Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trigon Engineering Society

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:55, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trigon Engineering Society[edit]

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student club at one university, with no importance beyond that school. DGG ( talk ) 19:10, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:UNIGUIDE and WP:ORG, with all sources primary or from the University newspaper. Primefac (talk) 15:55, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Probable Delete - It seems to be a locally notable organization, but I'd like some more reliable sources added to the article. If those become available, I'll change my vote to keep Bali88 (talk) 02:36, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bali88: I added two more reliable sources to the article; the first is a peer-reviewed thesis describing the organization's importance to the University and the history of the Lawn, and the second is an official communication from a University administrator that affirms this importance by officially designating Room 17 West Lawn as the Trigon Room. Additionally, I'd like to point out that while Mr. Jefferson's University: A History (already used as a source) is published by the U.Va. Press, it was written by a well regarded author and is a comprehensive work on the history of the University, so I believe it should be considered a reliable source. Puppysnot (talk) 04:11, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the organization has had a permanent presence on the Lawn of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has historical significance to the same. Additionally, as I mentioned above, two new sources have been added that are more reliable than news sources. The first is a peer-reviewed thesis describing Trigon's importance to the University, and the second is an official communication affirming that importance by officially designating Room 17 West Lawn as the Trigon Room (as mentioned in the article, given the prestigious nature of living on the Lawn during your final year, this is a significant act). Finally, the source written by Virginius Dabney (already in the article) is a comprehensive history that should be considered a reliable source. Puppysnot (talk) 04:11, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Puppysnot I'll read through the added sources more thoroughly tomorrow, however my advice to you is to consider writing an article about Greek life as a whole at the University of Virginia and fold this information into that article. There is already a wikipedia article about Secret societies at the University of Virginia and UV appears to have a very active Greek community with a lot of chapters. I think it could be a very good article. That is an alternative if the result of this AFD is to remove the article. Trigon will be eligible to be listed on the List of social fraternities and sororities if it is listed on an article about UV greek life, even if it doesn't have a stand alone article (some people care about that) and there can be a redirect to that section of the greek life page so people can do a search for it. Bali88 (talk) 05:23, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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