Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UBC Debating Society


 * 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   delete. The consensus is that it is not notable in its own right, and so should be deleted. The arguments for merging with Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia were not agreed with by the consensus - but if anyone wants a copy of the text userfied to be merged with that article, if they contact me then I will do so --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 21:09, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

UBC Debating Society

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Lacks coverage independent of the society, the university and university debating blogs. Mkativerata (talk) 23:09, 15 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Well established society with a century of history. Colonel Warden (talk) 00:47, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * That it may be, but fails WP:ORG without independent significant coverage.Codf1977 (talk)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 05:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete In common with almost all university debating clubs lacks any form of significant coverage outside the very specialist debating clique.Codf1977 (talk) 11:23, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: It is standard practice that university clubs of whatever sort are not notable unless there are ironclad reliable, independent sources which discuss the clubs in significant detail. Not only does "well established society with a century of history" fail to be included under any known criteria for article retention, that phrase describes hundreds of thousands of small, local groups from Granges to garden clubs to veterans posts to Scout troops, in like fashion none of which qualify through WP:ORG or WP:V.   Ravenswing  21:08, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:47, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge As it's a sub-part of the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia, why don't we just merge the most important information into that article? Wikipedia will still have the information, and we'll have one fewer non-notable org article.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:14, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge looks good here. No independent coverage means it isn't notable by itself, but the info is verifiable so it's worth a mention in the bigger article suggested above. Alzarian16 (talk) 21:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Merge into Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. It's true, the subject of this entry is not notable, but there's no harm in merging it with a related and much more notable organisation.--hkr Laozi speak  13:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge or Delete per Ravenswing or WhatamIdoing. Peridon (talk) 14:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Ravenswing. Student clubs at a single school are never notable except in truly extraordinary circumstances, which isn't the case here. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:36, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 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.