Talk:January 27, 2007 anti-war protest

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Contents 1 Requested move 1.1 Survey 1.1.1 Survey - in support of the move 1.1.2 Survey - in opposition to the move 1.2 Discussion 2 Pictures 3 Cigarette butts 4 Anti anti protest 5 No 400,000 6 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Requested move

[edit] Pictures

I noticed that most of the pictures in this article have been removed, and was wondering if a panorama of the event, which I feel encompasses the scope of the protest, would be appropriate for the article. Any thoughts? Spinnick597 22:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed most of the photos because we don't have enough text to support that many photos yet. It still has to grow some more first before we can add more photos to the text itself. All the photos were moved to Wikimedia Commons and the J27 gallery is linked from there. I would strongly recommend that, if the panorama is available under a free license, that you upload it to Commons and place it under the J27 category. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cigarette butts

What are the sources for the report of cigarette butts and spitting at soldiers? There has been no mention of anything like this anywhere but here. Is this supported by reliable sources, or is it just vandalism? 64.75.114.95 18:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

First of all, since your comment was not about the requested move, I moved it to its own section. That said, it appears to be simple vandalism and POV-pushing, considering the phrasing. Good work in zapping it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anti anti protest

Does anyone have a source for this? It's not that I want it removed (unlike the cigarette butt tale!), I just haven't heard it anywhere else. It could also be re-phrased so who's protesting what is clearer, but if it gets sourced, I can do that part. Candle-ends 01:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Could you cite the passage in the text that you're referring to? It appears that you're referring to the Freepers' counter-protest in the article, but I'm not for certain. Some clarity would be appreciated. SchuminWeb (Talk) 07:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

My apologies. "In what was called the anti anti protest, Iraq veterans in the hundreds stood in front of the opposing protesters holding signs supporting the war." It's plunked in towards the bottom. Sounds like it's trying to say the counter-protest was protested? Maybe? Candle-ends 18:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No 400,000

The media reported tens of thousands, which implies less than 100,000 in my mind. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.206.165.17 (talk) 06:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

I was at the march, I support what people were doing there, but there was definitely less than a 100,000. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.147.66 (talk • contribs)

I was there, too, but I was with the black bloc, and so I can't speak for much about the mainstream march as far as numbers go. The black bloc did really well as far as attendance went, though, by its own standards. SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I was also with the bloc, I heard estimates at 100,000. There were more than 30 in the bloc when they went to the Armed Forces RC, but I don't have any photographic evidence to prove it. There were at least 50 though. --Nielad 02:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, you can kind of get a headcount with the photo you submitted (nice photo, by the way!), and it's definitely not one or two people in that bloc. I'd bailed out by then due to fatigue and camera issues, and got photos of the window still busted two weeks later. The problem with estimating the size of the black bloc is that the size fluctuated greatly over the course of the day. The bloc was largest when it was near the Capitol and at the steps, was around 50-100 or so leaving Dupont, and appeared based on that photo to be somewhat smaller at the recruitment center. SchuminWeb (Talk) 12:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I was there and at the end of the protest, it was announced onstage that the number was 500,000 (acording to aerial photography). Although this does seem a little high, it was definitely more than tens of thousands. This seems like a conservative number and although it was the number that was eaten up by the media, it could just be a visual estimate or a police estimate. Either way, based on my experience from other large protests, I think that there were more than 100,000 people there. , Keith 22:59, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 15:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)