Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alberta Separatism

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The result of the debate was keep. —Xezbeth 15:16, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alberta Separatism

While I'm not an expert on Canadian politics, it seems to me that this is a concept that hasn't caught on yet. Google estimates ~280 hits on "Alberta Separatism". Two sites (a blog and a forum) account for over a third of them. Wikipedia is not a soapbox --Xcali 23:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Well, I've heard it numerous times in the media, so an article is appropriate, but this one is full of unverifiable nonsense- "growing feeling" and "1 in 4 Albertans want to secede". It needs a massive edit, but keep. --Scimitar 23:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Just a comment, note that we also have Separation Party of Alberta, Western Independence Party, and this is mentioned on Secessionist movements of Canada. Adam Bishop 23:43, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Secessionist movements of Canada. Living in Alberta, this has come up quite a few times (mainly as blank threats again gay marriage or stopping privitization of medicene) and has even been hinted by at our Premier. however, there is not enough information to justify its own page, so merging seems like the logical thing to do. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:49, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep after another great rewrite. I think it's definetly Wikipedia now. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:34, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
• Technically this article should be called Western separatism as the idea is for the Prairie provinces and (depending who you ask) B.C. to separate. This term also gets far more Google hits. However if an article on secessionist movements exists, then merge for now. 23skidoo 00:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Image:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 00:31, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Reason?? Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 04:22, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge per Sasquatch, and possibly fix capitalization. Radiant_>|< 09:41, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Secessionist movements of Canada. Agree with Sasquatch. JamesBurns 10:18, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I have re-written the article to address the concerns raised here. Please take another look, and reconsider your votes. I think that the article is substantial enough now to stand on its own. Adding it to Secessionist movements of Canada would unbalance that article and make it less useful. Further edits to improve Alberta Separatism are welcome. Sure, it's a fringe movement, but there are lots of articles on fringe movements on Wikipedia, and that's one of Wikipedia's strengths over other encyclopedias -- its ability to cover more obscure topics. Ground Zero 14:53, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep the rewritten version by Ground Zero. --Deathphoenix 18:17, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, new version is much improved. - SimonP 20:29, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep --Yannick 05:12, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep --Rupertslander 00:50, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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