Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D-Block Boys


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. J04n(talk page) 16:01, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

D-Block Boys

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Non-notable street gang lacking in-depth, non-trivial sources. References are all brief statements that someone belonged to the gang. Fails WP:N. red dogsix (talk) 20:10, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:14, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:15, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   20:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment Very torn on this. We have two New Orleans T-P articles, a federal court record, and others, however, coverage is not all that detailed. Do we allow greater leeway for underground organizations, which a criminal street gang is by nature? &#32;DocumentError (talk) 01:26, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 19:39, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I am leaning towards Keep or possibly Weak Keep. I think the references available points towards notability. But I think the article needs to be improved and more references needs to be added to bring even more clarity to the subject.BabbaQ (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - or possibly merge to an article on gang activity in New Orleans. I searched: "D block" + gnag + Algiers (the New Orleans neighborhood where this gang is active:
 * Panel notes spike in Algiers violent crime ; Police optimistic cases to be solved, Friedman, Brian. Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La. [New Orleans, La]15 Apr 2007: 01...been particularly effective in prosecuting members of Algiers' violent "D-Block"...4th District hit a "proverbial blip on the radar," said Algiers Police Advisory...abatement team on Algiers' streets in response to the recent crime spike..."
 * Girl's killing triggers sweeping indictment: Street gangs targeted in charges that include racketeering, Simerman, John. Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La. [New Orleans, La]10 May 2013: A.1...as alleged members of the "D-Block Gang, " which police claimed sold prodigious...The D-hitBlock case was the first use of the state racketeering statute in...to be the broadest street gang indictment in New Orleans history, also names..."
 * Editorial: Going after violent gangs, Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La. [New Orleans, La]08 Sep 2012: B.4...."D-Block Gang" in the 6th Ward. Prosecutors said gang members sold large..., Six of the defendants charged in the "D-Block Gang" had other pending charges in..."
 * THE DANGER BLOCK: Authorities are using racketeering charges on 11 men connected to a 6th Ward block that turned violent after Hurricane Katrina; Reckdahl, Katy. Times - Picayune; New Orleans, La. [New Orleans, La]01 Jan 2011: A.1....gangs have never made inroads in New  Orleans, the city has long had identifiable......ago to indict 11 young men in the so-called D-Block Gang who, police say, sold...
 * And more similar, including the spate of stories in November 2017 that seem to have inspired the creation of this page.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:27, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:DONTBITE - we have here a very new editor who brought WP:RS to create an article on an urban gang that has gotten WP:SIGCOV dating back to at least 2006. It would be nice to encourage newbies, rather than plastering the newbie's page with a "Welcome" template followed by no fewer than 3 deletion templates for this article (two SPEEDY plus this one).E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:40, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


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