Deletion of Phycological Society of America

Comment: This appears to be a serious and well-established academic society, but I can't find any third-party sourcing, and even from the society's web site I am having difficulty finding out such basic questions as: How big is it? Is the membership growing, stable, or shrinking? Do its members view the International Phycological Society as a rival, a friendly alternative, higher or lower prestige? Given its name, is its scope purely limited to the US, or does it have significant participation from other countries? In the absence of |reliable sources it is very difficult to say anything encyclopedic about this society. But if sources do turn up I'd be happy to change my mind, because to me this looks like the sort of organization that should have an article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: Phycology is a niche discipline with wide influence including biofuels, diversity, ecology and so on. Phycological Society of America|PSA is among the oldest organizations devoted to the study of Algae|algae. The Journal of Phycology currently has an impact factor of 2.071 and is ranked 28/97 for Marine & Freshwater Biology and 59/190 for Plant Sciences.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1529-8817 While trying to find independent  giving indepth coverage to PSA, I found none but did find membership or publication in the journal listed in the CV of hundreds of academics and scientists.  The journal is frequently cited to support WP articles from algae to Lake Bonney (Antarctica). The article needs some work, consolidating the meeting list to one link and expanding the section on awards and the journal.  This keep is an "|occasional exception" to the  guideline for the good of WP
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:IAR||WP:ORG)