Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Myths and misperceptions about Texas


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The result was Delete as original research. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 18:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Myths and misperceptions about Texas

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Original research. Was at one time PROD'ed after a lengthy discussion with the original author, with the author finally endorsing the PROD and then even replacing it with a speedy-deletion request, but the latter was removed by somebody else (the PROD would otherwise probably have led to deletion back then). A second speedy request was made today, but CSD doesn't apply. - Note that the OR problem does not apply so much to the facts reported as correct (those are well sourced, in fact), but to the claims about what are "wide-spread" misconceptions. No problem about stating that Texas has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico. But what's the source for claiming that people commonly believe it hasn't? No problem stating that cotton is among Texas' traditional industries. But what's the justification for implying that people typically aren't aware of that? To forestall one possible keep argument: The case of Common misconceptions about HIV and AIDS is not a suitable keep precedent, for exactly that reason: In the case of AIDS, the issue of what are and what aren't common misconceptions is the object of a well-documented public discourse and doubtless numerous scientific studies. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, nominator says it all.  Proto ::  ►  19:16, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator and as blatent OR. meshach 22:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, or userfy this personal essay. Although individual points are fairly well sourced, the whole point of the article is that this is a well-recognized list of widely-held misperceptions, and that point isn't supported by any sources at all. I do have to observe that Hollywood has indeed had a propensity for filming scenes that supposedly take place in Texas in the Monument Valley. A notable example is The Searchers. There are amazing scenes of a rancher's cabin surrounded by arid desert... I always wondered where the stock grazed. Actually imdb comments that "In the climactic scene, John Wayne and Natalie Wood run up the side of a hill in Monument Valley, Utah... and come down the other side of the hill in the Bronson Canyon area of Griffith Park, Los Angeles." Dpbsmith (talk) 22:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Danny Lilithborne 00:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research and a personal essay.-- danntm T C 00:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per my (way too long-winded) comments on the article's talk page. --TheOtherBob 16:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Any specific statements that are properly sourced can be incorporated into Texas or appropriate daughter articles, if not already there. JamesMLane t c 10:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


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