Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of US Government @ Twitter

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 00:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of US Government @ Twitter[edit]

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Quoting WP:NOTDIR: "Contact information such as phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses are not encyclopedic." Twitter addresses aren't that far removed from email addresses. No sources are provided to show that the addresses are verified (other than checking each address in turn); building the list is just shy of original research. Also, the list is incomplete, and I don't see it being completed in the foreseeable future, as governments continue to add Twitter feeds. While the criteria are well-defined, the list is so wide in scope that it will quickly explode beyond the 50–100 entries the creator expects. While I can accept that a Twitter feed might be an acceptable external link for the city's, county's, or state's article, there's no need to run a laundry list of them like this. —C.Fred (talk) 05:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There aren't that many resources about the use of Twitter for Local Government. This list is going to be build and maintained by the webmasters of cities and counties.

Just as Wikipedia, it is not the goal to create a complete list, but a list of good references/best practices. A central (neutral and reliable) resource on the web about Twitter & local government is highly needed and will improve the use of Twitter (and social media) for local government and thus will result in better service for citizens.

Besides, this article is not in any way in conflict with the "Reasons for deletion" section in the "Wikipedia deletion policy", so please let us continue building an important reference for thousands of public servants through the country working in the internet industry. Or have a Wikipedia Deletion Patrol person that works in this specific field judge the importance of this resource. Dotgovcom (talk) 05:52, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains existing links to governmental websites and twitter pages. It contain no original research and therefor complies with Wikipedia:NOR
All references and links in this article are reliable sources (i.e. websites from governmental organizations) and can be easily verified by clicking on the link, thus complies with Wikipedia:V
This article does not contain phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses. Twitter pages are not mentioned in Wikipedia:NOTDIR as a reason for deletion.

Dotgovcom (talk) 06:17, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. If the Twitter page of a local government agency is considered useful information, it should be identified in the particular article about the respective locality or agency, not in an overall article about all Twitter pages that can be found for any government in the U.S. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete with the WP:NOTDIR assertions above. JakeZ (talk) 08:07, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete pretty basic directory... an alphabetical list with nothing but contact information. --Sancho Mandoval (talk) 15:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is a directory list through and through. JBsupreme (talk) 17:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: A directory. Joe Chill (talk) 01:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTDIR.--Staberinde (talk) 17:54, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nominator. This looks like a textbook directory. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 00:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a textbook example of why we ahve WP:NOTDIR Bradjamesbrown (talk) 05:45, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Also, we could go by the definition that a page full of links to twitter pages is essentially a page just full of external links to other websites, and thus qualifies to be speedy deleted under WP:CSD#A3. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:54, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.