Talk:Jaʽār munitions factory explosion

Merge
We should merge the article into another, perhaps giving the factory explosion its own subsection. This minor event doesn't warrant an independent article and with it being so recent we have no basis to claim that it will affect the Yemen unrest in any considerable way. Also, any claim that it could would give way to unfounded speculation. In short, it would serve us better to redirect it to a more comprehensive article. Blurpeace 02:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * You call the death of 150 people a "minor event"! I am sure that if something like that happened in Europe or USA nobody would argue that a separate article is not needed. Olegwiki (talk) 11:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The question is, are there articles on similar events duch as fireworks factory explosions, or all those cases in Nigeria where people set off an explosion while tapping into fuel pipelines? Abductive  (reasoning) 14:27, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Your relation doesn't make sense. No, we shouldn't give a factory fire its own article. We shouldn't even cover it unless there were an actual aftermath that reputable scholarly sources would later write on (e.g., "Blah blah, this contributed to the worker unions' protest of 2020."). Per WP:NEWS, "While including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information." I'm of the opinion that a dropped cigarette during a political unrest and the death of a few 100 is not worth giving its own article (i.e., after zooming out and looking at the series of events as a whole). I have nothing to say about making it an independent subject in the future but at this time that would be mere speculation. Blurpeace  03:45, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I disagree. It is significant enough just like other major events. It is newsworthy and isn't "routine" in any means. If speculative, then comment on the original article.--74.107.74.39 (talk) 01:44, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Image tampering
Article is filled with "photoshop"ed images. Please consider with care. Comment if you can prove images are unaltered.--74.107.74.39 (talk) 01:53, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Date/Time
Does anyone know what time the explosion event occurred (GMT)?--74.107.74.39 (talk) 01:49, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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