Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Irving Literary Society (2nd nomination)
An individual branch of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is not notable; fails rg. However, there is no definite connection provable between the historic Irving Society at Cornell and its current reincarnation as a part of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. This whole premise is therefore riginal Research|original research and synthesis (if not outright fraud and deception). The 19th century Irving Society may indeed be notable, but the current Cornell organization of that name is not. This causes a conundrum in the AFD because really we have a notable organization of the past being obfiscated by a non-notable organization of the present which is trying to capitalize on the earlier organization's history under false pretenses. Indeed, supposed "members" (ie JFK) of the organization are listed who were alive during a time period when the Irving was completely inactive in any form. The current article is so rife with false information, original synthesis, and inflated claims it would require an entire rewrite to be of any value to wikipedia. The best course of action is deletion without prejudice to recreate an article on the 19th century Irving Society. However, I personally believe this topic is better covered not at its own article but in context at Cornell literary societies. On a side note, someone may want to contact Cornell and the national office of Phi Kappa Psi and let them know about the shady behavior of this fraternity. This sort of thing is a bad reflection on both the university and the fraternity
— User:4meter4, 17:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:O||WP:O (Wikipedia:Orphan)