Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:John J. Bulten/Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination

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 * 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:  Delete. If you think that you can work on it off Wikipeida let me know. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:23, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

User:John J. Bulten/Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination


Userfyed in 2009 and essentially abandoned. User hasn't edited since 2012. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:46, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks plausible useful. Consider just blanking.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:46, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The article was actually deleted, went to DRV and the deletion was upheld .  Then usefied for JJB, who has stopped editing. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:25, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Similar articles were created for the 2012 and 2016 elections. If possible, you can move the contents to my user space.  --William S. Saturn (talk) 17:51, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Stems from Articles for deletion/Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election (2nd nomination). It appears to be strongly criticised as WP:SYNTH and WP:COATRACK, I was leaning "delete", but when I see experienced Wikipedians such as User:WilyD and User:MBisanz having argued "keep", "Notable, interesting, historically noteworthy" and "workable within our standards", and I see how far from a clear consensus was the DRV discussion, I think we should allow William S. Saturn to work with it.  It was eight years ago, but certain things happen on eight year timescales.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:59, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It's worth noting that other "experienced Wikipedians" such as User:Stifle endorsed the deletion, while "experienced Wikipedians" like User:Orangemike, User:MuZemike and I supported deletion. You also appear to have endorsed the closure at DRV. Niteshift36 (talk) 23:14, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * True, other experienced Wikipedians did !vote delete, and even did so in majority. Sorry, I didn't notice my participation in the DRV, and don't remember it.  I am interested to see what others say, but I am leaning per Alternative outlets to encourage someone taking it elsewhere.  I think WP:COATRACK is overreach, but WP:SYNTH (core policy) is being broken.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)  Reviewing my comments in 2009 at DRV, I hold a similar opinion but am leaning further to say that someone should take it elsewhere, to their blog perhaps.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:24, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. Abandoned content, never likely to be useful. Stifle (talk) 11:23, 7 December 2016 (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.