Talk:Cult of Cthulhu

This article was nominated for deletion on October 2, 2006. The result of the discussion was redirect to Cthulhu.

Nominating for deletion

There's no reason the fictional religion can't be dealt with in the Cthulhu article. As for the real-world organization, it seems to lack notability. The article links to one outside source, a magazine that describes itself "the first to interview this dark and twisted sect." When the interviewer asks, "How many members do you have and do you have branches?" the Cult representative pointedly declines to answer the question:

Before the restructuring, the Cult of Cthulhu didn't have any official members; those who felt connected to the idea of a Cthulhu Cult would discuss various topics in the Yahoo group, email me personally, and conduct rituals on their own. So it's hard to tell how many "members" we actually had. Now that we have a structure, we can count official members. Although, this new order has just begun, so it's tough to say how many will join in the next few weeks, months, or years. Eventually, I plan on the Cult of Cthulhu members numbering in the thousands.

The interview suggests a commercial motive for the Cult, which makes it even more dubious as a WP article:

On the cult’s website: www.CultofCthulhu.net , there are instructions on how to join. Right now, all you have to do is fill out an application and mail it in with a $30 money order. This is the discounted rate, basically the price for 2 people going to dinner for an evening. I wanted to initially keep it very low for those who have supported the Cult of Cthulhu since the beginning. In 2007, the lifetime membership will go to $50. This cost pays for the System of Dark Occult Science, the annual Cult of Cthulhu newsletter, and for the time and money it costs to run the organization itself, the website, etc.

To join one needs a basic knowledge of H.P. Lovecraft, sorcery, the desire to learn and eventually do things... to change one's life.

This seems to be a fledgling Lovecraft fan club with a New Age/Goth orientation--I wish them luck, but it doesn't look like the recipe for a worthwhile encyclopedia article. Nareek 18:05, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]