Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2004 U.S. Election voting controversies, Florida

2004 U.S. Election voting controversies, Florida was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to keep the article.

As above, relating to 2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities, this related page contains the same speculation. -- Netoholic @ 20:07, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)

Merge
 * 1) Merge Merge it with the U.S. Electuion Irregularities -Exigentsky

Delete
 * 1) Netoholic @ 20:09, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)
 * 2) As above, 'Delete. Doesn't need it's own page or a redirect even if the main article is kept. - RedWordSmith 21:06, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Keep
 * 1) Keep and clean the article of original research. This is certainly something that has gained national attention. (Not as much as 2000, of course). Just monitor this article closely and make sure it stays out of the realm of original research, and within the realm of verifiability.  &mdash; siro  &chi;  o  20:16, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Kevin Baas | talk 20:25, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)
 * 3) RickK 20:26, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC) Keep, as above. And Netoholic, please quit refactoring VfD pages.
 * 4) Keep and clean this article. I have just recently begun adding insight from several more reputable news sources which will help to restore the balance of this article. I think this is an important part of our history, and should be properly maintained, but properly balanced.
 * 5) Keep There's absolutely no reason to delete.  Just keep NPOV tag until (and if) all points of view are addressed.  It's a great article, and it would be a pity to delete it.--Stewie Wiki 21:01, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Keep, it's accepted practice to break articles down when they get too long. Shane King 23:45, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Keep Ducker 00:02, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Keep BlahBlah42 00:07 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Keep It is appropriate for wikipedia to note the existence of controversies and the issues they involve. While I agree that much work needs to be done on this article (especially in the NPOV area), I think an improved article on the subject would be an appropriate thing for wikipedia to carry. --Mosesklein 00:14, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Keep Frivolous attempt to discredit the content by adding the VfD tag without valid reasons - Netoholic seems to be playing games and abusing the system. Eric514 01:13, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) *Please don't try to ascribe to me any agenda other than wanting to find out if these sorts of articles are appropriate for Wikipedia. -- Netoholic @ 01:46, 2004 Nov 12 (UTC)
 * 12) Isn't Netoholic the guy who said that virtually no articles should ever be deleted, that they should all be merge and redirects? Wow.  Again I ask that this fiasco be made a subpage. Unlike some of the people who are voting to delete this, I do think that hack-magnetism is a reason to delete a page, when the topic itself can only attract hacks.  I don't think this is such a case.  At the same time, I support quick, hard, and non-deliberative blocking of some editors from the page and quick protections.  Geogre 05:25, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Keep, as per my comments regarding the general article. func (talk) 08:57, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Keep, agree with Siroxo's fine points. [[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 09:49, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Keep. The controversies certainly exist; even if you personally believe there is no substance to them, only through willful blindness can you believe that the controversies only exist in the minds of a few malcontents whose contentions can be dismissed out of hand.  There is no reason to delete. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:00, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Keep the content, move to 2004 U.S. election voting controversies, Florida (capitalization). It's quite possible that, ultimately, the best organization of material about the 2004 election will use daughter articles by subject matter (all the voter registration issues in one article, for example), rather than by state, but for now it's reasonable to keep this article so that people who prefer state-by-state organization can pursue that option. JamesMLane 19:03, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Keep. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 22:26, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) Merge and redirect into 2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities. Do not delete.  -Sean Curtin 01:32, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) Keep. -- Schnee 00:13, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 20) Keep. GRider 07:10, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Keep (of course) Moncrief 07:18, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) Keep (of course) Moncrief 07:18, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)

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