Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norman Mailer Society


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:49, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Norman Mailer Society

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Small 300 member society built around an admittedly notable author, but not apparently notable in its own right. There is some coverage in sources but I'm not seeing anything that passes trivial mention. They... have a podcast if your interested. Personally I'm not. Timothy Joseph Wood 23:06, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I found very little coverage as well. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:06, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   20:43, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The NMS merits mention in Wikipedia by virtue of existing as a registered non-profit corporation in the State of New York. To delete the article would be to pretend the NMS does not exist. Steven A Brown (talk) 00:24, 9 April 2017 (UTC) Steven A. Brown
 * An organization merits mention in the encyclopedia when its notability is supported by extensive coverage by multiple WP:RELIABLE sources. Otherwise there's no pretense that an entity 'does not exist', merely that it has not evidenced encyclopedic note. Thankfully, existential crises are not resolved here. 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 14:59, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. For what it's worth, Wikipedia is a charity, but is not a web host for other charities. Existence is not the same as notability. Notability has not been proven here. There are literally thousands of charities incorporated in New York State, primarily because my home state has a NFP law that makes it so easy to manage, and the New York Attorney General who enforces that law. Also for what it's worth, my mother was a volunteer on Mailer's mayoral campaign, and I met him once in Provincetown. Bearian (talk) 02:32, 10 April 2017 (UTC)


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