Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The 1968 Riot in Baltimore City, the Insurrection Act, and Federalization of the National Guard


 * 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   redirect to Baltimore riot of 1968. Will leave the history in place for anyone who wants to take on the task of merging J04n(talk page) 13:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The 1968 Riot in Baltimore City, the Insurrection Act, and Federalization of the National Guard

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Reads like some sort of original research or essay.

The only other contribution by this user appears to be an earlier version of this article at a title different only for one capitalized word that was speedied G1 on 4 December 2007. The next day, this version appeared. Raymie (t • c) 02:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment This article is poorly named, poorly written and poorly referenced. That being said, the topic is a very notable one - the extended states of martial law and federalization of the National Guard in Baltimore (and also in Wilmington, Delaware) in  the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968.  This is an important episode in U. S. history that has been largely overlooked. Cullen328 (talk) 03:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep MERGE- Absolutely, positively needs to be renamed 1968 Baltimore Riot or some such. Encyclopedia-worthy historical event, clears notability guidelines. This article can be corrected through the normal process of editing and is thus a bad candidate for AfD. Carrite (talk) 05:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Changing to "Merge" since there is already a page on Baltimore riot of 1968, per the good find by Roscelese below. Carrite (talk) 18:51, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:20, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Comment: Is it not actually the same as Baltimore riot of 1968, which has existed since 2005? Can we just redirect it? Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 04:01, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge Believe there is notability in this article, but that it would better serve wikipedia as part of Baltimore riot of 1968 article.Gobledeegooke (talk) 13:29, 1 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - This is potentially a very difficult "merge" job, hopefully someone can be found to do it. Carrite (talk) 18:57, 7 March 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.