Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/African American Office Holders in Colorado


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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 07:58, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

African American Office Holders in Colorado

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This is not the sort of article that should be on Wikipedia IMO. Race should not be relevant - this article draws attention to race and somehow marks these people out as being different. I just don't see how it's relevant. (I accept that in years gone by, it was a big deal. But it shouldn't be like that now.) Would we accept a corresponding White office holders in Colorado article? No - I think that would be seen as racist. This is no different. Bazonka (talk) 18:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. I think you'd have a better argument if you argued that it doesn't satisfy WP:LISTN, as your current rationale amounts to "I don't like it". NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:58, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Fair comment... I agree that it doesn't satisfy WP:LISTN. Bazonka (talk) 20:05, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete not due to WP:LISTN but due to total absence of RS ... I have no idea if all these names are just made-up and no desire to do the searching necessary to find out; however, if it were better sourced I would probably have voted Weak Keep as this might be useful content. I agree we should NOT have "White Office Holders in Colorado," however, I would be okay with "White Office Holders in Zimbabwe." On the same count I'd otherwise be okay with "African American Office Holders in Colorado." But it would need so much work that there's no point in keeping this. BlueSalix (talk) 21:13, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 01:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, consists of WP:SYNTHESIS. Abductive  (reasoning) 04:56, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete as synthesis and original research. If secondary sources had mentioned the number of African American office holders in Colorado as something important about the state or its history that could be mentioned in relevant articles.  But what's done here is just present us with a list of the intersection of three qualities:  African American, office holder, and Colorado. Kitfoxxe (talk) 13:44, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.