Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miami University Riot


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The result was   delete. ff m  17:20, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Miami University Riot

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Mostly local coverage of a not notable event. Wikipedia is not the news. Not of sufficient significance for a Wikipedia article. Dloh cierekim  22:29, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete (G10) — (edit conflict) regardless of the harsh opinions one may have about today's college students, it is still written as an attack page. Rewrite with a neutral, non-disparaging tone. MuZemike (talk) 22:33, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you saying keep if rewritten? What about the inherent notability of the subject? Cheers  Dloh  cierekim  22:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a newspaper, this is not an encyclopedia article. Oh, noez!  The police were insulted!   Corvus cornix  talk  23:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. If this does prove to be notable, someone can write an unbiased encyclopedic article about it later. TheMolecularMan (talk) 23:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —TerriersFan (talk) 01:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Might make a good article for a school newspaper. Not written in an encyclopedic tone, not really a notable incident, but it was refreshing to read about policemen with paintball guns, rumors of a lightpole or two being torn down, 1,000 to 3,000 spoiled suburbanites, and the important lessons learned in the safest and nicest riot in recorded history.  More entertaining than the usual contribution, and I hope that the author will pursue a career in journalism.  Mandsford (talk) 02:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I often favor coverage of important news event here in Wikipedia, but this is not in that category. And if the author does pursue a career in journalism, I hope he or she would leave the moralizing to the editorial page. DGG (talk) 15:03, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I nominated for speedy deletion as nonsense, but this was contested. The editor who did that presumably didn't read such classics as "But it is important to note that even without power the students managed to conserve enough beer to defend their right to not have class under mildly strenuous situations". Regardless of notability considerations and whether Wikipedia is a news outlet (and I agree the article fails here as well) this article is pure nonsense. Ros0709 (talk) 19:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No. It is poorly written, and POV, but it does not meet the definition of nonsense for the purposes of WP:CSD. One could glean enough sense from the article to tell that it was a "riot" in protest of the school holding class despite a power outage. Poor writing, flowery writing, and vicious POV are all subject to correction through judicious editing. What cannot corrected is the lack of notability, and that is the basis for me seeking deletion. Especially as the article had about nine references backing it up. cheers,  Dloh  cierekim  20:43, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's true, it isn't nonsense in the literal sense of the word. I think that Ros0709 is using the term "pure nonsense" the way that one would describe an article as "complete garbage".  I think we're all pretty much in agreement that this not a case of a noteworthy incident.  It was a more exciting evening than usual in Oxford, Ohio, perhaps a different type of "hurricane damage in Miami", and the author was having fun in recounting the details -- perhaps with the expectation that it would eventually be deleted.  But as Dloh correctly notes, no amount of rewrite would make this a keeper. Mandsford (talk) 00:32, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


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