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I just watched this movie in youtube:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCsGSMze_6Q

It's interesting to know that Nixon actually composed music. It seems his piano playing was an important part of his personal live, maybe this article could have some information about that. (I have no further info on that, sorry.)

Can someone upload a better quality image of File:Nixon-depart.png. Its one of Nixons most famous scene as President(departing). We should have atleast a FP quality image of that. Spongie555 (talk) 04:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Given that Nixon has been portrayed so many times in film, TV etc - it seems that the most prominent of these should be noted. I have started the section but it needs help from others. Davidpatrick (talk) 05:45, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is usually done is that this should be its own article, Richard Nixon in popular culture with a link from this one. This section would never survive once it starts moving again toward FAC.--Wehwalt (talk) 04:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that this topic merits its own article - certainly not at this point. But there does need to be text about depictions of Nixon. Obviously in its optimum state this must be an encyclopedic paragraph not a list. But this is an evolving process. First of all a list of the most significant depictions needs to be assembled. Then that needs to be woven into text form. Nixon was the subject of an opera as well as numerous film & TV productions. Far too pertinent for an FA article to ignore such a relevant matter. Davidpatrick (talk) 15:18, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not going to hasten to delete it. However, when the article gets to FAC it's in the hands of the reviewers. Accordingly, by then, it must be relevant and sourced. Not merely that Nixon's head is a recurring character in Futurama but a secondary source that finds the fact of significance.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have time, this is on my list of improvements, and I already have six FA's that deal with Nixon's career. But it is such a massive project it is unlikely that it will get to FA until early next year. The idea is to have the article run main page for the Nixon Centennial on January 9, 2013.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:25, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please add Lane Smith, who portrayed President Nixon in the 1989 TV movie The Final Days? To leave him off a list of notable portrayals is criminal, considering the quality of the performance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.223.25.73 (talk) 23:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nixon's recurrent and featured role in the TV show, Futurama, is notable. He is represented as the President of Earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.57.221 (talk) 03:35, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So what, you want that included in this article? What's your point here? I wouldn't mind it being briefly mentioned however it isn't something that should take up its own section. 12.41.255.10 (talk) 18:27, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is a scandal that Chile, Allende, and Pinochet are not mentioned AT ALL in this article. Nixon, the CIA, Kissinger, conspiring with Brazil...all of this should be discussed here. More important than who has played Nixon in popular culture. 1973_Chilean_coup_d'état

Here are some sources to start with anyway: https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/chile/index.html#6 ("In addition to political action, Nixon and Kissinger, according to Helms’s notes, ordered steps to “make the economy scream.”)

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB123/Box%2022,%20File%203,%20Telcon,%209-16-73%2011,50%20Mr.%20Kissinger-The%20Pres%202.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/world/americas/17chile.html?_r=1&ref=salvador_allende 168.103.196.53 (talk) 18:34, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]