Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association


 * 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. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  06:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
Prod that I disagree with, so I am taking it here instead (in the interests of democracy etc.) Nominator of Prod gave following reasons: "Virtually non-notable. Deserves nothing more than a small sidenote in the Victoria University of Wellington page." Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 04:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC) "
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletions.   -- Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 04:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC) "
 * Strong Keep - notable organisation with significant influence in student issues in NZ. Other students associations have articles. --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 04:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Do you have any sources to back this up? Also, since you are a student at the school, I recommend you abstain from the discussion due to conflict of interest (however you should still provide sources). --Wafulz 04:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Respond - Nationwide politicians/political parties discussing VUWSA  .  Just part of the 68,900 hits for the acronym VUWSA. Will get more if you need it, but have to go elsewhere now --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 04:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep per Midnighttonight, whose reasons are accurate. VUWSA is one of the main student bodies in NZ, being the students association for the country's fourth biggest university. For an example of its role in stdent politics in new Zealand, the article New Zealand Union of Students%27 Associations may be edifying. And no, I'm not currently or ex-VUW, I was a member of the Otago University Students' Association, which does not yet have its own article, though others, such as the AUSA do (I note that the Otago Polytechnic Students' Association has, too. Perhaps I need to start the OUSA article...). Grutness...wha?  04:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep, original nominator, who first asked for a speedy delete, then prodded it, either doesn't understand the customs of Wikipedia or is trying to make some point.- gadfium 05:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - see VUWSA raised its levy last week, could be some form of misguided 'revenge'. --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 07:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Given this edit, someone with a bit of a animosity towards VUWSA entities. Oh and Keep. --Limegreen 10:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. The IP address of the user that suggested the deletion should not be a factor in the discussion, especially since it is a constantly changing address, and doesn't belong to a single user. Cicadaboy 12:22, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems as notable and encyclopedic as any other university student association found at Category:Student societies. Agent 86 18:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Non notable. Just because it exists, does not make it notable. The fact that there could be another page of equal status not yet deleted, does not make this notable.  This is a compulsory organisation in a single university.  A section of the Uni page seems fine.  It is certainly not as notable as ANY of the student associations - many are notable for various reasons. Obina 19:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per everyone above; but it needs more sources (as always!). Z iggurat 21:50, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete NN. Alumni and student groups generally lack notablity. This is no different. Merge anything of importance to the university article. Arbusto 03:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep/Merge I've tried to make the page better by removing a lot of the irrelevant material there, but I still feel it isn't particularly notable. Why not consider merging the relevant material (of which there isn't much, admittedly) to the University's page? I am not convinced that it deserves its own page.Cicadaboy 07:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Other student assosciations in New Zealand have their own page. VUWSA is one of the largest and most important student assosciations in New Zealand. Member N 28 September 2006. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Member N (talk • contribs).
 * keep please this association is important but maybe semi-protect from vandalism problems Yuckfoo 01:31, 4 October 2006 (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.