Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Removal of the Federal Government


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. I suppose, technically, the consensus opinion is Weak Keep, but there's no button for that :-) There's some discussion here about renaming or redirecting/merging this, but that discussion can continue on the article talk page. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:24, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Removal of the Federal Government

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A beautiful first article, but I think it is a clear failure of WP:No original research. I proposal a redirect to Federal government of the United States, leaving open the possibility of a selective merge from the history. If it is not worth a section there, or in some other related article, then it is definitely not worth its own page. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:09, 16 April 2018 (UTC) SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:09, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep. Needs a rename to something like 1814 Reconstruction of Washington or something along those lines. Oppose redirect to Federal government of the United States. This is an essentially expanded article on Burning of Washington (covering the possible removal as well). This is notable standalone. It is also possible to merge. It is not OR. The article was/is not clear (e.g. lede (just fixed a bit)) on the scope - which is the debate/outcome of what to do after the burning of Washington.Icewhiz (talk) 13:58, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I get that. It’s all about 1814 and the decision to reconstruct in place. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 16:02, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Redirect to Burning of Washington; this is such a bad title that a straight deletion would be reasonable as well. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 23:15, 17 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - while definitely a poor name, the content is sufficient to remain. I wouldn't back either the suggested rename, redirect or a merging (I feel it has sufficient standalone notability). The section on destruction needs to be reduced (though a summary still would have worth). Some alternate name like "Considered Relocation of Federal Capital from Washington", or similar, could work. Nosebagbear (talk) 09:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment - Since this looks like quite a few mooted alternate names might appear, can I create a combining list here (i.e. a duplicate of any suggested within individual comments/"votes")? Nosebagbear (talk)


 * 1814 Reconstruction of Washington


 * Considered Relocation of Federal Capital from Washington



 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   21:02, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Is the article title a commonly used term in US History? If so we should retain the term, possibly adding (United States) or (1814) as a disambiguator. An altrernative would be to merge into Burning of Washington, of which the move of the government was a consequence.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:50, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Seems to be a legit discussion of moving the US govt to another location, post the Buring of whasintong in the war of 1812. I think worhty of a page, and interesting, but as people have said, name needs changing. Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:19, 27 April 2018 (UTC)


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