Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Small-l liberal (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 02:43, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Small-l liberal

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This article is an essay without any sources or references. In Australia and Canada where there are major Liberal parties some people use the term "small-l liberal" to be clear they are not referring to the party. However Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Since this article was nominated for deletion 5 1/2 years ago no one has added any sources or references. The Four Deuces (talk) 21:31, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Question: Are you adding Small-c conservative and Small-l libertarianism to this? Both have similar problems. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:35, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Answer: probably best to add them. Do you know if they can be nominated together or need to be nominated separately?
 * They can be nominated together; there are instructions about doing so at WP:AFD somewhere near the instructions on how to nominate individual articles. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete all 3, assuming someone includes the other 2. the refs for the small l libertarian article are nonnotable. unless someone can find references for notable use of these terms, all should be deleted, as content is unsourced essay writing (of course, the article sounds convincing, and may in fact be somewhat accurate, but thats not relevant here). In the US, the phrase "small d democrat" is used when talking about people who are not members of the democratic party but hold democracy valuable, not necessarily liberalism, conservatism, just the principle of democracy. i really dont know if this phrase has ever been properly documented either. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have now listed the other two. The Four Deuces (talk) 22:32, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect Can't we just redirect to liberal? The redirect page already has the ability to point people towards the right page.   Pirate Argh!!1! 22:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - It's not a very likely search term (and it shows up when you type in the search box), but I suppose it could come up, so a redirect might be ok too. Shadowjams (talk) 23:16, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  22:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete same reason as for small l libertarian. No good reason for a redirect. The only reason one might search for the full term is to see if there is an explicit article on "small f foo" rather than just "foo".-- SPhilbrick  T  02:17, 8 November 2009 (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.