Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bouygues Controversy

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The result was merge to Bouygues. Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:20, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bouygues Controversy

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This appears to be a single-sided, inflammatory article created simply as the editor was unable to add this information to the article on the company itself. I *do* believe that, given the references, some of this information *could* be useful in the Bouygues page itself, however only if approached from a neutral standpoint. Nik thestoned 12:00, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. — Nik thestoned 12:04, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. — Nik thestoned 12:05, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Smerge interesting and sourced; support the incorporation of this information in Bouygues (after suitable editing). Yunshui (talk) 12:55, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkmenistan-related deletion discussions. — —Tom Morris (talk) 13:50, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note the editor who created this page appears to have POV issues; if my interpretation of their use name is correct eg User talk:Antibashist ="anti" + "bash" (from Türkmenbaşy "bashi") + "ist" an in leftist etc. (Is that a fair comment?)

I've already added a reference to the proliferation of turkmen contracts in the Bouygues article - that is clearly citable.

One part I think might/should be mentioned an am willing to add to the bouygues article is the bit about the http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,4565c2252c,4565c25f389,4b87865ec,0.html - which comes from what I would consider a neutral source - however it needs further information to actually link it with bouygues work.

The main argument appears to be based on leaked diplomatic cables from USA diplomats - it would be important for someone to link to this, (and tell me/us if these are considered reliable).

The article appears to be conflating two issues -

alleged corruption relating to building contracts for companies operating in Turkmenistan
evictions causing concern amongst human rights bodies and other western liberal organisations eg http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1075993.html , http://www.hlrn.org/img/violation/TurkmenistanEviction.pdf etc

Both seem to me to be possible articles, or article sections. Are there any wikiprojects that could help with this eg WikiProject:Human Rights ?

I really think that this is a Turkmenistan issue, and should be dealt with primarily on a suitable Turkenistan page. There is Human rights in Turkmenistan but I couldn't find a suitable place for corruption within Category:Corruption - Corruption in Turkmenistan is clearly a valid topic to cover, as is Foreign investment in Turkmenistan [1] [2] [3]. I just think it has been done wrong here.

Summary : merge somewhere / bring lack of proper coverage of topic to relevent editors attention

Imgaril (talk) 21:45, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Bouygues and/or other Turkmenistan-related page(s). The material obviously doesn't belong in its current form. Not only does it violate WP:NPOV, but it provides absolutely no context for the reader (see WP:PCR); I initially had no idea what or who "Bouygues" was from reading about his/her/its "controversy". Richwales (talk · contribs) 01:49, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I was initially dismayed by Imgaril's revert, but didn't have time to rehash this info - these are well known accusations in France that Bouygues has 'dodgy' business links/contracts with Turkmenistan. After reflection, apparently there are some POV issues, but a shortened form of this info should appear in the article IMO. And I could look around to find some French sources to back up what's being said if anybody needs a hand. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 21:04, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Bouygues and address the issue there neutrally. I don't say merge because the text is not useable in this form. Sandstein 06:34, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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