Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Handedness of Presidents of the United States


 * 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. The opinion by Lucifero4 doesn't seem to make any sense and is disregarded, leaving us with only one "keep" opinion.  Sandstein  15:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Handedness of Presidents of the United States

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Nothing but an WP:INDISCRIMINATE list. Except for athletes like baseball players, whether a subject is left-handed or right-handed is pure trivia, and not at all something these men are prominently noted for. Snuggums (talk / edits) 17:48, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: A prior AfD, Articles for deletion/List of United States presidents by handedness, resulted in a keep consensus on 30 October 2008.
 * Keep. Trivia is in the eye (or hands) of the beholder. This subject, including discussions about its possible significance, has been amply discussed in reliable sources as shown in the article and in the 2008 AfD discussion, passes GNG. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Just because one AFD closed as keep doesn't automatically mean it should still be kept. Per WP:What Wikipedia is not, we shouldn't have excessive listings on Wikipedia. Sourcing is an entirely moot point in this case since whether a president was left-handed or right-handed carries no real significance. In other words, it's not something they're really noted for. I seriously doubt this trait is among the first things that come to most peoples' minds (if ever at all) when they think about a president. Snuggums (talk / edits) 18:19, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


 * delete Not a defining characteristic of a President and a good deal of WP:SYNTH about handedness, too. Staszek Lem (talk) 18:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:35, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:35, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - From a statistical standpoint, it looks like something's going on, but what it is, we don't know ...aaand when we find out what that is, it may be a reasonable topic for an article. Otherwise, this is about as meaningful and encyclopedic as Eye color of US Presidents, Astrological signs of US Presidents, or Blood types of US Presidents, and only slightly more useless than List of US Presidents by race. Timothy Joseph Wood  18:37, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Trivial and non-defining. Listcruft anyone? AusLondonder (talk) 00:46, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as trivia and therefore not meriting its own article. Joshualouie711talk 21:25, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Has a left handed more chanche to become a US president then a right handed? User:Lucifero4
 * Hard to say, but I'm certain that nobody votes for candidates on the basis of being left-handed or right-handed. Too superfluous of a factor. <b style="color:#454545">Snuggums</b> (<b style="color:#454545">talk</b> / <b style="color:#454545">edits</b>) 22:52, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Are left handed clever then right handed?If the answer is yes they more chenche to become US president.User:Lucifero4


 * Delete. Indiscriminate trivia, which has nothing whatsoever to do with what's important about US presidents. If and when somebody can actually show reliably sourced evidence of a real correlation between handedness and political acumen, then there might be a basis for this — but if "From a statistical standpoint, it looks like something's going on, but what it is, we don't know", then it's just random trivia. Bearcat (talk) 16:34, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Indiscriminate trivia. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 07:10, 30 January 2017 (UTC)


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