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644:) that links to Slutwalks in other North American cities, and which also mentions Slutwalks in cities elsewhere around the globe. MSNBC has covered the subject as well. This should help establish that the subject is in fact notable enough for a Knowledge (XXG) article. However, I think either the title of the article should be changed simply to "Slutwalk", or another article should be created under that title which is about the phenomenon as a whole. 518:. Has sufficient coverage to establish notability, but it's happening in more than one city. Significant societal topic: women responding to police and judges claiming that a man is not responsible for raping a woman who dresses in a sexy manner. (Is the Taliban the source of a significant number of judges and police officers in Canada?). 436:. The original slutwalk in Toronto received some coverage, but would have been just a news item if that is all that had happened. However, this has spread from Toronto with other cities also holding such events, and garnering coverage in the media raising this beyond just a news event. -- 353:). Notability seems well confirmed: geographic scope and persistence of coverage seem on their way). The POV and essay issues are substantial but not grounds for deletion; the final essay-style section is fundamentally about the motivations and arguments of the protesters which can be 270:. Much of the article is essentially originial research/synthesis and advocacy, intended to demonstrate the significance of the problem the article subject attempts to address. Whatever the merits of the cause involved, this just isn't an encyclopedic article. 491:- The march was covered by the CBC, check out footnote 1. I don't think POV is the issue here, although possibly NOTNEWS comes into play. If this was a one-off demonstration, probably not inclusion-worthy in my book; if it is an annual event, probably it is. 640:. I just saw a video about this at USA Today, and came to Knowledge (XXG) for more info. The video was actually covering a Slutwalk that took place in Boston, but I added the link as a ref to this article. I just found another link at Huffington Post ( 249:. Nom admits its a notable topic, and is correct. There are reliable sources cited. Article may be stubbed or rewritten to eliminate OR and essay-like features. I will do it myself before the nomination period expires if no-one gets to it first. 622:
on account of the multitude of sources. I have no opinion about the renaming, and besides, the article name is out of scope for a deletion discussion, and can be attended to after the deletion discussion has concluded.
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because other such demonstrations are reported planned, so this is more of a protest movement than a random news event which happened one day.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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As a result of the major cleanup that has happened on this article since I opened this AfD, I
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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this nomination, as my original rationale of advocacy/hopeless POV no longer apply. —
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I agree with previous statement. This has taken off and it is far more than froth.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/slutwalk-united-states-city_n_851725.html
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to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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which can be addressed in the talk page, without deleting the article.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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material. What is left is well sourced and I believe avoids
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rather than stated as a fact, or pulled where it is
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It's notable enough for a BBC article 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 605:, and is spawning multiple events. 24: 344:as the phenomenon spreads: see 209:blowing it up and starting over 1: 532:Largely as noted by others, 766: 418:21:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC) 395:21:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC) 371:11:55, 29 April 2011 (UTC) 333:11:46, 29 April 2011 (UTC) 304:23:57, 28 April 2011 (UTC) 280:21:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC) 259:19:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC) 242:18:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC) 220:15:19, 28 April 2011 (UTC) 540:(universally reported in 742:Please do not modify it. 732:01:45, 11 May 2011 (UTC) 311:. I removed most of the 65:18:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC) 32:Please do not modify it. 707:20:06, 9 May 2011 (UTC) 681:20:52, 8 May 2011 (UTC) 654:06:37, 8 May 2011 (UTC) 633:05:48, 8 May 2011 (UTC) 615:13:47, 7 May 2011 (UTC) 583:00:26, 7 May 2011 (UTC) 558:16:41, 6 May 2011 (UTC) 528:15:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC) 501:14:55, 6 May 2011 (UTC) 481:01:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC) 446:14:30, 3 May 2011 (UTC) 205:notability requirements 340:(but consider move to 199:. 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