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The result was merge to University of Malta. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 23:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Malta Medical Students' Association[edit]

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not notable, just a student organization. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 19:49, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Merge to University of Malta. – Meets WP:ORGDEPTH. Source examples include, but are not limited to those listed below. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:27, 12 May 2016 (UTC) (Addendum: I have no prejudice against the article being merged to University of Malta). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:17, 12 May 2016 (UTC) (Addendum: changed !vote to merge here. Technically qualifies for an article, but a merge would also be functional, particularly since the merge target presently has no mention of the topic.) North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:39, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Delete... the refs above seem to show it has a presence demonstrated by multiple independent sources. However a few of the refs read like press relesses written by the MMSA, and overall there is no genuine reporting on what the MMSA itself is. the refs centre around the MMSA's objection to another medical school, which is one event. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 21:18, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – @HappyValleyEditor: I'm not finding any evidence that these are press releases. For example, open the news articles I posted, perform a google search using the headlines, and notice how there are few results other than the publications that published them. Also, there are no results for the Malta Medical Students' Association as having been involved in these articles whatsoever. Some websites may have the news articles copied onto them (likely without permission), but this does not deem a reliable source as unreliable per actions the news sources have no control over. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:12, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

North America, it was the quote "In conclusion, the MMSA would like to thank Mr Fearne and all those involved in this negotiation process and looks forward to future collaborations with the Maltese government and the relevant authorities in addressing the issue at hand." at the end of this reference.HappyValleyEditor (talk) 23:16, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, missed that. However, this is only in one of the sources, and I still don't see any evidence that these are press releases otherwise. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:33, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• delete god Malta is like the town i grew up in, but a country. "Mrs. Whipple Wins Pecan Pie Bake off". If we used my small town newspaper for GNG purposes my dog would be notable for having chewed up all the gardens in the neighborhood every year. You can't write a WP article based on those articles, Northamerica. WTF is all I have to say. Jytdog (talk) 22:52, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Times of Malta is "the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in Malta"; certainly not a "small town newspaper". It's unclear why you would think it is as such. The other sources also do not appear to be small town newspapers. Of note is that I have changed my !vote above a merge. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:37, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What an absolutely ridiculous and condescending comment, Jytdog. AusLondonder (talk) 22:55, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Commenting on the sources brought by NorthAmerica. Read them and read other articles in those papers. Hyperlocal, like a small town newspaper. Jytdog (talk) 23:12, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge - not big enough for its own start article, but certainly well-sourced enough for inclusion in the main article. Bearian (talk) 23:07, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to/with University of Malta. Quis separabit? 19:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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