Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marriage Pact

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:32, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage Pact

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Relatively niche topic, and while the article is currently a decent length, much of the details discussed seem hardly noteworthy. For context, this article is primarily based on an event that takes place at Stanford University, mostly citing news coverage surrounding it. The event is mention in two lines in the article for Stanford but I don't see how it requires its own separate article. I'm not sure what kind of subject-specific notability guidelines to judge this article on because it's hard to classify. Arecaceæ2011 (talk) 06:00, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:16, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Some googling shows that the Marriage Pact is probably notable, and is much bigger than what happens at Stanford University, although it started there. For notability, it more than satisfies the requirements of the General Notability Guideline: it has significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources. Dedicated articles by The New York Times, Vox, CBS, and NPR's Planet Money were among the first articles I could find. Those articles mention 5 universities by name (Tufts, Middlebury, Vanderbilt, GWU, Stanford), but various articles report it being at 51 colleges, 55 colleges, 55 colleges, or 56 colleges, depending on date of publication. The article could probably be expanded with more sources, but the subject is notable and the article is sufficient to be kept as-is. —Shrinkydinks (talk) 22:26, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. "seem hardly noteworthy" is not a valid reason for deletion. Wikipedia notability guidelines are based on significant coverage in reliable sources. We have a full article in New York Times about this specific subject, plus a half hour segment on NPR, both detailing how the phenomenon spread across the US, plus many ongoing articles by sundry publishers, mostly local and college news (a google news search shows 2,900 results). As for the suggestion to merge it into college dating, Wikipedia is mostly composed of articles about distinct subjects, not survey articles about broad topics. College dating as it now exists is a fairly weak hodgepodge overview about romantic encounters on modern college campuses, with nearly half devoted to date rape and sexual violence. Dumping content in there would not serve the reader or Wikipedia's mission of covering notable topics. Marriage pacts are about economics, marriage, long-term post college plans, a cultural phenomenon and a business enterprise. That is more focused, distinct from, and not coextensive with the slightly forced subject of college dating, which is short term scheduled romantic meetings among people who happen to be enrolled on college campuses for purposes of courtship and romance. disclaimer: I started this article, but it was because in my judgment it merited one - Wikidemon (talk) 16:32, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above arguments. The subject passes WP:GNG and being "niche" is not a reason for deletion. TipsyElephant (talk) 04:46, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The sources provided by Shrinkydinks are enough to easily pass WP:GNG. I'd be more concerned if this were an article about a corporation, though because it seems to be about a product I'd think that WP:NCORP is out of scope. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 06:15, 7 November 2021 (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.