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The result was delete. SNOW--no other close is imaginable DGG ( talk ) 22:58, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lying - The Root Of All Evils (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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WP:OR, WP:SOAP. The truth is, there is no CSD for this one… Skarebo (talk) 09:37, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Original research, unencyclopedic and unreferenced. Contested prod. WWGB (talk) 09:45, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete personal essay, OR, no refs. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:26, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete - blatant WP:OR and WP:SOAP. Peter Ballard (talk) 12:15, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I broadly agree, but zero encyclopaedic content. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 13:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Yup, pretty clear WP:SOAP. We've already got an article on lying that's actually written in an encyclopedic fashion. --JamesAM (talk) 14:17, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete "A Small Story For Children On This Topic" This is so unencyclopedic. No sources provided. Looks like an essay by a student. Jolenine (Talk - My Contribs) 15:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Dang! I'll spend the rest of my life wondering how the Vijay and Vikram story turned out! Maybe it can be adapted to a Goofus and Gallant lesson in the future. Mandsford (talk) 15:41, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you really want to know, the guy in the river asks the woodcutter if it was a gold axe he lost, and he says no, same for a silver axe, and when he says yes for he own axe, he gets the gold and silver one as well as a reward for being honest. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 17:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That's kind of a different ending than one would expect in the West, particularly considering the American guy-with-an-axe-tells-the-truth fable, George Washington and the cherry tree. Mandsford (talk) 18:12, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Per WP:OR. Joe Chill (talk) 18:56, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not like we need any more opinions piled on this, but this is hopelessly unencyclopedic. Ben Kidwell (talk) 19:43, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This is very cool. But the author would do better to write children's books, for which he might even get paid, than encyclopedia articles. Northwestgnome (talk) 22:26, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What? You mean we're never going to get paid? Mandsford (talk) 23:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy delete - Are there any plausible reasons for this to be kept at all? Are there?! Yes! No there aren't, you idiot! Shut up! Lord Spongefrog (review) (I am Czar of all Russias!) 17:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete ASAP. Deb (talk) 11:50, 15 October 2009 (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.