Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barack Obama speech to the United Nations 2009


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The result was   delete. JForget 00:02, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Barack Obama speech to the United Nations 2009

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Three reasons for deletion. First, I'm sure all US Presidents since Truman (not to mention dozens of other heads of state and heads of government) have spoken to the UN General Assembly. That it's Obama's first, and that he espoused platitudes about "re-engaging the UN", does not lift it above the others in terms of notability. Nor does the media coverage it garnered make it notable: the US media covers every move of every US President, especially this one. Second, speeches to the General Assembly are known for being momentary affairs: as one historian puts it, "I don’t think anybody has ever done a real study of General Assembly speeches because nobody listens to them". And third, to the extent that what Obama said may be notable in a wider context, we already have Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration, Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration, Presidency of Barack Obama, Timeline of the Presidency of Barack Obama, and so on; we can work mention of the speech into relevant places there. No need for this to stay. Biruitorul Talk 01:38, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. News item; basically just another day in the life of a US President. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Tavix | Talk  02:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per WP:NOT. Joe Chill (talk) 02:55, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The nomination for deletion spelled out the problems with the article. Warrah (talk) 02:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The information could be merged if there were an article of Barack Obama in 2009 or what have you, but until then, this alone isn't enough. Doc Quintana (talk) 03:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
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