Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vilicus Society (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vilicus Society

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2nd nomination. The last comment on the previous AfD discussion was made on March 1, and the discussion was temporarily closed pending further verification on March 6. A new Google search for "Vilicus Society"-Wikipedia results in 4 pages (still mirrors of Wikipedia, but they don't say so). Can we please delete it now? ... discospinster _talk 12:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete it had its chance. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Yekrats 14:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment I have no access to the refs listed, but if they hold up (with more than the current, '...legend has it...', then keep. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Killing sparrows (talk • contribs) 20:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC).
• Keep I'm a student at Edinburgh and I hadn't heard of this society until very recently. When I first came across this article, I thought it was ridiculous. Recently, I went to the university library. I could only find one of the books (Heckethorn). The book has a short entry on the society and Jacobite connection was mentioned. That said, it's a very old book. I don't know too much else, but there was another mention of it in the editor's comments in the student newspaper the other day. All in all, there appears to be some factual basis for the society. Mangrove22 20:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 08:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete very strong smell of hoax. No Google hits other than wikipedia mirrors, and the creator has made no edits other than to create this page and to add it to various lists of secret societies. If they've managed to keep themselves secret for 300 years, how come User:Theburgh and no-one else knows about them? - Iridescenti (talk to me!) 19:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete unverifiable.-- danntm ^T _C 03:16, 26 March 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.