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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn with the new sources found. I think a rewrite is in order rather than deletion. ( non-admin closure) Pahunkat ( talk) 09:47, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Maritime Volunteer Service
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Fails WP:NCORP and WP:GNG. No reliable sources which have significant coverage of the organization.
Source 1: Trivial coverage, per WP:CORPDEPTH. Simple listing "of employees, officers, directors, owners, or shareholders". Also, no inherited notability - WP:INHERITORG
Source 2, 3 and 4:From company's website.
Source 5: Trivial coverage per WP:CORPDEPTH. A "standard notice or brief announcement".
Source 6: Not a WP:RELIABLE source. Content is user-generated.
A search on Bing finds no other sources that can be used to establish notability. Pahunkat ( talk) 18:00, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
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Comment - I’ve just found [1], however this fails sigcov and is an example of inherited notability. Pahunkat ( talk) 18:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Keep It's a small but notable volunteer organisation, albeit the article looks like it's been written by the organisation itself. But nothing a rewrite can't fix.
A basic Google search reveals a fair amount of coverage of the organisation. - https://www.google.com/search?q=%22maritime+volunteer+service%22 I've also listed a few of the potential sources;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20015426 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11233159 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8193155.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/6600685.stm https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/maritime-volunteers-get-royal-navy-seal-of-approval-34604 https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/local-heroes-braving-floods-tewkesbury-2986047 https://dorsetchamber.co.uk/talbot-village-trust-is-on-board-with-maritime-volunteer-service/ https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/anglesey-maritime-charity-made-homeless-11692768
The article needs cleaned up, or perhaps even rewritten, but I can't see the case for deleting it? Vitalis196 ( talk) 00:35, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:17, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep Needs cleaned up badly, most of the current content is not appropriate for Wikipedia. The references from Vitalis196 show it meets WP:GNG Jeepday ( talk) 18:03, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Withdrawn with the new sources. This still needs a good clean up though. Pahunkat ( talk) 09:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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