Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/01 Raffles Scout Group

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 21:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

01 Raffles Scout Group

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This article on a Scout Group has been created over a redirect to The Singapore Scout Association. This redirect was the result of the discussion at Talk:The Singapore Scout Association#Merge of Group articles. An article on the 01 Raffles Scout Group was one of the Group articles discussed there in 2006. This new article is not identical to the earlier article. Indeed if it had been, I would simply have reverted the new edits back to the redirect as there was no opposition to the merge in 2006. The new article is indeed better than the old one, but it still does not meet wikipedia guidelines for a stand-alone article. There are very few articles on Scout Groups for the simple reason that Scout Groups are generally not notable. To be notable, they have to be either very old or very large and even then there may be no reliable sources. This article makes no real claim to notability. "established itself as one of the most outstanding scouting groups in Singapore" is clearly not enough. The references regarding "A very special walk" mention the Group only in passing. They do not demonstrate notability. Other sources are to the web pages of the group or school itself. The School is notable and has an article at Raffles Institution (Secondary). That article makes mention of the Scout Group here. I proposed merging to The Singapore Scout Association which would essentially be a revert to the redirect made in 2006. That discussion here, received strong support from participants in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting but it was challenged by the editor who created this version. I have decided to bring it here to get wider discussion. I propose that it be reverted to the redirect to The Singapore Scout Association and fully protected to prevent recreation. Before this is done some material should be moved to Raffles Institution (Secondary) and a mention to The Singapore Scout Association. Bduke (Discussion) 23:21, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Bduke Excellent summary Bduke. To me this article reads like a vanity piece and does not meet wiki notability criterion. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:23, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Bduke, and fully protect to prevent recreation. Unless these guys are the first camping trip to the moon, they're no more notable than many other troops.--Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 01:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note, this article has been duplicated in whole as the editor's userpage. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 01:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No evidence of notability. –Psychonaut (talk) 21:09, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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