Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Sousveillance Day

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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 No consensus (default to keep). Keilana(recall) 06:04, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Sousveillance Day

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The day mentioned seems to be of very little renown (apart from that other holiday celebrated on the same date). All references at the end of the article are either to wearcam.org or to places that have no mention of sousveillance. Google also didn't turn much, so this looks like failing notability to me. Eldar (talk) 22:32, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Does not appear to be notable. --NickPenguin(contribs) 01:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as a non-notable neologism. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as there are a large number of participants around the world, and WSD has been running for 10 years now, as a tradition that appears will remain. Also, now the issues that WSD stands for are quite timely and relevant with the proliferation of camera phones, and the attempts at authorities to stop people from documenting police brutality, unsafe work conditions, or abuse of power. Glogger (talk) 18:38, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment I have nominated this page but did not nominate Sousveillance. The question is whether this entry has any notability beyond the entry on Sousveillance itself. Eldar (talk) 00:58, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Sousveillance was nominated for deletion a while back, and it survived the vfd process. WSD is a separately notable event, i.e. notable as distinct from sousveillance itself.Glogger (talk) 03:59, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This day is separate from the general academic idea of Sousveillance, and been referred to in other publications such as Wired magazine. --Silent-e (talk) 02:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom. — HelloAnnyong [ t · c ] 04:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - there is significant albeit not overwhelming press coverage of WSD if you look for 'World Sousveillance Day' in Google News, in particular pieces in Wired (magazine) (already in ext. links in the article) and Reason (magazine). I would argue that if there is significant press coverage of an event meant to raise awareness of a practice that has widespread and easy-to-understand impact on a population (and what other type of concept would actually receive press coverage, one wonders) and that practice/concept is sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia (which sousveillance is), the event should be considered notable as well. Just a thought that might make a reasonable rule-of-thumb. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Request for comments Since I've nominated this page I've seen a couple of "keep" votes with some evidence of some media coverage. Any thoughts regarding the alternative of merging and redirecting to Sousveillance? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eldar (talk • contribs) 23:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment: That is usually a viable option, but it is an editorial decision that need not be decided here as part of the process. I do not see a compelling reason to conduct a merge at this point. Since we are talking editorial matters rather than keep/delete, I'll delve into precedent. For instance, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Breast cancer ... Great American Smokeout and Smoking ... Earth Day and Environmentalism ... there are as many counter-examples as examples, but these suffice to remind that separation of 'awareness event' and 'cause/condition' is not rare in Wikipedia. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 23:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Negligible notability. Similar to cruft in that it appears to have notability only as a variety new clip or to diehard fans of this concept. --S.dedalus (talk) 01:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.