Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/YMCA Camp Orkila


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The result was   speedy keep - the nominator withdrew the nomination with no arguments for deletion (non-admin close). Guest9999 (talk) 15:25, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

YMCA Camp Orkila

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A run-of-the-mill YMCA camp. The sole claim of notability of this camp is its age, and age is not a notability criterion listed in WP:CORP. People who are ignorant of the history of the summer camp movement in the United States are unaware of the fact that it blossomed around the turn of the last century, and that there are dozens of summer camps founded around that time still in existence. Searching by "summer camp" "founded 1906", "founded 1905" etc., finds Camp O-AT-KA, Camp Susquehannock, Camp Mowglis (founded 1903) YMCA Camp St. Croix, Lake Delaware Boys' Camp, YMCA Camp Eberhart, Camp Lincoln - Camp Lake Hubert, and Camp Wachusett. This search is by no means exhaustive. Finally, this camp is local subsidiary of the YMCA, and WP:ORG takes a dim view of local chapters. Abductive (reasoning) 18:01, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - This topic has received very in-depth coverage from reliable sources like The Seattle Times . Even the Christian Science Monitor apparently wrote a piece about this camp in 1953, but right now I can only see a preview.  As far as I can tell, the only argument the nom is throwing up to delete this article is because many camps are as old as this one.  So what?  If all of those camps pass WP:GNG as this one easily does, then they can all have articles.  But even if they didn't pass WP:GNG, that's got nothing to do with this article meeting our standards.--Oakshade (talk) 03:20, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. My bad, I meant to nominate a different camp. I withdraw this nomination. Abductive  (reasoning) 06:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
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