Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troop 144 of Seattle, WA

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:28, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Troop 144 of Seattle, WA

Not notable enough. Dead end article.-- BMIComp (talk) 13:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

• (I am the author of the Troop 144 Wiki entry) It is my first one so I am open to all suggestions and assistance. The Troop 144 Wiki entry is modeled after the approved Troop 26, Tulsa, OK entry. (Unsigned comment by 128.95.53.59, 11:02, 20 July 2005)
• Delete - I don't think that they're notable enough to deserve their own wikipedia entry, have they done anything of note? Also, could you link us to the Troop 26 article so we can have a look at that too? Thanks, -- Joolz 16:18, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete Does not establish notability. It needs to establish more notability. If it's just a boyscout troop, i'd have to say it's not notable. If it has done something special or gotten on TV (not public access cable) or something, then add that to it and i'd vote to keep it. --Phroziac (talk) 16:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

• (I am the author). Thanks for the suggestions. I have added that we were the featured group in a national publication. As requested, here is the link to the Troop 26 entry:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troop_26%2C_Tulsa%2C_OK

It is now under review for deletion. Oops, guess I got them in trouble. (sorry Troop 26!)

• Delete Not notable. - Grpunkim 18:43, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Just another Boy Scout Troop. However, I wouldn't oppose a single list of all troops (assuming there aren't thousands) giving some basic info on each (year founded, location, um, that's probably about it). That much could be useful, if it isn't already here somewhere. -R. fiend 20:37, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. There are thousands of Boy Scout troops: 43,984 at year end 2004 to be exact; a list of them would not make a good article. [1] --Metropolitan90 01:20, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
    • Shit. Are there that many? Wow. And to think I was once in Troop 7. That's a much easier number to remember than, say, Troop 37,894. I don't even see how that would fit on the sleeve of a uniform. -R. fiend 04:03, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
      • Each local council numbers its troops separately; there would have been other Troop 7's in other states and maybe even in other parts of the same state. By the way, I should have said that 43,984 troops is just the number of troops in the USA; Scouting exists in something like 160 countries. --Metropolitan90 06:18, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
        • Well, that certainly makes sense. If I had given the matter a moment's thought (which I had never done before) I probably would have realized this. Well, I hated the scouts anyway. -R. fiend 00:31, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Less notable than the school they attend. -Splash 22:07, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Userfy or delete. 128.95.53.59, why not create an account? It's free, takes about ten seconds, and requires disclosure of no personal information at all, not so much as an email address. You get a user name and a "user page." This is very suitable material for your user page. Google indexes user pages so people searching for Troup 144 would find it. Sorry for the rough introduction to Wikipedia, and I hope you decide to stay anyway. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:21, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn self promotion. JamesBurns 08:13, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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