RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Olympia Snowe

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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).

3. -DiamondDisc1|1csiDdnomaiD (talk) 05:42, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
4. 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)

5. No point.—€h33s3βurg3rF@€3  (talk • stalk) 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. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 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. ^{— Unsigned, by: LeftyGreenMario / talk / contribs}

   @LeftyGreenMario You forgot to sign, miss! Nerd (talk) 23:53, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

   Oh, poop. --It's-a me, LeftyGreenMario! 05:27, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

5. 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 @Nerd. Well done! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:41, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
6. 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. --It's-a me, LeftyGreenMario! 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)

  @Spud 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)

  @Nerd 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. @Spud, @LeftyGreenMario, @Gospatric @DiamondDisc1, and @DuceMoosolini 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 07:49, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

  @Kazitor Feel free and add people from the Land Down Under. Nerd (talk) 12:49, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

  @Nerd 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 06:44, 7 August 2018 (UTC)