Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 White House gatecrash incident
to White House intruders. I'm trying to apply the principles in the proposal . For ''depth of coverage'', the news coverage has gone beyond merely reporting the facts of the event as we're seeing analysis of their motiveshttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/politics/29party.html and suggestions that they may face criminal charges.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/28/gatecrasher-michaele-salahi-met-obama For ''duration of coverage'', it's held up 5 days after the event! It's likely to hold up better than the 'Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barack Obama fly swatting incident|Barack Obama fly swatting incident', as it was an event with more real world consequences, but we can't predict what the media will do with it. ''Geographical scope'': there's global coverage. ''Diversity of sources'': tons, very diverse. ''Lasting effects'': hard to say but probably nil, changes to protocols or laws on the basis of this event are unlikely. ''Routine coverage'': not really the case. The reporting has touches of 'And Finally' to it, but the coverage goes well beyond that. I'd say this event is highly unlikely to have historical notability, and that the duration of coverage and lasting effect will probably be minimal, but we'd have been better able to judge this in a week or two. I'd suggest trimming all the biographical material, which is of little relevance to the event, and merging to White House intruders
— User:Fences, 16:06, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:EVENT (Wikipedia:Notability)