Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brotherhood of the Strong


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The result was   delete. The Bushranger One ping only 02:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Brotherhood of the Strong

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I guess the best rule reference is WP:SCANDAL... Basic problem for me here is that this article is full of an awful lot of "alleged" this and "claimed" that about living people, but very little "this actually happened". BenTels (talk) 15:49, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG and WP:SYNTH. The interconnectedness of the "groups" in the article are based upon a single unreliable source, a Southern Poverty Law Center article from 2000. "The Brotherhood of the Strong" appears to have been a local scandal in 2000 involving three or four deputies of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office that may have been investigated by the FBI. "The Brotherhood" appears to have been a different local scandal in 1999 rumored to involve employees at Indiana's Putnamville Correctional Facility that was investigated. The SPLC is the only source I can find that suggests there is a "Brotherhood" in other states. While bits of information about these various incidents can be found in various news sources and could very well be mentioned in other articles, there is no evidence to show that they are interconnected, nor is there any evidence to support the lede's assertion that there are gangs of correctional officers named "The Brotherhood" or "The Brotherhood of the Strong". Location (talk) 19:05, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete - per User:Location. 'Nuff said. ukexpat (talk) 21:23, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete -serious BLP problems with the claims regarding the Oregon sheriff deputies. No evidence of any relationship between the isolated events mentioned.  Highly unreliable sources...The Portland Tribune reference leads to the homepage with no current access to the older story. Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:48, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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