Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Durham Inter-Collegiate Christian Union

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 11:24, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Durham Inter-Collegiate Christian Union[edit]

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It's a student religious group at a university. The sources on the page are mostly primary (and have been for a long time), there are mentions in other RS but I'm not seeing much that could be considered substantial to meet the WP:GNG JMWt (talk) 10:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Religion, Christianity, and England. JMWt (talk) 10:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom, falls short of criteria for WP:GNG --TheInsatiableOne (talk) 10:56, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- Student societies are inherently NN. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:11, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge selectively to Durham University for a paragraph or two where it is relevant Atlantic306 (talk) 04:19, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Atlantic306: i can't see what I would merge in this case. – Fayenatic London 10:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the history section slimmed down based on the book sources which may not be independent but are reliable otherwise. Not everything in an article has to be notable and other societies are mentioned briefly in the Durham University article, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 18:07, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that Inter-Varsity Press is a reliable source when it comes to the history of Christianity at Durham University (or any other university). UCCF, who owns the press, has the explicit goal of promoting conservative evangelical Christianity at UK universities (see the sources listed at Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship#Doctrinal basis), so are not a reliable source when it comes to reporting on their own importance relative to the rest of the university, either historically or today. Including this material in Durham University without citing an independent reliable source would give undue weight to the Christian Union. WJ94 (talk) 09:21, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 10:13, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Observation: If the Durham Inter-Collegiate Christian Union article is to be deleted then Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union should be similarly considered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Feline Hymnic (talk • contribs)

Possibly but we are talking about this topic right now not all the others. JMWt (talk) 11:26, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No significant coverage in independent reliable sources. The three sources listed in the article are all published by Inter-Varsity Fellowship, which is owned by Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship – Durham Inter-Collegiate Christian Union is affiliated with UCCF so these sources are not independent. There doesn't seem to be anything worth merging. WJ94 (talk) 12:32, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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