Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sigma rho
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- 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 University of the Philippines, from which it can be moved back into a separate article if anyone finds/adds sources. I believe that the correct procedure is to make the page a redirect, but if I'm in fact doing the wrong thing, let me know. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 09:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable single chapter of a fraternity. Only claim of notability is the "The Sigma Rho is the first and premiere law fraternity in Asia" statement, which is unsourced. -- Scientizzle 23:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete I'm open to the possibility that someone will find verifiable sources, but I couldn't. A note: this fraternity does not appear to be affiliated with the frat of the same name based at Michigan Technological University.--Djrobgordon 03:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak keep, the fraternity appears notable in Philippine politics (four Senate Presidents[1], other prominent members if you google). Here's at least one newspaper article[2]. They've been in the news because Filipino frats get into rumbles with each other[3][4] and somebody was even killed a while back[5]. --Dhartung | Talk 03:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, wait, apparently it's a duplicate of Uplb sigma rho. --Dhartung | Talk 03:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Different campuses of the same school, though. Presumable, but not certain, that they're one and the same. --Dhartung | Talk 03:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not opposed to an article on the overall fraternal organization (supposing it meets necessary WP:V, WP:N, blah, blah), but individual chapters that haven't been covered as separate entities are not, IMO, notable. Can we trim this to only organizational details to be a sufficient stub? Is there enough out there to make this an okay article? -- Scientizzle 04:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I think there's just enough to point out the fraternity's existence, pull in a few primary source things about its history, and show that it has an influential position in Philippine politics. A useful stub. The fraternity chapters seem to operate more independently than the American model, though, so at the least we should note that there are two+ campuses with chapters. Oh, and I found another copy: Sigma Rho UPLB, almost identical to the other. --Dhartung | Talk 07:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not opposed to an article on the overall fraternal organization (supposing it meets necessary WP:V, WP:N, blah, blah), but individual chapters that haven't been covered as separate entities are not, IMO, notable. Can we trim this to only organizational details to be a sufficient stub? Is there enough out there to make this an okay article? -- Scientizzle 04:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Different campuses of the same school, though. Presumable, but not certain, that they're one and the same. --Dhartung | Talk 03:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, wait, apparently it's a duplicate of Uplb sigma rho. --Dhartung | Talk 03:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge to University of the Philippines as the subject looks real, but looks unique to that university, and lack of source material makes it not sufficient to have its own article. SmokeyJoe 12:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment from a Member The Sigma Rho Fraternity stated in this article is based in the University of the Philippines - Diliman campus. Other frats based in the Philippines with the same name are not recognized by Sigma Rho Diliman (SR Diliman). Sigma Rho Diliman was organized in 1938. UPLB Sigma Rho was founded in 1957. As far as SR Diliman is concerned, this fraternities are simply trying to ride with the prominence of SR Diliman as a national force. An obvious evidence that SR diliman was copied is the similarity in fraternity seal. You can refer to SR Diliman's website at www.thesigmarho.org. SR Diliman's prominence can be traced by simply typing Sigma Rho at www.google.com.ph.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Varial indy (talk • contribs).
- Merge as per SmokeyJoe. Seems notable enough for mention in University article, but not notable enough to have an article of its own. Vassyana 07:40, 8 March 2007 (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.