Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and French Governments Compared


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United States and French Governments Compared

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It's an essay; a comparison of the two. WP:NOT. Leonard(Bloom) 23:14, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Sorry. All we need is the articles on each one so that we can compare them ourselves. (p.s. there are over 100 national governments in the world. Should we have 10,000 articles comparing each one to each other? [Of course I know that the USA and France are much more important than most in the history of government.]) :-) Steve Dufour (talk) 23:17, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's an essay. Additionally, I do not think that this can be salvaged, as this topic, in my opinion, will always be unencyclopedic. « D. Trebbien ( talk ) 00:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Seems like a version of Government of France tailored to an American audience, i.e. without a global view. There is no particular reason we should make these comparisons; instead, we should make sure that the appropriate base article is complete and clear. --Dhartung | Talk 01:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete it's a personal essay. Wikipedia is not a repository for your homework. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 01:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Not because it isn't interesting, but Wikipedia doesn't encourage "apples and oranges" articles, where X is compared and contrasted with Y-- simply because there are infinite combinations of things that can be compared. The ban on "original synthesis" (as opposed to "original research") seems kind of harsh at first encounter, but it just means that the knowledge is placed elsewhere.  I'd encourage the author to contribute to Government of France, keeping in mind, of course, that the English language Wikipedia isn't an "All-American" service.  Mandsford (talk) 01:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well said. « D. Trebbien ( talk ) 23:06, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete since it's an essay. It's underreferenced and contaons some OR and SYN. Majoreditor (talk) 02:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research. Stifle (talk) 14:18, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


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