Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/River Bandits

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 17:32, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] River Bandits

Topic is non-notable and/or un-verifiable, or a hoax Clay Collier 08:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - The text of this article (the 'Beliefs' section, for instance) smacks of being a joke. Google search returns no reference to any organization called the River Bandits other than a minor-league baseball team. All links to this article within Wikipedia were created by the initial author of the article. --Clay Collier 08:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - as per nom. Qaz ^(talk) 08:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep- this is a real organization. I researched it for my senior project in highschool. The information in the belief secton comes from a pamplet the group distributed circa 2003. It smacks of a joke, but that is what the society is about: being goofy and, to some extent, relishing in their high IQ. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.253.186.118 (talk • contribs) 2005-10-05 20:33:52 UTC.
• Do not deleteThis group is, surprising, legit. I spent the past weekend in Deland, and came across bills posted throughout Downtown promoting group events. Many contained silly, nonsensical phrases. Not every organization has a website...that a google search didn't return any results about the organization isn't sufficent cause to delete the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.244.213.111 (talk • contribs) 2005-10-05 20:41:10 UTC.
  • ... but the facts that the article cites no sources, and that no sources can be found, are. This article is unverifiable. If you want to change editors' opinions cite sources, as the edit screen asks you to. Delete. Uncle G 21:31, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• delete I'm going for hoax. I find it dificult to believe that Hontoon Island has more than 3 people, even during the tourist season, who would meet the IQ requirements for this purported organization. I live on Merritt Island, south of there... any Merritt Island IQ club would have to do something extremely noteworthy (hence at least meriting an entry in Florida Today) to be noteable enough for an entry to Wikipedia. KillerChihuahua 22:42, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless verifiable from reliable sources (i.e. not sock puppets). --Daedalus-Prime 23:57, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• delete i didn't know wikipedia required sources, so, since at the time no one can produce any, delete it. the organization does, however, exist. Killerchiuaha--1st, the organization is based in hontoon, but open to all residents in volusia county, second, hontoon has well over 500 people, so, well, do the math. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.253.186.118 (talk • contribs) 2005-10-05.
• keep This site is verifiable: the River Bandits are a registered as a not for profit organization in Volusia County. Read up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.253.117.70 (talk • contribs) 2005-10-06.
  • Is there somewhere that we can verify the fact that they're listed as a non-profit org? Also, even if the org can be verified, that doesn't really speak to the notability of the organization. --Clay Collier 22:15, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.