Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donations for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was redirect to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake moink 07:50, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Donations for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
this article violates all sorts of wikipedia standards, but it was created to assist in donation efforts. in its creation, this article was meant to be temporary - and now it is time to delete it. although relief fund-raising continues, it has fallen off, and wikipedia *must* get rid of this article which violates all kinds of policies and standards. Kingturtle 19:58, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I think we should merge major organizations' links to the article on the tsunami itself and then delet this page.
 * Comment: Kingturtle is correct about the circumstances of the article's creation.  In my proposal to break Donation out from 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which was then a single page, I stated that it would be a special temporary page for the time needed.  My edit after the initial paste from the main article reiterated that it was "special temporary".  This disclaimer was lost only recently.  Deletion would be accordance with the understanding reached for its creation, especially if it violates policy. -   BanyanTree 21:15, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Time for it to go now. It has served its purpose, and is now just clutter. Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 22:52, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete/Redirect. A breach of the rules done for a noble purpose, and it no doubt succeeded in gaining more donations for the cause, but now is its time to go. Possibly redirect to the core page so anyone clicking through from a Wikipedia source-based website can still find information about where to donate. Master Thief Garrett 02:30, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Archive it somewhere please. Kappa 02:31, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, agree - it shouldnt stay on wikipedia as it did bend the rules regarding advertisement and soapboxes. Megan1967 04:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * At the very least, redirect to the main page so as to not break incoming links (of which there are many). sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 08:41, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That also means that anyone still wishing to donate can do so from there, rather than being "404'ed" and turning away in dismay (as such). Master Thief Garrett 08:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Couldn't it be moved to an encyclopedic article at something like List of charities accepting donations for the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, or some better title like that? --Dmcdevit 19:34, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect N-Mantalk 20:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. it is not encyclopedic. Kingturtle 22:54, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not encyclo. Radiant_* 11:02, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. A good thing to have in the days after the earthquake, but it has served its purpose and is not encyclopedic. Indrian 04:52, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Disclaimer : I am the first person to question the appropriateness of the content in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake talk page. SYSS Mouse 20:34, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * There actually are not all that many inbound links to this article - and many of the ones that do exist are either user pages (of the "I worked on this" or "I have a comment about this" kind) or Wikipedia pages discussing the controversy. Very few are actual article links.  Fixing those links seems very solvable.  Delete.  Rossami (talk) 04:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I was thinking of external links in from outside sites, although now I look at it I'm not sure there are that many after all. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 10:22, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As it says, it's temporary. &mdash;kooo 09:12, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Donations for victims.... If thats the purpose of the artice. If its purpose is to talk about donations in general related to the disaster, then thats rather encyclopedic in scope DYT? -SV|t 00:39, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake --Smooth Henry 04:40, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect Jobarts-Talk 18:50, May 2, 2005 (UTC)


 * delete or redirect -Pedro 01:59, 5 May 2005 (UTC)