Talk:2007 Swazi general strike

message: How is this not notable, FEARgod? Compare 2007 Guinean general strike, for instance. —Nightstallion 12:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Guinea had casualties, was on the headlines and was on step from civil war, this not. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 14:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I don't see at all this story on major news services:   --TheFEARgod (Ч) 14:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So what? The country's largest union has called for strikes, and all the opposition parties are supporting it. Just because Swaziland is so small that BBC and Jazeera appear to ignore it is no grounds to discredit all the other news sources which carry the story. I'm sorry, but this seems very WASP-centric to me. I'm fairly certain notability is NOT an issue here. —Nightstallion 13:21, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Is the Guardian good enough for you as a major news source? —Nightstallion 13:50, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, as one source states, this is the largest public showing of civil disobediency since 1996, so I think we can say this is something more notable than the daily strikes in Israel or Italy.  —Nightstallion 15:50, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Newsworthy is the same as encyclopedia worthy, provided it is covered by multiple sources. Everyking 16:36, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to disagree with Feargod and Number57. his appears one of the main political events in the country in 2007, and if it had taken place in Canada nobody would even dream of starting this discussion. I'm sorry, but I can't help feeling the smell of systemic bias.--Aldux 17:58, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree with what Aldux said, and would have said it if he had not beat me too it. This is a major event, it is covered by multiple independent sources, so it is by definition notable. Thanks to Nightstallion for writing about it. Picaroon (Talk) 18:14, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Nightstallion asked me to comment on this matter. In the context of Swaziland, I can how it's notable for folks in Swaziland, as Cclowe has noted. For the rest of the world, I have doubts about notability (for example, ask any random joe to locate Swaziland on a map), except in a trade union context. In short, I see both sides.- Thanks, Hoshie 06:27, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does the rest of the world matter? Should Swazi awareness of a political issue in the U.S. or a West European country be considered an important factor in whether an article on that subject belongs? This is preposterous. Everyking 23:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability

message: This article has been flagged as needing an update for some time. Anyone familiar with the current status of this 'ongoing' strike?--Derek Andrews (talk) 17:25, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update 

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