Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Durham21

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 no consensus to delete, defaulting to keep. There was a balance of views. The keepers pointed to the awards but the deleters highlighted the lack of significant secondary sources. Since the awards are sourceable, though unsourced, there is no failure of WP:V and hence no over-riding policy reason to delete. TerriersFan 20:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Durham21

Again, another article from Durham which lacks any form of notability whatsoever. I'm sorry to those at Durham who clearly feel that each little part of the university deserves an article, but it doesn't. To get back to business: Subject seems completely non-notable; fails to assert any notability, for example through external links to organisations other than itself. _TheIslander 14:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete no sign of possible notability. MarkBul 15:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, regularly wins award for best site from NUS, chief political commentator from The Independent even publicly complimented it. How much more notability do you need. Only problem with this article is that it needs sourcing. Do you have some sort of vendetta against Durham Uni?, you seem to be AFD'ing a lot of its articles in one go.--Jac16888 16:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Comment - No vendetta - just happened to be looking through the articles, and was fairly suprised at how non-notable they all were. It's all well and good the notability being pointed out now in an AfD, but it should really be evident in the article in the first place. _TheIslander 16:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

They are evident in the article, where do you think i got them from? it just needs a source--Jac16888 16:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

So where are the sources then? Nothing to prove the assertions. Realkyhick 17:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

See my comment to your !vote below. KTC 20:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Notability not proved, no sources aside from a link to the site itself. Realkyhick 17:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Re. the awards, doesn't hurt to search on Google a little [1]. KTC 20:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep as winners of multiple awards from National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. KTC 20:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - winners of the NUS Student Website of the Year five times! A clear assertion of notability. DWaterson 00:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Speaking as a Durham student, this is an extremely popular website for Durham students and has won awards 19:31, 05 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.90.35 (talk)

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.