Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Menotomy Moonbats


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The result was   Delete. Rjd0060 (talk) 01:30, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Menotomy Moonbats

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Local "joke" organization, has one mention in the press - Boston Herald - otherwise few ghits outside of blogs. Mr. Vernon (talk) 03:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Your AfD nominiation happened while I was still updating the articlee, I think. The article now has six references: Three editorial/opinion pieces in the Boston Herald and on the WRKO radio station about the group (one of which you mentioned), three are other press articles about the group and its activities. None of these links are blog postings, although there are a number of Blog comments about them. They are registered as "Moonbat Pride" as a business in Arlington Arlington Businesses.

PenComputingPerson (talk) 01:25, 24 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Local group without broader notability.Beagel (talk) 17:05, 24 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep article is well sourced now. Turlo Lomon (talk) 20:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 11:37, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 11:37, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:ORG. Local group provokes local pundit, Howie Carr. Carr responds. The org's hometown paper is only WP:RS independent of Carr that takes notice. No evidence of wider or sustained WP:RS interest. • Gene93k (talk) 11:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Whether this outfit genuinely exists is not (yet) in question. That it fails of notability is. What elements of WP:ORG does the creator believe this fulfills?    RGTraynor  13:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I am not the creator, but I believe "organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources" covers this. Turlo Lomon (talk) 13:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And we await some. Two Howie Carr columns and a podcast generically calling Arlington Democrats "moonbats" and two websites do not WP:V or WP:N make.    RGTraynor  15:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


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