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*'''Strong Delete''' There isn't a wikipedia article made for every news story written. This event is not significant enough to warrant its own article. MAYBE a blurb in some sub-section in the events of the Scientology article, but only if it picks up momentum. ] (]) 22:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC) *'''Strong Delete''' There isn't a wikipedia article made for every news story written. This event is not significant enough to warrant its own article. MAYBE a blurb in some sub-section in the events of the Scientology article, but only if it picks up momentum. ] (]) 22:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' Good article --] (]) 22:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC) *'''Keep''' Good article --] (]) 22:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
*'''Comment on cyberterrorism''' - I sometimes get a raised eyebrow when I accuse POV-pushers of using this project to promote cyberterrorism to forward their POV. Let's just take a look at who we are elevating to a level where their attacks and announcements are worthy of encyclopedic coverage even before they prove to be anything. See the first hit on (I will not link directly to a copyright violation but this is worth seeing). --] (]) 22:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
**'''Response:''' -- I have not seen the word "cyberterrorism" used to describe this group, or this event, website, or ''anything'' associated with it in any of my research so far by any ]/] news organization, blog, or anything of the sort. In fact, the first and ''only'' time that I have seen this term used in this manner, is by {{user|JustaHulk}}. ] (]) 22:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
***Really, I invented that term??? Cool. Oh wait, here it is:<blockquote>"] is the leveraging of a target's computers and information technology, particularly via the Internet, to cause physical, real-world harm or severe disruption of infrastructure."</blockquote>Does that sound like anything that Anonymous might be involved with. Watch the Fox11 video if you have any doubts. --] (]) 22:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
****Really? Did I ''say'' you "invented" the term? No. That's not what I said. I said no one but you has ever used that term so far in the media/news/press/blogs to refer to Project Chanology or anything associated with these events. Perhaps it is ''you'' that are trying to use Misplaced Pages to push out a new association of this term with this group? This has zero relevance to whether or not this subject of this article passes ], and is bordering on disruption of this AfD. ] (]) 22:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
******Oh, sorry. I guess I misinterpreted this line: "In fact, the first and only time that I have seen this term used in this manner." The point in that there is a term for what they do and that term is "cyber-terrorism". Death threats, bomb threats (watch the video) there is no reason to whitewash this group. Watch the Fox11 video. This is totally relevant to whether this article has a place in this project. --] (]) 22:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
*****'''Note:''' This AfD discussion page is NOT a forum or a message board for anyone to promote their own POV or push out their own version of terminology associated with the subject of this article. Discussion should be related to why or why not this article passes ]. Take any forum type discussion to a personal blog, but not Misplaced Pages pages, as per policy. Thanks, ] (]) 22:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
*'''Keep.''' At least wait to see what goes down on February 10th, since there should supposedly be some goings-on then. With the "fourth wave" being planned for January 30th, I don't think this thing is over yet. Aside from that, it's seen coverage on a couple television broadcasts (NBC Local and Sky News) along with a myriad of Internet sources. If something like ] is a worthy enough article, this should be, as well. ] (]) 22:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC) *'''Keep.''' At least wait to see what goes down on February 10th, since there should supposedly be some goings-on then. With the "fourth wave" being planned for January 30th, I don't think this thing is over yet. Aside from that, it's seen coverage on a couple television broadcasts (NBC Local and Sky News) along with a myriad of Internet sources. If something like ] is a worthy enough article, this should be, as well. ] (]) 22:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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Project Chanology

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Project Chanology has received attention from various news channels, but right now it would be a "recentism" to keep it. The project has hacked Scientology websites, causing minor problems to the church internationally, but there aren't any real long-term consequences to all this yet. There's also a COI thing here, as the article has been edited several times by users that are obviously involved with 4chan and the Project. Misplaced Pages is not the place to bring propaganda, this should be merged with Scientology and the internet.--Yamanbaiia 23:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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  • Keep: I disagree that this should be merged into "Scientology and the Internet". That article is a description of how S uses the internet, not how S is attacked by another group. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 03:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep: Afd is not the correct forum for a merge proposal. The notability of the topic of this article is proven beyond all reasonable doubt by its non-trivial coverage in reliable independent sources not limited to Wired, National Post, PC World. CNET News, Baltimore City Paper, FOX News and Edmonton Sun. WP:RECENT is an essay; WP:V is policy. This ridiculous nomination should be swiftly withdrawn and the discussion moved to the article's talkpage. Skomorokh 03:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep: ..or weak keep, per most of the above. Markusbradley (talk) 03:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep: The article is very nicely written and well sourced. And as per all of the above Calicore (talk) 03:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, obviously. One of Misplaced Pages's strengths is its ability to collate and summarize reporting on current events. This is not a weakness. The suggestions of WP:RECENTISM, if implemented, would greatly harm this project. --FOo (talk) 03:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep: The fact that it is still ongoing and developing alone is enough to nominate to keep. Given the preponderance of media coverage and the well written detail covered by the article a merge would be a disservice to Misplaced Pages but a nomination for deletion is really hard to take in good faith. --AlexCatlin (talk) 04:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep+Protect: This has had major media coverage around the world (and getting on KNBC and Sky News all in the same day is truly big). ViperSnake151 04:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep news worthy event, well referenced. —Pengo 04:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Misplaced Pages news covered it and it's still unfolding. The Anonymous YouTube alone is logging astronomical hits. --Piepie (talk) 04:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep+Protect This is notable not only as a current event, but a glimpse into how modern information warfare might be waged. This alone makes it relevant. Sreyan (talk) 05:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Project Chanology is a notable current event receiving considerable media attention. While current events themselves may be frowned upon in Misplaced Pages, it concentrates more on its conflict with Scientology. Since the YouTube video declaring war has garnered over one million views in five days, I believe at the very least Project Chanology will be (at least in the future) considered a historic event. Though it is still developing, it is not being written from the perspective of a current event so much as it is being written based on its purpose, which is to combat Scientology. Detractors above have asked "Should every DDOS attack have its own article?" To which I reply, has every DDOS attack received international media coverage? I'd also like to note that the DDOS attacks are only a small part of Project Chanology, which can be easily seen by anybody that researches it. HoCkEy PUCK (talk) 05:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom. Recentism that does not, at present, deserve a separate article in an encyclopedia. It is sufficiently well covered at WikiNews, a more appropriate venue for such. Promoting this at this early stage does not reflect well on the project. The article can be rebuilt at any time if this turns out to be more than a flash-in-the-pan. --JustaHulk (talk) 05:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment Misplaced Pages has a long precedent of covering news events as they happen, how is this any different? AfD is not a venue to deny recognition because you find the groups activities harmful. BJ 05:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable. Hail Xenu. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 05:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep My reasons are given on Talk:Project Chanology. Scetoaux (talk) 06:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment My reasons given there were archived. I am electing to copy+paste my pitch here. I couldn't do that last night, since I was editing on my iPod Touch:
      • I am convinced that this is a perfect example of the power that Internet groups can have. While not in complete agreement, Anonymous has declared war against the CoS. Anybody with knowledge of Anonymous still has no true idea of their capabilities, since very few people can truly appreciate or understand just how big this group is. It is quite possible that Anon may actually exceed the total worldwide membership of the CoS. Something else that arises from one's understanding of Anon is just how difficult it is to stop a group of this size. This isn't a bunch of script kiddies on a single website, but a collective from a larger group of sites. This event is far from its conclusion. Scetoaux (talk) 17:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep To reiterate the point I made at Talk:Scientology notability has been proven, Misplaced Pages has always had articles that comment on current events and this particular event could end up being very important in the history of Scientology. --Mcr hxc (talk) 06:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Even my parents knew about this event. --Phiren (talk) 06:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Just the referencing alone is impressive, particularly considering that this article is only 2 days old. It appears well-written; it's fairly neutral, completely verified, and (amazingly) notable. Placing the content in any related articles would either make those articles too long (Scientology) or take up a disproportionately large portion of a more focused topic (Scientology and the Internet) given the large amount of pertinent and verifiable information on the subject. However, a small mention should probably be made in the latter article with a link to this main one, though that's just an extra picky thing. LaMenta3 (talk) 06:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Very significant internet event--Cs california (talk) 07:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep and Protect Very well-referenced article documenting a current event that has received significant media coverage. Few YouTube videos pass 1 million views. Jwray (talk) 07:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep First off I think it would be hard to prove the second and third point in the origional comment, those beeing the Coi and propaganda. The only reason editors are bringing up for deletion that I can see from this discussion is because it is a recent event, that in itself dosn't denote deletion. I origionaly wanted this to be deleted, however in the past few days it has become a well writen article. If someone wants it to be deleted, I think they really should reference the article itself, and not knee jerk a decision because of past policy.Coffeepusher (talk) 07:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note to those saying "Protect": The article is already semi-protected. There is no need for a full protect. Cirt (talk) 07:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Anonymous Keep this article, i'm sure scientology wants this article to be closed but free speech is a must! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.248.89.177 (talk) 08:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC) 77.248.89.177 (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Cirt (talk) 08:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep This event has already been seen in several notable news sources, and the article is very well-written.--Piemanmoo (talk) 08:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep The article warrants at mention, it has had significant media coverage, and the youtube anonymous message has has 1 million + views. It looks liek it will be a significant internet event. It is not a matter of number of votes for keep/delete or merge. Scientology vs internet is about the actions of scientology on the internet, censorship and the like, not an event like this. the article stands on it's own for that reason, it it fails/stalls/degrades into obscurity then it can be merged into scientology vs the internet. Fredcar (talk) 08:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep While abstaining from specifics, it should be mentioned that this "effort" has led to the disclosure of thousands of pages of previously unreleased internal Scientology documents. While the effects of the DDoS attacks are likely to be fleeting, the online furor and the leaked documents are much more likely to have a lasting impact. deranged bulbasaur 08:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep This event has already been reported on in the news and looks like it will continue to be reported on. It is also part of Internet history as Wikinews was the first to break the news and also the first time an Internet war of this scope has spilled over into real life and involved an organization on the scale of Scientology. Also, this is one of the first few examples of an emerging trend of hacktivism, which adds to the historical value of keeping this entry. Finally, the group behind this event has been around for a while even before their "war with Scientology" and I expect that they will continue being active in one form or another, regardless of the results with Scientology. Kainee (talk) 08:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Anonymous already seems bored and has lost. I see this as a low threat. Deleting it would only be suppressing freedom of speech. Memphisartguy (talk) 09:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC) Memphisartguy (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Cirt (talk) 09:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note to closing Admin: I have been watching the comments as they come in - though the warning header at the top of this AfD discussion is appropriate, I have only noticed two Single-purpose accounts so far, and have tagged them as such. To the best of my knowledge, the majority of the comments here, both keeps/deletes, what have you, are from established editors. I will continue to monitor new comments. Cirt (talk) 09:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
You may want to read WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Regards, Skomorokh 13:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Considering it's only TWELVE DAYS OLD, how on earth can you possibly justify judging the significance of this topic to be a "short burst of news reports"?! Arguing that something should be deleted after a short period for being a topic that is only notable over a short period seems positively contradictio in terminis. Skomorokh 16:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep, It would seem with the amount of coverage this is getting in online media, as well as national news coverage, it would be a notable event and something worth keeping. Murray-Mint-UK (talk) 16:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Multinational media reports, well referenced article Raerth (talk) 16:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Well reported around the world in the media. The project is ongoing and clearly having a major impact around the net and on Scientology. Also, since the article is so new, it seems premature to try and delete it (Scientology attack maybe?) and it seems likely that the article will expand and continue to improve as events unfold. Mojo-chan (talk) 17:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, or at best (substantially trimmingly) Merge or Redirect to Scientology and the Internet. Seriously, what makes this particular DDoSing and protest campaign so remarkable? We don't cover every DDoS incident, covering protests is pretty rare (Saffron Revolution this ain't). This is basically a news article; sure, you can puff it up to tremendous proportions by adding media mentions, but nothing changes the fact that this is basically a news story puffed up with, pardon the expression, newsbitcruft. There's little encyclopedic material here that we'd care about in distant future. Don't take me wrong, this should covered in WM projects, it's just that Misplaced Pages isn't the place. Wikinews stories on this incident are enough in my opinion (and very informative, fascinating, and very much needed in my opion); making encyclopaedia articles so soon is problematic for many reasons. Mentions of this in appropriate articles is enough. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment: it may very well be true that this does not turn into anything more than a brief news story, but isn't it somewhat premature to make that judgment after less than a fortnight? Skomorokh 17:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Premature is exactly why the article does not belong in Misplaced Pages. This is an encyclopedia, we take a longer view and are in no hurry. Better to wait a month or two and see if this becomes anything rather than become the observer that influences the occurrence, which I hope is not the point of the article. --JustaHulk (talk) 17:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
That appears to be an argument against the article's creation, not in favour of it's deletion. It's not a case of deciding whether or not to wait and see - someone has already created the article and it has been augmented with sources that clearly meet the notability threshold. I think any negative observer effect is a rather small risk given that the article is so heavily watched, and on the positive side, the legions of people coming to Misplaced Pages from news reports about this will be well informed on an important topic, surely the point of this encyclopedia. Skomorokh 18:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Duly admitted. However, "news articles" on relatively minor incidents like this have to be revisited later on, in one form or another, and evaluated in broader historical context. It's probably going to be a growing headache. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 17:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I think it's a good idea to nominate newsy articles whose subject has not appeared in sources for a few months, but I think this could go either way; an insignificant and ultimately empty threat from bored kids or one of the first large scale crowdsourced co-ordinated campaigns of cyberware. Let's wait til Summer before writing it off. Skomorokh 18:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Apologies in advance for sarcasm, but is there a new rule I was not informed of? Something along the lines of "All news article AfDs have to assume there will be buzzword-inducing notability in the future"? =) Nothing against you, I just see this a lot. By all means, we should review this article again in summer (or failing that next January), with less buzzwords. And in two years, absolutely no buzzwords. And in three years, the whoever says a buzzword will be Arbcom'd AfD. =) --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 18:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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