Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mega Society

Mega Society

Appears to be a non-notable society. I am informed there are only 25 members My vote is

• Delete Jefffire 15:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: seem like an advert, see article talk page Byrgenwulf 16:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Here are some good reasons not to delete it: first, the Society has been written about many times in mainstream publications; second, it has been listed in various listings of international organizations since its founding in 1982; third, it is the oldest and best known of the "ultra high IQ" organizations.

Size alone is not a good indication of "encyclopedic" nature in this case, because the nature of the Society limits its size. A better criterion would be "utility." Currently the entry is referenced several hundred times per day. That qualifies it at as a useful entry.

My vote is

• Keep Canon 16:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment. "Utility" is not an accepted criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia. Jefffire 16:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment. I agree that being small is no reason not to include it, but I'm not yet seeing the notability. Could you point us to some of the articles in mainstream publications you mention? Google News and the NYT archives have nothing. In Google itself I found a couple of media mentions (one in Esquire, one in The Wave), but nothing that qualifies as "written about". Thanks, William Pietri 17:12, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep 4.156.123.30 17:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Anonymous users first and only edit. Jefffire 17:43, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep [User: Kevin Langdon, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The Mega Society is small because it attempts to select members at the one-in-a-million level. Many issues of our excellent journal, *Noesis*, appear at our website, http://www.megasociety.org. I am currently the Editor of *Noesis*. If you want to vote on retention of this listing please take a look at our site. Thank you.