Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Folly Fellowship

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 no consensus. W.marsh 18:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Folly Fellowship[edit]

Unencyclopedic, previously deleted by WP:PROD, but contested by the author. The original prod nomination was unencyclopedic, non-notable Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 21:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I added the prod for this article originally. The article is not in an encyclopaedic style - it reads like an extract from an 'about' page, and seems to be largely self-promotion of a small organisation and not really part of the encyclopaedic (it doesn't link to and isn't linked from many places). Wibbble 23:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 15:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Nishkid 64 01:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nothing in the article indicates that anyone else is interested in the organization. Saligron 02:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. This organization seems notable and well-known. They fulfill the requirements of notability. They have been the primary subject of an article in History Today, the president is a published author on the topic, seem to caretake a number of notable "folly" sites (see example) and they appear to be regarded as an authority on the topic (example). The article needs some cleanup. I will put some effort in towards this myself per WP:SOFIXIT. Vassyana 10:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Vassyana's improvements to the article do indicate notability. I've added another, covering the "Folly Fellowship Lawson-Price Measured Drawings Award". The website indicates there are two major publications; one a journal. Worldcat returns many listings, notably their journal ISSN 1474-7669 which is carried in four libraries (inc. Oxford and Cambridge) Also Pieter Boogaart appears to be related but I couldnt find a good source quickly. John Vandenberg 13:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.