Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Washington Tilth Association

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 04:25, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Washington Tilth Association

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No indication of notability, no references other than guides to sustainable farming. Primefac (talk) 13:45, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary weak keep This seems to be a body established in 1974, which places it quite early on in the history of organic farming as a post-intensive farming reaction. Similar to the Soil Association and others. If there are sources around to support this, I would expect that the association does have a history worth describing here. If searching (and I mean searching, not just bleating OMG BURDEN!!!!) can't show anything, then maybe delete it. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:25, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strong snow keep This has been produced in recent weeks as part of material for Education Program:University of Washington/Interpersonal Media (Fall 2014) As such, we should not be deleting articles under such a program before the course has even finished. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here seems to be because the article has had most of its content blanked and revdeled as copyvio. This is a regular problem, especially with student work, and indicates the need for better training and mentoring in editorship, it's not an indication of non-notability in the subject itself. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:32, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As a point of interest, the article has been there as a stub since 2012. The reverted copyvio material didn't really affect my decision to send this to AfD. Primefac (talk) 18:01, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @Andy Dingley: I am the instructor for the class. All of the content added for the class was removed per WP:COPYVIO and the student working on this issue is no longer enrolled the class or working on this article. The deletion/retention of this article won't affect the class and, more importantly, work as part of the class will not improve this article. I'll update the tags appropriately. —mako ๛ 19:18, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong keep - This is the original Tilth Association formed in 1974 which gave rise to various other Tilth organizations in the Northwest including Oregon Tilth. It is historically significant, the granddaddy of urban agriculture organizations. There is certainly plenty of historical information that could be added in the Seattle Public Library, though perhaps no so much online. Skyerise (talk) 22:19, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The organization name was originally just "Tilth", so searching only for sources matching "Washington Tilth Association" will miss the early works and history. Skyerise (talk) 23:26, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - cursory check shows at least four articles with substantial coverage of the organization just in the 2014 Seattle Times: [1], [2], [3], [4], plus plentiful book sources like Washington Curiosities and The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Seattle — Brianhe (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep per Brianhe and Skyerise. Thanks for finding those sources. Seems clearly on the right side of the WP:GNG. —mako ๛ 01:20, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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