Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Heraldry Society

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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:00, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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This heraldry hobbyist club has couched itself in very aggrandizing terminology in its self-authored WP article (see: "learned society"). The article has only one reference which "alludes" to the society's existence but doesn't mention it by name. It has had a citations tag on it for 5 years and the situation still has not remedied. A search of Google News find two references since 2012, both incidental, and a search of Google Books none. I've looked-up the organization in the index of two offline heraldry books I own and can find no reference to it in either. The organization's own website seems to indicate it's simply a message board. According to it, it was founded a decade or so ago, briefly sponsored a few awards, journals and other minor activities, but appears to have burned out and is now just a semi-active message board. Semi-active message boards do not meet our GNG. BlueSalix (talk) 04:26, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:31, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:31, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sarahj2107 (talk) 13:17, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Delete. Not seeing anything but passing mentions in Google Books. As the article doesn't show any references suggesting any coverage of the topic, I say delete per failure of WP:NORG and WP:V. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:28, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Weak Delete. I found the article interesting and would like to keep it. Although it's been around since 2005 there are insufficient references and coverage to justify keeping. Perhaps keep a REDIRECT to United States heraldry where it is mentioned - although that mention is also without a reference. MB (talk) 01:26, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Delete & Redirect - The references I could find in news [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tepper-marlin/washington-coat-of-arms_b_1906733.html here] and [http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/27/news/midcoast/proposed-bath-flag-reflects-seafaring-tradition/ here] are passing mentions that in no way render notability. A redirect to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_heraldry United_States_heraldry] would be better. Mwenzangu (talk) 08:18, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

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