Talk:Blue Ridge Mountains Council

This article was nominated for deletion on 20 November 2020. The result of the discussion was keep.

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The following discussion has concluded. Please do not modify this section. Result of discussion Merge.

Blue Ridge Scout Reservation

Propose merge of Blue Ridge Scout Reservation. Camp exists primarily to serve the council, has no legal existence separate from the council and notability is tied directly to the council. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 23:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So should all of the other "..... Scout Reservation" wikis be merged with the councils they are affiliated with? I ask this only because the BRSR is the largest council-owned Boy Scout Reservation in the United States, by far. Don't mistake its council-owned nature for it being a local camp - this Reservation sees troop representation from over half the states in the United States (26 by the last figure I encountered) on a regular basis. It also features a Peak Week religious program during the summer for Church Youth groups in the VA/TN/KY/NC region. During the off-season, it serves the needs of college outdoor groups, environmental science students, and local citizens. There are plans to open the new Claytor Lake Adventure Base up to businesses as a corporate retreat and conference center during its off-season. While the Council does own the camp, one could argue that it does not exist solely to serve Boy Scouting in the Blue Ridge Mountains Council. Raider161 (talk) 23:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Raider161[reply]

The short answer is yes; this is the norm for any new camp article we find. And yes, we have a number of camp articles from Pennsylvania, but that is a separate issue. Notability for camp articles are difficult to show outside of the local area. Here is one way to look at it: if the council disappeared today, would the camp still exist as a Scout camp? --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 10:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Scouting in Virginia (Blue Ridge Mountains Council Section) - This already has a section in the Scouting in Virginia article, so it should be merged there, to be consistent.--Unionhawk (talk) 00:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Merge as Proposed - This is actually a lot of content for one section. Be sure to put a Main Article tag ({{main|Blue Ridge Mountains Council}}) in the appropriate section.--Unionhawk (talk) 21:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If Blue Ridge Scout Reservation is merged, then it is a longer a stub. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 10:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

support merge per nom. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 13:14, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]