Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Dream


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. JForget 01:31, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Canadian Dream

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Delete as much as I would like to see a valid notable article about the "Canadian Dream," there is nothing worth retaining here. The little that we have is given over to the article creator's POV that people in the cities should move to the farms, because "urban population cannot acheived that goal." (sic) Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:21, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  —Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced original research. There are no apparent uses of the term in print or otherwise which corresponds to this article.  freshacconci  talk talk  02:33, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete i could find no reliable sources for this use of the phrase. the lede is a dead giveaway to this being POV research/wishful thinking from someone with an agenda to push. there was NEVER a time when the dream of americans or canadians was for a MAN to live by HIMSELF on his own land (the dream of a family to have its own home/land, yes, but not in isolation). article creator is undoubtedly referring to the dream of home ownership and the great land grabs of the 19th c, but even the american dream article is much more than that. ironically, the main wp ref is to song lyrics praising canadian socialism...Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:52, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Everybody knows the Canadian dream is for [insert favorite hockey team] to win the Stanley Cup. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:29, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW, when I first saw the article title I had assumed it was about Pierre Berton's iconic The National Dream, which was, quite literally, the dream of a Canadian nation. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete this is not the Canadian Dream. 65.94.253.16 (talk) 05:07, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Love the concept! Failure of what should be a great article. Delete in its current form. Really hope its recreated though... Outback the koala (talk) 08:07, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete if not swiftly improved. Unsourced, vague, POV, but on a sufficiently significant topic that there's a genuine danger of someone being misled if it's allowed to remain as it is. There's surely a good article to be written on Canadian national aspirations, but this isn't it. Just one or two authoritative sources indicating that this particular Canadian Dream is not the figment of someone's imagination would tip the balance in favour of keeping the article, however - so perhaps if the creator is reading this debate they could oblige? Barnabypage (talk) 16:16, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * "There's surely a good article to be written on Canadian national aspirations." Upon reflection, and as a Canadian, that I think the Canadian nationalism article pretty much has it covered. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:14, 12 April 2010 (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.