Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of visible minority and aboriginal candidates in Canadian elections


 * 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 of the debate was delete. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

List of visible minority and aboriginal candidates in Canadian elections
It stinks of WP:NOR and fails to cite. Delete Ardenn  04:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete All Canadian elections? Ever?  Unmaintainable and I'm not seeing much point.  And are Aboriginals not visible minorities?  CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 05:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. 23skidoo 05:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Although I see the validity of User:Cooltobekind's intentions in creating this, I don't find it particularly useful as structured. Ardenn asked me to comment here because I've previously edited it for glaring typos and such, but in actual fact I have no qualms about killing this. I think it would be far more appropriate and helpful to list minority candidates in a particular election on that particular election's own article — I don't see the value in a giant omnibus list (especially one that's this badly written and formatted). Delete this; put any relevant information into the articles on each individual election instead. For what it's worth, though, it's not particularly original research to compile a list of people's known ethnic and racial backgrounds. Bearcat 06:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unmaintainable, POV, listcruft. KleenupKrew 11:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge Information into party and election articles, then delete. Bo 13:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete this, although there may be some scope for an encyclopaedic treatment of the issue of minority candidates in Canadian politics. Just zis Guy you know? 14:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Unencyclopedic. Pecher Talk 08:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * KEEP It is hard to cite sources - but I have contacted the political parties themselves to check there records - should I include that as the source? Cooltobekind
 * You would need a source we could all check with ease. Read WP:RS and WP:V.


 * Keep I see the Wiki-Nazi's are at it again.  Time to call in reenforcements.  Bluffsman
 * User's first contribution to wikipedia. ---J.S (t|c) 22:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Nobody's being a Nazi; just not everybody thinks that this article as written is actually the most useful presentation of the information. I'm all in favour of this kind of thing if it's presented in a useful way. Bearcat 18:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Just another list that deserves a quiet burial in the wiki-trash bin. Clunky and disorganized. Really deserves a non-list article on Canadian electoral trends. Delete this and start again. --Atrian 16:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete since I can't really see the usefulness of this list. Break it up into the individual elections... and even then, I'm not so sure. Why do we need a list of "non-white" candidates?  Should we also have a list of "white" candidates too?  ---J.S (t|c) 22:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I copyed all the info onto my profile, so just visit my user name to see the data. Also I have been going to the library microfiles to look at old newspapers - as every election they write a little article on the subject. Cooltobekind 18:46, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Properly done, the list would show the increasing numbers of 'non-white' candidates, and thereby that the Canadian Government is becoming more inclusive.  Its not a bad thing to show the growth of Canada as a multicultural country.  Bo 11:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per KleenupKrew and Atrian. --Suttungr 14:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * RestartI pretty sure Ardenn is you Bearcat. I got no problem deleteing it and starting it again though.
 * I pretty sure Ardenn is you Bearcat. Excuse me? Would you care to explain this comment? Bearcat 06:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliment. I strive to be as great an editor as Bearcat is. Alas, we are not the same person. Ardenn  06:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -- I've been trying to get some interest in bringing this article up to Wikipedia standards ( see talk page), but have had no success. This is just a data dump. It does not present useful information in a way that readers can make any sense of it. Sorry. It should go unless someone want to clean it up to Wikipedia standards. Ground Zero | t 20:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm not sure this list is really necessary, and frankly i kinda find it offensive. Anything under the sun can count as a visible minority. Personally whether someone is Black, White, Brown, or from 70 Virginis b does it really matter? I don't see these kinda lists as anything more then racial segregation. When I vote I want to see what there policies are, vision and if they will be a good effective representative. --Cloveious 00:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.