Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States 2010 Census

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The result of the debate was keep (nomination withdrawn). howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 22:56, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] United States 2010 Census

While this isn't crystal ball per se (it is a scheduled event), this article just consists of a statement of fact (specifically, the article just says it's an event that happens every 10 years). It's way too early to say anything about this yet. Additional: I would support redirect as per Daykart. Nomination withdrawn per rewrite by JJay (good work). 23skidoo 06:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Redirect per Movementarian. Thesquire 07:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. 2010 is only four years away. The census requires a great deal of planning, so I'm sure there is a lot we can say. -- JJay 07:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: Google gives +65,000 hits for "2010 census" [1] -- JJay 17:47, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment - if someone can add more to this article than just "it happens every 10 years so it will happen in 2010" then I'm willing to withdraw my nomination, otherwise we could just as well have a United States 2020 Census article created, etc. 23skidoo 17:56, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

• I added a few quick facts. There's a ton more out there, included current spending and budget negotiations. From what I understand, the Census Bureau has already started gathering data in some areas. -- JJay 18:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

That's much better. The original version wasn't much different than saying "the sun will rise next week" but the revised version actually has some meat now. Nomination withdrawn. 23skidoo 19:25, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. -- JJay 19:42, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

actually theres no guarentee the sun will rise next week......—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jcuk (talk • contribs) 00:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC).

• Keep. Four years until 2006, this is article has viability. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.129.19.130 (talk • contribs) 08:21, 17 December 2005 (UTC).
• Keep, it has a bunch of legitimate inbound links so it would only be recreated if deleted. Kappa 09:18, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Major event and currently the closest U.S. census. Choalbaton 10:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to United States Census and as the event gets closer and details are released, undo the redirect and recreate the article. I think 4 years is a bit too far out to create this article. Movementarian 10:47, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and rewrite after the release of the results Wikipedia is not a crystal ball --Mecanismo | Talk 12:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to United States Census, Unless someone can hypothesize about what sort of information will be added to the article during the next year. Daykart 16:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect as per Movementarian. xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 16:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - there are already a few verifiable facts here which are specific to 2010, and "crystal ball" (in my view) is more to prevent creation of topics which may later turn out not to exist. (ESkog)^(Talk) 19:21, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep — probably about as predictable event as their can be five years down the road. — RJH 21:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Each census is a massive undertaking. Some facts about the planning of the census are presented. This article can be expanded substantially, even before the actual census takes place. —Brim 07:13, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
• I actually withdrew the nomination a couple days ago (the article was suitably expanded), but I don't know how to close this vote. If another admin wants to do so, please feel free. Thanks! 23skidoo 15:56, 19 December 2005 (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.