Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camp Wildcat

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The result was merge to University of Arizona. (non-admin closure) —cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 15:34, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Camp Wildcat

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A non-profit organization run by students at the University of Arizona. While they have been a recognized club at the college for a good long time, and they certainly are a noble cause, they do not appear to pass the notability requirements for groups and organizations. I am unable to find any reliable third party sources discussing the organization, and any hits I have found are either first party (ie, the official site) or referring not to this group, but to a battle during the Civil War that has no relation. Rorshacma (talk) 21:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Follow Up Comment - I have managed to find one news article about the organization that was not just a UofA college paper here, however not only is it a singular source, and thus does not fulfil the requirements of multiple sources, but it is a from a paper that only services the Tuscon region, making it purely local coverage. Rorshacma (talk) 22:05, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:52, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Camp Wildcat certainly has more local relevance (Tucson, AZ) than national. Over the years, the organization has been covered by local media, both newspaper and radio. I agree that this coverage is tough to find online - with the exception of that provided by the U of A student newspaper (arguably the most relevant for this organization). The radio coverage and much of the newspaper coverage since 1965 would be in archives that are not easily accessed online. Assume for a moment that Camp Wildcat was covered well by current, local, online sources (there aren't many in this small market). Would it still fail the notability requirements if there is no national coverage? Thanks. --Kevinjscott (talk) 13:06, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Well, Wikipedia's policies on the Notability of Organizations states that for non-commercial organizations, "Organizations whose activities are local in scope (e.g., a school or club) can be considered be notable if there is substantial verifiable evidence of coverage by reliable independent sources outside the organization's local area. Where coverage is only local in scope, consider adding a section on the organization to an article on the organization's local area instead.", so I'm not sure if the local coverage you are speaking of would be enough. Likewise, while I did see the U of A student newspaper's articles on the club, my feeling was that the officially sanctioned U of A newspaper writing about an officially sanctioned U of A organization not only was purely local, but could almost be considered a first party source. Rorshacma (talk) 16:04, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 07:41, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Notability not sufficiently explained or established in article.--GrapedApe (talk) 12:20, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:04, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Found references: Arizona Daily Star October 22, 2005, U-WIRE August 25, 2006, US Federal News April 30, 2008, U-WIRE June 11, 2008. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 05:59, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Those links aren't sufficient: they're all from local press, and 3 are from local student press. See Rorshacma's comment above about notability of organisations. More seriously, the link text doesn't reflect the actual sources: I assume this is a mistake and not an attempt to mislead us. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:35, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wily D 08:58, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to University of Arizona. Not independently notable; sources are all local. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:35, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per Colapeninsula - Ret.Prof (talk) 00:32, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? I don't understand your "keep" !vote; Colapeninsula !voted to merge. --MelanieN (talk) 00:15, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to University of Arizona#Student life; does not appear to have achieved significant coverage from independent sources as required for a standalone article. --MelanieN (talk) 00:15, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There is no content worth merging besides the name on a list of student organizations. DGG ( talk ) 01:05, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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