Talk:Clerkenwell crime syndicate

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[edit] Verification

The article is not titled the Adams Bros, which would be ok. By entitling the article as you have, without specific mention that it is supposed syndicate the article becomes non-veryfiable and, without modification, does not really belong on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability

Furthermore, whilst sources provided are basis for the existance of the Adams Brothers organization, they do not prove or suggest the existance of 'The Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate'. Those external references supporting the existance of a syndicate do not come from reliable sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Selector99 (talk • contribs).

• Selector,

While I would agree to the naming of the organization, I have provided both a credible book and webite, itself used in several similar organized crime related books, which refers to the organiztion specifically as the Clerkenwell crime syndicate. While I admittedly know less about Britain's criminal underworld, I have also provided a source at least proving the existance of one of the Adams which (although admittedly refered by the British press as the Adams gang) does prove the organizations existance.

However, I believe it is the article's proper name which is in question here not its existance (nevermind as to its verification or its notibility). I have reworded the statement if reference to its name, however the Adams Brothers organization appears to in fact exist. MadMax 06:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

In regards to the reliablility of the provided external link, the website is used as a reference in at least Carlo Devito's Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime among others (including several Wikipedia articles). MadMax 06:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)