Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shapiro Brothers


 * 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. The article needs sourcing and work, but it is salvagable. seicer &#x007C;  talk  &#x007C;  contribs  13:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Shapiro Brothers

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 * Delete "independent labor racketeers", small time, only 1 reference with no in-line citations or page #'s Mynameisstanley (talk) 00:34, 12 September 2008 (UTC)# Mynameisstanley
 * Keep because the Shapiro Brothers are notable, verifiable and encyclopaedic; you can tell because the reference cited is an encyclopaedia! Also, "only one reference" doesn't mean delete the article. It means, find more references.-- S Marshall   Talk / Cont  00:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Gbooks searches show lots of further references: The American Way of Crime, Murder, Inc., Crime and the Community, Tough Jews... Tassedethe (talk) 13:06, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Peoplearecool2008 (talk) 15:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)Peoplearecool2008 Indef blocked sockpuppet of User:Mynameisstanley. Thanks, Malinaccier (talk) 22:06, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Not Notable - It is more about 2 guys than a gang


 * Needs major work: There is a possible discussion of the Shapiro brothers, but the present article is insufficient to claim sufficient notability for a keep.  As it is, it seems like this "article" is only a fragment of another article.  Instead of being about them, it seems to be a placeholder for the name.  Therefore, I'd argue for delete without major repair.  Utgard Loki (talk) 17:27, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Strongly Keep: The Shapiro Brothers are notable figures. They were among the most powerful gangsters of Brownsville. The sources put forth by Tassedethe is sufficient to grant them notability. If the present article is not referenced by proper sources needed to make them look notable, then consider reworking the article with credible and verifiable sources, instead of simply deleting it. The proper criteria for article deletion is if it is non notable and unsourcable, not for lacking sources. Joyson Noel (talk) 17:42, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, but needs sources. We66er (talk) 21:43, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as notable, but needs additional sources added. Apparently they are easy to find, so I assume the nom didn't even bother to look in the various parts of Google.  DGG (talk) 19:38, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


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