Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cosmetic democracy


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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 11:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Cosmetic democracy
Prod removed and replaced with a {NPOV} tag, but I think the problems here run a lot deeper. Basically a POV, OR essay about why some countries are not really democracies (example: Mexico is only a "cosmetic democracy" because one party dominated for 70 years before Vicente Fox was elected.) At best, this would be an article about a Neologism, but I don't see it as salvageable. All you can say is that some people think Country X is a Cosmetic Democracy. Fan-1967 13:57, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:NOR, WP:NEO, article is full of rubbish. --Ter e nce Ong (T 14:50, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, as well as being a neologism, the concept it is talking about can never be anything other than POV. JPD (talk) 17:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:NOR, WP:NEO -Markeer 17:12, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You can delineate problems with a democracy-- Freedom House does so in a verifiable and somewhat NPOV manner -- but you can't use Wikipedia to evaluate those results. Once you do that you're doing originial research. Buh bye. Alba 11:50, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


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