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
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The result was merge to
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. Opinions are split three-way between delete, merge and keep. The "delete" and "keep" arguments are relatively weak: the "delete" side does not address the sources found by the "keep" side, while the "keep" side has found only one example of in-depth coverage, the Meduza article, while the other sources appear to be passing mentions. Under these circumstances, a selective merger, as a compromise solution, is the most consensual outcome of this discussion. Sandstein 10:51, 18 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Anti-war symbol, but the article is very
WP:ORish and has problems with
WP:GNG. The term "White-blue-white flag" is not widespread. There is some very recent social media exposure, but I can't find any reliable sources (even in press) discussing this symbol.
WP:TOOSOON? Not sure if anything here is mergeable to
2022 anti-war protests in Russia, given low quality references. Although this is one of those cases where we may be get some journalistic coverage any moment - but until this happens, I am afraid, GNG is not met. (Also, given the current political context,
Wikipedia:RIGHTGREATWRONGS and
WP:ITSIMPORTANT are worth remembering). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here12:16, 10 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Draftify Unable to find significant coverage at this time, but I think this topic has the potential to be notable if it does receive coverage in the future.
WP:TOOSOON to put the article in mainspace.
Qwaiiplayer (
talk)
13:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge with the article on protests in Russia. It's obviously a real thing and it can have an article if and when it becomes big enough for its own article. The name of the article is also just a description as things stand. --
Killuminator (
talk)
05:36, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge this page with
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. I think the best thing to do would be to wait for a more official name for the flag to come out before it has its own article. A Google search for 'white-blue-white' flag has this article as the only outstanding result.
Anoncocoa1 (
talk)
14:32, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep This flag is an important symbol that is becoming more and more common. It's not simply part of anti-war protests in Russia. It is being used in other countries as well. So you cannot merge it with anti-war protests in Russia. Here is it being used in Georgia, not Russia.
https://twitter.com/With__Ukraine/status/1502652362971881482 Also
WP:TOOSOON doesn't apply as this is an on-going event.
Ergzay (
talk)
14:39, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
I agree. I see this flag emerging widely in social media in recent days, notably among anti-war inclined Russians. This Wikipedia page should be kept and should grow, and certainly not be deleted. Alex Anderson, London
213.205.194.55 (
talk)
15:10, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge this page with
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. It's notable enough to be mentioned in that article. However, the primary measurement of notability is significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The currently cited references in the article have a strong bias to social networks and self-published sources, and that's really not good enough for an independent article. I checked the article about the same topic in the Russian Wikipedia, and the situations with references there is even worse. Maybe it will change some day, but for now it should redirect to the article about the protests and not be a separate article. --
Amir E. Aharoni (
talk)
10:53, 14 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. I do agree that over the last two weeks, this flag was only known on social media and among the narrow circles of the Russian opposition, even though it was flown occasionally. However, today there was a
long publication on
Meduza (one of Russian opposition's main media outlets) with its story, which explained how it became a popular symbol over such a short period. More to follow.
Dmitri Lytov (
talk)
04:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Absolutely agree, DELETE! Also, the information in regards to similar flags is incorrect. Belarusians flag has much deeper history, first mentioned in 15th century. See more details here=> White red white flag value. White-red and white flag and "pursuit" as true national symbols of Belarus (video) (nemelianov.ru)
Litsvinka (
talk)
22:49, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. This flag now is a huge symbol of anti-war movement in Russia and Russian diaspora worldwide. I think
Meduza's article already shared above confirmes that pretty well.
Meiræ13:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep – as others have stated, it's becoming an important opposition symbol, which means it deserves its own article. I don't see how "the flag has no history" is an argument; it does have a history, albeit a young one, as is the case with every such kind of symbol that appears at a certain time.
Lupishor (
talk)
13:49, 16 March 2022 (UTC)reply
But still only the Medusa article has SIGCOV of the flag. GNG requires multiple sources. This is not met, but of course, a second independent sources may appear anytime... Until this does, I think merge is a reasonable option, with no prejudice to restoration once we have 2+ sources that meet SIGCOV. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here08:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)reply
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.
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 merge to
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. Opinions are split three-way between delete, merge and keep. The "delete" and "keep" arguments are relatively weak: the "delete" side does not address the sources found by the "keep" side, while the "keep" side has found only one example of in-depth coverage, the Meduza article, while the other sources appear to be passing mentions. Under these circumstances, a selective merger, as a compromise solution, is the most consensual outcome of this discussion. Sandstein 10:51, 18 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Anti-war symbol, but the article is very
WP:ORish and has problems with
WP:GNG. The term "White-blue-white flag" is not widespread. There is some very recent social media exposure, but I can't find any reliable sources (even in press) discussing this symbol.
WP:TOOSOON? Not sure if anything here is mergeable to
2022 anti-war protests in Russia, given low quality references. Although this is one of those cases where we may be get some journalistic coverage any moment - but until this happens, I am afraid, GNG is not met. (Also, given the current political context,
Wikipedia:RIGHTGREATWRONGS and
WP:ITSIMPORTANT are worth remembering). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here12:16, 10 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Draftify Unable to find significant coverage at this time, but I think this topic has the potential to be notable if it does receive coverage in the future.
WP:TOOSOON to put the article in mainspace.
Qwaiiplayer (
talk)
13:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge with the article on protests in Russia. It's obviously a real thing and it can have an article if and when it becomes big enough for its own article. The name of the article is also just a description as things stand. --
Killuminator (
talk)
05:36, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge this page with
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. I think the best thing to do would be to wait for a more official name for the flag to come out before it has its own article. A Google search for 'white-blue-white' flag has this article as the only outstanding result.
Anoncocoa1 (
talk)
14:32, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep This flag is an important symbol that is becoming more and more common. It's not simply part of anti-war protests in Russia. It is being used in other countries as well. So you cannot merge it with anti-war protests in Russia. Here is it being used in Georgia, not Russia.
https://twitter.com/With__Ukraine/status/1502652362971881482 Also
WP:TOOSOON doesn't apply as this is an on-going event.
Ergzay (
talk)
14:39, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
I agree. I see this flag emerging widely in social media in recent days, notably among anti-war inclined Russians. This Wikipedia page should be kept and should grow, and certainly not be deleted. Alex Anderson, London
213.205.194.55 (
talk)
15:10, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge this page with
2022 anti-war protests in Russia. It's notable enough to be mentioned in that article. However, the primary measurement of notability is significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The currently cited references in the article have a strong bias to social networks and self-published sources, and that's really not good enough for an independent article. I checked the article about the same topic in the Russian Wikipedia, and the situations with references there is even worse. Maybe it will change some day, but for now it should redirect to the article about the protests and not be a separate article. --
Amir E. Aharoni (
talk)
10:53, 14 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. I do agree that over the last two weeks, this flag was only known on social media and among the narrow circles of the Russian opposition, even though it was flown occasionally. However, today there was a
long publication on
Meduza (one of Russian opposition's main media outlets) with its story, which explained how it became a popular symbol over such a short period. More to follow.
Dmitri Lytov (
talk)
04:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Absolutely agree, DELETE! Also, the information in regards to similar flags is incorrect. Belarusians flag has much deeper history, first mentioned in 15th century. See more details here=> White red white flag value. White-red and white flag and "pursuit" as true national symbols of Belarus (video) (nemelianov.ru)
Litsvinka (
talk)
22:49, 15 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. This flag now is a huge symbol of anti-war movement in Russia and Russian diaspora worldwide. I think
Meduza's article already shared above confirmes that pretty well.
Meiræ13:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep – as others have stated, it's becoming an important opposition symbol, which means it deserves its own article. I don't see how "the flag has no history" is an argument; it does have a history, albeit a young one, as is the case with every such kind of symbol that appears at a certain time.
Lupishor (
talk)
13:49, 16 March 2022 (UTC)reply
But still only the Medusa article has SIGCOV of the flag. GNG requires multiple sources. This is not met, but of course, a second independent sources may appear anytime... Until this does, I think merge is a reasonable option, with no prejudice to restoration once we have 2+ sources that meet SIGCOV. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here08:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)reply
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.