Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Belgian "dry up" law

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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn. Mailer Diablo 05:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Belgian "dry up" law

Problems solved, nomination withdrawn. This article is very unencyclopedic, has a huge POV and edit war problem, and the subject does not warrant a page for itself. A short, clear and NPOV section on this subject could easily be added to an existing article. 1652186 13:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep now that I've cleaned up all the POV edits. I shortened the article down to a stub, which is all this article deserves. Aplomado ^talk 17:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: I agree that this approach is a solution of the problem, but there still is a POV problem. And if that's all that's left, I think it could better be included somewhere else. 1652186 17:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep POV and edit wars should not be reasons for deletion. As for notability, this law is attempting to completely paralyze a major political party - some polls predict it might become the largest in Flanders. I don't see the POV problems in Aplomado's cleaned-up version, by the way. David Sneek 17:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: yes, after my edits to the new version I agree with NPOV. However, I'll keep the tag till the protagonists of the edit war do so too. 1652186 17:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep: important legislation. Comment: is there some more formal name this could be listed under in English? Smerdis of Tlön 20:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If U.S. legislations get their own articles, Belgian ones should too. Although I do agree that it could use a more formal name. Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 00:43, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, but find out its proper name and move there. Stifle (talk) 10:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, under the more proper name "Belgian Draining Law", which is what the original name means. The law is meant to "drain" the subsidies flowing towards the undemocratic parties. --LucVerhelst 17:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
  • LucVerhelst, could you add citations to the additions you made? Thanks... Aplomado ^talk 17:46, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Thank you. Aplomado ^talk 18:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep Important Belgian legislation. This law is indeed attempting to completely paralyze a major political party in Flanders. The idea is to get rid of a political opponent outside the regular electoral system. And this idea is vivid. Last weekend in Brussels there was a manifestation with thousands of paticipants who demanded its application to eliminate Vlaams Belang.

In Flanders this law is generally known as the “droogleggingswet”, see [1] “Droog“ is translated into English as “dry”. And in the most prominent English /Dutch dictionary, the Van Dale, is written that “dry up” also applies to money. The “dry up law” thus is the best choice as a name for this article.

--Jvb – May 15, 2006

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.