Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sydney University Liberal Club

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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. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 03:42Z

[edit] Sydney University Liberal Club

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Tagged as WP:CSD#A7 but notability asserted. A student society, replete with namechecks. Guy (Help!) 22:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep I would hardly call the Prime Minister of Australia a non-notable person, and the club that was responsible for his early political development surley is worth mentioning. Similarly, the club forms and essential part of the history of state leaders of the Liberal Party like Kerry Chikarovski & John Brogden, as well as prominant Federal cabinet ministers like Malcom Turnbull, Joe Hockey & Tony Abbott. There exist many other campus political clubs that have pages on Wiki, eg Melbourne University ALP Club, and the history of SULC surely ensure its place here is warrented LibStu 02:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Seems to get over the line, although it could use a cleanup. It's 77 years old, four of it's former members are in the current Federal Cabinet including the PM, as well as being the biggest component of the Australian Liberal Students' Federation. --RaiderAspect 04:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, for its long history and notable affiliated. But remove list of past presidents, instead, list notable past presidents/members with articles. --Vsion 06:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Student clubs are often not notable, but some are and I think this one gets over the line as per the two points above. --Bduke 08:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, but with a request for a Rewrite to improve the painfully smug tone. We're an encyclopedia, not a recruitment brochure. The organisation itself is notable as the oldest surviving Liberal Club, and is clearly doing something right if it is managing to produce politicians of such high calibre. WMMartin 22:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: Have made a number of changes to attempt to make tone more neutral and less 'smug' LibStu 23:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - while I think "politicians of such high calibre" goes way too far and is heavily POV, the club has had several notable politicians at state and Federal level in it, and should be kept, pending a rewrite. JROBBO 05:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per WMMArtin. Suggest re-write into NPOV article --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 08:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep irrespective of a rewrite -- we can tag it as requiring a rewrite and add it to the Australia WikiProject if it passes the Afd. Requiring a complete rewrite while an Afd is in process is asking people to potentially waste their time. None of the "Club Presidents" appear to have become notable other than Ted McWhinney. I suggest we replace it with a Notable Alumni" section. John Vandenberg 18:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep but needs quite some work. Jeendan 02:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep because it has produced many notable politicians, including former president and federal health minister Jim Carlton 220.233.65.141 14:19, 9 February 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.