Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Massachusetts General Law

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was MERGE INTO General Laws of Massachusetts AND REDIRECT. Stormie 10:28, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

Massachusetts General Law
duplicated information, perm substub merged back into main Massachusetts article. Evil Monkey &rarr; Talk 06:12, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Delete minor unnecessary stub, now that its merged this can go  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 06:15, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Content should be merged from General Laws of Massachusetts. I think the proper response here is to de-orphan the page, not delete an article which is obviously not a VfD candidate. Rhobite 06:17, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Both articles contain the same content as the main Massachusetts article subsection on law (which is where the 2 lines worth keeping belong anyways). If at some later point someone decides to write up something worth keeping here, there is nothing stopping them from being recreated.  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 06:22, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * If I type in "Massachusetts General Law" I expect to find an article. I'm not looking for a redirect to Massachusetts, or even worse a "page not found" message. This article is currently a stub, but that's no reason to delete it. We don't delete articles simply because they don't live up to their potential. This subject certainly has the potential to become a full-blown article, even a feature. Massachusetts has a rich legal history and it's disappointing that it's so poorly documented here. Also you're mistaken, if this gets deleted, then it cannot be recreated in the future without another vote. Rhobite 06:29, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge this into General Laws of Massachusetts. Martg76 19:53, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I expanded this article to demonstrate that it is not a permanent substub. Please take a look. Rhobite 22:48, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and merge/redirect into General Laws of Massachusetts. Even as a stub, it's worth keeping and there is potential for expansion. There are more than a few quirks and peculiarilites in MA law that would be worth describing in more detail. older &ne; wiser 01:11, Jan 26, 2005 (UTC)