Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue Ridge Mountains Council

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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 01:32, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NORG. Current article has no sources and is promotional. A quick search of Google News archive reveals no obvious sources with adequate depth and independence. Daask (talk) 10:50, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Daask (talk) 10:50, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 11:17, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. While this article could definitely use some clean up, this is an actual BSA council and there are plenty of other articles for other BSA councils (see HERE). Seems to me you either merge all council articles per WP:BRANCH (good luck with that) or you keep them separate. From a purely organizational point of view, I find this most helpful as a separate article. aNubiSIII ^{(T / C)} 15:53, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• This was originally part of Scouting_in_Virginia#Blue_Ridge_Mountains_Council. --evrik ^(talk) 01:12, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep It needs clean-up, but is notable. --evrik ^(talk) 01:12, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This article is as far as I can tell based on the webpage of the council itself. Wikipedia is supposed to be based on 3rd party sources, not just the internal publications of an organization.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:43, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• It's under referenced and needs to be copy-edited.--evrik ^(talk) 21:56, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik and Anubis3: Please read WP:ORGCRIT for the criteria on which deletion will be made. "Other stuff exists" is not an valid argument. Could you identify which sources you can find on this subject that are independent and have adequate depth? Daask (talk) 16:34, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• No sources have been presented for the notability of this topic according to WP:NORG, so I would support a merger with Scouting in Virginia. (t · c) buidhe 17:26, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Many end users utilize Wiki to also discover their local council. Having each council listed with their information reinforces our validity as a trusted site for data. Needs a touch of updating. Agree with other users, this is a needed source of information. Merging all councils into one state page is a disservice to many. Some councils cross over state lines, like Washington DC.--sweet68camaro ^(talk) 02:34, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Have now added content and reliable sources that are more than passing mentions to help meet WP:GNG and WP:NORG.  JGHowes  ^talk 17:54, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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