Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 clash between the media and racial protesters at the University of Missouri


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The result was redirect to 2015–16 University of Missouri protests. T. Canens (talk) 10:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

2015 clash between the media and racial protesters at the University of Missouri

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Delete per NOTNEWS. The event made headlines, of course, but that doesn't mean it has become a notable topic per our guidelines. The fact that it has to have such an incredibly convoluted title is indicative of the status as not notable. Some of this content could be merged into the U of Missouri System article, or maybe the Click article, but by itself this is not a notable topic. Drmies (talk) 03:43, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2015–16 University of Missouri protests per WP:NOTNEWS. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:59, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the U of Missouri protests page, per above. Comatmebro  User talk:Comatmebro 04:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:35, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:35, 12 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - The event caused a professor to lose her job, legislation was filed in the state legislature to require a First Amendment course for all state college undergraduates, one of the journalists involved won two national journalism awards (one of which was previously earned by James Foley), and the university won an award of dubious honor: a Jefferson Muzzle Award. Obama's press secretary spoke of it, as did the Missouri governor and the lieutenant governor, the event was still making headlines in all the major newspapers months afterward, and by my count at least a dozen national journalist and free speech organization became involved at one point or another. The event changed faculty reporting procedures at the university and indirectly caused the university to adopt the Chicago Principles, the legislature threatened to cut state funding until the prof was gone, and a national organization of professors censured the university indefinitely when the legislature became the profs ouster. I should think this has enduring notability per WP:EVENT. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 13:18, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect NOTNEWS (NOTJOUNALISM), Mark Schierbecker, "2015 clash between the media and racial protesters at the University of Missouri" (what?!?) is not encyclopedic. Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:18, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect NOTNEWS (NOTJOUNALISM), Mark Schierbecker, "2015 clash between the media and racial protesters at the University of Missouri" (what?!?) is not encyclopedic. Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:18, 17 January 2017 (UTC)


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