Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second Bush transfer of Power

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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. Jaranda wat's sup 03:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second Bush transfer of Power

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Another article devoted completely to another colonoscopy that GWB had, this one also causing a two hour holdover on the presidency. The Evil Spartan 23:20, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - this is barely a news item, let alone an encyclopedia article. If this was trying to be inserted into George Bush, it would be deleted as non-notable. The Reagan transfer of power article too. --Haemo
  • I'll leave that up to someone else. At least that was officially the first time it ever happened, that a president gave over his powers to the vice president. The Evil Spartan 00:38, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Already covered in Acting President of the United States. Mandsford 00:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NOT#NEWS - No historical notability for this event Corpx 02:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Of the two hours spent under anesthesia, the actual medical procedure only took about 30 minutes. The first hour and a half were spent trying to get his head out so they could put the tools in. ~ Infrangible 03:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh, that's cute. You're a real comedy knockout. I'm crampin' up here. Realkyhick 19:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, WP:NPOV certainly doesn't apply when we're commenting on AFD.--WaltCip 02:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NOT#NEWS. Bush's butt probe is not notable, even if the news networks mention it hourly. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as the sort of thing that becomes notable only if it goes horribly, horribly wrong. (On that count, at least it's a success he can add to his legacy kitbag: survived colonoscopy!) I would also delete First Bush transfer of power but not Reagan transfer of power. --Dhartung | Talk 07:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
    • OK, for consistency: Merge with Acting President of the United States. Three incidents to date don't necessarily merit a separate list but the editors of that page may decide to implement one per WP:SS. Note that the bulk of each article is a document easily linked to elsewhere. --Dhartung | Talk 07:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, covered elsewhere. Realkyhick 19:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Acting President of the United States. --Philip Stevens 19:34, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Maintain. There is an article about the Reagan transfer of power, and an article about the previous Bush transfer of power. So, why not an article about this second transfer? If this article merits deletion, then I submit that the Reagan transfer of power and first bush transfer of power articles also merit deletion. Furthermore, the transfer of power articles should not be merged into the Acting President of the United States article, since that article would then become inappropriately large. The Acting President of the US article deals with the whole picture of the history of the position of acting president and the constitutional and institutional issues involved, as well as questions such as term of service, oath, etc. The purpose of the transfer of power articles is quite different. They intend to provide background on each transfer. And it is important to have an article providing such background, given that invocations of the 25th amendment are rare. So, each invocation mertis an article. Last but not least, if the articles on each of the transfers of powers are removed, then I suggest that the text of letters of transferral of power should be first moved to wikisource, so that they are not lost. And the link to those letters in the Acting President of the United States article should be then adapted to reflect the moving of the letters to wikisource. --Antonio Basto 14:53, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Acting President of the United States and/or George W. Bush Fairsing 16:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - This is an event that is historically notable as it has occured only 3 times in the 40 years it has been possible. - Jord 01:48, 27 July 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.