Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GERMS

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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. Majorly (hot!) 14:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GERMS

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This was deleted as a speedy (db-spam) and recreated. This nomination is procedural, as I saw the article before and the notability looks a little spotty, but it's not a speedy. No opinion on this. JuJube 03:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment We recently had a similar AFD about a volunteer ambulance group in Western New York. I don't remember what the result might have been, or where to find it. I generally have some tolerance for these groups having articles if they've existed for a while and have a large presence in the community. YechielMan 05:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete It may be a notable organization, but that is not asserted in the article. Also, according to WP:ORG, A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of secondary sources. I certainly did not see any sources in the article. Unless some sources can be produced, this article should be deleted. --Cyrus Andiron 14:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I will add secondary sources if that is the only issue. GERMS is certainly notable, even unique in its operation, such that other school have used it as a model in emergency preparedness.--Patrick 15:05, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep My name is Nathan, I am the Director of PR for GERMS. I began posting this article last week and have not had time since to update it. I hope that now you will see it updated and it will continue to be updated through the summer.--141.161.107.106 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Patrickneil (talk • contribs) 00:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
  • Delete Spam created by the organization it details. Not newsworthy, no sources or evidence to back it up. --PureRED - Kyle Floyd 01:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep While these are fair criticisms, it may be helpful to provide more advice on how to make the article more legitimate. Would a link to the home page of the organization be enough? Perhaps suggestions of types of sources that could be used would be helpful. In addition, newsworthiness is not the same as encyclopedia-worthiness (forgive my poetic license, but the point stands.) Anyone that reads into what sort of example the organization has set for other collegiate EMS groups or what sort of presence GERMS has in the Georgetown community will have no trouble seeing its place in an encyclopedia.--Jaboswick 02:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
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.