Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dolchstosslegende in popular culture

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. --Coredesat 04:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dolchstosslegende in popular culture

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Delete - a mass of original research. Article appears to assert that any instance of internal betrayal is an example of the particular myth. Otto4711 12:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. I'm averse to 'in popular culture' articles at the best of times, but this doesn't even seem to be what it says. The examples given do NOT refer to the Dolchstosslegende with the exception of a Harper's magazine article which is cited three times. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk to me) 13:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Rename and keep. What this article seems to want to be about is not its nominal subject, but rather a collection of the several conspiracy theories that have sprung up to explain military defeats. This strikes me as a common enough subset of conspiracy theories, but much broader than the title suggests; the Dolchstosslegende is but one of them. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Split decision. While tempted by Smerdis' solution, two of the four instances have no real content. Divide out the first section, on Britain, and merge into Noel Pemberton Billing (much of it is there already, and I'm not convinced that The Imperialist has any notability independent of its creator.) Similarly, merge the last section into Kevin Baker and offer it to the Iraq War pages, which do not now link here. Delete the rest Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - this COULD be written about. I know, that beyond the Harper's article, NPR did a piece on the same topic. However, this article is unsalvageable. --Haemo 07:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - this is a WP:COATRACK article, with sourcing far too thin to justify its text. And let me point out that absolutely nothing in the article is at all about "popular culture." Not worth keeping in any form. Mangojuicetalk 18:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Agree 100% per Mangojuice, I don't see any 'popular culture' here. - 71.232.31.43 02:32, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.