Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tahoe Fund

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:41, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tahoe Fund[edit]

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Article about an organization, referenced entirely to its own self-published content about itself rather than any evidence of third-party media coverage in reliable sources. As always, organizations are not inherently entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist, so just using their own content about themselves to verify their existence is not sufficient -- the notability test is the reception of third-party coverage in media independent of itself, demonstrating that it has been a subject of independent coverage and analysis. Bearcat (talk) 17:37, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Environment, California, and Nevada. Bearcat (talk) 17:37, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete because I have never heard of the Tahoe Fund, and since the news never talks about it, it makes me agree with the reason for deletion. PWSmith1 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:55, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Some SIGCOV ([1], [2], [3], [4]) and several other passing mentions in news coverage makes me think there's a plausible case for notability. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 23:08, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Too much promotional material in sources and article. Sources are primary and include 2011/12 annual report, Board of Directors, Our Projects A source mentioned above is more about "Colin West, founder and executive director of Clean Up The Lake". The url includes "project-complete-clean-up-the-lake-team-removes...". The contents of the article includes, "The project was made possible by a $100,000 matching donation from Tahoe Blue Vodka. "Tahoe Blue Vodka sponsored this effort because we place tremendous value on the health of Lake Tahoe, not only because our vodka is inspired by its waters, but because it is such a huge part of what makes our community so special,". "Contributions also came in from more than 135 Tahoe Fund donors, including Vail Resorts, and the Nevada Division of State Lands’ Lake Tahoe License Plate program and other local grant giving foundations." Near the end is some mention of the Tahoe Fund. This source is about the subject. Although an admirable endeavor there is just not enough to support notability of "Tahoe Fund" as an encyclopedic entry. It is not the focus of Wikipedia to be a marketing or public relations outlet or a charity promotion. An article is not supposed to include press releases and certainly shouldn't be just a white or yellow pages listing of businesses and chairties. -- Otr500 (talk) 06:39, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete All I could find (that didn't come from the organization itself) were 2 short news articles: TV4 and Mountain Democrat. Only the former is ostensibly about the organization. There's just not enough for GNG. Lamona (talk) 21:02, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not enough in-depth coverage to pass WP:GNG or WP:ORGDEPTH.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:58, 28 January 2023 (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.