Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hong Kong and Far East Masonic Benevolence Fund


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The result was   no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 02:02, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hong Kong and Far East Masonic Benevolence Fund

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The article, orphaned since September 2006, fails to indicate the notability and importance of this trust fund set up in 1893. Ohconfucius (talk) 06:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC) 
 * Delete. almost no coverage. . Michellecrisp (talk) 07:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 22:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * "Keep. The fact that the fund is the subject of its own law, Masonic Benevolence Fund Incorporation Ordinance (Chapter 1034 of the Laws of Hong Kong), is enough to demonstrate notability, There was probably coverage when it was founded many years ago, but Google News probably won't find Hong Kong newspapers from 1893. I don't know if the South China Morning Post has digitized its newspapers from that era. -- Eastmain (talk) 05:39, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep with the notability established per Eastmain, the sources are a cleanup task.- Mgm|(talk) 09:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


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