Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of heights of United States presidential candidates


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The result was Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-13 07:03Z 

List of heights of United States presidential candidates

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Since there is a present mania for deleting cruft concerning government leaders, this seemed about the cruffiest. Not a notable topic of any but the most trivial interest, per the now-deleted List of Philippine Presidents by parentage, for example Fishhead64 21:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete as listcruft which, if printed out, would be as long as President... um... Flakeloaf 21:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as a referenced article on the topic of the common wisdom that the taller candidate always wins the election. Otto4711 22:15, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:N seems satisfied, has two instances of non-trivial coverage in reliable sources cited at the end (Sommers and Day papers); WP:V clearly met with nearly 30 footnotes. cab 22:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The issue of height in presidential elections makes for a relevant and interesting discussion. In addition, the article fulfills WP:N and WP:V. Soltak | Talk 23:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, plus, this is one of the finest examples of trivia that I have seen. Just because trivia might garner attention, it does not make the trivia encyclopedic. Agent 86 01:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I hope the trend to create such a lists won't expand to other body parts. Pavel Vozenilek 02:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep it sounds trivial, but clearly passes WP:V and WP:N. Inappropriate use of the term "cruft" - this is certainly not fancruft. --Canley 02:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is a notable topic as there are multiple independent published works. --- RockMFR 04:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Much debate goes on as to what impact height has on success. Mathmo Talk 06:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC
 * Keep As per Mathmo. Height is relevant unlike lists of presidents' middle names etc. Jules1975 08:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to meet criteria of WP:N. In fact it would seem far more notable than Presidential pets, many of whom appear to have their own page. -- Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 10:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * My rationale is the same as it was when this content was at . Keep. Uncle G 20:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep could be expanded or merged, the sortable table is flawed so I put the old table back in. The sortable table showed Coolidge as the shortest President at 5'11 instead of Madison at 5'4.  That was the only thing I saw wrong with the article. Jjmillerhistorian 01:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


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