Deletion of International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2012

Comment: and comment: This "extended" debate is out-of-order; the discussion already reached effective consensus, but now is being prolonged until every delete commenter can weigh in? IMHO, this sort of article is precisely why Wikipedia exists: it is a well-referenced list of reactions of international leaders and bodies to a major world event. No other place has such information-- nor is it appropriate to any other Wiki project. For those who might be confused, it is not a "#NEWS|news article" -- even if there have been similar (but significantly shorter) resources produced by AP. This is not 1) a first-hand account of original research; 2) written in journalistic style; 3) an insignificant single event such as "announcements, sports, or celebrities." It is an expansion of an important part of the main United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Reactions|United States presidential election, 2012 article which it can not be folded back into, due to the sheer volume of reactions. For better or worse, the Presidency of the United States is the most powerful position in the world-- and the election of the president impacts the course of events not only within the American sphere of influence, but in every aspect of globe: economically, culturally, militarily and politically. Those who wish to remove this article seem to me to be losing sight that PAPER|Wikipedia is not paper. Articles such as this are critical to the utility of the project, where relatively obscure topics tend to dominate, such as lists of every List_of_Pokémon_episodes|episode of Pokemon. By way of comparison, consider the valuable Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012 which is "merely a collection of raw data
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:NOTPAPER)

Comment: I agree with Tariqabjotu. "International reactions" articles are spinning out of control. There is no indication that these "international reactions" are in anyway notable. This is an unencyclopedic sub-subject and should as such be deleted as . &ndash;&nbsp
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: Back in the days before Wikipedia, this stuff was used as filler to keep the A section of the newspaper from getting too small; most of it went unreported because, well, nobody really cared, and there was generally enough political news/gossip to fill the news hole. And nobody really cares today; it's just more accessible because it's used to fill up websites instead of paper pages. The first two-thirds of it is routine ''pro forma'' diplomatic chatter, utterly unnoteworthy. Most of the rest is talking-heads space-filling speculation which in an earlier age would be filed in the periodicals section of the library or put on microfilm and ignored forever after; it is impossible to pick out what is notably prescient or stupid, and unless it somehow seizes the imagination of the world (which none of it has—I would have noticed) there's no reason to memorialize any of it here. Verifiability is beside the point; its the unimportance the material that is the problem. It's being used to fill out the  trope that this is some sort of "Once to Every Man and Nation" epochal decision, when the truth is that this kind of material is ground out at every election, and then promptly (and rightly) set aside and ignored
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:UNDUE)

Comment: Substantive and encyclopedic |list article, which otherwise would be excessive to merge into the main article. The reactions may seem similar, but touch on notable, ongoing issues relevant to varied geographic and political spheres
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists (WP:STAND)

Comment: This is a good  with plenty of precedent on other election pages. Given its length I think it's appropriate to keep it separate rather than merge it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:LISTPURP)