Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2012
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
— User:HidariMigi, 18:41, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:NOTPAPER (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)