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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was ALREADY REDIRECTED, but not by me. Splash 17:31, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Minuteman project[edit]

I believe that this article (The Minuteman project) has a bunch of issues. Someone considered merging it with the Minuteman Project, which is a different page. (Also, note "The Minuteman Project" with a capital P redirecits to Minuteman Project),

  • As some of you know, and as you can see on Minuteman Project, it was a group of American citizens that began in 2005 opposing illegal immigration
  • The article at The Minuteman project starts talking about a "Minuteman Project" as a group of "American farmers" opposing illegall immigration.
  • It says that "The group became infamous during 2000, as The Neighborhood Watch Ranch". When I searched "Neighborhood Watch Ranch" in Google, I found no results outside of Wikipedia/related articles.
  • I could not verify any of the other information about the alleged illegal activities of such a group.
  • The article then jumps to the 2005 T-Shirt incident. This seems to be talking about the recently created "Minuteman Project" as written in Minuteman Project.
  • The reference link at the bottom of the page only talks about the Minuteman Project in 2005, it makes no mention whatsoever of a 2000 group called "The Neighborhood Watch Ranch" or any similar activities.
  • The article is laden with extreme POV and unsourced accusations.
  • In conclusion, I think that most of the The Minuteman project page is a complete fabrication made up to slander the Minuteman Project. The 2005 t-shirt incident is the only information with sources to back it up, and it's already covered in Minuteman Project
  • The Minuteman project should not be merged with Minuteman Project as requested by a user.

--Ar57 00:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Appears to be either a POV fork or an accidental duplication. Either way, the claims made aren't referenced, and I can't find anything on Google, either. The Minuteman Project presents a good POV description of this group, AFAICT. If there's any verifiable, useful info in this article (which I doubt), merge it into The Minuteman Project; otherwise, Delete. android79 00:53, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
    • Err, yeah, I meant Redirect. Really, I did. (Although delete-and-recreate-as-redirect wouldn't be a bad idea, either.) android79 01:29, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Minuteman Project, appears to be a dupe. —PrologFan {Talk} 01:08, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to the above page, since it is a duplication. Plus, these guys and other protesters are in my area now, so I heard a lot of what they want to do and what they have done so far. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:15, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect. Not sure why this needed a VfD. Pburka 01:29, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect, pretty clearly. -Splash 01:42, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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