Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lead up to the Iraq War


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 23:59, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Lead up to the Iraq War

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This Article is a copy of the intro to the Iraq War main article. It would require a complete rewrite to make it a new article. Riotrocket8676  You gotta problem with that? 00:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete No article is needed for this Lets  drink  Tea  00:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Keep The Iraq War article is too big, would benefit from pruning  Lets  drink  Tea  00:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This is part of a process of pruning the main Iraq War article out in to smaller pieces. Adding more context to the article would be fine.--Nosfartu (talk) 00:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep It could benefit from pruning as mentioned, but a good way to prune it is how i did 2007 in Iraq so as to keep the articles together.  §hawn poo   01:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep reasonable fork-for-length. JJL (talk) 01:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - reduce page size, can add a link "Main article: Lead up to the Iraq War" on the Iraq War article.  Math Cool  10  Sign here! 05:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Iraq War until there is a proper summary of the split sections to replace the moved content per WP:SPLITTING. - Mgm|(talk) 10:56, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ooooh, now why didn't I think about that? Agree with MGM. -- Riotrocket8676  You gotta problem with that? 00:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge or redirect to Iraq War. It being solitary takes away from the context of the Iraq War article, and worsens the quality of WP. Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 01:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - reduce page size of Iraq War and expand this page. --Richard (talk) 04:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


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