Talk:London Friend

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Creation & notability[edit]

I created this a separate article from a sub-section I had put as part of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality article, but, now, on second thought, have now created a separate article for London Friend because, as the article says, London Friend is a separate entity.

I hope that the material of the article, and also the resources linked to, establish the notability of this organisation.

I summarise the notability as follows:

longevity: 35 years as a separate organisation
having it's own premises for all or part of that time
it's wide range of activities
(and probably other things in linked resources)

I have added this information about notability because as I was creating the page a note came up saying that an article had been speedily deleted in 2007 because of notability not being established, but that if the present article had different content then I should continue (I continued because I was not aware of the content of the article deleted 3 years earlier and because I believe(d) that the present article established notability); and also a template questioning notability appeared as soon as I saved the article.

FrankSier (talk) 20:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The rationale for notability seems a strong one to me. There are plenty of reliable sources and the organization has had historical significant impact, being one of the earliest officially recognized LGBT social support organizations and has documented impact at a national as well as local level. Consequently I believe it meets the criteria of WP:GNG and the specific criteria of WP:ORG. Fæ (talk) 20:27, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it time to remove the template questioning the subject's notability? It was put there in 2011 as I understand it. As I created the article in the first place, maybe I am not the best person to judge. Looking at what I put about notability in 2011 I think it misses the point of WP's notability guidelines being about non-trivial mentions in independent reliable secondary sources, but I do think that these criteria have been met. FrankSier (talk) 20:58, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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