Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declaration of Calton Hill


 * 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. &mdash; Maggot Syn 13:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Declaration of Calton Hill

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Advert for minor Scottish political party, minor non notable event by former politicans in Edinburgh Astrotrain (talk) 12:43, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - declaration may have been partially an SSP front, but received notable support and Astrotrain's claims are decidedly POV.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:11, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is poorly referenced but there are no end of possible sources as a Google search suggests. The SSP may be a minor party, but the artists involved lent weight to the proceedings. Not sure what the problem is, except that the nominator may not support the sentiments expressed. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  16:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * At least 50% of the article is padding (eg decribing how many times the Queen has opened Parliament, talking about the hill itself). It was a minor event held by minor non notable people who no longer hold political office. It could be merged to Republicanism in the UK or maybe Tommy Sheridan. Astrotrain (talk) 18:06, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - it lists Edwin Morgan, Iain Banks, Alasdair Gray, Irvine Welsh & Peter Mullan as supporters. These are all extremely notable people in contemporary Scottish culture, and all have articles on here. --MacRusgail (talk) 22:18, 6 July 2008 (UTC) if you coud be clear
 * Comment I don't dispute the article needs clean-up, but I wonder, my dear Astrotrain, if you could be clear as to whether you would like to collaborate on improving the article, are proposing a merger, or sticking with the delete idea. I'd be happy to assist with the first. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  15:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it should be deleted. The fact that the minor rally was held could be mentioned in any of the Republican articles, or perhaps those Republican MSPs who attended. Astrotrain (talk) 19:05, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


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