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The result of the debate was revert back to the '''redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]]. I will let the page history stay, so if anyone thinks there is anything in the article worth merging with that article, just take a look at the page history. [[User:Sjakkalle|Sjakkalle]] [[User talk:Sjakkalle|<small>(Check!)</small>]] 10:08, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

===[[Thought police]]===

Let me state first off that certainly a legitimate, well-cited, balanced and NPOV article could be written on "Thought police". In fact, it was. Then it was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thought_police&diff=15161506&oldid=6622177 merged] and redirected to [[Thoughtcrime]]. After it had already been merged and redirected for about eight months, someone turned it into a separate article again and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thought_police&diff=15161601&oldid=6622177 rewrote the content] to reflect who he believes the modern "thought police" are. This is a POV fork, <s>and it should be '''deleted''' without merging.</s> -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 02:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC) Per the good point brought up by Christopher below, changing my vote to '''restore the redirect''' without saving the forked content. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 02:51, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Just make it back into a redirect. [[User:Grace Note|Grace Note]] 03:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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*'''Re-redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]]. --[[User:Angr|Angr]]/[[User_talk:Angr|_{{{IPA|tɔk tə mi}}}]] 06:28, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

*If it was merged earlier, wouldn't deleting it destroy the history of whatever was merged? Anyway, '''redirect''' (didn't really need to be brought to VFD). [[User:Christopherparham|Christopher Parham]] [[User_talk:Christopherparham|(talk)]] 08:01, 2005 July 20 (UTC)

*'''Re-redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]], that article has everything we need about the Thought police in [[Nineteen Eighty-four]] and whether his predictions have come true. [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] 11:52, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]]. I do feel that some of this material could perhaps fit into that article, but I say redirect rather than merge because it really should be added thru collaboration with the Thoughtcrime editors (heh), rather than circumventing the process. [[User:Dcarrano|Dcarrano]] 12:26, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

*'''Revert to redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]] -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs2000]] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit&section=new Talk] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 15:02, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]]. [[User:Kenwarren|Ken]] 20:57, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' somehow, even if it takes the recommended redirect. ~ [[User:WCFrancis|WCFrancis]] 23:44, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Re-redirect''' to [[thoughtcrime]] as above. [[User:Xoloz|Xoloz]] 02:48, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''keep''': While deleting this article may be a dream come true for deletionists, but a dark moment for the Wikipedia's [[institutional memory]]. The fact that a series of VfD proposals, for [[Moral compass]], [[Elliott Valenstein]] and this article, suddenly arose, after repudiation of protracted efforts to delete the [[New Freedom Commission on Mental Health]] Wikilink from the [[Mind control]] article, brings into doubt the propriety of these proposed VfDs. [[User:Ombudsman|Ombudsman]] 03:11, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Merge/Redirect''' as appriopriate like others suggest ('''Oh noes!''' [[Groupthink]]!) [[User:Gamera2|Gamera2]] 00:59, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]]. Simple enough. --[[User:Calton|Calton]] | [[User talk:Calton|Talk]] 01:47, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

*'''Merge/Redirect''' overlapping & new content with [[Thoughtcrime]] | [[User:Cwolfsheep|Cwolfsheep]] 15:16, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

**Out of curiosity, what content do you see in the article that deserves merging? I think [[User:Dcarrano|Dcarrano]] makes a good point, that whatever content is in [[Thought police]] that isn't in [[Thoughtcrime]] was not produced by collaboration with other editors but by the exact opposite. -- [[User:Antaeus Feldspar|Antaeus Feldspar]] 18:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

*'''Redirect''' to [[Thoughtcrime]] as my hive-mind insists. [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<span style="color:#2f4f4f;">brenneman</span>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(t)</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(c)</sup>]] 03:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

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