Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:George W. Bush/Wikipedia


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the discussion was Redirect deleted but page kept. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 02:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Talk:George W. Bush/Wikipedia

 * Since moved to Silly Things/Wikipedia's article on George W. Bush

What the heck is this doing here? It serves no purpose whatsoever, hasn't been touched since 2005, and the only incoming link is from WP:STUPID (no comment). All it is is an article about an article, and I'm pretty sure that the content is so far out of date as to be useless. It was moved from article to talk space in 2005 as the result of an AFD, a result that definitely wouldn't fly today. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 17:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting artifact - move to a subpage of WP:Silly Things. –xenotalk 18:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC) (which I've now done)
 * Keep in its new location. –xenotalk 18:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Is an essay concerned with wikipedia's most edited article.  Probably belongs in project space.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 *  Delete  - Unsure - C'mon, an article about the article? Really don't see the notability in this, this is meta-navelgazing at its worst. Tarc (talk) 18:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not actually in articlespace anymore though. I find it an interesting little tidbit of wikihistory to be honest. –xenotalk 18:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hrm, I don't know then. If it is off article-space, that's the main, good thing.  I'm not sure what it is an artifact of, really; a monument to edit-warring?  What is described there is pretty much what has surrounded Barack Obama for months on end. Tarc (talk) 19:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I just found it interesting to see the kind of articles people were creating back in '05... –xenotalk 19:21, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete the redirect created by moving the page that was the original nomination, and Keep the current page. As in, Delete - Talk:George W. Bush/Wikipedia and Keep - Wikipedia:Silly Things/Wikipedia's article on George W. Bush.  It's an interesting piece of history, and certainly one that I'm glad to have found.  It doesn't hurt to keep around somewhere, and since a few users here already found it intriguing, it's worthwhile.  Given your comment, Tarc, about Obama, this would be a useful reference point for writing an essay on the importance of US politics and political figures, Wikipedia, and press coverage.  This would amount, I guess, to a Weak Overturn of the original AfD decision. ~ Amory ( user  •  talk  •  contribs ) 03:48, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Amendment to the AFD decision would be more accurate, WP: space was one of two options highlighted by the closer. –xenotalk 03:51, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep in its current location and mark as historical. I have no opinion about the merit or otherwise of the redirect. Thryduulf (talk) 11:30, 19 June 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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.