Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Progressive politicians in the United States

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The result was delete. There is a clear consensus that the term "progressive" is too nebulous to define for purposes of a coherent list. BD2412 T 05:23, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Progressive politicians in the United States

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The term progressive is hard to define and is in most cases subjective. While things like membership in a progressive caucus or in a political party is easy to define and leaves little to no room for original research, whether or not someone is progressive is open to interpretation. Justi yaya 14:10, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Lists of people, and United States of America. Justi yaya 14:10, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Progress-ive is subjective. Today vs tomorrow etc. Lightburst (talk) 17:28, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There already exists Congressional Progressive Caucus#Membership and "progressive" is inherently subjective. Fails WP:NLIST. --Enos733 (talk) 18:22, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the term being hard to define doesn't mean it's not used in reliable sources. If reliable sources use it to describe people they can be listed here. Progressive politicians could be in different parts of the government like the Senate or local and state legislatures, and the CPC is only the U.S. house Andre🚐 18:42, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's possible to determine that a person X has been described by NBC, NYT etc as progressive. Such information often belongs in those politicians' respective articles. But labeling someone in a list as progressive in wiki voice, without qualification, is a gross oversimplification.... Ovinus (talk) 19:26, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The term "progressive" is too nebulous to warrant a standalone list like this one. It also may amount to improper synthesis of different sources; what if one source calls X progressive and another doesn't? I'm also not certain of an NLIST pass. Sure, people talk about progressivism as a whole, but do reliable sources publish and discuss "lists of progressive politicians"? (If they did, then synthesis concerns might be lessened.) Ovinus (talk) 19:26, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A list of Congressional Progressive Caucus members already exists, and the remainder constitutes original research based on a subjective label. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:44, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A list of people that can be applied a label which has had political currency since the turn of the 20th century all the way up until now, with shifting ideas and platforms? Yeah, bad idea, and WP:INDISCRIMINATE risk, would essentially be a category with possibly thousands of entries. -Indy beetle (talk) 06:29, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as completely inappropriate WP:SYNTH. Not all people who support progressive legislation should be lumped together into just one "progressive" category; not to mention there's also the Progressive Era. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 23:12, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not meet our guidelines for inclusion. Also WP:SYNTH. Bruxton (talk) 14:42, 9 September 2022 (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.