Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Federal recognition


 * 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 of the debate was DELETE, but I will Transwiki just in case. I am not sure that the redirect suggestion is a great idea given the generic title, as pointed out, and a redirect does discard the content. The merge isn't necessary either. The author's keep is not borne out by Special:Whatlinkshere/Federal recognition, leaving only one editor supporting retention of the content. -Splash talk 18:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Federal recognition
Delete. This article's title is very ambiguous and it does nothing but directly quote legislation which has nothing to do with federal recognition of Indian tribes. This topic is given a more thorough treatment at Native_Americans_in_the_United_States. Please see talk page for further explanation. --BWD(talk) 05:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Ter e nce Ong 06:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Native_Americans_in_the_United_States --Hetar 09:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: It already is merged. The article you cite gives it much more detail. --BWD(talk) 13:49, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Doesn't belong in Native_Americans_in_the_United_States either. Feezo (Talk) 10:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wikisourcce or delete: It's rather irrelevant there even so, but it is a source material (United States Code). If they don't want it, trash it; per the talk page, this is not what it is asserted on its face. Either way it doesn't belong in Wikipedia. Alba 12:49, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, just a copy of some laws, basically. Sending to Wikisource would cause more work than its worth, probably, as its so short. Herostratus 14:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Native_Americans_in_the_United_States per above. ProhibitOnions 22:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Is it wise to redirect such an ambiguous and generic article title? --BWD(talk) 22:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - Most of the pages in the Indigineous project link to this page. This is the only concise and well defined reference for the requirements and definitions for "Federal Recognition".  Pointing to a listing of tribes, some of which are not Federally recognized is ill advised.  Also, bad faith nomination by an editor who is stalking all of my articles and either tagging to flagging them or vandalizing them User:BWD.  If you remove the content, it will collapse a large number of articles. Waya sahoni 01:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, title too vague, content lacking, despite above claim, only 4 pages link to this. Rmhermen 04:58, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Suggest move to Federal recognition of Native Americans. savidan(talk) (e@) 04:47, 24 March 2006 (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.