Talk:People's Assembly Against Austerity

Confirming notability
I've added a notability tag as I'm currently sceptical about the article's notability per WP:N. The guideline is well worth a read before commenting.


 * The article at present reads like original research, especially the sidebox and opening paragraph. Currently most existing sources are derived by people involved with the article's topic, and are therefore not reliable secondary sources. The only one that could not be described in this way would be the BBC article
 * There doesn't seem to be "significant coverage" about the topic. Not only do we need reliable and multiple sources, but also an indication that the topic is fundamentally noteworthy. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (per WP:CRYSTAL) and shouldn't attempt to second-guess what may or may not turn out to be a significant campaign.
 * The BBC article seems to imply this is just a latest initiative of trade unions and other bodies. Rather than a stand-alone article it could be merged into an existing article, much like 2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests.
 * Per WP:PROMOTION and WP:SPIP, it feels like the article aims to promote and advertise upcoming events rather than report the facts (notwithstanding whether the facts are notable).

I am about to request subject experts to respond to this discussion in the hope of reaching broad consensus on this issue. We need to establish if it is notable enough to deserve its own article, whether it needs merging into an existing article if it doesn't, or if it isn't sufficiently notable, submit for deletion. --92.25.118.125 (talk) 19:10, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * The points you have raised above unidentified user!!! are absolutely ridiculous and complete nonsense. Over 4000 people and delegates attended the inaugural People's Assembly conference in June 2013, and since then localized People's assemblies have been forming in towns and cities all over the UK. Quite contrary to your ludicrous assertion that the People's Assembly may not be notable enough, I am actually planning to make a wikipedia list page or pages for each local People's Assembly as each local group has it's own merits. Well at least you will have spurred me on to add lots more content to this page that will prove outright that it is ridiculous to put up the Notability tag on the page. Jimmy3d0 (talk) 19:56, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Assemblies: A Clear and present danger

So, a protest group that is learning to use the internet to attract poplar interest and support. If the mass-meetings for Jeremy Corbyn were not bad enough, all this People Power needs to be stopped! Instead of wanting to get involve, have an impact or question the official line, people should just know their place and go back to watching soaps or sport.

But really, all this lack-of-notability claim seems to be little more than a smokescreen. Little more than a sub-text to have the article down-graded - ready for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.241.80 (talk) 20:35, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Improving this article
So I've started adding to this article and I wanted to initiate other editors to take part if they follow this page as it seems like this movement is getting a reboot of sorts. I've done some editing today to prepare its structure for more detail. If anyone finds any articles or other sources which talk about the People's Assembly and are useful but don't have the time to add them in can put them in the list currently hidden at the top of this page (underneath the headers). Particularly any sources which are newer, as a bulk of new sources are the Morning Star, not bad but not great by Wikipedia's standards of Reliable Sources. Jonjonjohny (talk) 14:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)