Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SME (formerly the Society of Manufacturing Engineers)

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 no consensus. (WP:NPASR). (non-admin closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:30, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SME (formerly the Society of Manufacturing Engineers)

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I was not able to establish the notability of this society. The previous version of the article was a copyvio from the SME website. I stabified it and started to look for independent sources. I was not able to find any, despite a large number of Google hits (mostly student societies reprinting info from the official website) Ymblanter (talk) 15:44, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:25, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:25, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. Agree on the difficulty of finding any independent WP:RS. However, 18040 hits in Worldcat and about 19900 on Scholar suggest that this is a notable organisation that keeps its head down. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:38, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:01, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:35, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, per Justlettersandnumbers. --do ncr am 02:37, 28 April 2014 (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.