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The result was Merge to Farewell speech. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-07 10:48Z

Farewell address[edit]

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A dictionary definition in essence, but then with substantial (and substantially incorrect) material that is inherently POV. WP is not Wiktionary. Utgard Loki 18:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Essentially belongs on Wiktionary. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment WP:WINAD is not a reason to delete or transwiki this article, because it's not a dictionary article. The article is about the concept of farewell addresses, not the term "farewell address." Pan Dan 19:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Lean keep as this is a moderately well-known topic that could be expanded beyond politics and particularly American politics. One potential list[1] (though not WP:RS, it's easily enough verified elsewhere). Additionally, I disagree with the nom that the article is "substantially incorrect". --Dhartung | Talk 20:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The first one" was Washington? <cough> The most important one was Washington? <sputter> No, it's substantially incorrect. The article is correct that a farewell address is a... well... farewell address. Past that, it's speculative and ill-informed. Utgard Loki 13:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • It needs improvement, but "first"->"first notable" doesn't seem wrong as a gloss, and the GW Farewell Address of 1796 is widely considered to have been the blueprint for US foreign policy for a century and informs it even today. --Dhartung | Talk 08:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • OK, I'm changing to merge to the slightly better (but sparsely linked-to) farewell speech. --Dhartung | Talk 08:56, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - this topic is definitely worthy of inclusion. Needs expansion though. - Richardcavell 07:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, but expand. Just H^{editor review} 13:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with farewell speech, or weak keep as a stub, since it has potential as a full entry. A farewell address is more closely associated with politics than a farewell speech, so they may eventually merit their own full entries. --Strangerer (Talk | Contribs) 11:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with farewell speech. A farewell address, due to its more specific association with politics, is a subset of farewell speeches. Until there is more information, no need for a separate article exists. Also, redirect per merge (GFDL) and plausible search term. -- Black Falcon 08:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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