Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American political shift

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The result of the debate was REDIRECT. Jinian 20:31, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] American political shift

Article is a dicdef and there is no evidence that the meaning of the term is what the article says. "American political shift" can mean anything. Yahoo search on "American political shift" with the quotes returns 11 hits of which 4 are Wikipedia or Wikipedia mirrors, and the other 7 have no relation at all to the definition given in the article. Delete. Kaibabsquirrel 05:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• I heard about this before; perhaps it should get a clearer name, but I think we should definately keep and expand it. Djadek 08:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete--2 reasons. First of all, this isn't an actual term used in political science or history, it's a neologism--the search engine results show this, and I've never heard it despite a political science degree and years of inspired nerdiness. Secondly, it grossly oversimplifies a hundred years of U.S. history, and is thus quite inaccurate. I would vote keep if this were a notable inaccuracy, but it is not. Meelar (talk) 14:45, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Neologism; Merge into Politics of the United States, which does have historical info such as this. Dcarrano 14:47, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Realignment. Don't merge, this info is covered better elsewhere. Christopher Parham (talk) 16:53, 2005 July 11 (UTC)
• Redirect to realignment which is the common name for this subject. Capitalistroadster 23:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
  • I would support a redirect as suggested by Christopher Parham and Capitalistroadster. Note: Realignment actually redirects to Realigning election right now. Kaibabsquirrel 00:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
  • In that case, shouldn't the article be called 'American realignment'?80.61.232.49 09:01, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Eventually the page might warrant being broken up, but right now it's best to keep them in one place, since all the examples provide additional context to each other. Christopher Parham (talk) 16:07, 2005 July 12 (UTC)

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