Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seamus (dog)
per , part of , one of Wikipedia's core policies, which states that Wikipedia is not to be used for "scandal-mongering" and that "articles should not be written purely to attack the reputation of another person." 2012 is a major election year in the United States, and it's important that we keep a watchful eye on relevant articles, not only in order to prevent Wikipedia from being used for advocacy or promotion of particular candidates, but also to prevent it from being used to tarnish particular candidates. Wikipedia should not be used as an attack platform. This article exists solely to highlight an event in Mitt Romney's past &ndash; an event which has been used repeatedly to mildly embarrass and/or denigrate Romney since he is running for president. The event has by no means resulted in a significant scandal; it has just resulted in a series of negative jokes by Romney's detractors. And that's fine for them &ndash; but Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopedia, and allowing this article would make Wikipedia into a sort of attack platform. It's not as though web-surfers, without this article, would have a hard time finding juicy gossip about Mitt Romney's dog. It seems that Gail Collins cracks unfunny jokes about the dog-on-the-car incident in nearly every one of her ''New York Times'' columns, and numerous websites clearly contain information about the anecdote. Wikipedia doesn't have to be one of them &ndash; and, per policy, it ''shouldn't'' be one of them
— User:A, 03:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTSCANDAL||WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)