Proposed wording of the criterion: Articles that are advocacy of political action or which serve directly in an ongoing political action and which serve no other purpose and are not encyclopedic are candidates for managed deletion for political speech. It is critical that reportage of political action and discussion of political action not be candidates for managed deletion. Instead, repetitions of current political campaign speech, attempts at passing off political speech talking points as truth, and attempts to divert Wikipedia to serve an ongoing political campaign are candidates for Managed Deletion for political speech. Note also that the political speech in question must be real world and direct. Any indirect political appeals or indirect service of political agendas is not a candidate. Geogre 01:25, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
The following are examples of Political Speech that were found to be (or would have been) eligible for deletion under this policy:
- Contemporary culture- border hopping, the contents of which read:
- "At least 2 million immigrants flood into the U.S. each year, polluting the environment and lowering education standards."
- John Kerry flip-flops Although this may be the least obvious, it is still a case where Wikipedia has been used to establish and quickly propagate something that is, in essence, campaign material.
The following are examples of Political Speech that were not found to be (or would not have been) eligible for deletion under this policy:
The following are unclear examples:
- No-boo: This functions as a news release, a way of advertising a political point of view and "getting the word out" that the media lies. It is, in other words, a shot in an ongoing battle. There is no encyclopedic content. Content excerpted:
- The 'Booing' allegedly heard and reported by reporters of the AP at a campaign rally, that was subsequently shown to be false when witnesses complained and actual audio of the event turned up, forcing AP to alter their story, with no retraction. See also Rathergate.
- Audio:[1] (http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/bush.mp3)
- Story 1 (Associated Press 9/3/2004):
- WEST ALLIS, Wis. - President Bush (news - web sites) on Friday wished Bill Clinton (news - web sites) "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery." "He's is in our thoughts and prayers," Bush said at a campaign rally. Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them. Bush offered his wishes while campaigning one day after accepting the presidential