Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Social clubs

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. howcheng {chat} 18:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Social clubs

Problem: Article discussed at length here, I would suggest a deletion or merge. ....εγκυκλοπαίδεια* (talk) 18:53, 15 December 2005 (UTC) delete or merge no new points here -Drdisque 19:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I added most of this information to the club article, though I believe it really deserves its own space. Please let me know what you think.

• Relisting due to insufficient votes. - Mailer Diablo 09:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep , seems worth distinguishing from other types of club. Needs cleanup though. Jamie ^{(talk/contribs)} 10:22, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I have to concur with Jamie here. -- JJay 13:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, topic worthy of an encyclopedia article. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:24, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Good grief delete unreferenced vauge impressionistic original research and generally unencyclopedic. It assumes the existence of general (worldwide?) social phenomena - some of this may be true in the US but what about other cultures (these do exist you know). A proper article on social clubs would need to be a lot less anecdotal and far less sociologically naive - it is this type of stuff that gives wp a bad name!. The only way to save this would be to move it into a specific culural context--Doc ^ask? 16:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for once I dont see a particular US bias (am I missing something?) I must admit the phrase "There are even Activities clubs for gays and lesbians." nearly made me kack myself with laughter!! Jcuk 20:45, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Pretend you are rural Chineese for a moment - and ask yourself if this might describe social clubs in your culture. The bias is that it assumes a Western (probably North American) experience is universal. --Doc ^ask? 20:49, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per the Doc. I'm sure there is published sociological research that could be used to write an article on social clubs, but this is not worth saving. u p p l a n d 20:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge per nom. ComputerJoe 21:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Although it seems silly to me, we do have articles on gym] and Yacht club and so on. However, the article really must be rewritten, and probably have a list of notable social clubs a-la Yacht club. Flyboy Will 23:12, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Needs cleanup, not deletion. -- Astrokey44|talk 00:50, 24 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.