Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Most powerful person in the world


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Most powerful person in the world

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It's basically an article saying Barack Obama is the most powerful person in the world, mostly derived from the Forbes list and some random statements. This is not an official title and it's not based on any solid criteria. Therefore this article hardly has any encyclopedic value. What little information there is can easily be mentioned in the Obama article (if it isn't already). Atlan (talk) 12:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Since this basically tells that Obama is the most powerful person in the world, based on Forbes, then, I believe this should be deleted and added into any of the countless Obama-related articles that seem to be very very loose.-- JL 09  q? c|undefined 13:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Perhaps the article creator believes "Most powerful person in the world" is an established term in political science or a noteworthy award of some sort. It's not. Doomsdayer520 (Talk|Contribs) 13:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There should not be an article which presents a single fact. Rather mention in President of the United States. (If it was The most interesting man in the world that would be another story.) Kitfoxxe (talk) 14:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Yeah, we get it, Forbes Magazine says that it's Barack Obama. That's worth one sentence in his article.  Mandsford (talk) 15:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Actually, the most powerful person in the world is probably the President of the United States–who happens to be Obama at the moment. A year ago it would have been George W. Bush. In other words, it is the office, not the person. •••Life of Riley (T–C) 00:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * (Off Topic)I'm inclined to agree with that, as Barak Obama was much less powerful as a US senator. Nevertheless, Forbes states Obama as the most powerful.   TheWeak Willed   (T * G) 01:23, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Topic already covered at Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People   TheWeak Willed   (T * G) 00:28, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. A blatant duplication of a single "fact" from the Forbes list. - Mgm|(talk) 13:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, inherent POV, dubious entry all around. Hairhorn (talk) 01:48, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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