Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hispanics and Politics

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 was keep but rename to Hispanic and Latino politics in the United States. I know that I am disregaring several "delete" suggestions below, so let me explain why. First, let me point out that deleting an article containing original research is not the proper remedy; the proper remedy in this case is editing. One editor assesses this article as inherently OR, which is grounds for deletion, but I don't think that has been established. For example, this Gsearch comes back with more than 100,000 hits, and looking through the first ten, one sees the domains include the Annenberg Public Policy Center, USNews, UPenn, etc. This is clearly a subject of informed and scholarly debate, and although the current incarnation of the article could use with a lot more sourcing, there is no question these sources exist. Finally, in terms of analogy and precedent, not that there are at least five analogous articles about the Black constituency in the U.S., namely: Garveyism, Black nationalism, Black populism, African American leftism, and Black conservatism. Surely an even larger group has enough effect on politics to generate one article? --- Deville (Talk) 16:57, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hispanics and Politics

• Delete I am sorry, but this article really is a personal essay and contains original research. Jersey Devil 01:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This is an original research essay. --Wafulz 01:39, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. MER-C 03:04, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per commentary. --Dennisthe2 05:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete'; OR/POV essay. --MCB 06:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article definately needs context (and I've started to provide some) but it is an important issue in American politics. The OR/POV issues should be dealt within the article. Perhaps it should be renamed "The Hispanic vote in the United States". JASpencer 08:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Original research, hard to maintain and verify, inherently POV.--Húsönd 17:09, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Hispanics are not a unified force in politics.Bakaman _Bakatalk 20:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - One, that's not why we're reviewing for deletion. Two, try telling that to Loretta Sanchez. --Dennisthe2 20:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Hello, the article is basically a cut and paste work off the main article on Hispanics. And, such an article is also needed for the template on Latinos. And, while you're add it also work on deleting the Hispanics and Religion article for the same reason. Geez, have some patience. Also, wouldn't it be great if someone informed you about articles up for deletion like what's done for images that are put up for deletion. It's also amazing how anyone can vote for deletion, especially those who have no idea about the direction of Latino-related articles on Wikipedia. --JuanMuslim ^1m 04:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment please don't resort to personal attacks against me. I find this comment particularly offensive considering the effort I have put into latino/Latin American related articles "especially those who have no idea about the direction of Latino-related articles on Wikipedia". Completely unnecessary.--Jersey Devil 09:29, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Comments on talk pages doesn't sound like a lot of effort. --JuanMuslim ^1m 05:51, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I agree with JuanMuslim that this is a cut and paste from the Hispanic article. JMejia7704 04:49, 28 September 2006 (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.