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what exactly did they do for it to be a scandal???????? And why was it a big deal?????

Betts, Jack. "What `Watergate' meant, before it meant scandal (http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/columnists/jack_betts/9348327.htm)," Charlotte Observer August 8, 2004

that site requires you to register.. should external links that require registration be allowed in wikis?

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[edit] Needs to reflect the complex

The article title is misleading. While there is a Watergate Hotel, the best-known event took place at one of the two Watergate Office Buildings, not the hotel.

I have fixed this as best I could by adding a paragraph to this effect, for those interested in the Watergate burglary.

However, I suggest changing the article title to something like "Watergate complex", "Watergate Office Building" or "Watergate buildings". The article text then could be further refined to begin with the office building, and also discuss the residential buildings (and their famous occupants) and the hotel. I would change the title myself but I am very new to Wikipedia and don't know how to do it without screwing up links.

I did like the part about the derivation of "water gate".

[edit] A bit more about recent edits

Oh yes, my key sources for the Watergate Office Building addresses and other burglary-related facts are:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001526.html (the addresses of the buildings)

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5456826/ (the HJ becoming a dorm)

[edit] Residents

I am fairly certain that Bob Dole still lives in Watergate. He currently works at the law firm Alston & Bird in the Washington office. I'll check this for accuracy, but I'm fairly certain it's true. Anyway, check out Bob Dole; it may have some backup for this. CommKing 20:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for move

See reasoning above; the Watergate Hotel is just one component of the Watergate Complex, and it was not the part where the 1972 break-in occurred. This article is really about the entire complex, not just the hotel. —Chowbok 18:42, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] The Term "Watergate"

I am straightening out Watergate redirects, and have run across the term watergate which refers to a structure (for example, see Pulls Ferry, Norwich. In the history of the naming of the complex, this article links the word "Watergate" to the scandal, and not the terraced set of steps.

So, my question is: When I create a Watergate page which refers to a structure, what should the title of the page be? Is a watergate a structure?--Broux 13:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vatican and the Watergate Complex

I removed the statement "it is alleged the Vatican owns the complex"; in reality at one time the Vatican had a 20% stake in Societa Generale Immobiliare, the Watergate's construction firm. I do not know if this is still the case. --Broux 20:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Watergate in fiction?

Would the Watergate Hotel in fiction be a noteable section? One episode of Futurama revolves around a break-in into the building. A recent Justice League of America comic much of the building thrown into the Potomac... Lots42 (talk) 05:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)