Deletion of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories

Comment: and be done with it - I was against this article's creation from the beginning, and only reluctantly dropped in on it in the last few days to confirm how bad I thought it would be going.  It is a cesspool of all the tinfoil nuttery that was unfit for the main Barack Obama page, essentially a 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks (WP:FORK)

Comment: The subject matter is unmistakeably a subject of continuing notoriety in mainstream media, and maintaining this separate article is by far the best way to deal with the subject on Wikipedia.  This issue was discussed at considerable length at ringe theories/Noticeboard#Obama_born_in_Kenya and the conclusions there are still valid: the issue isn't going away, it is still getting coverage in mainstream media, it performs a genuine public service for Wikipedia to maintain an unbiased article carefully itemizing the allegations and their refutations, and it provides a place to redirect (and then delete where appropriate) a bunch of material that otherwise keeps mucking up other Obama articles.  Moreover, given the subject matter, the article is managing to stay remarkably well-written and direct, thanks in particular to the heroic efforts of certain editors who have invested a lot of time to make this work
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Non-free content (WP:F)