Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Riverwalk 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 was delete. With one exception qualified as "weak", nobody here is convinced that this topic has received the level of coverage that an article requires.  Sandstein  20:13, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Riverwalk riot

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The story here seems to be that a gathering of drunken Halloween revelers near a college town got out of hand. The police dispersed the crowd, a few people were arrested, and that was that. The article claims some sort of political protest angle to the riot, but I haven't been able to find any evidence to support this. This sort of thing isn't an unusual or noteworthy occurrence and appears to have had no lasting impact, and thus fails WP:NOTNEWS. --Bongwarrior (talk) 06:41, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. I have removed the unsourced/dubious claims that appeared to be obvious. I also moved the page back to the singular title for now. I'm not sure if it is notable or not, but I'm sympathetic to the possibility due to the coverage it received. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. &#123;&#123;U&#125;&#125;) while signing a reply, thx 14:33, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * From Our View: Riot Causes ECU to Consider Values. University Wire [Carlsbad] 04 Nov 2014. Publication: East Carolinian, East Carolina University, Greenville NC. "''By now almost every student on this campus has heard some version of what transpired at Riverwalk on Halloween night. As Dr. Ballard and Dr. Hardy said in their letter to the student body, actions like this devalue our education and hard work as students.


 * ''We as an editorial staff hope that all students can one day walk into a job interview and proudly state that they have a degree from East Carolina University. We also hope that the hiring manager does not look at our degree and cringe as they think "party school".


 * ''Not only do we not want to be known as a party school, we also don't want to be known as students who assault police officers. The police responded to an injured individual at the apartment complex and they were met with glass bottles thrown at them. It shouldn't have to be said, but this is wrong. The only people that should have to fear police officers doing their job are people that are committing crimes.


 * Ultimately, the people that were involved need to reevaluate their values and see if this university is really the right place for them."


 * Given that that's the most "impactful" kind of source/analysis I found from a database search, I'd say this content isn't appropriate for a stand-alone article, but is instead better off mentioned at the Greenville NC or E. Carolina University Wikipedia pages. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. &#123;&#123;U&#125;&#125;) while signing a reply, thx 15:08, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor Talk! 14:10, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment Other Wikipedia articles of riots as or less significant are kept. Therefore we keep it. Ha, check and mate!--150.216.254.205 (talk) 18:30, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. This article uses 17 sources to source a single sentence, while leaving the rest of the article basically unsourced. I would recommend that the supporters of this article improve the citations. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:41, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor Talk! 00:51, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * weak keep It happened. It got a lot of coverage.  There were indictments.  And it is being revisited in the run-up to Haloween 2015. My news google search here: .E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Not finding good enough sources. Current sources in the articles are videos/social media posts, local news coverage, a piece in "Total Frat Move", and a review of an unrelated 2002 album with a similar name . And the event is hardly being revisited, best I see in the above Google search is a few sentences on local news . I couldn't find any better either. Rainbow unicorn (talk) 23:42, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * while my keep vote is tepid, do note that the sources currently in the article are not the standard of judgment at AFD. It is the sources available in reliable sources not  on the page that need to be weighed in determining notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:53, 9 October 2015 (UTC)


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