Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/West Middlesex Family History Society


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The result was delete.  So Why  07:08, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

West Middlesex Family History Society

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I can't find anything meaningful to add after I previously CSDed it, and admin declined it, and undeleted. Fails GNG and NCORP. KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 00:39, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per nom. No evidence or claim of notability.  --Lockley (talk) 04:38, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 01:54, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - It seems I have to justify this entry again. If you know Family History then you will know there are about one Family History Society per county in the UK, some probably more notable than others.  WMFHS was started in 1978 so passes the test of time.  It publishes a journal 4 times a year, with ISSN 01452-517, now at its approx 150th issue.  It is affiliated to Federation of Family History Societies, which of course has its own Wiki page, as does Family History Society, which refers to WMFHS.  Both the journal and the website have won awards in the past for quality.  The Society supplies family history data to Findmypast, now totalling 234,000 records.  Other FHS are listed in Wiki (see Family History Society, so I cannot see why WMFHS is in question.  Some people go crazy about American highways, others go crazy about Family History research.  It takes all types. Perhaps the real test of 'notability' today for a society is whether the society's website is easily found using Google.  If you google any of WMFHS, or West Middlesex FHS, or West Middlesex Family History, the society's home page is always top of the hit list.  Surely that is notable.Roland Bostock (talk) 22:06, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - no indication of notabilty. Googling WMFHS, or West Middlesex FHS, or West Middlesex Family History is hardly likely to produce any other more notable societies with the same name. . . Mean as custard (talk) 08:09, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - Proving being notable is tough. Do other websites refer to WMFHS? of course they do.  Are they reliable? of course.  So perhaps I have to give a couple of examples.  Findmypast is a highly reliable source of information.  Example of page from Find My Past citing WMFHS as the source for a dataset on Monumental Inscriptions.  The Federation of Family History Societies is also highly reliable.  This is its page listing its affiliated societies, of which WMFHS is one.Roland Bostock (talk) 10:16, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Initially, I thought with the recent spate of interest in genealogy, that a site like this would light up the search engines like Times Square. However, other than listings and mentions, I cannot find any in-depth coverage of this group. Fails WP:GNG and WP:ORGDEPTH.  Onel 5969  TT me 20:48, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * delete does not meet GNG. Article does not actually assert significance. Closing admin might note that article creator !voted twice.Dlohcierekim (talk) 06:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


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