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The result was Keep. Cbrown1023 talk 02:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Idi Amin in popular culture[edit]

Idi Amin in popular culture (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Delete - this is an indiscriminate list and directory seeking to capture any mention of Amin, regardless of how trivial, along with anything that reminds an editor of Amin or his name, with no context provided for the reference either within the work of fiction it's drawn from or the real world. Also strongly oppose any merger of this trivia into Idi Amin. See for precedent Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aleister Crowley in popular culture. Otto4711 23:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep but scale down mercilessly- there are notable things here, especially Forest Whitaker's movie, a song title, to a letter extent the appearance in that puppet movie and The Onion- all about mass media communicating the mythology of an infamous dictator to millions of people. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 23:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• There are already articles on both The Last King of Scotland and The Last King of Scotland (film) which are already linked to Idi Amin and Forest Whitaker. That is how this sort of information should be included, in the subject articles and not in a junkheap "...in popular culture" article. Otto4711 23:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep this article was WP:SPLIT from Idi Amin here: [diff February 17, 2007]. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 07:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• If the information was garbage in the main article then it is garbage in its own article. Unless you can explain how, for example, knowing that Robin Williams said the name "Idi Amin" in a comedy routine 30 years ago tells us anything about either Robin Williams, Idi Amin or the world in general? Otto4711 13:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep or Delete and No Merge — this stuff doesn't belong in Idi Amin, it probably doesn't belong in Wikipedia (we aren't a repository of trivia), but people like this stuff, and where it is impractical to delete it due to the ensuing wailing and gnashing of teeth, it should be kept quarantined from the main article. - Francis Tyers · 15:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose merger, do whatever you do with the article. Actually, I think that a decision for all such "in popular culture" articles should be reached. bogdan 16:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This article has a ton of information, and the guy who wants to delete all of it and not even include it in the Idi Amin article seems to want to hide anything bad about Amin.Sockem 18:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Do not merge whatever happens, this stuff was intentionally separated from the main article. The "... in popular culture" articles" do have purpose - to keep the main texts clean. Pavel Vozenilek 19:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete These lists are messy research notes rather than encyclopedic articles. Greg Grahame 20:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.