Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northwestern University Dance Marathon

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The result was Keep. Chicago Sun Times is a good source. Ruslik_Zero 12:49, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Northwestern University Dance Marathon[edit]

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Non-notable student group. OCNative (talk) 05:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:CLUB: "Organizations whose activities are local in scope may be notable where there is verifiable information from reliable independent sources outside the organization's local area. Where coverage is only local in scope, the organization may be included as a section in an article on the organization's local area instead." The Chicago Sun-Times does not help in this regard since it is the local paper. OCNative (talk) 17:38, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 15:20, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete Promotional article about a worthy enough fund-raising event, but it appears to fail notability. Edison (talk) 20:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree that it needs to be less spammy, but, as with many college traditions, it is most certainly notable enough to get attention from independent and reliable sources. [1]. Mandsford (talk) 02:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak keep I will reiterate my comments from the WP:PROD on the talk page: I have problems with the notability of this subject. Looking at the last 20 years of newpaper clippings I find mentions in mostly small subregional newspapers. However, I did find this out of state mention and this obituary mention. However, the Chicago Tribune has not mentioned this subject since 1991.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment I would note the out of state mention is an incidental one-liner in another college's student newspaper. I question whether one-line mention in one person's one-paragraph obituary establishes the notability either. OCNative (talk) 17:38, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Most of the book sources cited above are from reference books about American universities in general (Barron's Guide, Peterson's, Yale Daily News, etc.). I liken this to the Aggie Bonfire, a longstanding Texas A&M tradition that was also mentioned in national college guides, but never generated more than local attention until the tragedy in 1999. Nearly every college, anywhere in the world, has an annual event that thousands of alumni are aware of. Mandsford (talk) 13:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete only of local interest. At most, it is worth one sentence in the student activities section of Northwestern University. Racepacket (talk) 06:36, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep due to size and scope of the program - since 1975, "35th year ... one of the world's largest student-run philanthropies ... 1,400 [participants] ... [and] 400 committee members ...." Bearian (talk) 02:16, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep due to press mentions; some of the papers may be regional but the mentions are not trivial. Hell, the Chicago Sun Times had an article dedicated to it in 2008[2]. Curious that the UCLA and Northwestern dance marathons were nominated for deletion but the Penn State Dance Marathon wasn't.

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