Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award


 * 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. No clear consensus to delete or merge, so defaulting to keep. tedder (talk) 06:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award

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This award is given by the Applied Mechanics Division of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. According to the article, previously it was known as the. It seems, perhaps due to the specificity of this award, that it has escaped the notice of any secondary sources and is not notable. Abductive (reasoning) 03:13, 3 November 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:24, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep. Organization is sufficiently notable that awards given under its auspices are presumptively notable. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 18:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * In other words, notability is inherited. Presumptively, then, this steak cookout in 1963 by the Toledo chapter is more notable, since the steak dinner, unlike this award, at least has a mention in a newspaper. Abductive  (reasoning) 18:56, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No. You really should read WP:NOTINHERITED, which actually says that notability can be inherited, but isn't always. I believe that the more notable an organization is, the more likely the awards it gives are to be notable.  Awards are, by consensus here, recognized as a class of potentially notable subjects. Cookouts aren't. I have no idea why you're so intense about deleting perfectly reasonable subjects that you feel it appropriate to attempt to ridicule people who disagree with you, but it's not very civil and it hardly contributes to consensus decisionmaking. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This is the only Wikipedia article with the words young investigator award in the title. However, there are thousands of  Google hits for young investigator award even when restricted to the title alone. Articles on young investigator awards are not "perfectly reasonable", because the awards are so common. All I want is the consensus on notability followed in this case.  Abductive  (reasoning) 23:56, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 01:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and merge to Applied Mechanics Division. Useful and verifiable information, but no need for a standalone article. -Atmoz (talk) 20:47, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
 * 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.