Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of the 2014 Ferguson unrest


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 22:39, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of the 2014 Ferguson unrest

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The entire substance of this article is covered in 2014 Ferguson unrest and its relevant sections, with better context, more logical structure, and a clearer focus and emphasis on the most notable elements. That article is not particularly long (and does not exclude any particularly important aspects that would justify this fork). Perhaps there could be changes suggested and made to the timeline in the main article (or the Reactions to the protests and civil unrest section, where some of this content can be found), but it is best for Wikipedia's readers to improve that article rather than have a separate one that duplicates 99% of the substance. Yaksar (let's chat) 14:24, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, I'm sure editors will point out that a trial may very well occur that will create additional information. Obviously this would be discussed, in either the article on the unrest or on the shooting itself or, god forbid, maybe in an entirely separate article. It would be an issue, however, for that article to cover the ongoing notable/significant information while this article captures the insignificant information, since we would essentially be having a minutiae collecting live-blog of the event. We're not the news, and rushing to create an up to the second article on current events just leads to confusion and content duplication. And yes, while that same essay notes not to "rush to delete articles", which I'm kind of doing here, it's a bit different when all of the information is contained in another article already and, rather than delete a topic as a whole, we're simply trying to ensure the clearest and least inefficient result of articles.--Yaksar (let's chat) 14:50, 18 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose The Timeline does not seem cluttered and is a good day-by-day companion to 2014 Ferguson unrest. Peace, MPS (talk) 16:43, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't nominate the article because it seems cluttered -- if it was cluttered it would in fact be a good indicator that it wasn't just a duplication of the main article. Did you look through the timeline section in the main article, or the nomination I made? This isn't a companion -- it's a duplication of the information.--Yaksar (let's chat) 17:08, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete I don't like unnecessary forking. Why is this necessary? Shii (tock) 06:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 02:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:FORK. SW3 5DL (talk) 06:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see anything here that can't or shouldn't be covered in narrative, rather than list, form in the main article. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 20:18, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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