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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 12:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2008 Shenzhen anti-police riot[edit]

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This is a news story. It belongs to Wikinews. If it deserves a standalone article here to pass general notability guidelines, then it must display some sort of long-term significance. This event was a one-off thing. It does not have long term significance. The dust has settled on this event three years after it happened and we can say that confidently now. Colipon+(Talk) 01:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 11:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:58, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:03, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOT#NEWS.--70.80.234.163 (talk) 09:58, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The topic is passing WP:GNG per just the current references in the article. Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:10, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How many people have to be involved in a riot to make it notable? I read other Chinese riot articles which usually involve something far more substantial than this. [1] says "By 5pm, more than 400 people had gathered at the police detachment with more than 2,000 others watching nearby." It also says its in a city of "more than 8 million people". So that doesn't seem like a lot. It didn't last long, and not a lot happened. Dream Focus 02:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - the article references long-term consequences, a hallmark of history rather than merely news. Bearian (talk) 19:46, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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