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The result was keep per WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) – Deacon Vorbis ( carbon •  videos) 19:12, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

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Promotes an illegal act.. Violates WP:TOS, and yes, I'll say it, it's disgusting as hell. Delete and salt! Necromonger... We keep what we kill 17:39, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 17:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 17:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 17:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep, clearly meets WP:GNG. WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not a reason for deletion. Neither is the fact that it is about an organization that promotes legalizing an activity that most people think of as horrible, dangerous, sinful, disgusting... choose your adjective, everybody hates the idea. But Wikipedia is not censored. It's true that this organization has passed out of the headlines - and mostly out of existence - in recent decades, but notability is not temporary and this group is notable. -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:52, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep per MelanieN. Having an article about an organization is not advocacy. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:23, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep for the same reason we have articles on other awful things like the National Policy Institute, a white-supremacist promotion organization - it's notable, and by clearly and encyclopedically explaining how awful they are, we do the world a service. NorthBySouthBaranof ( talk) 18:32, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

• Comment I knew someone would post WP:IDDON'TLIKE IT, are you also going to address the fact the Nambla promotes illegal activity which is banned by TOS. It's not about Notcensored when it comes to TOS Necromonger... We keep what we kill 18:35, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

• I'm not sure what you think deleting an article about a notable, evil, awful organization is going to accomplish. Do we delete our articles on the Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan, too? These are evil, awful organizations that are nevertheless notable and frankly historically important. By clearly and encyclopedically laying out for all time what these organizations are, what they stood for, and ultimately how they have been defeated, we do the world a service. It's a cliché, sure, but that whole thing about those who forget (or erase) their history are doomed to repeat it. Good, decent, right-thinking people want these histories remembered, because that's how we ensure nothing like it ever happens again. No one who has visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will ever forget it. NorthBySouthBaranof ( talk) 18:39, 29 November 2019 (UTC) reply

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