Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Paisley, Jr. scandal


 * 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. Courcelles 04:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Ian Paisley, Jr. scandal

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Delete as overkill: Info in article already carried on the Ian Paisley, Jr. and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) articles. This is a relatively minor parochial political peccadillo, not Watergate. Does not require an article of its own. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:07, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

SPEEDY DELETE just nominated for G10 speedy, Classic WP:COATRACK Weaponbb7 (talk) 01:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge - I wouldn't say the level of coverage is the same in the main Paisley article as in the dedicated page. And why the hell was this blanked??? It should be unblanked if deletion is being discussed here... Carrite (talk) 03:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Hey: I guess the AfD notice was blanked by Weaponbb7 who felt that speedy deletion was a better way to handle it. Maybe so. Perhaps I should have done that but I wasn't sure. If so, sorry.

Secondly, I considered a merge. However, it is a rather large article to simply merge and by no stretch of the imagination should everything contained in the Ian Paisley, Jr. scandal article be assumed to be notable or accurate. Prioritization and succintness are important.

The intensity of the "level of coverage" depends on the viewpoint of the editor. I think there is stuff that can be manually merged but the article Ian Paisley, Jr. scandal should be deleted per se as Paisley was convicted of no crime and there is no reason a negatively connoted article with his name should remain "on the books" as they say. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 16:44, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - coatrack. Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 17:21, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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