Talk:Ballard Historical Society

Speedy deletion nomination of Ballard Historical Society

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A tag has been placed on Ballard Historical Society requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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Yzz50 (talk) 05:47, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps I don't understand the notability page, but are we arguing over the relevance of the article? It's a community center, a volunteer organization, a recognized 501(c)3... this is a real historical society, notable at least within its community. Many historical societies are listed with wikipedia.

Vallyag (talk) 06:22, 21 April 2010 (UTC) Although this may be a small historical society (I mean, we can't have a Smithsonian in everybody's neighborhood, that would simply break everyone's brain), it does play an important role within the Ballard Community. As can be noted by the several articles which feater the Historical Society in the Ballard News Tribune (http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/search/node/ballard+historical+society), as well as in the Seattle PI. The Society's physical impact on the Ballard neighborhood can be seen by anyone who walks down the historical district. When looking within the community, it is notable.