Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laissez-faire fraternity

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The result was delete. joe decker ^{talk to me} 16:54, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Laissez-faire fraternity

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I declined a speedy deletion on this, because the author claims on the talk page that it is "a well-established economic think tank which bears significant influence on economic, academic and political culture of the United States." If so, independent references should be easy to find, but I can find none. All that exist are connected with Georgian International University, with which the Fraternity seems to be closely connected: it has endorsed a book written by the University's President, Zviad Lazarashvili; the University has a scholarship in its name; and it has already awarded the University the "2012 Laissez-faire Medal of Freedom" according to the University's website - which was only set up on 19 May this year, though the University article says it was established in 1812. Also, the articles on the Fraternity and the University are by the same SPA author. JohnCD (talk) 15:14, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I was the original editor who proposed speedy deletion. I too have been unable to find any reliable source coverage of this organization to establish notability, which was the reason I originally nominated it for speedy deletion. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This organization has not received enough coverage in independent sources to satisfy the general notability guidelines. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:23, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 19:56, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no evidence for real existence., let alone even worth considering notability guidelines. Fails WP:V. I deleted the p. on the Georgian International University as a copy of its website, but I doubt even its real existence. The argument against a SNOW deletion is that the contributor of the article does need a chance to demonstrate actual sources. I cannot prove there are none, and stranger things have turned out to be real. DGG ( talk ) 20:47, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Agree with above. No quality evidence.--Matthew Thompson ^{talk to me bro!} 10:29, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per lack of notable mentions. I didn't see anything on both a Yahoo! and Google search. SwisterTwister talk 20:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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