Talk:Socialist Rifle Association

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Use of "we"[edit]

The final section (Ideology) of the article repeatedly uses the word "we" - looks copied from their website. Is this appropriate? --47.144.151.55 (talk) 20:04, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be. This should not be first person. Nekomancerjade (talk) 00:55, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This page should not be speedily deleted because...

(I'm to late for the discussion on deletion but here is my opinion.) The article was originally a short one
based on a profile in the New York Times column by Michelle Goldberg:
"Rise of the Armed Left".
which was a short profile, not a "passing mention".
There is a significant amount of material in the article is material taken directly from the organization itself, and the article should be trimmed to meet the standards of the editors in the discussion,
but if the New York Times is not a wp:reliable source, I don't know what is. --BoogaLouie (talk) 17:18, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reediting[edit]

Hey, I've been doing some re-editing to beef upthis article for publication, all help and constructive criticism is appreciated!

S1d6arrett23 (talk) 21:30, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for Article[edit]

1. Kim, Kelly. "If others have rifles, we’ll have rifles’: why US leftist groups are taking up arms", The Guardian. Jul. 22, 2019.
2. Resneck, Jacob. "Meet the Socialist Rifle Association. The left’s answer to conservative gun culture",KTOO. November 19, 2018. (Alaska Local)
3. Pein, Corey. "Antifa Is Arming Itself Against a Trump Crackdown", The New Republic, July 2, 2019.
4. Goldberg, Michelle. "Rise of the Armed Left", The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2018.
5. Tar, Joe. "Socialism's Safest Space". Isthmus, March 14, 2019
6. Goldberg, Leonhardt, Douthat, & Sunkara. "The United States of Socialism", The New York Times., March 30, 2019.
7. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-47502573/are-these-america-s-least-likely-gun-owners
8. Aria, Michael. "Left-Wing Disaster Relief Efforts Spread Goodwill for Socialism", Truthout. Dec 12, 2019.
9.Mel Plaut. "I’m Nonbinary, Gay-Married And Just Moved To The Deep South. Here’s Why I Got A Gun." Huffpost, March 17, 2019.
10. Spender, Hawes. Summer of Hate: Charllotesville, USA. Print. University of Virginia Press, Aug 7, 2018. "...militias and paramilitary groups present in Charlottesville on August 12- including the Socialist Rifle Association, The Virginia Minutemen Militia, the American Freedom Keepers, the Three Percenters, the American Warrior Revolution, and the left-leaning Redneck Revolt. But the two that occupied the most visible piece of real estate was a combined company from the Pennsylvnia Light Foot Militia and the New York Foot Miltia."
11. https://triad-city-beat.com/anti-racists-guns/
12. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/13/charlottesville-unite-the-right-rally-anniversary-police
13.https://www.nbc29.com/story/36580615/charlottesville-joins-suit-10-12-2017
14.https://theintercept.com/2018/06/12/charlottesville-protest-alt-right-anti-fascist/
15.https://truthout.org/articles/why-is-charlottesville-suing-two-anti-racist-groups-over-last-years-violent-unite-the-right-rally/
16. Georgetown.edu documents regarding The City of Charlottesville vs. The Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia,et al.

So, in total we have about ten separate sources for this page,

of these at least four go into detail regarding the nature of the SRA (Guard., NYT., Isthmus., and New Republic).
Nine web-based newspaper sources, one print source.
At least two sources (Truthout and New Republic) discuss the 2019 Mutual Aid campaign for those affected by Hurricane Michael.
At least one source (10) discusses the SRA's participation in a historically significant contemporary event -- United the Right Rally
Of these sources, at least two are from local news sources (2 & 5) from Alaska and Wisconsin. Two British news organizations (7 & 1). Four separate national news papers.

Notability[edit]

Based on the sources listed above it would be reasonable to assume that the subject of this article meets the notability guidelines as a encyclopedic subject of particular significance based on: 1. the extensive number of news and media focus. 2. as verified by media reports the SRA participated in a historically relevant contemporary event during the landfall and recovery from the 2019 Category-5 Hurricane Michael, (Mutual Aid Recovery Campaign). 3. The SRA's participation in the historically notable event of Charlottesville, Virginia 2017 Unite the Right Rally, where they participated as counter-demonstrators to the right wing rallies.