Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Petraeus on Iraq


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. The only quote listed in the article is a copyright violation from BBC news. If anyone is active on WQ, they can contact me or any other administrator for the link to that article for the quote. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 01:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Petraeus on Iraq

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 Delete - This article got speedy deleted first ("Little or no context") but was recreated a day later by the same author. I figured speedy-ing it again might be considered too rude, so I'm bringing it here. I don't see why it has to exist and why the quote can't be added to the David Petraeus article.   SIS   23:43, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

 Delete - The General said one thing in one instance, and all of a sudden that means that all of his prior statements are invalid? Ye Gods! I might as well create an article called Darwin on Evolution that included just the quote "To suppose that the eye [...] could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." The Squicks (talk) 23:54, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Transwiki to Wikiquote, maybe. They seem to be verifiable quotes, so the article, under the title of David Petraeus, may be valid there. Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 00:08, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 *  Delete unencyclopedic. JJL (talk) 00:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete seems like a POV fork. Per WP:NOTNEWS everything he says does not need to be in an article. Quoting someone is almost always biased as you are pulling out a small portion just to prove a point.  Gtstricky Talk or C 01:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.   —Nick Dowling (talk) 01:11, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki per Bart133 and then delete per WP:INDISCRIMINATE Nick Dowling (talk) 01:11, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki per Bart133 and delete As the article says "This article is intended to serve as a receptacle for statements ..."  Just a GF creation of a newbie who didn't know where it belonged.John Z (talk) 03:46, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:John Z for WP:AGF and thanks to User:Strikeout_Sister for allowing this discussion. I thought I might be able to circumvent edit-war paralysis by creating a new article -- compose first and worry about integration later.  I see now that there is no alternative to the interminable struggle in the trenches. -- NonZionist (talk) 13:33, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:NPOV, WP:NOTNEWS and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. -- Alexf42 12:35, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not encyclopedic.(Jayzee69 (talk) 18:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC))


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.