Talk:Nuclear program of Saudi Arabia

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I've made fairly extensive amendments to this interesting article. My objective is to try to provide more context, more references (plus read/check the existing ones) and to try to make it closer to NPOV. It's an interesting subject but I felt that the article wasn't quite presenting things in a entirely balanced way. Conforming to NPOV is of course mandatory.Sean.hoyland - talk 03:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I also added a link to the article on the main Saudi Arabia page in the hope that it will bring more readers/editors.Sean.hoyland - talk 04:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Judging by this article, there is no nuclear program to speak of in Saudi Arabia. What's the threshold for "nuclear program" articles on WP? Why not add an article on "Nuclear program of Botswana"? -- Slacker (talk) 04:48, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

That's good because if you had read the article before I amended it you might have thought that there was a nuclear program to speak of in Saudi Arabia. I didn't create the article. I'm just trying to fix it since it is here for the time being. Please nominate for deletion if you wish or even create an article about the nuclear program of Botswana (although uncyclopedia.org probably already have one).125.27.23.243 (talk) 09:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC) oops sorry, forgot to log in Sean.hoyland - talk 09:28, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that as a criticism directed at you; I know you were simply documenting an undocumented page. Do you agree that there is not enough notability for inclusion in WP? -- Slacker (talk) 14:48, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

There certainly is notability for inclusion, SA has expressed interest in a civilian nuclear program, and there are sources that suggest interest in a nuclear weapons program as well. As one of the largest countries in the region, it's fairly important that wikipedia cover any discussion of SA's interest in nuclear weapons or reactors. I apologize for any previous POV, not my intention, but it may have been driven by the sources I was reading at the time. Publicus 19:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)