Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rocket Riders (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 03:48, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Rocket Riders
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A defunct local advocacy group. Not notable at all. Only coverage was in local Toronto sources. Fails WP:GNG and WP:ORG. Safiel (talk) 02:28, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * I absolutely agree that this article does not make any substantive claim of notability, nor is it supported by sufficient reliable sourcing to claim WP:GNG — as written, all I'm getting here is that the group might merit a single unlinked mention in the article on 501 Queen, and does not need its own standalone article if this is all that we can write or source about it. I do want to express the caution to, who nominated this for prod the other day, that we do not automatically delete articles about defunct groups just because they've gone defunct — if an organization was ever notable enough for an article, then it remains permanently notable regardless of its current activity status. We're not just a directory of currently active things; we cover things of historical note too. The problem here isn't that the group is defunct — it's that under current Wikipedia content standards the article isn't written substantially enough, or sourced adequately, to demonstrate that it was actually notable enough to get over WP:ORG even when it was active. Delete unless somebody can actually salvage it with much more substance and sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 22:52, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 00:47, 22 March 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:27, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
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