Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real democracy in america


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The result was Delete -- JForget  22:44, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Real democracy in america

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Original research political essay; Wikipedia is not a soapbox. The author objected to a PROD on his talk page here and asked for "some brainstorming on this", so I bring it here. There is an existing article National initiative about a similar proposal by Mike Gravel, a former US Senator and presidential candidate, which sets out the facts: I do not think this adds anything except the author's opinions. He wrote another short article National Initiatives and Referenda which defined the terms and said that they "could become part of the American system of government soon"; rather than include that, I have redirected it to National initiative. JohnCD (talk) 11:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete under any number of WP:NOT rules. Starts with a first-person pronoun and goes downhill from there. WillOakland (talk) 11:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:OR.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 11:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete because No original research. Shovon (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; no OR and Wiki's not a soapbox. Parsecboy (talk) 13:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete soapy original research-filled personal essay Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 13:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Also the non-capitalization of America makes this immediately suspicious, sort of an essay-for-school type thing. WP:SOAP also seems to apply. Lu  na  ke  et  14:49, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. It doesn't belong on Wikipedia.--EclipseSSD (talk) 14:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * "These seem to be the questions of the day. The world awaits an answer."  Looks like you got one.  Delete Mandsford (talk) 18:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. ukexpat (talk) 15:37, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom.  ·Add§hore·  T alk /C ont 16:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax article - no such thing exists soapbox essay. Grutness...wha?  02:12, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Clearly an essay and WP:OR. —  Wen li  (reply here) 02:55, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:51, 30 May 2008 (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.