Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association


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The result was   delete. As is customary, the !votes of new and unregistered users have been given less weight. Stifle (talk) 23:16, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association

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A lengthy article on a university student union, that establishes no notability and includes no external references. Wikipedia is not the place to publicise every organisation within a university. Harr o 5 02:50, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   —Grahame (talk) 03:06, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. per nominator. There's BLP issues there also.  Moondyne 03:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a growing, but valuable account of the organisation's recent history. The organisation gets some media attention and has a membership of 14,000. There are a couple of external references (although not linked well). It is the only Post-grad student organisation at the University and the largest in Australia. 17:00, 7 October 2008.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.78.64.103 (talk)
 * Delete nn. These uni clubs are mostly just glorified lunch and drink clubs.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to choose Australia's next top model ) 07:52, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Have you even bothered searching this organisation? SUPRA is not a student club - it's a representative organisation for post-graduate students. It's like the University of Sydney Union but for post-grads and is definitely notable. You need to do some research before making stupid comments like that. JRG (talk) 07:55, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it officially is not a club. It's still nn, like the one at my uni.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to choose Australia's next top model ) 07:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And you still haven't bothered to check media archives or anything like that. JRG (talk) 08:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - the unregistered user who commented above is correct. SUPRA (the name under which you should search for the organisation as it is more well-known as that) is the largest post-grad organisation in Australia and there would be plenty of references in news and media talking about it. The controversy surrounding the ex-President Gigi Wong back in 06-7 certainly got a lot of media coverage. I don't have time to add sources but this is definitely a notable organisation. JRG (talk) 07:55, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * A bit of corruption isn't notable. If that's the case we'd be full of articles on pedo teachers, as for student politicians, that kind of troublemaking is standard stuff.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to choose Australia's next top model ) 08:02, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

strong keep. supra is an invaluble resource for postgraduate students everywhere. I reckon at least one of the people listed here will be properly famous in the next 10 years. 10/10/08 19:17 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.186.8 (talk) 08:19, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Yellow Monkey really seems to have something against student organisations.... I would really point out that SUPRA is a representative organisation. Its role is not really social. It provides valuable represenative services including free legal advice, help with appealing against grades and advocacy to the University administration. I should also point out that the corruption involved was fairly substantial >$200000 and ended in a court case.... Legalchemist 14:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


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