Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Petroleum Congress protests

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The result of the debate was delete. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 16:38, Dec. 23, 2005

[edit] World Petroleum Congress protests

Despite the claims of thousands in the article, Calgary newspaper accounts reported a small and peaceful crowd. Here is a sampling:

"For their second day of action, protesters turned their attention away from the World Petroleum Congress to downtown oil companies. As was the case Sunday, the day passed without any major confrontations between protesters and police.

About 200 members of the End of Oil Action Coalition took to the streets at 7 a.m., blocking rush-hour traffic as they danced, chanted and marched." — Calgary Herald, June 13, 2005

Nonevent delete

Lotsofissues 08:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Keep. While the various protest marches during the weekdays of the conference typically saw numbers ranging from about 100-300 participants, the main opening protest event on Sunday, June 11, 2005, saw significantly larger numbers (it's been a while so I don't recall specifics, and I don't have my notes handy, but it was somewhere between 1000 and 5000). The protest events ran for about a week, including a "counter-conference" with participants and speakers brought in from around the world. While the article is a little sparse at the moment, expanding it has been on my to do list for a while. --GrantNeufeld 18:47, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete In no way notable Brimba 20:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Shouldn't need a major police confrontation to make it not a "nonevent". CarbonCopy (talk) 21:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Wikipedia is not a PR agency, no matter how noble you think your cause is, and the 5,000 people (at MOST) at a protest is barely noticable blip in the world. --Calton | Talk 01:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Nonevent p_b1999 ^{(Talk|Contribution)} 20:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Definite nonevent. Every international conference has its corresponding insignicant protest. They don't all need Wikipedia entries. | Klaw ¡digame! 17:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

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