Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Insane 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 NO CONSENSUS. Merge-or-not can be worked out on the talk page(s). -Splash^talk 00:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Insane Crips

A gang that doesn't have any notability (unless someone proves me wrong?) I didn't think it would fall under any speedy category, so just plain delete. Grandmasterka 01:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep There are several notable rappers who are members (or formerly members of the insane crips: see Crips). We have Snoop Dogg as a member of the Rollin' 20's Crips but this site says he too was in the insane crips. Notable since they appear in the news. At the very least, merge with Crips, but I think better to keep. --Hansnesse 01:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. per nom. as well as "crap." Batman2005 01:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I would say it is more extensive and better written than most new stubs. Here are some recent news reports on the Insane Crips (after less than five minutes of searching):

-"Long Beach seeks order to curb gang" in San Diego Union-Tribune, May 24, 2003.

-"Drug-related fugitive list reduced" in Press-Telegram, Spet. 30, 2005.

The fact that the group is in the news, and that they have ties to demonstrably notable people, and are fairly large and a violent history, to me makes them notable. --Hansnesse 01:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. They're a notable gang. possible merge with Crips as per HansnesseAkerensky99 05:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Hansnesse. Royboycrashfan 05:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Hansnesse. Arbustoo 06:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge. Most of the current info in the article is original research and getting truely unbiased accurate information on street gangs is next to impossible, so most information can't be verified. ^BlankVerse 09:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Hansesse. --Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 12:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Crips. Considering the inevitable verifiability problems with this article, I think merging is the safest course of action. Lord Bob 17:11, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above ComputerJoe 18:53, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Crips Nick Catalano (Talk) 19:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Crips per Lord Bob's reasoning.--Isotope23 19:57, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Crips ←Hob 21:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above. Stifle 16:47, 3 February 2006 (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.