Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oldest living United States president


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The result was   merge to List of Presidents of the United States by age. v/r - TP 18:29, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Oldest living United States president

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I was left speechless when I saw the Oldest living president succession box in the article about George Washington and an unsourced article about that 'honor'. As has already been said on the talk page, why not "tallest/heaviest living president" or "most promiscuous living president" or perhaps "most recent world leader born on the third Tuesday in May of a year divisible by 17"? If we have this trivia, why not create Oldest living British queen consort or, for that matter, Oldest living Zulu queen? Surtsicna (talk) 15:32, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT  Sottolacqua  (talk) 15:40, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:46, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete This is a complete overlap of List of United States Presidents by age.Curb Chain (talk) 09:44, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete In facts it is redundant to List of United States Presidents by age, in its subject it is a content fork for which I don't see a use. Hekerui (talk) 22:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - I don't see this as a fork of List of United States Presidents by age, it deals with something entirely different. Nor is it random trivia like List of United States Presidents by biggest shoe size would be — the honor of "oldest living President" is something frequently mentioned in the media and apt to be of interest and use to Wikipedia visitors. A well-done page and there is something to be said for that, too, believe it or not.  Carrite (talk) 14:14, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It's not the same as List of Presidents of the United States by age, and it is an interesting point (well illustrated by the photo of all the presidents). I think "tallest/heaviest living president" or "most promiscuous living president" would both be quite interesting, and would encourage readers who are not necessarily interested in history to probe the topic. On the other hand, "most recent world leader born on the third Tuesday in May of a year divisible by 17" is stupid, as there is nothing inherently interesting to a wide public about that criteria. Wxidea (talk) 04:49, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Offers encyclopedic, sourced, notable information with a different focus than List of Presidents of the United States by age . I see no reason to delete this. PapaDocFerrum (talk)
 * Comment—This article has not one single source.  Sottolacqua  (talk) 12:56, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Surely it would be the same as for the noted list-by-age page, plus some math that needs no citation? -- stillnotelf   is invisible  19:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge or Keep I think a merge with List of United States Presidents by age would be appropriate. I came upon the page by searching for "living presidents" (my curiosity spurred by Betty Ford's death).  The nominator mentions that this is listed as a "title" on each President's page (and that this is silly).  With this point, I agree, but that is an edit to make to George Washington, etc. --  stillnotelf   is invisible  19:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to List of Presidents of the United States by age. Trivia. Neutralitytalk 16:24, 13 July 2011 (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.