Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2011 Syrian protests
the article now has a significant amount of content citing reliable sources in English like nytimes and WSJ. It is too big to simply include in 2010–2011_Arab_world_protests#Syria|the main article. (Keeping the deletion tag up is an embarrassment for Wikipedia. We really should wait a week or so for RfD with Current events articles like this one because they rapidly become notable enough according to the criteria for inclusion stated  in 
— User:Heroeswithmetaphors, 15:09, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTNEWS (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)