Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Huckabee presidential campaign


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 15:23, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Mike Huckabee presidential campaign

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Unnecessary disambiguation page, searching "Mike Huckabee presidential campaign" in the search bar will show results for both of his campaigns. Just "Mike Huckabee" in the search bar only brings 3 results, which is Mike Huckabee's article, and his two presidential campaigns. For another example, searching "Donald Trump presidential campaign" in the search bar will already denote and clearly show both of his presidential campaigns, 2000 and 2016.  CatcherStorm    talk   09:49, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:39, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:TWODABS. sst  ✈ (top/bottom) 12:21, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, have you read WP:TWODABS? It doesn't in any way fit that, e.g. it isn't a dab with its title ending in (disambiguation) for starters, which is what WP:TWODABS looks at, not pages like this. Boleyn (talk) 13:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Tavix. Yes, there may not be a primary topic, but when the purpose of this disambiguation page has already been covered by another article, there is no reason to have such a page. sst  ✈  14:41, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment The purpose hasn't been covered. The purpose is to find any articles entitled 'Mike Huckabee presidential campaign.' We should let reade4rs find them. Boleyn (talk) 14:46, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, and they can do that at Mike Huckabee, which explains his political career and links to both presidental campaigns in case they want more information about either of them. When we have a single target that addresses the purpose of a disambiguation, but in a better, more-meaningful way, the term should be redirected there. -- Tavix  ( talk ) 15:02, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  sst  ✈ (top/bottom) 12:21, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Mike Huckabee. Yes, it's an unnecessary disambiguation, but it's unnecessary because the information someone is looking for can be found at Mike Huckabee's bio article. I would oppose a straight-up deletion because I do think that it's a plausible search term, especially for some short-sighted folks who forgot or weren't aware that he ran in 2008. -- Tavix ( talk ) 04:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: TWODABS does not say there should be no disambiguation pages with only two entries: it refers to cases where there is a primary topic plus one other, which can be better handled by a hatnote. WP:TWODABS says: If neither of the two meanings is primary, then a normal disambiguation page is used at the base name. Pam  D  10:21, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * We've established that WP:TWODABS doesn't apply here and the editor that mentioned it has changed their position. Could you explain why a "keep" is better than a "redirect" to Mike Huckabee? -- Tavix ( talk ) 15:02, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Because there are two articles, disambiguated by date, which the dab page lists. Yes, they can also be reached by following a link to his political career, and ploughing through that till you spot the "Main article" links: but that's no reason not to have the dab page. Pam  D  17:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep valid dab page. There are two articles entitled: 'Mike Huckabee presidential campaign', it's a dab's job to note that there are two and point readers towards them. If it's an unnecessary dab, it would be because the articles are unnecessary, and that's a discussion for elsewhere (AfD, merge). We also don't delete dabs because the search box brings them up. Boleyn (talk) 13:10, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Neither is a primary topic. --Sammy1339 (talk) 19:09, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC (author comment). MB298 (talk) 01:03, 16 January 2016 (UTC)


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