Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Queensland Labor Club

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 15:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Queensland Labor Club

Unencyclopedic unsourced, shameless self promotion unable to be verified or referenced, student sub prone to vandalism NCM 10:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for a lack of notability outside of UQ itself. The nominator appears (inasmuch as I've tracked the history here) to feel that some comments made about her during her time on the executive of the club were offensive, which presumably explains the mention of "vandalism", which doesn't seem particularly rife in the article history. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Having more of an acquaintance with the facts of the situation, which I don't really want to go into here, suffice it to say that that's not completely right. But that's neither here or there as far as deleting the article goes. Slac speak up! 03:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per BigHaz. MER-C 10:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per BigHaz. Hello32020 10:52, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Longhair\^talk 13:10, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable. --Roisterer 13:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. A student organization at a single institution is usually non-notable. --Metropolitan90 15:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete -- non-notable student club. - Longhair\^talk 01:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per above. Slac speak up! 02:51, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. There is one reference to the club namely in relation to a vote-rorting claim in 1986 which may have involved former Australian Democrat senator John Cherry. A Google News Archive search shows that Mike Kaiser was once a member but no other mentions. [1]. However, it would need more evidence than this of its importance in Queensland labor politics than this to warrant an article. Capitalistroadster 03:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Arbusto 06:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge anything sourced to University of Queensland. (Grumble. Isn't it obvious?) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 00:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable. If they had some former members who had gone onto greater things, then perhaps. --Michael Johnson 01:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Mike Kaiser went on to more controversial things (I'm rather surprised there's no article on him, in fact, it's an oversight which is on my "things to help with" list), but I'm not sure even that amounts to notability for the club. Realistically, I think it's only outfits like Cambridge Footlights which are almost an assembly line of notable alumni which move beyond the "university club/society" heading and become worthwhile inclusions here. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:46, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment: there appear to be a number of other "unencyclopedic unsourced, shameless self promotions" in Category:Australian student societies--Grahamec 14:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete (bandwagon vote) Lankiveil 00:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC).
• Speedy Delete per CDSA7 and WP:ORG. The University may be able to claim a notable alumnus, this club cannot, as no notability is asserted. Ohconfucius

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.