Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Bush Administration


 * 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. — Jeffq 09:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Bush Administration
More nonsense from 169.244.143.115. How does this article fail? Let me count the ways: Wikiquote, like all other wikis, is a project that encourages people to invest their time to generate useful content. Littering the database with stubs filled with nonsense serves no purpose, and is but one step above vandalism. I would like to encourage this anon to make useful contributions, but others seemed to have tried with no success. Experience suggests it's a losing battle in this situation. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 08:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Ambiguous. There have been at least 2 Bush adminstrations (counting only the U.S. government's Executive Branch).
 * 2) Bad title capitalization. A disambiguating page should be Bush administration, like its Wikipedia counterpart.
 * 3) Bad spelling, capitalization, and formatting. These, of course, are easily fixed, but is it really too much to ask for en:Wikiquote editors to demonstrate basic English competency? (I understand if English is not one's native tongue, except for those who native tongue seems to be English-based IM-speak.)
 * 4) Obviously manufactured quotes. This is the worst problem. Wikiquote prides itself on accuracy, but this anonymous user apparently feels (based on this article and their other contributions) that's it's more important to establish a junk article than to actually find real quotes. This is the opposite of the wiki philosophy of adding content after one collects it.
 * 5) No sources. Again, not an uncommon problem, but this puts the burden of making a useful article on people who are busy with other, sourceable information.
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: delete (4 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeffq 09:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone creates real, substantive articles for either or both U.S. Bush adminstrations (to follow Wikipedia's articles), in which case this one should be turned into a disambiguation page. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 08:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Jeffq. -- Jaxl 23:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Concur with Jeff and Jaxl. ~ UDScott 22:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ Achilles † 16:15, 4 January 2006 (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.