Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albanian mafia

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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 08:06, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Albanian mafia

User:82.35.34.24 who created this article regularly vandalises pages, in particular Albanian related pages. The article contains no useful information other than an opinion of the user that wrote it. He even allows himself to claim, without any proof or reference, that mafia "more or less controlles the Albanian Government"/ Kosovar 02:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and cleanup. This article needs a cleanup. There are reliable sources on the activities of the Albanian mafia see for example this BBC News story on the involvement of the Albanian mafia in people smuggling see [1]. There are 12,300 items returned for a Google search on the Albanian mafia claiming that they are involved in the drug trade. [2] Capitalistroadster 03:36, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep at some point it makes sense for Albanian ot have an organized crime problem. Klonimus 09:13, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Unverified rather than unverifiable, so a few external links and a NPOV rewrite might save it. --Jmstylr 13:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Every country that ever existed in the world has had or has problems with crime and criminals. Albania and Albanians are no exception. The article contains no specific information, no references, or anything else other than the hate and the point of view of the author who wrte it. -- 81.77.228.235 16:11, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete This anon-spawned item looks like an attack article. Delete it on general principles. If someone wants to write an encyclopedic article on the Albanian Mafia, let them start from a clean slate rather than from something that seems to originate in bad faith. Nandesuka 16:37, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Resurrect only if someone shows references. Peter ^Isotalo 16:41, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I think I've definitely saved this based on Capitalist's links. Marskell 18:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, but could always use more sources. Having an article on the "Albanian mafia" is no more prejudicial than having one on the Russian mafia or the Triads. Sdedeo 19:41, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep could be useful if rewritten. -- WB 21:21, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep BBC reference proves existence. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 02:54, September 6, 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.