Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Occupy Salem


 * 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 was   keep. (non-admin closure)  Rcsprinter  (constabulary)  19:42, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Occupy Salem

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There was a protest. Some people were warned not to camp somewhere, so they left, and then they returned. It is noticeable how much of this article is taken up by the machinery, the copying and pasting of templates, infoboxes, spurious links, etc--there clearly is nothing here of encyclopedic value. No arrests. No injuries. Drmies (talk) 18:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Repeat. Infobox, see also, no arrests and injuries. A protest. The protesters were warned. Nothing useful to see here.  HurricaneFan 25  18:34, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Occupy Wall Street. This one only seems to have local coverage, not quite enough for WP:GNG.  &mdash;SW&mdash; spout 22:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with a redirect (though I do not see any content worth merging). Drmies (talk) 01:46, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * My vote is to keep the article--I'd love to expand it as soon as I have some free time. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Topic's notability is established and passes WP:GNG, per the references in the article, including these additions I made:
 * Collins, Timm (October 5, 2011.) "'Occupy Salem' hopes for changes in economic system." Statesman Journal.
 * (October 11, 2011.) "'Occupy Salem' protest camp given extension." MSNBC.
 * (October 11, 2011.) "Occupy Salem, Day 2." (Photos.) Statesman Journal.
 * Lehman, Chris (October 12, 2011.) "Occupy Salem Movement Settles In For Long Haul." Oregon Public Broadcasting News.
 * (October 14, 2011.) "Occupy Salem a peaceful demonstration, police say." KATU News.


 * Northamerica1000 (talk) 03:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per news coverage and references in the article, as well as Another Believer's expansion-to-come. Jsayre64   (talk)  03:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per reader interest and availability of sources. --131.123.123.124 (talk) 14:24, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions.  — frankie (talk) 14:41, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  — frankie (talk) 14:41, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions.  — frankie (talk) 14:41, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. There is some media coverage, but will there ever be enough content to destub the article? If I could think of a valid merge target... till then, reluctant keep. Something happened there, and seems marginally notable. I do however support the other editors who think we may need to think about some reasonable merge option. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 02:01, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets GNG. A future restructing of the 'Occupy' articles is likely but will require proper discussion and careful thought, in the meantime this is an article on an independently notable topic and capable of further expansion. Rangoon11 (talk) 14:58, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep per Northamerica1000. CallawayRox (talk) 17:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It has adequate coverage.  D r e a m Focus  21:15, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Drmies and Hurrican. Wikipedia is not news. - Haymaker (talk) 00:26, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep on the basis of sufficient specific references.  DGG ( talk ) 12:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep based on Northamerica1000's references. —EncMstr (talk) 02:19, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - a handful of wikipedians cannot deny notability and legitimacy to these protesters and their event. That it be distinct from the Occupy Wall Street movement is also important. A merger would dwarf the event. Besides, the US is federal GrandPhilliesFan (talk) 17:48, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.