Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCT History and Current Affairs Society

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 delete. Juliancolton (talk) 00:55, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

UCT History and Current Affairs Society[edit]

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The article fails to meet the WP:CLUB criteria. The sources cited are either self published (i.e. published by the University) or news articles that mention the society and that members go on notable demonstrations but do not show the society has significant impact at a national or international level. PROD (added by someone else) deleted without explanation, so raising for wider discussion. Fæ (talk) 10:52, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. -- Fæ (talk) 10:53, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 20:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of meeting WP:CLUB, it is my firm belief that the society does meet the requirements. The UCT History and Current Affairs Society has been incredibly active in engaging with South African current affairs matters. It has hosted a number of prominent individuals and has attracted the attention of the written press, it continues to do so. The only concern, perhaps, is the lack of online references cited. This is something that I am working on. This page is still very young, deleting it in it's current fledgling state makes no sense. The society already meets the requirements, it is the page that still needs developing over the next few months - a task which I am currently undertaking. Sastudent101 (talk) 16:56, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unfortunately. I original proposed this article for deletion with the rationale: "The program for a student society which doesn't appear to have notability independent of its institution or the people/organisations who have given talks to the society members". The article doesn't suggest that this particular society does anything extraordinary in comparison to other student societies. If that isn't the case, it needs to be made clear in the article (together with reliable sources.) --Kateshortforbob _talk 16:26, 5 April 2011 (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.