Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strictly American Movement

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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 speedy delete. Kurykh 20:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strictly American Movement

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For one thing, this article talks about a non-notable movement, although the cause it stands for is notable. But that's just the beginning of this article's problems. I marked it as a coatrack article and as a POV essay on the cause this alleged organization stands for, while I was pondering whether or not this article should be brought to AfD. When I couldn't find a relevant ghit, my decision was made. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, therefore, Delete. Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 02:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Delete Despite the list of references at the end, this is an unreferenced piece of screed. All of the references are links to other wikipedia articles. There is no evidence this is a real, notable organization or movement with documentation in reliable sources as such. Yes, it resembles real sentiment of many real people and groups of people in the US, but an organized "movement" as this article implies simply does not appear to exist. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 02:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Essay. -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 03:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I removed the list of "references", as they aren't references (Wikipedia can't reference itself as a source). Looking through the rest of the article, there are all sorts of significant claims being made without real references, including a few really incredible ones - the implication that international trade causes global warming is the most egregious. Finally, and most importantly, the actual subject of the article (the "Strictly American movement", or "Strictly American solution") doesn't appear to exist. Such a certification program would be easy to find information on if it existed; however, I can't find anything. Zetawoof(ζ) 03:52, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Wikipedia is not a soapbox. STORMTRACKER 94 13:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Not even a website? I guess that's because it would have to rely on some components that aren't made in the U.S.A. It's the World Wide Web, not the Nation Wide Web, so you can't be sure. Mandsford (talk) 23:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete as spam; unreferenced, POV, coatrack of a soapbox. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree with Bearian here, so I'm tagging the article as G11.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 20:05, 23 December 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.