Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Floppy Movement
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- 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 was Delete --JForget 00:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Floppy Movement
Non-notable social movement with very limited evidence of notability or, for that matter existence. -- Mattinbgn\talk 23:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC) Mattinbgn\talk 23:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Mattinbgn\talk 23:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - clearly not notable and possibly non-existent. X Marx The Spot (talk) 23:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. Non-notable. Renee (talk) 23:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. I could find no trace of this supposed movement anywhere. The one and only reference/external link in the article is to Google books but the target actually makes no mention at all of any such movement and a Google books search on the name gets 14 hits but none of them is about any type of social movement; mostly dance or medical stuff. Google news has no hits and a regular Google search gets 147 hits but, again, none is about a social movement. In short, no sign this alleged movement even exists, nevermind that it is notable. I hate to throw around the word 'hoax,' but it seems that it's either that or something made up one day. Either way, it's completely unverifiable and that alone is grounds for deletion. OlenWhitaker • talk to me or don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 23:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Speedy delete. Article is in all probability a hoax. —Moondyne click! 00:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete I can't find anything either; looks to be a hoax. The article creator has made only a couple of talk page edits outside of this article. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 04:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. Allegedly, a Buddhist movement that grew out of a contaminated municipal water supply. I can't say for sure it's a hoax, but still I'd play it safe by boiling it. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 18:38, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete, subject of the article would not appear to be verifiable. Probable hoax. Lankiveil (speak to me) 21:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC).
- Do not delete. While this is a small movement it is one that has made an impact on the local community. The page was created as the local primary school is doing a class project on it and, as you have all discovered, there are no other references. The external article referred to in the page was placed as a link for the teacher (as it is obviously not something that could be read by 9 yr olds!!)PlumesPlumes (talk) 09:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- Without other sources, then the article cannot be kept on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's policies and guidelines on original research, verifiability and reliable sources for reasons why this is so. If it can't be verified, it can't be kept. -- Mattinbgn\talk 09:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
It just needs to be up until the end of the month, then they will be finished with it. Is it such a big deal if there is not specific references? Its just teaching kids how to research 124.189.36.39 (talk) 11:16, 17 April 2008 (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.
