Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/President of Earth (2nd nomination)

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 delete. No assertion or demonstration that this topic is notable within science fiction or political science, no sources whatsoever put forward in over two years, despite a previous AfD nomination in which this matter was discussed at some length. The article, at present, is a dictionary definition with a list of vaguely associated examples. Deletion does not prevent re-creation of an article with focus and sources. Mackensen (talk) 02:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] President of Earth

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Previous AFD in 2005 claimed notability in the sci-fi world and called for improvement, but still remains as unsourced. Fails WP:N, WP:V and WP:RS. Dbromage [Talk] 07:28, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, no sources, no notability. Realkyhick 07:52, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - It needs better sources, but I would imagine "President of Earth" to be a topic covered by more than one published literary critic. This article should work as a fun cultural supplement to world government, world domination, American empire and Pax Americana. Ichormosquito 08:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete this article is a good example of WP:OR. -- GarbageCollection - ^!Collect 08:47, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 11:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. If you have a problem with lack of references then you find those references. The easiest thing is to nominate for deletion. M.V.E.i. 16:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete This is a great example of WP:OR synthesis. There is no source discussing some common system of governent or some electoral process or powers of the office which is common to all the science fiction works listed which employ the term. Edison 03:50, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Article on a common fictional character type. Gamaliel (Angry Mastodon! Run!) 18:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No secondary sources to establish notability or provide real world context. Jay32183 18:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Surprising to think that sources may not be available. At least cursory mention of the topic has been made by the New York Times in [1], and surely other coverage of similar characters exist (check this out for starters: [2]). Does anyone have print sources about science fiction that could be used to flesh this article out? MrZaius^talk 19:12, 4 September 2007 (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.