Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Council of Diaspora Métis

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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 Delete. WaltonOne 15:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Council of Diaspora Métis

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There are no listings of the council on Google. The group doesn't have a website, doesn't display information on the leaders of the organization, and gives no ways for contacting the organization save for an address. In other words, this seems more like a hoax organization, not to mention that the creator of the article already has a history of creating hoax articles like Spacepol. Toussaint 23:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Non notable group. 12 UNIQUE Google hits for Council of Diaspora Métis so it is not a hoax. However, "The Council of Diaspora Métis, founded in 2006 represents the interests of Métis people located temporarily or permanently outside of Canada in the European " makes it sound like a non notable group to me. This link leads to a site that leads (you guessed it) back to the Wikipedia article. I see no hint of notability in the G hits. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 00:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, all of those hits direct back to the Wikipedia article as a source as well, including this and this. Every other link is from sites like Answers.com and Medwiki, which rip the text from WP under the GFDL without much discretion. I dunno if hoax is the right word, but it seems like a number of people have been duped into thinking that this is an actual organization, including a Canadian government organization.--Toussaint 01:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Yah, but no hint of notability. I thought at least the Canadian government one would verify the thing. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 01:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete promo for nonnotable group (if indeed they exist). Wile E. Heresiarch 18:11, 9 September 2007 (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.