RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Olympia Snowe

Olympia Snowe | Result: Goat

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Delete

 * 1) Questionable missionality and unlikely to be updated. Cosmikdebris (talk) 00:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) I mean, I'd heard of her in exactly this context as described here.  But... not sure there's a mission component in pointing out lame-ass centrists who are lame and asses.  ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 21:11, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds like someone I might have voted for, but she's not interesting enough to have her own article. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano  Make a Reservation  23:23, 26 July 2018 (UTC) (See below).
 * 1) - 05:42, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Why did this even get added in the first place? RoninMacbeth (talk) 16:17, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * She was cited in the media a possible crosser on some super public party-line votes, but then didn't. ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 16:50, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's a pretty crappy reason. Delete. RoninMacbeth (talk) 16:53, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) No point. 00:18, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Keep

 * 1) She is a good example of what politics should be about, moderation and compromise. Nerd (talk) 13:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) A Republican with some level of sanity in this day and age? Clearly this article is as valuable as the sighting of a Unicorn. 15:56, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Olympia Snowe's story demonstrates how liberals and conservatives are becoming increasingly polarized and the space for moderates is vanishing. Spud (talk) 14:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Keep. It's worth writing about these kinds of people and I already said, she's among those in the party that realize how rotten to the core the GOP has currently become.
 * You forgot to sign, miss! Nerd (talk) 23:53, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, poop. 05:27, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) I've retracted my previous vote to delete and now wish for this article to stay. This is due to the recent additions and revisions done by . Well done! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano  Make a Reservation  17:41, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Keep, as per others. Bongolian (talk) 17:50, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Goat

 * I don't support delete but more of a brief mention in a list of the more moderate people who served in the party. Why she left is pretty notable thing, as she echoes sentiments expressed by other former Republicans. 20:41, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Same as above. Nerd (talk) 13:13, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * A moderate Republican would fit in the Cryptozoology category these days. It'd be a shame to lose all the content even if it's hard to justify the missionality. --Gospatric (talk) 10:48, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I've found all the moderate republicans ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 16:07, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe it needs some rewriting to emphasize that she retired from politics because she thought the Republicans were going too right-wing. I think that needs to be briefly mentioned in the introduction. Really, until I got to the penultimate paragraph, I was thinking, "Seems like a nice lady. But so what?" I can't help thinking that she'd be more mission-worthy if instead of retiring she'd crossed the floor and joined the Democrats. Or if she'd given interviews since retiring in which she'd criticized the Republicans and Trump (which I assume she hasn't). Spud (talk) 15:40, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * She has, in fact. She is easily under the radar. It takes a stealth fighter to find a stealth fighter. Will update soon. Give me a bit of time, alright? Nerd (talk) 15:45, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * OK. I think you've sold me on the idea of this page staying. And I am liking this Olympia Snowe lady more and more! Spud (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I like her, too., , , and  I made several updates to the page. If you like what you see, please vote to keep the page. Thanks! Nerd (talk) 12:40, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Have done. Spud (talk) 14:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There are probably a billion US politicians that aren't missional. Some days I almost feel this is just "USpoliticiansWiki". —Kazitor Kazitor sig pic.png 07:49, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Feel free and add people from the Land Down Under. Nerd (talk) 12:49, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's not the point, the point is that many of these people aren't very relevant. Are you actually interested in the antics of [random Australian politician], are you just saying that to balance the overwhelming amount of US ones? —Kazitor Kazitor sig pic.png 06:44, 7 August 2018 (UTC)