Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2002 Mitt Romney residency issue


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The result was   delete. Big Dom  16:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

2002 Mitt Romney residency issue

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Was apparently an issue for a short time, but WP is NOTNEWS. No inline references, which is a big no-no as it is mostly about a BLP. Suggest deletion, or at least merge to Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002 or to Mitt Romney himself  Pur ple  back pack 89    03:33, 1 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. The question isn't "news". This article was created in 2005, not 2002, and the residency issue got a lot of play in the Boston Globe's 2007 biographical series on Romney as a significant episode in the election.  A later instance of the residency issue was still coming up in 2010, see this Globe story.  The question is whether this needs a dedicated article to cover.  Summaries of different length are already given in Mitt Romney and Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002.  The first can't be expanded due to weighting concerns, but the second probably could be.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:11, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:43, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: Heaven knows I'm a Massachusetts resident with no love for Flopper Mitt, but as Wasted Time accurately states, the main article and the 2002 gubernatorial race article has all the information required on this minor, ephemeral flap. I don't even think it's worth a redirect, given the unlikelihood of users hitting upon that precise search term, as opposed to looking under Romney's main article.   Ravenswing  15:43, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete since "Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002" seems to address the matter sufficiently enough already. A whole article devoted to this controversy seems a bit over-the-top. I'm neutral on whether a redirect should be created, however. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 14:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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