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 keep. There is clearly a consensus here that we should cover this topic. As events progress and the impact of this movement becomes more clear there will probably come a time when we discuss merging some of the "occupy" articles (they even had one where I live), but that was not the focus of this debate. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:18, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Disclaimer: I have been working to try and improve this article, but after some consideration I really don't think it's ready for prime time yet. The Occupy SJ effort has yet to really take hold (it's less than 100 people) and not really a "movement" quite yet. Many of the references point to Occupy Wallstreet articles which make no reference to Occupy San Jose at all. Earlier today I removed a bunch of flickr/twitter links and "unofficial" blogs that were not up to snuff for an encyclopedia. So while I have invested some time in it, I just don't think there is enough significance here yet to warrant an article, unlike the recent protests in Rome or some of the other locations which actually have received noteworthy coverage. Delete for now, but without prejudice. ShakerSJC (talk) 00:36, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Dont Omit Well, perhaps, small is, if not beautiful, worth mention. Over the hill here in Santa cruz there are many folks camped and protesting at the county courthouse near San Lorenzo Park. Not sure what I think of it all, but this is the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyocoyote (talkcontribs) 04:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Places of local interest is an essay, not even a guideline let alone a policy. And it covers places, not events. Leaving aside the issues of how one would define 'local'. San Jose on its own has a population of around 1 million, and forms part of metropolitan area with a population of 7.5 million. This is not a little village. Plus it is far too soon to measure the lasting impact of Occupy San Jose. Rangoon11 (talk) 12:41, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ShakerSJC has a point. Five. Five. Two plus three or one plus four. Only that? How does this article meet WP:N? It's miniscule, has few participants, no arrests, etc. The Frisco-Jose-Oakland metro area may be big, but with only five tents, do you think this is really notable? HurricaneFan25 12:43, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, lets also delete Occupy London, because there's only been 8 arrests made so far.RiseRobotRise (talk) 09:24, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There have been a lot more than five people involved in Occupy San Jose, as is clear from reading the cited sources, many hundreds in fact. The number of people is in any case irrelevant and is not part of the notability policy. An event done by one person can be notable if it has adequate third party coverage, and we have tens of thousands of just such articles. Rangoon11 (talk) 12:48, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, yes, yes than hundreds of protesters. But that's nothing compared to the other protests, with tens of thousands, like Boston, and this one has had no arrests. HurricaneFan25 12:50, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Crescent City, California is rather smaller than Los Angeles but they are both notable. Los Angeles also has a vast number of features which Crescent City does not. The notability policy does not require that arrests occurred, that is an arbitrary requirement which you are proposing.Rangoon11 (talk) 12:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The point is, the article isn't establishing notability. Hundreds of people out of millions. Boston = 10,000, Portland = 10,000. Here? Hundreds. In this case, arrests are an essential part of any "Occupy" article. Boston had 141. This one has none. Compared to other "Occupy" articles, there's really little useful content. Period. HurricaneFan25 13:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nice try but my point is that current notability is more than established by sources. Lasting notability of any new topic will require time to establish - and can only, in fact, be established through the passage of time - but that does not mean that articles on new topics should not be created. Rangoon11 (talk) 14:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nice try? Indeed--there is notability, there is no current as opposed to lasting notability. It is not notable now. Maybe it will be notable in the future. I doubt it, but it's possible. Articles on new topics should be created if those topics are notable, and way too many of these Occupy articles reduce Wikipedia to either a source for news or a billboard. This is an encyclopedia, it's not Facebook. Drmies (talk) 17:28, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This one has sufficient coverage in reliable third-party sources to meet the GNG. For all sorts of reasons some numerically larger protests may not. In time there may well be scope to merge together some or even many of the 'Occupy' articles but deletion of this article is to deny readers information on events which have achieved notability.Rangoon11 (talk) 15:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This page was created as a result of several AfD's and an ANI thread involving the notability of individual Occupy protests, and is only retained for historical reference for the user.

My views on the notability of individual Occupy Wall Street protests

HurricaneFan25 17:55, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hey Hurricanfan, I love you like a brother and I agree with you, but PLEASE don't be shouting from the rooftops with these boxes... Regular font and good arguments are enough, thanks. Drmies (talk) 16:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Trackinfo's rationale is another eloquent plea for deletion. Newspapers have to report about this and have to do that now. But WP i snot a newspaper. We don't need to creat articles now and then see whether, in fact, the subject turns out to be notable enough to keep the article. We do things the other way around: we don't create an article until it is clear that the subject is notable. And, as stated by Trackinfo, "there is no way to determine the broader future significance of these events", i.e., WP:CRYSTAL. --Crusio (talk) 21:09, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CRYSTAL is wholly irrelevant as this article does not concern a future event or any future speculation. Rangoon11 (talk) 15:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have, thanks, and see nothing there which determines definitively that this event, which easily satisfies the GNG, should not have an article. Rangoon11 (talk) 14:54, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How's about this, "Editors should bear in mind recentism, the tendency for new and current matters to seem more important than they might seem in a few years time. Many events receive coverage in the news and yet are not of historic or lasting importance." Drmies (talk) 18:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Once again, I see nothing there which determines definitively that this event, which easily satisfies the GNG, should not have an article. Whether this event is of lasting importance requires subjective judgement, yours and mine can be different for all manner of reasons. Rangoon11 (talk) 18:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your opponents here, including myself, disagree with your claim that the topic satisfies WP:GNG (let alone easily). Key here is item 5, on "presumed," which links directly to WP:NOT, where we find WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. Relevant in WP:EVENT, in my opinion, is WP:EFFECT and WP:GEOSCOPE. In a nutshell, these events, it is maintained, are not of lasting effect and of sufficiently broad scope to warrant inclusion. In another nutshell, coverage in newspapers alone is not a guarantee that a topic should be deemed notable. Drmies (talk) 19:36, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

""Keep"" WP:GNG requirements met.RiseRobotRise (talk) 09:24, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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