Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/News media phone hacking scandal comparisons with Watergate

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 02:46, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

News media phone hacking scandal comparisons with Watergate

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No topic here, just a quotefarm and odd mentions of Watergate in context of modern phone hacking, tied together using a synthesis of historical Watergate studies and modern phone hacking analysis. Binksternet (talk) 12:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:NOT#OR. Page filled with lengthy block quotes comparing two events with each other. Although most of the quotes do reference Watergate and the News International phone hacking scandal together, some of the early prose draws conclusions from unrelated sources. Would need a complete overhaul, summerising and removing all the quotes on the page, to make it encyclopedic. Funny ^Pika! 15:18, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge relevant information to News_International_phone_hacking_scandal. A lot of synthesis here, the meat might be worthwhile in the main article. Thargor Orlando (talk) 16:52, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I can see how a merge might help flesh out the main phone hacking scandal article. Binksternet (talk) 20:00, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not an encyclopedic topic, random assemblage of news media metaphors. Carrite (talk) 20:22, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Wow, somebody put a lot of work into this. Sorry. Carrite (talk) 20:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom, very unencylopedic JayJay^{What did I do?} 01:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: consists not entirely, but largely of synthesis. Unless the comparisons themselves can be shown to meet the GNG I don't see why this would be considered an encyclopedic topic. CtP (t • c) 19:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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