Talk:2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protest areas

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I cannot add the huge amount of information on this topic alone. I need help!--HurleyWalkTheWalk278 (talk) 22:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia. The good news is you don't have to do this alone :) This article is simply duplicative of 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests, an article which is already chaotic enough given the changing nature of the situation and is getting attention from many editors. There's no reason to have two articles on the same topic. I have changed page to a redirect to that entry and you are welcome to collaborate with the editors there to improve the existing article. If you think this needs to be its own article, then please speak up and tell us why, instead of reverting changes. Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 23:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I think he is concentrating on the list of countries.--75.139.110.50 (talk) 23:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * My point is that a plain list of countries isn't that useful because 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests already contains the list of countries along with actual information about the events in those countries. It's hard enough to keep 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests up to date, so trying to maintain two articles at once is even more problematic. Beyond that, I'm just not seeing the difference between this article and 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests. Am I missing something? Zachlipton (talk) 00:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've made fairly diligent efforts to contact the few people who care about this page in the hope of starting a discussion as to why we should/should not turn it into a redirect to 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests. As I've yet to see such a discussion materialize nor have I seen any negative feedback, I'm going to BOLDly convert it into a redirect once again. If you disagree with this decision, it's your choice to revert me and I won't mind, but basic editorial practice here asks that you come to this talk page to discuss the issue. Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 04:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I do not want just a list of countries. Have sections for each country, then lists all cities and towns with incidents, then list the dates of each place that had indcidents. I am not sure if you would want information on type of protest or number participating, arrested, injured, dead, or refuged.--HurleyWalkTheWalk278 (talk) 00:16, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, but how is that different from what's currently being developed at 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests? That article has a summary table, sections for each country, a summary of protest activity in that country including information about the major cities involved, and links to main articles that provided more detailed information. I'm sorry if I'm sounding obtuse here, but I'm just not seeing how this article would be different. This issue is a moving target and its hard enough to keep that article up to date and accurate, so what is gained by maintaining two articles on the same thing? Thanks, Zachlipton (talk) 02:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC)