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The result was delete. JForget 03:37, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greatest political gaffes

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Delete. Original research since claim of "greatest gaff[e]s" is unreferenced. Poorly cited article, collection of random quotes. Contested prod. WWGB (talk) 13:33, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. —WWGB (talk) 13:39, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well perhaps greatest was wrong on the article title, i a, however quite happy to a name change to political gaffs? Of course such an article would be a random collection of quotes. I had not finished the article when it was nominated for deletion :) hence no links to said quotes. Is there a rule in wp which forbids a collection of gaff`s made by politicans? --mark nutley (talk) 13:37, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One other thing, should i hold off on any further work on this article until such a time as it has been decided if in is in or out? mark nutley (talk) 13:49, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment You are free to make improvements to the article, even while its under AfD consideration. Digestible (talk) 14:34, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, inherently subjective list (who decides what's "greatest", horribly misspelled title. NawlinWiki (talk) 14:26, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete Terrible article. Quotes are not sourced, possibly fictional. Even if verifiable, this stuff is way too trivial for a standalone article. If a politician is especially known for his boneheaded comments then they should be included in the biographical article. Digestible (talk) 14:34, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I had considered whether there would be room for a similar article called Political Gaffes but any such list is bound to be inherently subjective original research. Maybe try WikiQuote or a similar site for your article ~~WWGB~~mark nutley? Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 14:44, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not my article! I am the nominator ... WWGB (talk) 00:35, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, had my christmas head on! Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This can never be anything but a subjective list of quotes, even if sources were provided for each one. Who gets to decide which is "greatest"? The horribly spelled title only makes it that much worse. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 14:45, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As either "Greatest Political Gaffs" or simply "Political gaffs", the article is a pointless piece of listcruff which would become noting but a POV repository. The attribution of any particular quote to this category without proper citations could even amount to libel. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as original research and a WP:BLP and WP:NPOV violation. I recognize some of the quotes in this article as being inaccurately attributed (i.e. they were not spoken by the person they are ascribed to in this article). I would also note the hubris involved in writing an article about political gaffes and misspelling the title, although that is not itself a reason for deletion. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:41, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unsourced, although it's probably from an amusing webpage of some sort rather than . It's interesting that some of the quotes that were attributed to Dan Quayle 20 years ago (the one about bondage, the one about Mars, and the misquote of "a mind is a terrible thing to waste") are now being attributed to Al Gore. Yeah, we get it, you hate Al Gore, Gore sucks, etc., now find a reliable source that links a stupid statement to a particular person. Mandsford (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as highly inaccurate attack page full of original research and empty of attribution. Funny thing: Youtube actually has videos of those alleged Al Gore quotes, but most were said by Dan Quayle back in the 1990s. --NellieBly (talk) 02:58, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Well as the majority are on delete i figure i`ll not object :) mark nutley (talk) 12:44, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
delete OR and completely subject to any given editors POV.·Maunus·ƛ· 08:50, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete This article is libelous toward a living person, Al Gore, since he did not say ANY of the foolish things attributed to him on this list. --MelanieN (talk) 05:57, 1 January 2010 (UTC)MelanieN[reply]

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