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The result was redirect‎ to List of councils (Boy Scouts of America). There isn't a strong consensus for this closure but I don't think an additional relisting would help. Closing as a Redirect as an ATD. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:09, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Northeast Iowa Council

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WP:BRANCH. The branch lacks enough independent notability to be able to pass WP:NCORP and I suggest DELETING or REDIRECTING, but I am not sure of target. Graywalls (talk) 20:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Scouting, and Iowa. Graywalls (talk) 20:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The relevant standard for nonprofit organizations would be WP:ORG rather than WP:NCORP, and there is no mention of any WP:BEFORE search. A quick search of Newspapers.com finds a widely syndicated article about the sex abuse scandal involving the Northeast Iowa Council, such as this 2024 article in The Muscatine Journal (the version which appeared in The Gazette is accessible here). There are also feature articles about Northeast Iowa Council's old Adventure Island camp (dating back to 1952), and the Claus family's agreement to lease the Northeast Iowa Council land for its new camp (1956). I would argue that there is enough coverage to satisfy WP:GNG...but that it's the sex abuse scandal that makes the issue of whether or not to keep this article more complicated than any notability criteria. If the article is kept, the issue needs to be addressed within the article itself. Cielquiparle (talk) 21:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The form of incorporation with their local government entity isn't all that relevant. It only matters when their scope of activity is national or international. Graywalls (talk) 22:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:23, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: We need more participants here.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of councils (Boy Scouts of America). As a local WP:BRANCH of the BSA program, WP:SIGCOV outside the northeast Iowa area is required, and I don't see any in the article, in this AfD or in my own search. (The newspaper coverage cited above was first published in the Gazette, a Cedar Rapids paper in the Northeast Iowa Council's territory, even if it was reprinted in other Iowa papers.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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