138:. It cetainly doesn't merit deletion. The tag has obviously been placed without thought by someone who either hasn't read the article properly, or who is ignorant of the existence of such clubs. Such clubs are far more popular in the UK than the US, where they are known as ]s. However, Eating Clubs has an article, and one which although shorter than the Dining Club article (which after all is only 10 minutes or so old!), hasn't been put up for deletion.
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337:- While this article is the host of a list of clubs, many have websites. The article is only a brief one, but it ought to remain. I suspect there is room for expansion. I seem to remember literary references in the works of
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