Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romney Democrat


 * 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 delete.  Spinning Spark  13:19, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Romney Democrat

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Delete, term does not appear to be in common usage and scores no hits for it when I google. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 01:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article is a list of "Democrats who have endorsed Republican Romney family members for political office".  That doesn't bring the term into existence.  While they could be called "Romney Democrats", they haven't been called that.  The term has no currency within the media. A term listed in the article itself as a "see also", Reagan Democrat, was in wide use for decades.  Romney Democrat, you're no Reagan Democrat.--Shirt58 (talk) 01:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Clarify !vote: move the article's content around, change the article's content, do whatever. I'm pretty much fine with whatever the title and/or or content is, just as long as it is not called "Romney Democrat".--Shirt58 (talk) 14:39, 6 November 2012 (UTC) If in a few short hours, Governor Romney becomes President-Elect Romney, the term may gain currency... but "first, catch your rabbit" --Shirt58 (talk) 14:39, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Not Delete. Well, perhaps the title of the article should be renamed to "Democratic and liberal support for Mitt Romney in 2012"?  I was trying to use a shorter term to leave open the possibility that there might be some Democrats who supported his father George Romney for governor or his mother Lenore Romney for U.S. Senate.


 * Similar articles:
 * Reagan Democrat
 * Bush Democrat
 * Democrats for Nixon
 * Democratic and liberal support for John McCain in 2008
 * Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008
 * War Democrats
 * List of United States political appointments across party lines
 * -- User: Durindaljb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durindaljb (talk • contribs) 01:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)  Format, links tidied.--Shirt58 (talk) 04:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTNEO. Either that or redirect to Blithering idiot. Merge to List of Mitt Romney presidential campaign endorsements, 2012 (less Rocky Anderson, the odd man out). At this point, this article is no more than a list.  Clarityfiend (talk) 01:57, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Per the reasoning of Durindaljb. If WP:NOTNEO is to be followed, articles such as the ones mentioned above should be considered as well. Tarheel95 (Sprechen) 03:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as an idiot's contradiction of terms, a non-notable neologism, something made up in one day, or an abject failure of general notability guidelines — your choice. Praise jesus that the election will be over by the time this closes... Carrite (talk) 03:43, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Also an unencyclopedic list of trivia, for what it's worth... Carrite (talk) 03:45, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Rename to "Democratic and liberal support for Mitt Romney in 2012" for all the reasons here: Articles for deletion/Obama Republican Illia Connell (talk) 04:07, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and Move with redirect to Democratic and liberal support for Mitt Romney in 2012 per Obama Republican --> (Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008). It more accurately reflects article discussed and is within established Precedent.--Hu12 (talk) 05:47, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge per Clarityfiend. No reason this should exist as itself, since it inherently makes the article political by nature, with no chance of being neutral. --Wirbelwind ヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: As to the 2012 political cycle, this is just a made-up term.  I found one passing reference to a Democrat referring to himself as a "Romney Democrat" in the Boston Globe when Romney was the Massachusetts Governor, back when he claimed to mostly espouse moderate views.  At least this AfD will be over after the election and people will calm down a bit.--Milowent • hasspoken  06:53, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried to fix up the article a bit based on how sources actually use this term. However, have people perused the list?  It includes such famous Democrats as William Weld, a republican, as well as newspapers, who apparently can vote without ID or human form.--Milowent • hasspoken  07:07, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I just saw the list includes some fringe 3rd party guy currently running for U.S. president. I am guessing he will not vote for Romney.--Milowent • hasspoken  07:09, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:08, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:08, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete- This doesn't have the same type of recognition as Reagan Democrat, and is rarely used.  B zw ee bl  (talk • contribs) 19:57, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete See WP:SYNTHESIS and WP:NOT. Anything encyclopedic about this topic should just be covered in the standard articles about the candidate and the election. -Pete (talk) 00:49, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of Mitt Romney presidential campaign endorsements, 2012. The term itself isn't much of anything, but party-switching endorsements have some interest (I came here searching for the topic) and right now the main list doesn't cite party for the politicians endorsing him. The Obama list could have a similar section of Republican endorsers except it's not as pressing as they list party of endorsing politician already. (However I think at least a couple names in this article are really Republicans who backed Obama then returned to supporting the GOP)--T. Anthony (talk) 10:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Yet another election-craziness article, nothing worth saving/merging. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 17:51, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Ridiculous. Corn cheese (talk) 23:24, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge or Listify and Rename. The term in the title has not been used much, is not WP:N, but the list is useful; endorse the transfer to an "Endorsements" page or possibly (less enthusiastic) a standalone list with a better title. Not really an article, but useful info. The "other Romneys" part is a stretch; there is no "Romney extended family as a political position".--Anonymous209.6 (talk) 16:48, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

The see also section was in my opinion tailor made to make this look like more common term then been used. I have changed them to link to the actual articles by their name as it appears to be a synthesis and original research or just something made up to lend weight to the article. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 03:22, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. It reads like a title searching for a subject to write about. Everyking (talk) 02:35, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Since the election is over, there doesn't seem to be any reason to keep it around. The topic did not meet WP:GNG when it was created or no. The topic fell under WP:NOTADVOCATE when it was created and still does. The article was dutifully listed at AfD the day it was created, but the AfD delay in reaching an actionable consensus allows article space to be used as a political battleground while the AfD discussion continued. Seems to me that, if an admin could have immediately remove this article from article space on November 4th and restore it toi article space on November 7th, there would have been little loss in value to the encyclopedia but significant gain in lessening an ability to use Wikipedia as a political battleground during election season. If this sounds like an interesting idea, please take a look at my Delayed creation proposal. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:16, 12 November 2012 (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.