Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Clown conservatory

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 of the debate was lack of consensus, defaults to keep. Ifnord 18:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Clown conservatory

Delete. Vanity advertisement for non-notable institution. 400 Google results.[1] -- Krash (Talk) 02:40, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Who cares how many Google hits a topic gets? Google is not a reliable indicator of notability. BrianGCrawfordMA 02:48, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes. But it's certainly worth looking at those Google results. Nothing that I would consider a secondary source. 60 students in the last 5 years? -- Krash (Talk) 02:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete promo. It is even not a "institution": it is a program at Circus Center, San Francisco, probably a one-man operation. mikka (t) 03:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete promotional. Ran an edit count on oc 43 total edits since September of 05', all related to clowns...hmmmm --Mmeinhart 03:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• If we had an article on the Circus Center, I would vote to merge this with it. However, as there isn't, I vote to delete. Capitalistroadster 03:48, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. Royboycrashfan File:Flag of Texas.svg 05:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. Reeks of spamvertising. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete Although this is just a programme in a circus school, it might well be one of the few clown studies programmes in the world. Just how many places are there where one can go to study the art of Clowning? It seems quite a rarified thing to do. If there are only a few schools of clowning then perhaps they could be collected together on the Clown page or other related article?  (aeropagitica)  07:25, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. NEA grant recipients are presumptively notable, and this institution is obviously notable in its field. Monicasdude 16:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • "Clown conservatory" is not an institution. mikka (t) 17:58, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete I'd suggest a keep an article on the Circus Center and a merge of the basic information on this article but there currently isn't one. MLA 16:06, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete per MLA. Redirect it to a new article on the Circus Center. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 19:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Monicasdude, at least until Circus Center is created. Powers 21:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Monicasdude's reasonable argument. — Adrian~enwiki (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per monicasdude Jcuk 00:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Monicasdude and, oddly enough, (aeropagitica)'s reasoning. KillerChihuahua^?!? 16:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep although I'd personally like to see the .com links disappear. --Bugwit grunt / scribbles 00:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable in its field. How many other clown schools do we have articles on? Possible upgrade to an article about the center. Kappa 12:33, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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.