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The result of the debate was no consensus with vote totals of 7 delete, 4 keep. FCYTravis 23:04, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable website, one match on google (and it's the actual website). Wikipedia is not a web directory. Chairboy 02:13, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per above- Chairboy 02:13, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User:Punkmorten left an unsigned message on my user talk suggesting I change my vote because there are more matches for a bare 'Politics1' search, but the website still appears to be a non-notable blog. - Chairboy 18:22, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Actually, although the site may still be non-notable, a google search for its name gives 27,300 hits, to be specific, and the site has an Alexa ranking of 73,602. --Mysidia 02:38, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete IMHO, Wikipedia is not a place where we keep descriptions about websites which exist. If this page explains what this website does, just go to the website and figure it out. Encyclopedic must not be confused with "just about anything at all". Just my two cents. Manik Raina 04:23, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Wikipedia is not a web directory, but many notable websites have articles in Wikipedia. This one seems notable enough, with more hits than the nominator thought at first. It has been mentioned several times in different media.

• Unsigned vote by Punkmorten

• Keep. There are more matches on google if you run a search on "Politics1" instead of "Politics1.com." The website has been noted by several main stream publications, as well as elected officials in several states. Also, some Wikipedia articles, such as the one for Gene Amondson, include links to the Politics1.com website. --WayneNight (Preceding comment by 68.85.24.141, not by WayneNight as signed)
• Delete--another blog with low alexa rank and relatively few google hits. NN. Meelar (talk) 14:02, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per above. --jonasaurus 18:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Wikipedia is not a web directory. --Carnildo 22:17, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Not perfect for a wikipedia article, but it's a great tool for political information, I volunteered during the New Hampshire Primary in 2004 and used it often.Karmafist 00:53, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is one of the more notable political websites. Kaibabsquirrel 09:48, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Ok, seeing how this vote appears to be going I have to say something. Not long ago there was a VfD on the Internet Movie Database, which everyone rightly noted was a frivolous VfD nomination and the article was speedily kept. Wikipedia is not a web directory, true, but websites that are somehow notable in one way or another rate Wikipedia articles. IMDB has an article because is a standard online reference for film. Politics1 is a standard online reference for state and federal political candidates and has been since the late 1990s, as long as I have been actively on the net. At least *I* have been aware of it and using it that long. The weblog part of the site isn't that high ranked among blogs and in fact is a rather new addition, and I would suspect that Politics1 is no longer as popular as it once was due to the proliferation of other political websites, that and the popularity of the website peaks during election cycles. This is a prime case of where Google hits and Alexa rankings DO NOT establish notability. If this article winds up being deleted it's another sign that the VfD process as it currently exists is broken. I would encourage everyone to rethink your delete votes. Kaibabsquirrel 14:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete wikipedia is not a web directory. JamesBurns 03:45, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per media coverage [1] Kappa 18:12, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, one of nine trillion not notable political blogs. Lord Bob 00:40, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

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