Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan State University student riot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was keep. W.marsh 03:45, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Michigan State University student riot
Delete not notable San Saba 19:28, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep It is definitely WP:V; CNN et al covered it pretty extensivly when it happened. It also had some long term effects in the state of Michigan as laws were later passed to expel and bar anyone convicted of participation in a riot from all public universities in Michigan. The article itself is rather poorly written though and makes no strong case for inclusion or importance.  I  actually witnessed this incident (well part of it anyway) and to this day one of the funniest displays of idiocy I've ever seen is a drunk college kid pick up a canister of tear gas that landed by him to throw it back at the police; thus burning his hand AND getting a big dose of gas in his mouth and eyes as he yowled in pain.  I can't really say Wikipedia is any richer for having this article but I'm invoking WP:IAR for a keep.  Needs a rewrite though.--Isotope23 20:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: If there were any salvageable information in here I would say transfer to wikinews. However, this one sentence is not worth keeping. --Hetar 22:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - Significant event warrants an entry. --Irishpunktom\talk 00:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: 10 000 people doing almost anything would be notable (assuming that is the right number - there has to be some minimal verification of something like that). One sentence is better than no article at all. Peter Grey 05:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 10,000 is the official estimate.
 * I rewrote the article and sourced it.--Isotope23 18:01, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge with Michigan State University. ---Dana 03:01, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Looks good now. Calsicol 16:57, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep it was defiantly new worthy and lead to a new state law. Seano1 19:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Heh, anything to make MSU looks bad =) __earth (Talk) 07:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


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