Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New College Democrats

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The result of the debate was Keep, no consensus to delete, votes evenly split between keep and delete, with the issue being whether or not the group is notable enough for Wikipedia. Pincus 06:49, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New College Democrats[edit]

A local chapter of the College Democrats for New College of Florida. I don't think local chapters of the College Dems are notable enough for inclusion in an encyclopedia--also, this will be very difficult to update. Meelar (talk) 17:34, May 28, 2005 (UTC)

Keep Went through VfD a while ago (see article's page history) and the consensus was to keep. JMaxwell 19:14, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete No, it wasn't. The user Anthony DiPierro deleted the first VfD table on 8 Mar 2004. If the consensus was to keep then an admin didn't do his/her job by putting the VfD archive on the discussion tab. It is only a local chapter of a notable organization so delete. --Chill Pill Bill 20:58, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - I remember the last VfD vote. I voted and the consensus was to keep. The vote tally must have been deleted. Pincus 23:14, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Kaibabsquirrel 19:55, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (again) Pincus 23:14, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No more notble than any other college's College Democrats group. It appears that Anthony Di Pierro deleted the VfD header before the 5-day period ended, I wonder what happened to the vote page. RickK 23:17, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
- The group is notable in Southwest Florida, and a lot for influential than being a College Democrats chapter would suggest. For example, it hosted all of the debates in the Democratic Congressional party and is frequently mentioned in the local media. Pincus 23:36, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm in Tampa, some 40 miles away, and I've heard of this group, probably from the Tampa Tribune. JBurnham 00:18, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:30, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Agree with RickK. --Xcali 01:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, local chapters aren't notable. --W(t) 01:13, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
Keep I've been finding that many here have an odd standard for what's "not notable." BrowardPlaya 01:28, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, sounds notable in Southwest Florida. Kappa 02:41, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Agree with RickK - local chapters are non-notable unless they have something special - hosting a party debate for a congressional primary is not special. --FCYTravis 03:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I was originally inclined to vote delete too, but I decided to do a google search before just to make sure that the group's not notable. From googling, it seems as if they special, for one thing, for being the only Democratic organization in the socialist United for Peace and Justice umbrella. [1] Google also reveals some other drives that make them seem a bit unusual for such a group, such as hosting black radical Omali Yeshitela. So what I've been finding from the search makes me lean toward keep. WebLuis 13:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete local chapters arent inherently notable. Megan1967 04:31, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per RickK and Megan1967. Quale 07:38, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per JBurnham and Kappa. Wenteng 09:32, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Quale and TCYTravis. R adiant _* 10:46, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
Keep per Kappa Xoloz 19:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep what Kappa said -CunningLinguist 23:00, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete local chapters are non notable. JamesBurns 11:36, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep From googling, it seems to be a pretty active group throughout SW Florida that just happens to be a local chapter. Keep per Kappa. WebLuis 13:19, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's a local chapter of a political party, and unless there's some evidence of historical notability, it ain't enough for an encyclopedia entry. --Calton | Talk 05:59, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Only Democratic organization in the country affiliated with the socialist United for Peace and Justice sounds pretty notable. I can't think of any other Democratic organ officially taking on a socialist orientation. Even more remarkable, I can't find anything online suggesting that they have been censored by the party leadership. JMaxwell 20:56, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete local chapter stuff. Merge anything of value into the parent org. Vegaswikian 23:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep per WebLuis. DJ Silverfish 19:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep Ruy Lopez 20:03, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep per WebLuis. For a Democratic group, they seem pretty innovative. NEW WORLD ORDER 20:16, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete per RickK. jni 07:40, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete Two main reasons to delete: The most important: 1) Many versions contain/contained untruthful and exagerated information. Which leads to the other reason for deletion: 2) The actual group is very much non-notable. Their political involvement waxes and wanes with the semesters, and the group has been in a steady decline since the past November elections. This information does not come from internet research but from personal experience. User:guslto 10:55, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Then if it is not from verifiable research, it must be disregarded. Please see Wikipedia:No original research. Pincus 06:47, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. This is utterly absurd. This is a college club which put on a few debates. There are thousands of nearly identical clubs around the world. Non-notable. Gamaliel 06:52, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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