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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. I'll just add that the term "British Rabbit Council" did give me a smile with an image of British rabbits gathering to discuss out business of the day like expectations for this year's carrot crop. Liz Read! Talk! 20:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

British Rabbit Council[edit]

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There has been a tag about notability since 2018, I've read it through it and I'm leaning towards delete but not entirely sure. Searching for the organisation itself brings up little reliable sources - one of the first results is a forum asking what it is. When I searched via the news section all I got were articles in Britain about rabbits with them being cited. I'm unsure whether this establishes notability, it shows that in this context reliable sources consider it a reliable source/notable source to ask for comment, however these are basically trivial mentions, they aren't in depth. Sources that may establish notability are: [1][2][3][4] Finally if the BRC isn't notable enough for an article can it be considered notable enough to establish breed notability? Traumnovelle (talk) 20:31, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the article is important enough to keep alive. The BRC is, after all, the pre-eminent organization in the UK for owners of pedigreed rabbits, and rabbits are a quite popular pet in the UK (more so than in the USA, I think). The BBC invariably mentions the BRC in any story involving rabbits, and there should be enough information in those pieces to sufficiently expand this article. Oliver Phile (talk) 14:01, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - on the nom's final question: no, of course there is no connection between a body's real-world importance and its Wikipedian "notability". The BRC maintains the rabbit Breeds Standards Book, which is the authoritative source on rabbit breeds recognised in the UK, and that will remain an authoritative source entirely independently of whether or not the BRC has a Wikipedia article. Ingratis (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36289017
  2. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-66301393
  3. ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pet-rabbits-are-lonely-distressed-and-diseased-c2kqtrlx0
  4. ^ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/meet-the-yorkshire-rabbit-show-judge-with-70-bunnies-ahead-of-the-crufts-of-the-small-animal-world-3727615

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 22:07, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changing to keep after User:Tacyarg's edits. Traumnovelle (talk) 18:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - (after reflection) - the article is weak and does the organisation no favours, and sources are admittedly thin on the ground, but there are more than have so far appeared. So major improvement is necessary. Nevertheless, the BRC is the close equivalent of the American Rabbit Breeders Association, which has a much stronger article based on similar sourcing. As above, it has a significant function (in the world of rabbit breeding) as the acknowledged authority since 1934 on official rabbit breeds accepted in the UK, which despite an overlap are not identical with the accepted US or European breeds, and publishes the authoritative Breeds Standards Book as well as other standard publications. Ingratis (talk) 09:58, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tentative or weak keep per WP:HEY If and only if the sources found are added to the article. Bearian (talk) 19:59, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I have added contents and refs to the article. I think it meets WP:GNG based on coverage. The organisation has been involved in national events - promoting the rabbit as food during the depression and the Second World War, and supplying expertise and activism during myxomatosis. I think there is also likely to be further coverage of its predecessor organisations, and would expect offline coverage of the BRC in memoirs, studies of hobbies, and in histories of the Home Front. Tacyarg (talk) 15:29, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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