Template:Did you know nominations/Blockupy movement


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:01, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Blockupy movement

 * ... that the Blockupy movement organised a demonstration of over 17,000 people against the opening of the Seat of the European Central Bank?
 * ALT1:... that 280 people were injured, 30 cars were set on fire (pictured) and 8 bus stops were destroyed during a protest by the Blockupy movement?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Magnes the shepherd
 * Comment: Second blurb is probably more interesting, but also would be slightly more controversial.

Created by Inother (talk), Smurrayinchester (talk). Nominated by Smurrayinchester (talk) at 22:26, 21 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg I AM NOT AN EXPERIENCED REVIEWER. Article created March 18 (new enough). Article length checked and over 1,500 characters. Both hooks not too long. Interesting topic. "Blockupy" wasn't something I had heard of, but is the name used by the press in reliable sources linked in article. However, the "over 17,000" number in the first hook exceeds the group's estimate of 10,000 at the event -- the 17,000 number appears in a German-language newspaper, but the English-language sources say 10,000 (based on the group's own estimates). Also, the numbers in the second hooks are from German sources. Certainly there were numerous cars lit on fire and injuries. Approved based on good-faith acceptance of foreign-language sources. --Kgwo1972 (talk) 17:24, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments! The 10,000 refers to people at the main rally, with the other 7,000-10,000 at other events around the city. I've tried to make that clearer. Smurrayinchester 08:41, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sky News and RT.com confirm the 17,000 number, so the first hook is certainly proper, supported, confirmable and confirmed. The numbers in the second hook also seem to be confirmed by the German-language links. Finally, the photo was transferred from Flickr to Wikipedia and seems to have the proper licenses. --Kgwo1972 (talk) 16:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC)