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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 00:10, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
United States hypocrisy
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I'm sure there's an article to be had about the US incongruent foreign policy but this isn't it - this is largely WP:OR and an essay and otherwise not encyclopedic. I can't see a way that this could be cleaned up to be encyclopedic as opposed to someone's thesis/opinion paper. In fact, I'd say it's largely covered under Criticism of United States foreign policy and I don't know any other articles for "Country hypocrisy". CUPIDICAE💕 14:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:NOTESSAY and WP:OR. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
We already have a section called Allegations of hypocrisy which itself is a subsection of Criticism of United States foreign policy#Issues and is big enough compared to its other subsections. I am afraid, if we add this article to it too, it would become the length that is out of proportion to the rest of the subsections. I will work on this article some more so that it won't have the issues you mentioned above. Ghazaalch ( talk) 15:06, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not saying this should even be added to that since it's nothing more than wild WP:OR and a poorly researched opinion. This is at best a WP:POVFORK and in a very bad way. CUPIDICAE💕 15:10, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Most of the new articles are poor in their infancy. We'll make it rich together. Ghazaalch ( talk) 15:14, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- This is just going to support my argument. CUPIDICAE💕 15:17, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Wait a few days and be patient. Ghazaalch ( talk) 15:51, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:04, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as obvious and unacceptable political attack page, as well as an unnecessary fork of Criticism_of_United_States_foreign_policy. Wikipedia is not a rostrum from which to conduct a political campaign. I'm not a fan of many aspects of US policy, but Wikipedia is supposed to be politically neutral, which from the title onwards, this article fails to be (and I have no confidence it ever will). Elemimele ( talk) 16:10, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:NOTESSAY, WP:OR, and the apt assessment above by Praxidicae. WP is not an essay-hosting site. -- Kbabej ( talk) 16:32, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete written like a high school essay, it defines what hypocrisy is. Agree with the above, as well. Oaktree b ( talk) 16:46, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
"He continues to write that when the US government blew up an Iranian civilian plane, they don't punish the accused to Iran, or even punish him for his crimes, but instead awarded him a medal. When someone else blowed up a US airliner— which according to Boyle was a feeble, made-up case against Libya—the US goes to the Security Council to sanction Libya."
Yeah, we really don't need an entire essay—er, "article"—of this caliber. Delete as a synthesized WP:POVFORK of Criticism of United States foreign policy (which itself has many problems, although they are beyond the scope of this discussion). TheTimesAreAChanging ( talk) 18:51, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Give me a few days and I would improve it. Ghazaalch ( talk) 15:53, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Poor quality, unencylopedic writing, WP:POVFORK, WP:NOTESSAY Doctormatt ( talk) 20:28, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - per Elemimele, seems to be a POVFORK and violating NPOV. The Daryl Glaser article Does Hypocrisy Matter? The Case of US Foreign Policy was probably supposed to be the backbone of this article, but the poor conceptual framework of the journal article and the catch-all "hypocrisy" title of this Wikipedia article make it not sustainable. I don't think hypocrisy is a conceptual framework in international relations or foreign policy analysis (although comparing mismatches between rhetoric and foreign policy is interesting), but "hypocrisy in foreign policy" would probably need its own article and not be so US-focused (otherwise it's just seems to go against NPOV). Deletion is the best remedy here. Pilaz ( talk) 12:08, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your neutral comment Pilaz. I can change the title of the article to "hypocrisy in foreign policy", and add some more information from other countries, in order for the article not to be so US-focused. Ghazaalch ( talk) 18:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Do you think we could move the article to draft space until it is ready? Ghazaalch ( talk) 18:39, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- It looks like you already have a copy at User:Ghazaalch/sandbox. Liz Read! Talk! 04:56, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
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