Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Keep. UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 14:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County

Does not appear unfortunately to be meeting our notability standards for inclusion at this time. rootology (T) 13:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prod Delete why not just prod it? Verbal chat 13:55, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep small historical centers such as this can be valuable stubs, similar to Cloud County Historical Museum.--Paul McDonald (talk) 17:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 08:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It shouldn't be prodded because of the above comment, naturally. However, in order for this to get much of an outcome, someone other than the nominator should address why it does or does not meet deletion policy. --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 08:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~I meant why not prod instead of bringing an AfD in the first place. This article does not meet notability criteria, currently. Verbal chat 08:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)~~[reply]
Prod is usually, as far as I understand it, for deletion that nobody is opposed to. That is all I mean; we digress. Please direct further discussion of WP:PROD to my talkpage. --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 09:01, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 10:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 10:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Small historic centers such as this can be valuable stubs, but this one doesn't appear to be potentially such; therefore, it appears to lack notability. Nyttend (talk) 13:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ORG, although a redirect to Muskingum County, Ohio might not be out of the question. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think this would really be a very plausible redirect. Nyttend (talk) 18:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it operates the Stone Academy Museum and has been covered in a number of reliable sources in addition to those cited within the article. Granted I'm biased, it's museum-ish and I think they should all be included. I think it needs some clean-up and also clarification of its boundaries v. that of the Zanesville Historical Society but that's not something deletion would address. TravellingCari 18:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. —TravellingCari 18:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've added a number of refs which had substantial coverage of the society from newspapers accessible via subscription at Newspaperarchive.com. There are numerous book references via Google Book search which are not viewable online, but which suggest [1] that additional material can be found to expand the article. Local historical societies which have historical document collection, art collections, a long documented history of their own activities, and which maintain buildings of literary importance such as the Stone Academy was to Elizabeth Robins are by no means "inherently nonnotable." Edison2 (talk) 18:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: The page has now changed considerably, especially by incorporating new sources for notability
Keep Notability does not appear to be in question. Ecoleetage (talk) 19:47, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I no longer hold a view. Verbal chat 20:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.