Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beta Rho Pi

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:34, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Beta Rho Pi

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I came across this via a speedy and it just barely passes A7 criteria via its affiliation with Alpha Epsilon Pi, as it started off as a branch of that fraternity. I was initially debating maybe mentioning this in the main fraternity article, but there really isn't much out there about this fraternity or it breaking away to form its own fraternity late last year. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:22, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Individual chapter of a fraternity. We have never considered them notable. Nor do we consider local branches of other organizations notable, such as the 1000s of local chapters of charitable organizations, or the 100s of individual branches of the hundreds of chain restaurants or supermarkets. The rule here is very simple: NOT DIRECTORY. Such articles would be most dramatically in violation of it. DGG ( talk ) 17:01, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the above. Put it this way - if this were a single chapter, local fraternity, it would not be notable. If it is notable as an offshoot of another, clearly notable national organization, then I would argue that notability is not inherited. If the split itself were the subject of significant coverage, then an article on the split itself might work - and perhaps could be discussed at the parent fraternity's article, if other chapters split as well or if coverage expands. Now, I'm citing WP:USUAL as well, here - because a local chapter can very easily expand elsewhere, particularly if other chapters split from the parent organization. If Beta Rho Pi were to expand to other campuses, and if that expansion were properly documented, then I can see an article working. But not now, not as it stands. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 20:57, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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