Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Young Left

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The vote was inconclusive so the result of the debate was keep for all four articles. - AndyL 03:25, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Young Left

It appears that this never made it main VfD page... re-posting. Vote Delete as non-notable. Googling "young left"+toronto-jays (need to omit the young left-handers on the Toronto Blue Jays) gives approx 500 hits. Feco 23:38, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Young Left article seems worthy of deletion on notability grounds. I tried to encourage improvement but on re-reading it seems unlikely to be notable enough to justify it. I vote Delete Johnnyio 04:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It is most likely that this sock puppet troll Johnnyio is out for revenge, probably over the stuff in the Paul Robeson article with TDC. I think membership in the World Federation of Democratic Youth alone is significant enough for an entry. I vote Keep! --Mista-X 04:34, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Love out to Mista-X our brother from Canada, but I am not motivated by revenge I am just not at all certain a membership organization with no members is notable enough for an entry. If you are or were a member, perhaps there is more you can tell us about the organization to justify its article. I doubt membership of the World Federation of Democratic Youth is sufficient, and such membership would need to be established anyway. Good luck with it. Johnnyio 04:39, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I never said I was from Canada and why does it matter? Why do you assume that YL has no members? The organization is smaller than it was a year ago, but it still exists. Some of the members are currently abroad, and some are holding posts in student unions. When I get the chance to add more information I will. I am 90% sure YL was a member of WFDY, and perhaps I can e-mail WFDY to confirm this. At any rate, YL is a historical reality, which may be more than you can say for yourself. --Mista-X 04:47, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete, not notable. Megan1967 02:57, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete unless something can be changed, Axeattack 05:14, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep group is relatively well known in Toronto. AndyL 07:09, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. I trust AndyL above. (Mista-X, you too but please avoid personal attacks.) Samaritan 15:07, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Keep. CJCurrie 23:32, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete --Spinboy 00:15, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Notability not established. Indrian 04:08, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
Keep - SimonP 13:06, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
Weak keep, seems established well enough. R adiant _* 13:31, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Ground Zero 14:19, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete Lack of Notability TDC 01:21, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
Delete YL not notable, the article itself acknowledges that. Dagen 05:37, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep A significant Toronto left group which is recognized by the United Nations Ruy Lopez 05:52, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Recognized the United Nations? What are you talking about? Dagen 06:23, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Keep. They're quite notable, actually. TIMBO (T A L K) 08:11, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I also must note that Johnnyio was blocked shortly after his posts here for sockpuppeting, POV pushing, vandalism etc. TIMBO (T A L K) 08:13, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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