Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Critics of the New Deal


 * 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 keep.  Retitling is an editorial decision to be followed up on the article talk page. Jclemens (talk) 03:36, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Critics of the New Deal

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I am not sure as to the purpose of this article. It doesn't seem like an encyclopedic page on its own; at most, it looks to me like name-dropping, most of which (about an half) gives no context, and the rest gives no sources. I don't think the list could be accomodated in the New Deal article either, as it would break the flow of text/prose. Therefore, I suggest that the article should be deleted: not because of its content, but because it's not really a good concept for a Wikipedia article. Sceptre (talk) 22:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:12, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete really seems like a POV fork (original research perhaps?). Tavix | Talk  00:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It could be possibly an encyclopedic topic, but as currently written is a huge hot mess - a POV fork beyond repair. Delete. Bearian (talk) 20:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep retitle to "list of" critics of the New Deal per standard naming conventions and should be focused on notable and cited critics of the new deal policies themselves. Might be more useful if rewritten in article form, but any POV can be addressed with citations or other tweaks and trimming. I don't know what purpose the article creator(s) had in mind, but I think a list of prominent figures involved in the New Deal policies is a worthwhile thing to keep and improve upon. It serves as a useful disambiguation page for that as it it, which is all any list article does. If there isn't one already an article on criticicisms and critics of the New Deal would be worthwhile. I don't think the notable content could ever be fit into the main article. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 00:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and retitle as per ChildofMidnight. Edward321 (talk) 04:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Strong Keep Extremely Notable topic in 20th century American history. The article itself leaves a LOT to be desired (it comes off as more of a list), but it could still be expanded into something much better. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 11:12, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable topic. Joe Chill (talk) 14:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and rework per ChildofMidnight. Artw (talk) 16:17, 8 August 2009 (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.