Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of state and local political sex scandals in the United States


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 16:29, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

List of state and local political sex scandals in the United States

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A hit list of barely, poorly sourced gossip; not encyclopedic. NE Ent 22:32, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:38, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons explained at WP:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard.
 * Delete this garbage per my arguments and the other in the same Noticeboard discussion. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 23 Adar 5775 01:13, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete As a coatrack and massive breach of WP:NPF. § FreeRangeFrog croak 03:11, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:BLP is weeping at being ignored in such blatant fashion. Another HUGE reason for this articles deletion is that Bill Clinton has not been given the prominence that he has earned. FreeatlastChitchat (talk) 19:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 23:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 23:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 23:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. This article and its siblings seem to have a dubious history of having been fed from a sock farm.  But aside from that, this is an inherently bad subject to try to make lists out of, with BLP violations likely and recentism violations certain (unless there really were no state or local sex scandals before 1980!).  Lists of this nature are okay if they are clearly defined, limited in scope, and not susceptible to recentism; see List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded for a good example.  But this, no.  Wasted Time R (talk) 16:21, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Violates WP:BLP and WP:COATRACK. Not mention badly sourced and unencylopedic, as stated by the nominator.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete BLP and COATRACK have been mentioned, I think WP:INDISCRIMINATE also applies since the list contains a variety of unrelated events. But the worst of all is the sourcing. The link to the Guy Velella entry is dead. The link to the Drew Nixon entry says "apologized for his arrest" and "neither denied nor confirmed" the charge, while the entry says "was convicted of", and that all for a misdemeanor charge. The whole article seems to be a frivolous attack piece and should be speedily deleted. Kraxler (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment So can we toss this one in the Wiki-furnace then? No one seems to think it's worth keeping in any form. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie &#124; Say Shalom! 27 Adar 5775 19:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
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