Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brown Opera Productions

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 delete. Per Czar's commentary on the suitability of student newspapers as significant coverage of school-related organizations. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:29, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Brown Opera Productions

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No sources. Internet search reveals no extensive independent coverage. Josefaught (talk) 01:45, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Though the article no doubt needs extensive cleanup and updating there are plenty of sources. I would like to note that this deletion request is clearly inappropriate retaliatory behavior by Josefaught, which operates as an ostensible sockpuppet account. Filetime (talk) 07:01, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – Now sourced. Apparently, Josefaught (talk · contribs) is on a spree of AfDs for Brown University-related articles. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:42, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rhode Island-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Student opera group covered only in the Brown Daily Herald. See WP:MILL. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:32, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete The sourcing is all to a publication of Brown University itself. Thus there is no indepdent coverage which is one of the requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:35, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Eight references added by Filetime. Brown Daily Herald is financially independent and student run, so I feel it is acceptable to count it as independent in this case. WP:MILL is an essay and completely subjective - it doesn't overrule GNG. NemesisAT (talk) 10:21, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Student newspapers are not reliable sources. They should not be cited in encyclopedia articles nevertheless used as the main sources. If coverage of this topic is not wider than the university itself, we have our answer for how the wider world views the topic's noteworthiness. I would normally recommend a redirect to Brown University#Student_life (WP:ATD-R) but not without any external sources. czar 02:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Article were using only student newspaper as a source. DarwinClean (talk) 22:56, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The above account, DarwinClean, has requested an indefinite block after I politely questioned his immediate AfD and content trimming participation as characteristic of an older account. To the best of my knowledge, no misconduct was identified nor Checkuser tool run, but closing admins may want to take this unusual turn of events under advisement. Jclemens (talk) 03:28, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete unless more sources other than the school newspaper are cited. MiracleMat (talk) 06:12, 9 September 2021 (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.