Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Washitaw Nation


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The result was   keep. Pigman ☿ 16:55, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Washitaw Nation

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No notability, its website doesn't exist, it may not even exist Doug Weller (talk) 16:26, 18 August 2008 (UTC) Callelinea (talk) 04:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: See Google:Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah for multiple references across the web. Here is something that might be the group's website.  (More mentions include this, this, a Southern Poverty Law Center report on the group, an article about how one of the members of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones was a member, a report on a Beanie Babies scam run by members of the group, a proclamation from the group in support of City University Los Angeles, and a mention in the United Nations Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations).  That's at least some notability, and evidence of existence. -Moorlock (talk) 17:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Medium Keep. An odd group. A Lexis-Nexis Academic search, excluding blogs, for "Washitaw Nation" turned up 11 articles (Mostly AP, a few Sunday Express and Africa News) around 2000 to 2002. Most of the articles have to do with their involvement in tax fraud in the US. Might be a better Merge to other appropriate(?) articles. Still, enough is out there for others(!) to expand the article. --Quartermaster (talk) 17:39, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, just doesn't seem to meet WP:ORG. Stifle (talk) 19:49, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Based on Quartermaster and Moorlock reasons. If I could verify the claim of the UNited Nations recognition I would say a STRONG KEEP.
 * Comment I can't find any indigenous people's seats. Doug Weller (talk) 19:33, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:V and WP:RS. Mostlyharmless (talk) 09:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Expand rationale. The existence of this group is not in doubt. It has been covered in reliable sources. That is the criteria for inclusion (read those core Wikipedia policies if you don't believe me. Mostlyharmless (talk) 22:02, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Notability, and factuality, is highly suspect. ClovisPt (talk) 19:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


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