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 Redirect to World government in science fiction. There is little information that can be saved for a merge, and I will userify on request if it is needed for that purpose. — Coren ^(talk) 03:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

President of Earth (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Contested prod. This article was previously deleted through AfD (its second nomination) with the provision that it could be re-created with "focus and sources." This attempt does cite sources, but it is still no more than a very-loosely-related collection of a handful of sources that mention this fictional concept. This concept is still not notable, and merely citing these few sources still does not make it so. Let's please delete this article for good, once and for all. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AFD Clean up I cleaned up this AFD nomination Diff as the original poster overwrote the 2nd Nomination Diff when they should have been posting a 3rd. I am the creator of the current article history. Jeepday (talk) 20:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Despite what Twinkle has tagged, this appears to be the article's third AfD. If an admin could fix this and restore the real 2nd AfD, I would appreciate it. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks. Twinkle screws up sometimes when there are multiple previous AfD's. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Notable and verifiable. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 18:21, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• redirect or merge to World government in science fiction. Artw 19:08, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Merger is unnecessary. Otto4711 20:27, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The first save of this stub article with 3 references was barely 5 minutes old when it was posted with a WP:PROD Diff. In about 30 minutes it had grown to a larger stub with 5 references and was then summited for WP:AFD. There are now references and wikilinks to articles supporting the notability of this article, there is no deadline but this stub article clearly meets the requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia. Jeepday (talk) 20:55, 12 November 2007 (UTC) (creator of the current article)[reply]

• Nothing included in the article establishes the notability of the fictional concept. What we have here is the beginnings of a List of Presidents of Earth which, since the cited items have little or nothing in common beyond having a President of Earth, constitutes a directory of loosely associated topics. Otto4711 22:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Agreed with Otto4711. Despite the enhanced sources, it's still a loosely-associated list. I could live with a redirect, but the subject itself just doesn't cut it. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to World government in science fiction. This is just a list of fictional characters who happen to have held positions with the same title. That doesn't make them distinctive enough to be treated separately from other fictional global rulers – at least, the article cites no sources to indicate that "Presidents of Earth" are a subject of study in their own right. EALacey 22:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect Per Lacey, with merger of the useful information. Mandsford 01:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect per Lacey, and merge verifiable and useful info. Edison 03:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• redirect to and mention in World government in science fiction. Xaver David 15:36, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect. I'm comfortable with the redirect suggested above as I don't think the article meets coverage and verifiability arguments of WP:N. SorryGuy 21:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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