Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Miami College Republicans

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 of the debate was Delete. --JoanneB 19:25, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University of Miami College Republicans

Individual chapters of college clubs are usually not suitable for individual articles and thus are usually deleted. This is also vanity as it was created by this chapter's founder. Gamaliel 05:42, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Merge or keep, "the club had the honor to host several national political figures". Kappa 06:02, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Many, many college clubs host speakers of national importance. This in itself does not make a club encyclopedic. Gamaliel 06:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Why not? Kappa 06:31, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, Kappa's non-reasoning is specious. Every college's chapter of every club has had national speakers. User:Zoe|^(talk) 07:27, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Then they are of interest to users and should all be merged or kept. Kappa 07:38, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
    • No. That would be an argument that it is the speakers that are of interest, not the venues that they speak at. Uncle G 10:46, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. It's fairly insignifigant that a political club gets visits from politicians, imho... --VileRage (Talk|Cont) 07:44, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 08:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, Kappa is wrong. Gazpacho 08:40, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nomination. Inclusionist thinking opens the door to listing every six student neo-Nazi club that hosts a Ku Klux Klan leader. Durova 11:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • While I agree that this article should be Deleted, I think that comment was a little harsh. Jacqui^★ 14:58, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • How many Ku Klux Klan leaders are national political figures? Kappa 16:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
    • David Duke for one. The point was not to be harsh or insulting, but to show the logical conclusion of the practice. I certainly mean this as no insult to the particular club in question. Yet I think we've all seen how fringe political groups have tried to use Wikipedia as a platform in their quest for legitimacy. A decision to keep this for the reasons advanced would be highly exploitable. Durova 16:50, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. nn club. Eusebeus 14:20, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. There is a listing for College Republicans that encompasses the national organization. Inquiries about local chapters can be readily obtained through the group's website. Jtmichcock 14:31, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • For lucky wikipedia users with internet access. Kappa 16:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Um, by definition, don't you HAVE to have Internet access to be a Wikipedia user? User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
      • You've been here long enough to know what wikipedia is for. Kappa 23:58, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
        • I certainly do. Try using Wikipedia without a computer. How does that work? User:Zoe|^(talk) 02:46, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
        • Kappa is talking about a notional future project by which Wikipedia would be distributed on external media, such as DVDs. -Colin Kimbrell 19:31, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nomination. Student organizations that exist at only a single school are generally non-notable. --Metropolitan90 17:11, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. BD2412 T 02:11, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Would have voted merge if they actually hosted/organized the 2004 Presidential debate as claimed. --JJay 02:34, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  • JJay's point is well taken. The club should not be given credit for an event actually hosted by the University. --Metropolitan90 04:09, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, as with all individual student organizations lacking individual notability. If someone wanted to create a a "University of Miami Student Organizations" section within the University of Miami page and include a brief mention there, that'd be OK as well, I guess. -Colin Kimbrell 19:31, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
• delete NN local chapter Pete.Hurd 03:42, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Unless the lack of sources is remedied, this appears to violate Wikipedia:Verifiability --redstucco 09:52, 25 November 2005 (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.