Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Iraq and Vietnam wars


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The result was D e lete. Tiptoety talk 00:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Comparison of Iraq and Vietnam wars
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It seems to be purely original research. Were it an article of parallels drawn by notable figures, that would be one thing, but this seems to be purely POV.--THobern 00:31, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - I disagree that it is purely OR, but it does look like POV. Moo  Chat  00:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * By original research, I mean that the parallels, while possibly true, were originally synthesised. It seems to simply be a lot of disjointed parallells with little encyclopedic value.--THobern 01:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by THobern (talk • contribs)
 * I see... I agree with you there Moo  Chat  02:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete an interesting topic but not really encyclopedic. This also seems riddled with POV... notice it devotes 15 paragraphs to the similarities and one paragraph kinda-sorta to the differences (really that paragraph just quotes Bush). POV alone isn't a reason to delete... but my point is this article is based on cherry-picking references to support a given POV. Not to Godwin the thread, but if this article is okay, why not Comparison of (politician I dislike) and Adolf Hitler? --Rividian (talk) 01:20, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Awwwww! Now we have to keep the article! Protonk (talk) 05:01, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research. I think a far better way to learn the similarities and differences would be to learn about both. WillOakland (talk) 01:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - appears to be largely OR, and I suspect this kind of comparison is inherently unencyclopedic. Doc  Tropics  01:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not encyclopedic; no evidence that such a comparison is itself a topic of discussion. Not every comparison can have an entry. JJL (talk) 03:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.   —Nick Dowling (talk) 08:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Maybe - Maybe - some of this could be salvaged and shoved into a genaric "critism of the war" section, but at the moment thats sort of being generous due to the POV present in the article. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:47, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete the article because it is mostly non-encyclopedic, as it seems to be mostly original research and the title fosters non-neutrality right from the start. Researching both topics separately should allow people to draw their own conclusions. Comments made by government officials explicitly stating similarity between the Iraq and Vietnam wars should be merged with their relevant articles/sections. — OranL (talk) 09:42, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Unencyclopedic, OR.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


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