Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Boy Scouts of America Membership and Leadership Policies in Controversial Areas

I nominated this article from deletion from Wikipedia because it doesn't work as an unsigned Wikipedia article. But i do want to say that I recognize the sincerity of the author and I very much do not call for the delete of the article from the internet. It's not Wikipedia-style, but it is still a valuable document that should be posted elsewhere online.

One problem is this article, even in theory, is the scope overlap with Boy Scouts of America membership controversies. This article's scope is essentially a skeleton-ized version of the main article. A page that merely lists BSA policies, without discussing their history, social importance, or notability-- that's really more more of a "resource page" that should be provided by BSA, not so much a wikipedia encyclopedia article.

The second problem is the huge addition of unverified statements into article space. There are uncited numerous statements of which seem to be firsthand opinion, rather than reliable source:
 * Requirement of completion of the applications to become an adult member in order to become an adult leader is widely enforced.
 * BSA has no known membership or leadership policies specific to illegal aliens to enforce.
 * Gender restrictions for youth membership in Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting programs are fully enforced.
 * There is no evidence of any screening or reduction of efforts based on the criteria described in this article.
 * There are no known current policies restricting homosexuals from membership is an uncited statement that is particularly "hotly debated" to say the least.

Uncited and unverfied generalizations riddle the article. Many blocks of text are taken verbatim from BSA's page are stated directly as fact, rather than being attributed as quotes.

This would make a great article for an average scouter's take on how it is. But it's not really an encyclopedia article. --Alecmconroy (talk) 17:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Place for discussions in a deletion discussion article
I don't know where the official place for discussion of "potential deletion" of an article, but it appears that it is on the main / "Project Page" of the potential deletion discussion article rather than here in the "discussion" section, and so I have put all material there rather than here. North8000 (talk) 23:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC)