Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacacaGate

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 redirect to Virginia United States Senate election, 2006; no merge because as far as I can tell this is a verbatim copy of a section in that article. --- Deville (Talk) 03:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MacacaGate

Blatant PoV fork from Virginia United States Senate election, 2006 duplicating all content of a subsection without debate or consensus. Namespace is a NN neologism apparently coined for the occasion. Rosicrucian 02:24, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as non-notable neologism. Only 388 Google results [1]--TBCTaLk?!? 02:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• (edit conflict)Delete. In violation of WP:NPOV, and utterly neologistic (yes, by using that word, I openly embrace my hypocrisy.) After all, it garners only a very small amount (less than 1000) of ghits. Picaroon9288 02:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to George Felix Allen. -- cmh^TC 02:57, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment, it's already mentioned in the George Felix Allen article.--TBCTaLk?!? 03:07, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment We had to go through a lengthy discussion on Talk:George Felix Allen to agree that this material belonged on Virginia United States Senate election, 2006. I'd rather not take a big step backwards with this.--Rosicrucian 03:09, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

*Merge the content back, perhaps delete this as a redirect. This is a neologism and POV fork.--Cúchullain ^t/c 03:47, 16 September 2006 (UTC) (see below)

• • Comment No merge is required. Content was taken verbatim from original article and not removed.--Rosicrucian 03:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete then.--Cúchullain ^t/c 03:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Rename or maybe weak delete. This controversy might be notable enough to warrant it's own article, but rather inappropriate as titled. Rather a neologism, and an unlikely search term. If kept as an article it should be removed from Virginia United States Senate election, 2006 eaolson 03:51, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Virginia United States Senate election, 2006 is the proper place to cover this subject. --Metropolitan90 04:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, This is a legitimate popular name for a scandal of our times and how it unravelled and the attemps by the George Allen folks to negate and downplay it's relevance. Just like Monicagate, Chinagate, Irangate and such scandals and their aftermath offers insights into our elected representatives in all their 'glory' and their weak momemnts. Tammil 13:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment This is the user's tenth edit.--Cúchullain ^t/c 16:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment Said incident only happened last month, and it is as of yet uncertain as to whether it merits its own article or is simply another tit-for-tat in the Virginia US Senate race. It is not the only incident or accusation shaping said race, and while it has received heavy media attention there's no telling if it has any staying power as of yet, and thus its notability and article status are in doubt.--Rosicrucian 17:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep or strong Merge to George Felix Allen, where this discussion originated and for political reasons, and was ramrodded out to Virginia Senate Elections page as Damage Control Exercise. Can you spell Manufactured Consensus. MaCaCa 14:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment This is the user's second edit. Judging by the name, this is a probable single purpose account.--Cúchullain ^t/c 16:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

And also a suspected sockpuppet of User:Macaca. Other suspected sockpuppets of Macaca include User:Ma ca, User:Ma ca ca, User:Macacaca. Ufwuct 19:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The user is now indef blocked. Cowman109^Talk 22:08, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Forgetting for a moment that "Macacagate" is a NN neologism, Rosicrucian's 17:14 comment expresses very well why the macaca affair doesn't deserve an encyclopedia article no matter what the title, at least not yet. Pan Dan 01:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Virginia United States Senate election, 2006, and while we're at it, redirect Macacagate as well. Lovelac7 08:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Virginia United States Senate election, 2006 per User:Lovelac7 --Richard 07:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Macaca (slur), which seems to have the same basic content and appears to be surviving it's own AfD. --StuffOfInterest 18:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Pan Dan and POV fork. -- Dcflyer 06:09, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: POV fork (material taken straight from Virginia United States Senate election, 2006) and also NNN (oops, I just made up a word myself). If CNN mentions "Macacagate", mention in Virginia United States Senate election, 2006, but do not recreate this one. Ufwuct 19:47, 21 September 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.