Talk:2024 Melbourne Land Forces Expo protests

This article was nominated for deletion on 17 September 2024. The result of the discussion was keep.

Australia: Victoria / Melbourne / Politics Low‑importance

	Australia portal 2024 Melbourne Land Forces Expo protests is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Victoria (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Melbourne (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Australian politics (assessed as Low-importance).
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia, or the State Library of Victoria.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

Politics Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

not NPOV

This article needs to be heavily revised or deleted. It's extremely biased and only mentions the fact protestors were injured, not the 27 police and several members of the public who were injured. Many required hospitalisation. There's also no mention of the fact the rioters started physically attacking anyone within range that they felt did not hold their world views. There's no mention of the fact acid, bile and faeces were thrown at police and others, and furthermore, no one credible considers the police response "brutality." The general public was not supportive of the protest nor was any political party only one member of the victorian branch of a left wing socialist party. These protests were widely condemned nationally.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/anti-war-protesters-police-clash-outside-melbourne-defence-expo-2024-09-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/protests-melbourne-enter-second-day-police-beef-up-security-2024-09-12/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/live-blog-land-forces-protest-melbourne-israel-gaza/104333922 https://apnews.com/article/australia-protest-arms-convention-melbourne-f320ca694600df26c032eabac97e8bb8 1.159.0.229 (talk) 11:56, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add that information then, without the loaded language, provided that you can back it up with sources. Wikipedia is edible by anyone, including you, isn’t that great? Geelongite (talk) 05:38, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

I propose merging 2024 Melbourne Land Forces Expo protests into Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia. Further to the recently closed AfD, I don't think that the land forces protest is notable enough outside of the overall protests that have been occuring in Australia. I have since created Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia, which hopefully gets the ball rolling for a merge to occur. GMH Melbourne (talk) 01:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging users who were involved in the AfD: @All that is solid melts into air, ClaudineChionh, AusLondonder, Geelongite, DeadlyRampage26, and Grnrchst: GMH Melbourne (talk) 01:14, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]