Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U.S. presidential election, 2008 timeline

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The result was keep. —Xyrael / 10:48, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. presidential election, 2008 timeline

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Article has no standards, and it will quickly become unduly cumbersome as the election draws near. Important information largely duplicates U.S. presidential election, 2008; unimportant information need not be included. Zz414 20:37, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. The other article covers everything important already, or should. Who decides what is relevant to the presidential election? Because I sure don't think Democrats in Congress are... -Amarkov ^blah_edits 21:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge. There is a lot of valuable information in this article that is not present in U.S. presidential election, 2008. That said, there is little reason to maintain it as a separate article. -- Shunpiker 00:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. I wasn't aware of the precedent, U.S. presidential election, 2004 timeline. -- Shunpiker 14:43, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as it isThe fun is only starting. Think of the future, when the actual election happens, think of how long the U.S. presidential election, 2008 article is going to be. Best to have everyhing in seperate articles now and use the U.S. presidential election, 2008 article as a kind of expanded table of contents.Ericl 00:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The Election page won't be that long, because it will be limited to important events. Candidates' pages will describe what they did; Primary pages will discuss how the primaries shook out. This article is filled with unimportant information, without a standard of what's relevant, and it's already surprisingly long for a race that's barely begun. Zz414 14:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It will become necessary to have a list of dates and chronological order of events leading up to the 2008 election, which is not found (or at least easily) in the main article. There is a timetable for 2004, and while some things should not be included that currently are, that is not a reason for deletion.--Folksong 10:29, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Folksong. --DixiePixie 09:05, 20 November 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.