Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications

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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 Merged nat.utoronto 22:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications

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This organization fails WP:ORG. They're really not-notable, and they fail to cite sources. Delete Merge & Delete per Shawn in Montreal. -- GreenJoe 20:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

But it's also the parent article for the student paper, and I believe we have a precedent that all university newspapers are notable, do we not? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
So have an article on the main paper. GreenJoe 20:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[1]*Delete. Not notable. The student paper: yes. The umbrella organization: no. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 21:37, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand you. In voting to delete, you're also voting to remove the very information that would go in the student newspaper article you support, are you not? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Remove redirect at The Cord Weekly to restore article. Delete Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications which is essentially a promo piece about an administrative unit at a university. It is neither encyclopedic nor notable. There are millions of administrative units. Who cares? Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 22:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

That sounds fine to me, with the added proviso that we move the other text about the student publications to the main article Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union. I'd be happy to do this myself, meaning we'd be left with an essentially blank article Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications with an AfD tag on, which I'd be happy to vote to delete. My question: would I be allowed to do all this, while an AfD is in progress? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

You can merge it in so long as you don't blank the current article that is on AFD. GreenJoe 02:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I think you can go ahead and improve the article any way you see fit, even while it's being discussed on AfD. If all the content is elsewhere, and you don't get any objections here, go ahead. Remember that anyone can revert changes that don't reflect consensus. Both WP:BOLD and WP:HEY are relevant here. I say go for it. —BradV 05:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Brad: you can see a solution to this problem, and nobody vociferously disagreeing with it. I say be bold. Once this is fixed, come back here and we'll ask an admin to do a speedy close. AndyJones (talk) 13:55, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I won't have time to work on this until tonight at the earliest but if no one else makes these text moves, I will. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:09, 13 March 2008 (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.