Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Democratic dividend


 * 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.  Sandstein  05:14, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Democratic dividend

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Not a term I've ever seen used before. With the language it seems to be some bizarre pov-thing about democratic participation. I wouldn't have a problem with that except all the voters I know are ignorant and untrustworthy :P. WP:NEO. Ironholds (talk) 14:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC) Google 'democratic dividend' and see it's common usage. The civic payoff from investment in democratic governance is the democratic dividend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aettinger (talk • contribs) 15:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as not-so-cleverly disguised spam for massblp. Drawn Some (talk) 14:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm quite familiar with the term but the article is nothing but spam. Drawn Some (talk) 19:35, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I don't like doing it during an AfD, but I completely stripped the article of spam leaving the dicdef/stub. Drawn Some (talk) 19:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Even if this were a common expression the information should be a part Democracy, in a section like "Benefits of democracy." Steve Dufour (talk) 15:50, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. The term "democracy dividend" is a fairly common term in comparative politics.  See 257 google books hits, nearly all of them relevant.  159 scholar hits. "Democratic dividend" seems to just be a synonym for "democracy dividend." Insofar as this is the case, the article should be kept, though I would suggest a move to Democracy dividend. Cool3 (talk) 19:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete the term seems to mean different things to different people, and there's no notability established for it as a topic on its own. Not a term of art of generally accepted meaning in political science as far as i can see. Not a slogan that gained currency in any way (like, say Peace dividend). Article as is consists or OR/synth and unsourced.Bali ultimate (talk) 20:28, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge or Delete. I can see a case for including the information in a merge to "Democracy", but I'm inclined towards dropping it if there's not major improvement.  With that said, I've tagged it for improvement.  We'll see how it goes over the next few days.Tyrenon (talk) 09:40, 5 June 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.