Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friends of organization
In light of some of the comments above, I am willing to reconsider my position. I just don't see a way to address a common thread through all organizations with this naming convention, and the claim in the article that this name has a "legal definition" in the US (the IRS site does not say any such thing). I can find no indication in the US Code or IRS regulations that would equate the name to the status. I started to tag that sentence with a "citation needed" tag, but thought it would be best to wait until the AfD was done. There is no source to be found equating this kind of name with the status, and no concise definition to be found due to the wide range of organizations using similar names. I still don't see it as being the required defining characteristic, but I would be willing to look at sources if any can be identified. The article, as it stands, uses a non-defining characteristic and much  to make a claim that has not been proven. It is not a term in general use per , so I fail to see why it should not be deleted or simply redirected to 501 (c
— User:JimMillerJr, 21:32, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:SYNTH||WP:COMMON (Wikipedia:No original research)