Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Insurance Institute of Manchester

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The result was redirect to Chartered Insurance Institute. AKRadecki 19:12, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Insurance Institute of Manchester

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From speedy. It claims to be the oldest insurance institute (what an insurance "institute" is I cannot say) in existance, which I suppose could be notable. It was only founded in 1873, though. The article in its present form is pretty bad, too. Herostratus 21:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

• 'Neutral as nominator, I am just bringing this in from speedy. Herostratus 21:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Too much spam. An exam-giving body with a royal charter could possibly be notable but not to this degree of detail or self-promotion or lack of sources. Canuckle 21:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, nothing on Google News Archive. Some results in Google Books (as a publisher of e.g. electrical safety lectures), but nothing substantial. The timeline and some other parts of the article are taken directly from the Chartered Insurance Institute article, and are a history of British insurance institutes generally. Other than being the oldest in Britain, a fairly minor claim of notability, it's not clear why this should be here. --Dhartung | Talk 22:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep but prune - This appears to be a professional body concerned with insurance. However too much of the article duplicates Chartered Insurance Institute. This duplication should be removed and the article Wikified. Since it merely gives a timeline, the article is weak, but I have seen many that are worse. As the first of its kind, I would have thought it was notable, even if it is now only of local significance. If the eventual decision is to delete, then redirect to Chartered Insurance Institute. Peterkingiron 22:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.