Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/America vs. Ancient Rome

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:56, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

America vs. Ancient Rome[edit]

Article is original research, and title may be inherently POV. DDerby 05:24, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete, it's not encyclopedic. Sholtar 05:26, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Delete, original research. Sigh. Rick K 05:33, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
Delete or speedy delete. POV, not enyclopedic, etc. Moncrief 05:39, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, must be original research. But it does raise an exciting paradox: "History has taught us that history repeats itself" (think about it...LOL). --Dmcdevit 05:59, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Question: Would it be better if I changed the title, or if I just put in mu user page?

OPen to suggestions.

It's not enyclopedic. Changing the title would not solve the problem. Putting it on your user page would be the solution that would allow you to keep this somewhere on Wikipedia, if that is important to you. Moncrief 06:06, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Show me deleting and tranferring this article to my page.
Userfy if author wants it, otherwise delete. Megan1967 06:32, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Author deleted text and moved to his userpage. I think it can be speedied now, especially as it seems the author consents. --Dmcdevit 06:35, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

NAO, if you read this page, you've put this information about Rome vs. America on your User talk page. That's the place that people will communicate with you if they have questions or comments (or praise!) about your Wikipedia edits. It's best to put the information on your User page itself: i.e., User:NAO. Moncrief 06:47, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Delete Un-encyclopedic.--Comrade Nick @)---^-- 07:37, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I must note that several people have in fact thought it worthwhile to compare the Ancient Roman Empire with the Modern American one, and draw parrallels and contrasts between the two. I believe there was in fact an article in a major magazine (Time?) about this a few years back. This article doesn't do the topic justice though. --SamuelKatinsky 08:56, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete or Userfy, original research. However, the issue may be worthy of an article, as per SamuelKatinsky's comment. No idea what to call it though. --bainer 09:09, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete essay along with duplicate When In America, Do As The Romans. NAO needs to read the NPOV policy. Gazpacho 11:37, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
There's an obvious answer to this one: delete. --Ben davison 17:38, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete, original research Dsmdgold 02:00, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, original research. Wmahan . 21:59, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
Delete Binabik80 00:13, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete Original research, POV
Delete --Dr Ingel 01:10, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. POV essay. Also makes no sense: "Rome’s mistake was its inability to adapt and except new ideas, and pretend like they did. To them, there was only one way, and it was theirs. Now it is no more. Will America continue to live in it’s shadow of the Roman Empire, or will it break away, and create a new superpower of people?" -- 8^D ^gab 17:07, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
Delete. POV and original research. --Coolcaesar 19:03, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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