Talk:Montgomery Improvement Association

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[edit] Merge of Montgomery Improvement Association

I wrote an article on the Montgomery Improvement Association. I only knew of it as that name not as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They are pretty much the same in regards to information with a few minor differences. The Montgomery Bus Boycott article is longer and has a better layout. So I'm proposing that they be merged. but if that is not the community consensus, then I propose that Montgomery Improvement Association be speedy deleted. (I've crossed that out based upon WikiSceptic's opinion on the matter. Only reason for not removing the merge suggestion is because as Orane has pointed out the "Montgomery Improvement Association" meets all the requirements for a merge.)KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 20:57, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I think that "Montgomery Improvement Association" should be merged to "Montgomery Bus Boycott". Both articles practically give information on the exact same thing; the boycott.
According to Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages, its good to merge if:
  • There are two or more articles on exactly the same subject. (check)
  • There are two or more articles on related subjects that have a large overlap.(check)
  • If a short article requires the background material or context from a broader article in order for readers to understand it. (check)
With all this said, "Montgomery Improvement Association" article only provides a succinct account of the information provided in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Θrǎn e (t) (c) (e-mail) 21:26, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Strong Keep

As one of the two organizations that played critical roles in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Montgomery Improvement Association does deserve to be studied and recorded in its own entry; much of what relates to the MBB should be moved there, but the MIA article needs to be expanded by research into the MIA itself, and must balance out the entry on the rival pro-segregationist White Citizens Council which itself must be retained. Also, even if there is some information overlap, the MIA entry must be retained. Again, the MBB page ought to include more information on the Claudette Colvin case and the Browder v. Gayle case integrated into it. WikiSceptic 04:58, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I must say that I agree with WikiSceptic on the fact that the "MIA" deserves it's own article. But the information is redundant. Hence the suggestion for the merge. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 22:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Bogus Entries

On February 1, 2006 this article was completely rewritten by an editor with no entries on either his home page or discussion page. On February 4 and 5, a large amount of Timeline was placed in American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954) by a similar "editor" - at least one line entered was completely bogus (and I so annotated it). That editor no longer exists. I will be advising administrators. Simesa 01:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixing Article

Well, this article wasn't looking so well...so I tried to fix it up the best I could....but it looks like it requires more assistence. If someone else could help me out here...that'd be great. Thanks! Codejkoolguy 17:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)