operating Officer for The National Society of Collegiate Scholars" according to the person's Twitter account — as in the runner of the con. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 20:03, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not demonstrated by independent sources. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:52, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:52, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:37, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


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