Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Synagogue Youth

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 speedy keep. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 14:53, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] United Synagogue Youth

Utterly non-notable organisation, article is a vanity project for the group, and is not referenced in any way. Over 90% of the artcle is a giant list of names and telephone numbers. Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 05:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 05:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn organisation. --Terence Ong 05:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. The lists of officers have been deleted since they are not encyclopedia material. --Metropolitan90 06:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, just a collection of advertisements for external links. Much of it is copyright somewhere else, and I can't be bothered to track it all down. Melchoir 07:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• STRONG Keep and expand: The organization is completely notable. It is one of the largest Jewish youth movements and is the youth branch of the Conservative sect. In the same way that NFTY is to Reform Judaism, NCSY is to Orthodox Judaism and BBYO is to non-sectarian/pluralistic Judaism. USY chapters exist in most Conservative synagogues. The organization is multi-national. Nearly all aligned Conservative Jewish teenagers who are members of a congregation have had some interaction, membership or participation with USY. The article needs considerable clean-up, but just because the nom hasn't heard of it (has he heard of any of the organizations I mentioned?) does not make it WP:NN. Wes! • ^T_c 08:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I don't see any references in those articles either. Quite frankly, these unverified advertisements all look the same to me. This article in particular does not even suggest that a single word has been written on its subject except by its subject. If it's so notable, where's the proof? Melchoir 09:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

The organization has membership of 15,000[1]. If you suddenly need a third-party to confirm that, it seems a bit frivolous. But media outlets are available: [2], [3], [4], and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Wes! • ^T_c 09:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Eh, the Inquirer is enough. The article itself, of course, will still have to be rewritten away from a linkfarm. Melchoir 09:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Then appropriate tags should have been used in the first place. The nom should have conducted this research prior to posting this AfD. Recent additions seem to be some attempt to make a point. But I'll try to assume good faith and allow the mass nominations to go through the considerations of AfD.

• Delete. If someone turns it into an actual article and not just a list of links I'll reconsider. Arbusto 10:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Again, highly notable. The fact that the article is poorly written does NOT mean that it should be deleted. jnothman ^talk 10:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Clearly notable enough.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 12:58, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep USY is incredibly notable. The fact that the article isn't superb is not grounds for deleting something that surely should not be deleted. Did anyone even bother to Google "United Synagogue Youth" and check out the 70,000 hits? -- Kicking222 14:55, 20 May 2006 (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.