Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nationalism in the United States (2nd nomination)


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The result was   No consensus (default keep).  Jerry  delusional ¤ kangaroo 00:41, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Nationalism in the United States
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Fails WP:V, WP:NOR, and possibly WP:NPOV. Has been tagged appropriately for six months. Some parts read like an essay. Seems to be less encyclopedic than it was during it's first nomination for deletion, which was three years ago, when it was given a chance to expand and possibly become a good article, but in those three years, that never happened. The keep and cleanup option proved to be a complete failure during the last deletion discussion. An article that goes for years without verifibility and that is made up of original research has no place whatsoever in an encyclopedia. "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable", a phrase under every edit box. In fact, this article is utterly unencyclopedic. Removing the unverifiable content would result in barely a stub. Heck, this article fails all of Wikipedia's core content policies. Abusing (talk) 19:29, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.   — Cliff smith  talk  22:21, 8 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep- I see the neutrality issues, but on the whole, the article is a valid topic, and therefore requires cleanup, not deletion. Umbralcorax (talk) 20:39, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Umbralcorax has got it right. The topic's encyclopaedic and appropriate. Some of the content isn't up to snuff, so delete unverifiable content and tag for expert attention.-- S Marshall   Talk / Cont  21:33, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per WP:SOAPBOX. If a complete rewrite is necessary to get rid of the NPOV issues, then maybe deletion is the right way to go. But I do say weak because it is also different and specialized, per the Five Pillars, not to mention the keep arguments are in a way moot. MuZemike (talk) 00:23, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


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