Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/In the year of the Independence of the United States of America

Delete. This, and its redirect, are only linked to from George W. Bush's September 11 proclamation 2004. As far as I can tell, it is only used in presidential proclamations. sjorford 20:56, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

None of which addresses a reason for deletion.--Samuel J. Howard 21:34, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
Neologism, dic def, original research, POV rant, I don't care--it should go bye bye. If we start collecting articles for every, um, 'unique' phrase uttered by W, we might as well rename the site www.mangledEnglish.org Merge into W article, at most. Niteowlneils 22:30, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It's not a unique phrase at all.--Samuel J. Howard 00:14, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

Just in case that's not clear, Delete article ~~and redirect~~. Niteowlneils 22:33, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Which of course isn't an option.--Samuel J. Howard 00:14, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

Redirect what? Who on Earth will search for exactly this phrase, so that a redirect will be necessary? Mikkalai 23:01, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Delete. Not of any value. The critique of the phrase in the article is extremal POV.Mikkalai
Keep, this is a standard piece of legal documents in the United States and there are things that can be said about it. I don't know if it is done in other countries, if so, it could be put under a less specific title. See this standard form for an arrest warrant in Louisiana that uses such a phrase.--Samuel J. Howard 00:13, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
Delete, in present form. Samuel J. Howard's citation of it in a legal form is interesting; if it could be shown that Bush was echoing what to him might be a familiar piece of legalese, the article would start to be interesting. It is, or used to be common for organizations to solemnize things by adding what might be called a "vanity year" in addition to the normal "anno domini." The inscription in Harvard's Memorial Hall, and doubtless elsewhere, gives the data "anno domini" and "anno conditi collegium Harvardiensis" or some such hocus-pocus. It seems to me that I've seen Boston inscriptions that gave the date both as "anno domini" and "ab urbi conditum Bostonia." In other words, there could be an interesting article on this topic or a related topic, but this isn't it [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 01:09, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Self-explanatory, if anything. --Golbez 01:50, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Self-explanatory dictdef. — Gwalla | Talk 03:31, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete, for reasons given. Lacrimosus 03:58, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Keep, I rather like the phrase. It's sure to be used more often. Because of that, it should be included in this encyclopedia. -- Crevaner 04:03, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Self-explanatory dicdef. Ambi 05:23, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete. It's just a phrase. --Improv 20:24, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete - I like the phrase but can't find a place for it in an encyclopedia unless he starts using it regularly - Tεx τ urε 20:23, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Delete. A non-notable phrase does not an encyclopedia article make. SWAdair | Talk 03:48, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)