Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Democratic National Convention

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The result of the debate was keep. Mackensen (talk) 23:01, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2008 Democratic National Convention

For the parallel VFD discussion of 2008 Republican National Convention, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/2008 Republican National Convention.

Speculation. crystal ball, yadda yadda. RickK 22:30, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, I find the article to be of some interest, despite the fact that it is speculative. --Sn0wflake 23:09, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The Crystal Ball rule actually allows for articles like this, so long as it is not original research. 23skidoo 01:07, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, unless you somehow have knowledge that the 2008 Democratic National Convention will not occur as planned. -- BD2412 ^talk 01:56, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
• Keep, but I can't find an article for the winners' convention. I mean the 2008 Republican National Convention. :) NeoJustin 03:40, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Notable convention. Klonimus 07:49, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, the 2008 Democratic National Convention's existence is a sure thing, a little more than three years away,and this article will get more and more definitive as time goes on. Let anyone who is interested start an entry on the Republican or third party conventions. ((User: Zulitz)), 11:42, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete but let redlinks stay. This is my first time voting for deleting a page so here goes. Although there will be a convention, there is no information at this time about the 2008 DNC; it is too early, we don't know the speakers, the venue or city. Although there are rumors and preparations, I believe it is inappropriate to write a page for a nominating convention when we have no nominee or even candidates - no Democratic candidate has officially announced running. In addition, the lack of a 2008 RNC page shows it is too early to write a page for the conventions anyway. Plus, the current page appears to be a copy of (old) speculation from the election page. I recommend this page be restarted from scratch in the future (say, after the 2006 midterms) but I am open to compromise. --Blue387 05:47, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. But I suggest we do a complete rewrite, similar to the first version of Super Bowl XLIV [1]. We know that the event will occur in June 2008, thus the Crystal Ball rule should allow this. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, barely. Despite the crystal ball argument, this is somewhat well-founded speculation. Sjakkalle 07:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Until firm and verifiable details on the convention are released, this is speculation and opinion.--Alabamaboy 03:13, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into U.S. presidential election, 2008. This is speculation about possible candidates for the election, not the convention itself, much of which is already duplicated in the election article. Unlike 2008 Republican National Convention, this article contains sound speculation about the candidates. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 02:50, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge. Android79 said exactly what I was going to say. This is duplicates the 2008 election article and will just create confusion. DS1953 02:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. This ardent Democrat notes that political conventions are given examples of exceptions to crystal ball policy. This important, certain future event is already being discussed, and discussion will not abate. Xoloz 06:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, speculation. I understand that there is usually an exception for political conventions, but this is so far out there to be outside the exception, in my opinion. Wait until either the convention is formally announced, or someone actually declares candidacy. --bainer (talk) 09:01, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge per android. - StopTheFiling June 2 2005
• Merge per the droid. — Phil Welch 23:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Provided people are warned that content is necessarily of a speculative nature I think this article should stay, see Template:Future. John Cross 16:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, same reasons I gave for keeping the 2008 Republican National Convention. Falphin 21:34, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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