Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Occupy Ashland

Occupy Ashland is definely relevant for Wikipedia. Southern Oregon has long been a bastion of conservative thought and action. For the most part, that translates to little public scrutiny regarding socio-economic policies (TARP/Bank Bailouts) of the government, especially those from 2007-2011. That any kind of social activism has emerged in southern Oregon at all, is highly noteworthy. The significance of Occupy Ashland, is that it has sparked public debate in a number of other Southern Oregon cities and towns. The national Occupy Wall Street movement is at present (11/2011)still gaining ground, inspiring, and being inspired by, smaller regional movements like Occupy Ashland that may have more focused goals. To remove Occupy Ashland because of a number of other Occupy actions in Oregon's larger cities like Portland and Eugene, would diminish the remarkable discussion that has emerged in southern Oregon regarding the public's role in American political and economic policy.