Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RISD Blue

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 merge‎ to Rhode Island School of Design. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:34, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

RISD Blue

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This article is about the school color of the Rhode Island School of Design. It was created in 2022 shortly after the color was adopted during a rebranding initiative, and was passed through NPP by WaddlesJP13 in what looks to me like an extremely questionable call. The only reference is to a RISD page, and the only media coverage I could find in a WP:BEFORE search was this article from The Brown Daily Herald, which is a reliable student publication but whose coverage does not count toward notability given its hyperlocal scope, and in any case is not SIGCOV as the article devotes only a single short paragraph to the color. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Rhode Island School of Design as nom. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Visual arts, Advertising, and Education. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge I find the same, single source. For what it is, Merge the one sentence into the article about the school and be done with it. Or redirect, I'm not fussed about either choice, but this isn't at GNG.
  Oaktree b (talk) 19:50, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Added here, and it's already present in the infobox. The athletics section is a bit of an odd fit, since the color is used beyond just athletics — it's the best option available as it discusses the mascot, a related topic, but I could just as easily be satisfied with no mention beyond the infobox. (School colors and logos are that rare element that I find due for the infobox but unneeded in the body.) {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rhode Island-related deletion discussions. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:51, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/Redirect per above makes sense to me (WP:GNG/WP:NOPAGE). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:58, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• See also related AfDs for UCLA Blue, Tufts Blue, and BISU Visual Identity. I tagged Carolina blue for notability, as it's a little more borderline. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:08, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Minimal merge (which may already be complete per above commments which would effectively mean a redirect at this point). —siroχo 01:11, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:52, 1 August 2023 (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.