Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drama UK

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 keep. No prejudice towards a future merge discussion. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:09, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Drama UK

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Non-notable subject that fails WP:GNG. No significant coverage or reliable sources at all seen at Google for the topic itself. Propose deletion. TBr and ley 00:16, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge somehow - I found very few results despite searching "merge Drama UK Conference of Drama Schools National Council for Drama Training" and removing the "merge" but I found two relevant results here and here, suggesting the merge happened this June. Although the second link (thestage.co.uk) provides information about the new group, one news article would be insufficient and it's probably too soon for Drama UK to establish themselves as notable. Additionally, the Drama UK website has a "new website coming soon" banner, emphasising how this is a new organisation. Any suggestions as to how and where we should merge? SwisterTwister talk 19:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's a brand new amalgamation of two bodies (for both of which we already have articles), so of course it doesn't yet have much coverage. However, these sorts of national bodies are generally notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Theo polisme 01:21, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- As a recent amalgamation of two orgnasiations with articles (and hence notable), Drama UK must itself be notable. On the other hand, it has probably done little yet: it has not had the chance. One answer might be to merge the two predecessors into the article, but my preferred solution would be to keep all three. The articles on the predecessors ought to end with a section headed "amalgamation", stating what happened, and should remain as historic articles on the foremr organisations. Since both were primarily concerned with training, it is likely that the operate accoridng to the UK school year, with a long summer break, so that the lack of information is unsurprising. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:05, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Peterkingiron. Plaintive plaintiff (talk) 21:08, 2 December 2012 (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.