Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Oil for Food

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Category:Oil for Food
Other than Oil for Food program, articles added to this category have at best a peripheral connection to this topic. -- Rick Block 00:23, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree, though we will have to find a home for some of the articles. &mdash;Sortior 03:34, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep I disagree. One of the reasons that there seems to be a peripheral connection is because the UN has not been releasing most of the information that it knows about the subject. The little bits of information that has been uncovered has taken forever for the UN to acknowledge. Additionally, not all the linked articles have alot of information on the scandal (but this is again because the UN has not being willing to be transparent). Since the scandal appears to cover a large number of people and companies, a category such as this will help people to sort through the names.  An article will not be able to cover every person, company, document, etc that encompasses this vast subject.  This appears to be the reason that Watergate has a category (two in fact), and Watergate did not have as many people involved as the Oil for Food.Lokifer 21:22, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, SimonP 08:58, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Served better by giving the relevant facts in the relevant articles.  Otherwise, there's not enough context to merit inclusion.  -Sean Curtin 02:47, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Users should be able to find their way around Oil for Food articles and persons easily, as the importance of this field is huge and still growing. gidonb  13:10, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)