Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rainbow Lounge raid (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Rainbow Lounge raid
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The notability of this article is extremely questionable. Seems to dramatize a rather small incident. Jayson (talk) 00:48, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. This incident has been used by the American gay press as a rallying point and, although not in the article, has enough mention to be notable.  In addition, the event has caused changes in the way the law-enforcement at the state level operates. Wikipedia is WP:NOTNEWS but we are too close in time to the event to know if this will be considered encyclopedic a year from now.  Consider re-nominating this a year after the event, but only if it becomes clear that, while newsworthy, the subject is not encyclopedic.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  01:20, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Vaults over the GNG as has been reported throughout the US as the news search indicates. The timing of the events propelled it to national attention and as a result of the events investigations were conducted into the police conduct. -- Banj e  b oi   02:57, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The last AFD was in July of this year. I agree with the reasoning of those above.  If the event got national attention and resulted in investigations do to that attention, then its a notable event.   D r e a m Focus  08:38, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As of now, this is important. National attention, and some argue it could be Stonewall for the 21st century. Who nominated it, I mean again? --Cleave and Smite, Delete and Tear! (talk) 19:21, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Event clearly seems notable, covered in secondary sources and led to changes in policing and a grassroots campaign. A second nomination three months after the first one resulted in a strong consensus to keep and where nothing seems to have changed since then was really not necessary. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 20:50, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per the strong consensus established in the last AfD as well as here. This event meets the WP:GNG, and then some. WP:SNOW time? A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 20:21, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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