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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:29, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of modern dictators[edit]

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Most entries in the namelist are unreferenced. This is clearly a violation of WP:BLP. Most likely original research. There is no purpose in keeping such a unneutrally written and largely unreferenced article. And exactly what is the definition of dictator? Bonkers The Clown (talk) 07:39, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Extra one comment This is far too subjective. You can never really define what's a dictator. My teacher can be defined as one too. ;P. You get my point. The contextual meaning of dictator can have many variations. Bonkers The Clown (talk) 13:32, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, this list is problematic and potentially defamatory. One can expect the kind of sources available for supporting entries on this would likely be opinion editorials. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 08:09, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. BLP violations in spades, as well as running afoul of WP:NOR & WP:NPOV.--JayJasper (talk) 05:31, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect somewhere? I agree this is not a good article, but wondering if we could redirect this somewhere that would provide more NPOV information (note that list of dictators redirects here and would have to be retargeted or deleted). Democracy Index is currently subject of a copyright inquiry, or I'd suggest redirecting there. Could redirect to List of freedom indices. Simply redirecting to dictatorship is an option, as that provides various useful wikilinks. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: clear-cut violation of WP:NOR and WP:BLP. -Zanhe (talk) 08:50, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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