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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CherryFlavoredAntacid (talk | contribs) at 21:43, 21 June 2007 (Replied to one of the votes.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

27 Club

An old AFD resulted in a consensus to delete, here

The article admits to be about a neologism. This is essentially a list of celebrities that died at age 27, with the vague allusion that this may be something special rather than bland coincidence. However, a basic fact of statistics tells us that given a large enough sample size, any number of samples can be found that have an arbitrary trait. This is speculation, trivia, and not encyclopedic. >Radiant< 11:16, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete - per WP:NEO and possibly WP:HOAX.--Edtropolis 13:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Just how is this a hoax, may I ask? We're not saying someone dead and in the ground is alive. Paul McCartney isn't even on the list, despite that (I believe. I could be wrong.) he was 27 at the time that many people believed he died. All on the list are undeniabley dead, and aside from Robert Johnson, where it is not clear, all were very much 27 years old. It's not supernatural, it's a widely recognized, and undeniabley odd coincidence. And neither is the term new and unheard of. Check out some of the links on the article itself. Or simply google "27 club", and find all the people calling it by that name. I fail to see how this is either a Neologism OR a hoax. CherryFlavoredAntacid 21:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per the above. Grouping people based on the age they died and profession is a trivial intersection, as well. Arkyan &#149; (talk) 16:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep While any age group can have a significant amount of celebrities who died while in it, few, if any, have the recognition that the 27 club has. The 27 club is also the subject of peices of art/posters, as seen in the following links. [1] [2] While the subject may seem trivial or irrelevant to some, it has great relevance and importance to the fans of the deceased. I believe that to delete the article would be to leave a part of popular culture out. CherryFlavoredAntacid 20:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC) This template must be substituted.[reply]
  • Keep Same as above. While it is a statistical fact that every age group will contain a number of celebrity deaths, the 27 Club is without a doubt the most famous. It is represented on posters, shirts, and various other things. Further, the members all died of unnatural and/or mysterious causes. Avisron 20:32, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Got any reliable sources on that? >Radiant< 09:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • For what? That they died of unnatural or mysterious causes? Avisron 17:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete trivial page, neologism, etc. Wildthing61476 20:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, per CherryFlavoredAntacid and Avisron above. This is a natural phenomenon, not a conspiracy, but it's a notable item of popular culture. — Mudwater 12:28, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep It's not trivial and not a neologism. It's a fact and a known phenomenom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.32.167.231 (talk • contribs) This template must be substituted.
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