Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Roads and Cyclists Association

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The result was delete. While it is correct to say that under the notability guideline "once notable" usually means "always notable", the consensus here appears to be that there is no evidence of notability either past or present. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

National Roads and Cyclists Association[edit]

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Last update to web site was in 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20091030054219/http://www.mynrca.com.au/ . In 2015 domain nrca.com.au switches to The National Risk Consultants Association ownership. NRCA orginisation hasn't existed for 10 years from what I can see. Teraplane (talk) 01:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Teraplane (talk) 01:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cycling-related deletion discussions. Teraplane (talk) 01:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Teraplane (talk) 01:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Probably defunct, but once notable, always notable. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 05:23, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not only does the group appear to be defunct, it does not appear to have ever been notable even when it was active. The sources being used in the article are actually just copies of the exact same article that was posted on several different sites, and the coverage was not even about the organization in any way. The only mention of the group in the article is that it contains a brief quote from the group's president. I could find no coverage of the group in reliable sources at all, and the most I could find outside what was already in the article were a couple mentions on personal blogs or forum posts. Rorshacma (talk) 16:04, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Looks to have been a letterbox association. The saying "once notable, always notable" doesn't exactly work if the association was never notable. All the footnotes say is that the president of the association was once quoted in the media. That's nowhere near enough. We need significant coverage of the association, not occasional quotes of its officers. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:46, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- I can provide a bit of background. NRCA was a parody or NRMA, the National Road Motorists Association in NSW. It's president was Alan Evans, so NRCA had Alan Odds, not a real person. They put out some great press releases that were even picked up by some media as being from a real organisation. It was clever lobbying, but I doubt anyone involved would expect a Wiki page to exist 11 years after it had all ended. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teraplane (talk • contribs) 05:39, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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