Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Five Dock Crips

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 delete. Resistance is futile! - Mailer Diablo 00:32, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Five Dock Crips

No google hits for "Five Dock Crips." Even if they are one of the Syndey gangs (I believe the city does have something of a gang problem,) the article sounds seriously exaggerated. Membership in the thousands? -- Vary | Talk 15:51, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. PJM 16:04, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete obvious hoax. "'Tommo' and Bossi are known to have 'macked' 100's of armed DB members alone." Endomion 19:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax --Quarl 20:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Sydney doesn't have a "gang problem", but yeh I can confirm (100%) that this is a hoax 202.172.120.102 01:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --NaconKantari 01:18, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete non notable. — Kbh3^rdtalk 01:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
• Don't Delete!! This gang is real, they're from my suburb, i see them around all the time causing trouble and stuff. the part about their battle with DB, the other gang in my suburb is completely true, everyone always talks about it around here.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.31.17.164 (talk • contribs)
• Don't delete. Although parts of this article are clearly exaggerated, 'FDC' does indeed exist. They are well-known in Sydney's inner west. That said, the '1000's of memberships' and 'macking' bits, and probably the weapons import bit are obvious urban legend and/or self-aggrandisement rather than fact. I would suggest modification of these sections.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.41.67 (talk • contribs)
• I have personally been a victim of FDC's various crimes. i have had death threats from their various members which probably stemmed from my affiliation with a rival gang. i cannot walk down the streets of Drummoyne now without constantly looking over my shoulder, and by deleting this article, i belive wikipedia would be ignoring an important social dynamic of sydney that invariably affects many of it's youths and adults alike.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.229.148.77 (talk • contribs)
• Comment To the above anons; could any of you provide a source or citation for this gang? I can find references to the 'rival' gang referred to in the article, but nothing at all for this group. -- Vary | Talk 15:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• The gang is not in the thousands, hundreds definately but not the thousands. I also cannot find them on the internet though there in various blogs. Im a 36 year old male from the five dock region and i know they exist and this article is fairly accurate as i was forced to pay protection money to them two years ago. I own a restuarant on Great North Rd, Five Dock. "Tommo" and "Catenaccio" are quite famous characters throughout the inner-west of sydney, known as "gentlemanly gangsters".
• The article now says it is an admitted hoax. Obvious delete, possibly even a speedy for vandalism. Stifle 02:05, 30 December 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.