Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Students for Palestine


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The result was   no consensus. One two three... 20:20, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Students for Palestine

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"Students for Palestine" is hardly a notable organisation that is worthy of an encylcopedic article. A Google search will only come up with their blog, the Wikipedia article and an article on a "Green Left" political activist website that says that the group has more than 20 members. SirThomasMitchell (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: oops, I seem to have just taken out most of the content as the references did not support it. Supporters of the article need to verify that the organisation, rather than concerned students not affiliated to the organisation, are the ones taking any action described.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Unnotable student group Arma virumque cano (talk) 16:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This user has since been blocked as a sockpuppet. - ALLST✰R ▼ echo wuz here @ 19:31, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This user's primarily contributions to Wikipedia have been to !vote (primarily delete) on dozens of AfDs approximately 1 minute apart from each other. See AN thread --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep sources seem to exist and be fairly reasonable. As the nom claims a finite list of web hits, the 21 news hits would seem to indicate the nom is flawed.  Hobit (talk) 19:05, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Opps, news search here. Hobit (talk) 20:01, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hobit, problem is that "Students for Palestine" is also an umbrella campaign which has thousands of members who sign petitions, go on marches etc. It's not the same as this organisation, which seems to have sprung off the back of the SfP campaign, but has only a few members.  The first of your news items (the Monash one) is about someone who was active in the campaign, not someone who was a member of the organisation that the article is about.  Tricky one.  If the rest of your references relate to the Aussie organisation, then yes, you're right, it is notable.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh, then we should have an article on the main group and a section of it on this one I guess. Still think we should keep. Hobit (talk) 20:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Hobit, the term "Students for Palestine" is likely to be a popular one. Using the search that you link, the only news sources are socialist/left-wing political websites and not legitimate news sources. It is no coincidence that the creator and edit warrior of this article is called "Marxisright" has something to do with this. And as another person stated, some of those links are not related to the Australian "Students for Palestine". The organisation does not have any information regarding how many members it has or anything that would make the general reader believe that this is a notable organisation. If we were to make an article for every student organisation out there, we'd have a couple from my university (that have a higher membership) including an organisation that provides free hot dogs on thursdays and wants the government to do likewise, a medieval recreation society etc. Until SFP (or S4P, they can't agree on a correct acronym) does something or becomes notable, it doesn't deserve a Wikipedia page. SirThomasMitchell (talk) 22:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


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