Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2016 North Carolina coup d'état


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The result was no consensus. To delete, however there is clear consensus to rename the article to something more neutral.  Sandstein  09:03, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 North Carolina coup d'état

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This is an extremely biased, recently created article that was apparently written in bad faith. It falsely presents legislative action as a "coup d'état". While this topic may be notable enough to be covered somewhere on Wikipedia, maybe North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2016 or elsewhere, this is clealy not the appropriate way to do it. Neutrality is essential. I think WP:TNT applies here. The username of the editor who created this article, "Alliance to Restore North Carolina", strongly suggests a conflict of interest here as well. Edgeweyes (talk) 15:59, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The title is bad, the content is biased, but the underlying subject is very notable based on a simple news search. Here are my suggestions that I posted to the talk page: "Legislative coup" might be a little better that 'coup d'etat'. A more neutral title will be wordy. Something like North Carolina legislation to limit the powers of the incoming Democratic governor. Another idea is to increase the scope of the article to include voter suppression, gerrymandering and refusal by McCrory to concede. Then we could call it the 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial controversy.- MrX 16:02, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, with significant edits Agreed. The title is bad and the user may have a conflict of interest. But the number and quality of sources fit WP:GNG. What is really needed here is better editing. Retitling it 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial controversy and giving it a non-coup-d'etat format would be a good start. Godo1989 (talk) 19:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial controversy.- MrX 19:24, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete the inappropriate title, 2016 North Carolina coup d'état, which is now just a redirect. Keep the current content that has now been trimmed to a more neutral description of events.  Gnome de plume (talk) 20:37, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Hard to know where to begin. Wildly inappropriate title, current event, overt bias, SPA-account created. Nuke this from orbit. Juno (talk) 23:54, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete the inappropriate title. Keep the article itself for now as it has been rewritten. However, I am unsure about current notability of these events for a standalone article. Wide and recent coverage about the subject exists. I would consider this to be a mild case of WP:NOTNEWS. It is probably best to wait and see before even considering complete deletion of the article. Ceosad (talk) 00:09, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Keep, Rename, and significantly improve - The article is as it currently stands is very poor, biased, and appallingly titled. The issue which is at the central core for this article which is the the lame duck session of the North Carolina legislature, and aftermath of the 2016 North Carolina Gubernatorial election., is significant in and of itself. This is due to the current coverage being given in news media, the protests, protest arrests, and the satire shows which are having a field day. There is also historical information and background information on this such as when similar action was previously attempted, the North Carolina re-districting, the re-districting court case(s), re-running of state elections in 2017, and the ongoing impact this has more widely locally and nationally. I propose as a start moving the page to Aftermath of the 2016 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election, and going from there. Sport and politics (talk) 12:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify: at the time you commented here, the article title was "2016 North Carolina gubernatorial controversy".  Do you find this to be appallingly titled?  Or do you mean the former title "2016 North Carolina coup d'état" was appalling?   Edgeweyes (talk) 16:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:NOTNEWS.  It's really just typical local politics.  It's a news event that has gotten a little bit of national news attention, but it is not an encyclopedia-worthy event.  If it is not deleted, a brief summary should be merged into North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2016.  Slideshow Bob (talk) 17:26, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


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