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Talk:2014 Hong Kong protests\Edit guide

Police department

suggest to include section to discuss the action of Police, both positive and negative. Prodigyhk (talk) 02:18, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Second phase?

Why were not many readers aware of the second phase of protests this year? Why wasn't I told about this? --George Ho (talk) 06:20, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

The new protests logically cannot be in this article, given that this article is titled "2014". I'd start a new article, if I were you, as this one is too long to be expanded. RGloucester — ☎ 06:22, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I am not a great writer. I can create short biographies and write about fiction, but that's it. Can you create 2015 Hong Kong protests then? --George Ho (talk) 06:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

You are asking me to create a lot of articles, these days. RGloucester — ☎ 06:50, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

I've made a stub, for you. RGloucester — ☎ 07:01, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

This is no "second phase", it's an underwhelming march (by the protestors' own account) that Hong Kong gets every weekend (every month or so if we're talking one of comparable size). I'd argue it's not even notable enough for its own article, let alone being called the "2015 Hong Kong protests". _dk (talk) 09:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Quite possible. I only made it at Mr Ho's demand, as he is my lord and saviour. If there is an issue with the title, which there may well be, please take it to that talk page so it can be dealt with promptly. RGloucester — ☎ 15:08, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Why is this article written in British English instead of Hong Kong English?

This makes no sense. See {{Hong Kong English}}. British English and Hong Kong English mostly retain the same spellings, so little would be necessary to change in the article apart from replacing {{British English}} with {{Hong Kong English}}. I think there might be some more words in Hong Kong English not present in British English, but as I said, it appears that they mostly use the same spelling. Dustin (talk) 19:51, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

You're right, as far as I know, and in any case per WP:TIES it should be in Hong Kong English to begin with. I've gone ahead and changed it, if anyone has a problem feel free to revert. —Nizolan 17:04, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

In fact looking at the archives it looks like User:RGloucester already tagged it as Hong Kong English, which was then removed as "unnecessary", and someone then later incorrectly tagged it as British English. I don't have the patience to look up the diff where that happened, but it doesn't seem to have been discussed, so I think this is really just a rectification reflecting the article as it already stands (Commonwealth English). —Nizolan 17:14, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 14 February 2015

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure)  — Amakuru (talk) 13:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

2014 Hong Kong protests → 2014–15 Hong Kong protests – I noticed this edit by User:George Ho at Template:Anti-government protests in the 21st century, and was wondering if it really makes sense to treat the 2015 protest as a separate thing. Since they are part of the same overall civil conflict should this article not be moved to 2014–15 Hong Kong protests and extended to cover more recent events? I note that the claim the protests ended on 15 December 2014 is not cited in the infobox. In the body of the article, we find that "On 15 December, police cleared protesters and their camps at Causeway Bay with essentially no resistance, bringing the protests to an end", which offers two citations, but the one I can view (the BBC one) doesn't say that the protests were brought to an end, merely that CY Leung claimed that they had been. —Nizolan 12:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC) — Quick amendment: just noticed the #Second phase? discussion above. Hopefully this can serve as a more thorough discussion. —Nizolan 12:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose – These protests ended in 2014. There was a definitive end point. The new protests are clearly a new round. This article is too long, anyway. RGloucester — ☎ 15:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
  • If the civil conflict has continued into 2015 then I think it should be included in this article, rather than treating the two things as separate just because they happen to fall on two sides of New Year's Day. Otherwise we have no page describing the civil conflict as such, since Umbrella Movement seems to be about a political configuration rather than a series of events. I'm not too invested either way, though, and I certainly take your point regarding the length of the article. —Nizolan 16:59, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - There are significant differences between the protests from organization, to reason, and even scale. ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 10:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - Not significant to be included as per WP:EVENT. STSC (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - The nature of the protests in 2015 are entirely different. -- Ohc  04:55, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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"Thugs?"

"Despite numerous incidents of intimidation and violence by triads and thugs, particularly in Mong Kok, and several attempts at clearance by the police, suffragists held their ground for over two months."

"Thugs" is a pretty loaded word. Could it be changed to something less politicized and one-sided, maybe "vigilante," "assailant," or "government forces?"

GeneralizationsAreBad (talk) 01:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

• A bit like "brownshirts", thugs is the word so often used in these cases, even by serious sources. -- Ohc  07:33, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Article still too long?

Ever since the protests ended months ago, I have started to recognize the difference between article's length and the topic's importance. So far, elections and politics are far more important than some protest by masses. Even with subpages, like Umbrella Movement, I think more condensation is needed. The "October 2014" section is still too long to me. There might be still unimportant details. --George Ho (talk) 18:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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