Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Government House, Wellington


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The result was   Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Tavix | Talk  04:37, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Government House, Wellington

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Too much of it is copyvio from  and other sources. Gutting it didn't really help - it removed most of the content and the rest of it is also suspected copyvio. Time to WP:BLOWITUP and start over. Article itself doesn't even indicate why it is notable after being gutted (though probably notable in itself - but this is pretty unsalvageable). &mdash; kikichugirl  speak up! 23:22, 25 December 2014 (UTC) Snow keep Seeing as there's an evident possibility of snow keep here, I withdraw my nomination. &mdash; kikichugirl  speak up! 03:19, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:27, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep The building is indisputably notable, and I oppose having no article about the building, even briefly. The current poor state of the article is due to removing large chunks of text without substituting brief cited paraphrases. The copyvio detector is unconvincing. Of course, there are repetitions of government titles and designations. That does not violate copyright. WP:BLOWITUP is an essay which I find unpersuasive in this case. We are not talking about a promotional article about a new pop "star" or a YouTuber. This is a highly notable topic, and the article should be improved through normal editing. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  00:38, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep If the nominator wishes to start over then she may do so by means of ordinary editing; deletion is neither necessary nor helpful in this. Helpful sources for the topic include: The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General; Conservation of Government House, Wellington; The Making of Wellington, 1800-1914. Andrew D. (talk) 00:54, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep As per User:Cullen328. This is clearly a historical building that played a part in history. There seem to be minor swaths of text that are copyvios, but those can be excised. A rewrite may be in order, but not a delete. DiscantX (talk) 00:58, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Personally, I'd like to WP:TNT WP:TNT. Especially when it is applied like this. The copyvio detector is not convincing, titles, location names and simple wording are always going to be repeated like this and aren't copyrighted material anyway. The only section I can see clearly copypasted was about Lord Plunkett. Removing the leading paragraph was ridiculous . . . seriously, there are only so many ways to say that in the first place that its bordering on uncopyrightable, and it would've taken the remover two seconds to paraphrase anyway.  JT dale Talk ~ 02:56, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
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