Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/202-456-1414


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was redirect to White House. Some content has already been merged, it seems. --- RockMFR 05:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

202-456-1414

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This information is too trivial and not notable, Wikipedia is not a directory.  T Rex  | talk  09:55, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related page because it is trivial/non notable as well.:


 * Delete as Wikipedia is not a telephone directory.  Pablo   Talk  |  Contributions  10:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge into White House. Marginally useful information if anybody wants to call. Wl219 11:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and don't merge - non encyclopedic information. WP:NOT. KTC 12:06, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment As the White House phone number, it's actually, one of the most recognizable; but like "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" it's not the basis for a stand alone article. Nothing to merge, really.  I didn't know about 456-1111, which is kind of an answering machine for the president, but same comment.   I'm surprised that there isn't an article about the official telephone numbers for places like the White House, 10 Downing Street, etc.   Please note that you cannot reach President Bush directly by calling 456-1414, although you can attempt to get the switchboard to put you through.  You might try 202-334-4775 however. Mandsford 14:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to White House. A search of Google News should several stories in which there was much more than a directory listing, talking about the number and the volunteers and operators who field thousands of calls. Over the decades it has been a common rhetorical device for newspaper editorial writers around the world to urge their readers to call the number about issues of war or the economy. Secretary of State famously urger Israel to call the number in 1990. One editorial criticized Reagan for believing that calls supporting his policies reflected the public's views. It is at least as deserving of a paragraph in the White House article as the existing section on the White House web site. Perhaps the section there could be "White House switchboard." 71.57.125.95 15:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Agree. I remember a Daily Show interview where Jon Stewart asked Tom Brokaw if he had the phone number for the White House, and Brokaw replied with 202-456-1414 (and Jon wrote it down eagerly...) Wl219 18:28, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not 555-1212 Rackabello 22:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge A somewhat notable phone number, but not enough for its own article. A sentence or two in White House would probably suffice, and wouldn't burden that article greatly.  --Phirazo 04:46, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete & Redirect to White House. No notability established for this number Corpx 06:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep on the basis of the google news accounts. "white House Switchboard" would seem a better title, as suggested by the anon. DGG (talk) 06:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you suggesting that we create the White House switchboard article and then redirect these two articles to the new one? If the article is created, then I would definitely change my !vote above.  Pablo   Talk  |  Contributions  06:57, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge into The White House. Worth mentioning but not worth its own article. J I P  | Talk 07:46, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It's already covered in White House, so redirect this article to White House. There's nothing to merge.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to White House. 132.205.44.5 21:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to the White House article. This is not a telephone number I am familiar with, but it seems that the number is notable enough that some people may search for information about it.  Yamaguchi先生 04:14, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 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.