Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phony soldiers controversy


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The result was delete and redirect to Rush Limbaugh. Eddie891 Talk Work 03:20, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Phony soldiers controversy

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This overblown article is about a single incident from September - October 2007 that is adequately covered at the Rush Limbaugh article. All of the references are from September or October 2007, indicating that this incident did not have lasting historical significance and thus is not notable. I just checked to see if it received renewed media attention with Limbaugh’s recent death, but it didn’t. The article is massively bloated; almost half of it consists of extended quotes or transcripts. I believe it should be deleted, then converted to a redirect to Rush Limbaugh. Note: The article, under a previous non-neutral name, was kept at AfD in October 2007, see Articles for deletion/Reid Smear Letter. MelanieN (talk) 16:34, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per nomination.TH1980 (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Also, its undue weight. Rklahn (talk) 21:28, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Rush Limbaugh: Definitely an indication of WP:ROUTINE. ASTIG😎  (ICE T • ICE CUBE) 14:20, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete a very minor reference may (or may not) be worth having in the article on Rush Limbaugh, but this article creates undue weight, and reflects mainly the historic fact that when this occur was before we had any even semi-adeqaute regulation or article creation in Wikipedia. It is a huge failure of not news guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per nom.  -- Devoke  water  17:56, 5 March 2021 (UTC)


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