Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/September 2010 Leinster House incident


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 09:49, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

September 2010 Leinster House incident

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Non-notable minor incident, a one-off WP:EVENT staged as a protest. This doesn't seem to have any encyclopedic impacts on the greater situation. WP:NOTNEWS. Strange Passerby (talk • c • status) 07:35, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I had a feeling someone would AfD this one (especially under the old title) and I thought about it myself until I read that it hit the gates of the Leinster House (Irish Parliament), which makes it notable. It has also received a lot of coverage. It may not be a big deal to hear about it in the U.S. but it was in Ireland. It is also a big political statement in a turbulent economic time for the world and Ireland particularly. He isn't the only Irish person pissed off with the economy. With that, I believe it barely warrants inclusion, at the very least a merge somewhere.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:39, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge Could be merged into the Leinster House article.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:34, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Nominator comment — would support a merge into Leinster House if that is the outcome of this AFD. Strange Passerby (talk • c • status) 10:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually I was considering nominating this for AFD last night when I moved the page title as it seemed a random news story to me. It is an incident to be noted but only briefly in the Leinster House article or a parent article on Irish protests against the banking crisis or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:10, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is pretty much a blatant WP:NOTNEWS story. The story received a flurry of press reports, all Irish or British, but that was the extent of it. A couple of weeks after the event and it's not in the news any more. It is very unlikely to have any lasting impact. I wouldn't even consider this notable enough to be included in the Leinster House article as that would be undue weight to this incident. Quantpole (talk) 11:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep-If it wasn't the Leinster House, I wouldn't have created the article. But as it is, its a notable protest that did receive significant coverage for 2 days and still gets some coverage such as this bbc blog from 10/11/10. If it is deleted, would Joe McNamara qualify for an article?Smallman12q (talk) 12:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally I wouldn't consider the blog (and it's the Guardian by the way not the BBC) to count much towards notability. 2 days coverage in the scheme of things is not a bit deal either. If this is considered not notable I would say Joe McNamara shouldn't have an article as we're normally more stringent about biographies, unless he is known for something else of course. Quantpole (talk) 13:56, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You're right...it is Guardian. As the first sentence of the post reads: "A cement mixer with anti-bank and anti-government slogans painted on the side crashing into the gates of Ireland's parliament became the iconic representation of Irish anger against the country's multibillion euro bank rescue package"...the cement lorry that was driven into the gate is an iconic representation of the frustration expressed in Ireland at the Anglo Irish Bank bailout. (If this is deleted...could the closing admin please userfy this for me.)Smallman12q (talk) 00:25, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. "Minor paint damage" to the gates and one night in jail for the attention seeking protestor. This was not the Murrah Federal Building bombing, nor even someone shooting at the White House. More like someone chaining himself to the fence at the White House. Not every news story that mentions a notable building is notable. I oppose a merge or redirect. The building has a 265 year history, and one sentence about this stunt would be undue weight in the article about the building. Similarly we do not include mention of every single kook who somehow assaulted the White House in the article about that building. Edison (talk) 17:47, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:46, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - per WP:NOTNEWS.--137.122.49.102 (talk) 19:07, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Edison. 15 minutes of fame does not make a legit article. --Luckymelon (talk) 20:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for rescue by the Article Rescue Squadron.  Snotty Wong   chat 00:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * If not kept Merge to Anglo Irish Bank, which is what the protest was about. Johnbod (talk) 12:47, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - No indication of any enduring notability so fails the WP:NOTNEWS policy. Only sources outside the 24 hrs of the event are just reporting on the legal case. Codf1977 (talk) 11:38, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I wasn't sure if I was reading an encyclopedia article or a news report. Not opposed to a brief mention in the Leinster House article, or Anglo Irish Bank per Johnbod. -- &oelig; &trade; 00:08, 18 October 2010 (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.