Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of United States public officials accused of crimes


 * 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. – Avi 04:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

List of United States public officials accused of crimes
Inappropriate for an encyclopedia; largely unsourced and therefore violating WP:BLP. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a venue for arbitrary lists of things US politicians have done  hoopydink  Conas tá tú? 22:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Unmaintainable + Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.-- Hús  ö  nd  23:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

what if it is modified to be an alphabetical list of political scandals by person? i think there's valuable information for people to reference in organizing it as a list and for more information on the scandals they may follow the wiki links.
 * Delete per nom and Husond. Interesting concept, but definitely a WP:BLP concern and the list is potentially endless. --Aaron 04:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * While we're at it, what about List of American Public Officials Convicted of Crimes? DS 15:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep Are you kidding me? This is a useful guide to establishing the who's and what's in a timely fashion. --AWF


 * Delete Considering how many times 'accussations' are made in a politically motivated way I think this article, even if sourced, runs into WP:BLP issues. Someone motivated enough to throw a sourced accusation on this article is not likely to be motivated enough to follow up and add the result if the accused were innocent or not guilty.  However, List of American Public Officials Convicted of Crimes I think is a legitimate list.  Hard to argue that a conviction was politically motivated.--Tony 17:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete I like it, but there is no way to keep it updated. Brimba 06:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete since being accused of a crime is entirely meaningless and is therefore not something worth listing people on. However I agree with DS and Tony on the '...convicted of crimes' list. Cynical 21:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


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