Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Saudi Arabia of

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The result was Delete Waggers (talk) 21:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Saudi Arabia of[edit]

This page is basically just a list of the places where this specific string of words has been written; it seems to fail notability by any standard I can think of. Korny O'Near (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Saudi Arabia of Delete. This is synthesis/original research; a list of loosely associated topics. I have never heard the term "The Saudi Arabia of" anything, and I bet that the term was never really used at all outside of the handful of cited examples. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 14:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Regarding this article, I hated it, but then again, I think it's unimaginative writing when a journalist calls something "The Saudi Arabia of ____". With WP:IDONTLIKEITwell in mind, I have to say that a well-sourced article is exactly what we want to see in Wikipedia, whether we like the subject or not. I can't, at least not with a straight face, call this original research or original synthesis. Every one of the entries is sourced, and checking each entry confirms that journalists describe a place with the lion's share of some resource as a "Saudi Arabia". Mandsford (talk) 14:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - while every entry is sourced, the article is a list of instances of use, not an article on "The Saudi Arabia of" itself. I haven't checked all the sources, but I doubt any discuss the term instead of just applying it. Huon (talk) 14:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
delete A well-sourced, well-written list of entirely unnotable uses of a phrase. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:41, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Unencyclopedic. This list will never help or expand anyone's knowledge on the topics of Saudi Arabia, the media, lists or usages of the word "of." There is just no good reason to have this here. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 17:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - term is not notable and "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information". --neon white talk 22:57, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete before Wikipedia becomes the Saudi Arabia of cruft (oh, too late :( ) JuJube (talk) 02:14, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Saudi Arabia-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 20:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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