Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electoral roll

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The result of the debate was SPEEDY DELETED. Postdlf 07:39, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Update: The content was speedy deleted but a new page was recreated with this title to redirect to Electoral register. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Electoral roll

This seems like a weird Star-Wars-New-Jersey nonsense joke? Philthecow 01:21, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

There is definitely fact, and great. it must live. it is the jedi way.


Delete Put it in Wikibooks, not Wikipedia.--AI 01:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No wait this is absolute jenius you musn't delete it it's a traaaaaaap --AdmiralAckbar 01:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dont delete --Tarkin 01:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What about it is joking? The whole thing seems very serious to me. Electoral rolls are an Easter tradition in my family, going back hundreds of years; I was thrilled to see this article created, finally explaining my family's long-loved food to the rest of the ignorant world. Don't take it down and keep the cycle of ignorance going! Yeah, I agree. It is a benefit to the whole of Wikipedia. It ties in several articles that otherwise may not be tied to anything. --Laura 01:31, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This is legit. The roll is an important part of the culture and shows how several different worlds took advantage of easy trade routes to better their economies. The Electoral roll is a symbol of simple ideas turing into a thriving business. --WWHITE 01:34, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dont Delete this is not trash! --Cenataur_Palpatine 01:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Dont delete. This is a well researched, well written article. It is both informative and entertaining, and I applaud the writer on his/her article and its connections to various articles that might otherwise fade into obscurity.--Paca 01:31, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete or Speedy as nonsense. Seems to be a BJAODN attempt that went on a paragraph or two too long. The sockpuppets aren't helping. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:52, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)


Don't delete. This article exists in the 23rd dimension and deleting it will surely make us slaves to the infinite void. ----Christopher Walken's Ambiguous Potato 01:36, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete as nonsense. --PolPotPie 02:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment. This article is utter nonsense and sock supported to boot. However, I would vote to keep a genuine article or reasonable stub on Electoral Rolls which are lists of eligible voters in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Capitalistroadster 02:08, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PS A Google search for Electoral Roll returned 148,000 pages. [1] Capitalistroadster 02:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete as per sockpuppets. Mr Bound 02:16, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment/explanation. PolPotPie blanked the whole page (including the vfd notice) to put in the legit article topic suggested by Capitalistroadster. I restored everything and put PolPotPie's new text at the bottom, as it was not appropriate to remove the vfd notice (even if the new material was legit). I vote to speedy delete the current silly hoax history, and then immediately restore PolPotPie's text as a stub for a new article on the legit topic of recorded lists of voters, and the sale thereof. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 02:23, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
    • Just to be sure PolPotPie's new text is not lost in any event, he wrote:
An electoral roll is a list of eligible voters in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. Its function is similar to a census, in that it is a comprehensive population list, but it can be bought or sold privately by specialized companies.
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