Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michele Bachmann, EdWatch, and MFI
I apologize for a vague deletion rationale. Let me try again. First, it may be possible to keep Michele Bachmann and the 2000 election and Michele Bachmann and the 2002 election if they are renamed and rewritten as Minnesota State Senate District 56 election, 2000 and Minnesota State Senate District 56 election, 2002, but they would have to be substantially rewritten to present a |neutral point of view giving coverage to both major-party candidates and any broader view of the district elections. I am uncertain how many state senate elections actually have articles; I found Georgia's 24th state senate district special election, 2007, as one example, but several states have collective articles covering all state-level elections, such as Washington State Senate elections, 2006. I am concerned about giving #Undue weight to one particular candidate (whether positive or negative) and one particular election, that doesn't on the face of it seem to have been that important at the national level or even the state level. I am '''very''' concerned about the undue weight given to the allegations in the topmost article listed, Michele Bachmann, EdWatch, and MFI, since it simply reads like |an attack page, again giving undue weight to certain allegations against someone. It seems inappropriate for Wikipedia to become a #DIR|directory of political allies and positions, particularly when there is no demonstrated |notability of this connection other than creating a laundry list. Finally, I see no rationale for keeping an article on a ''school board'' election, given that school board membership is well below the bar set by . Again, it seems to give undue weight to the importance of this phase of this politician's career. Most Congresspeople have prior careers that have been at least slightly controversial in local terms, but generally doing this sort of detailed examination is beyond the |encyclopedic purposes of Wikipedia
— User:Dhartung, 00:53, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NPOV||WP:NPOV||WP:ATK||WP:NOT||WP:N||WP:BIO||WP:ENC (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)