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The content in this article can (and has) been easily summarized in three or four sentences at Killing of Rayshard Brooks. It is not necessary to have a separate article, and WP:NOTNEWS implications are present. I redirected the article to Killing of Rayshard Brooks; that was reverted, so I am bringing the article here. Neutrality 21:49, 11 July 2020 (UTC) Tagging @EEng: since he first had the idea.
- Redirect to Killing of Rayshard Brooks (as nom); delete as second choice. Neutrality 21:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep. Is there an argument for deletion? I don't see one. City-wide police work stoppages are rare and notable, particularly as a coordinated reaction to a police killing. The article is underdeveloped but deserves to stay. --Lockley (talk) 00:16, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- The argument is that it is not independently notable outside the context of the Rayshard Brooks killing, and can be addressed sufficiently in the context of that article, without a standalone article. Neutrality 00:48, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Then it seems to come down to a single issue, notability. NOTNEWS also mentions a standard of "enduring notability". I'd agree that the article needs improvement. I see that news articles draw a clear cause-effect relationship between the charging of Garrett Rolfe and the sick-out. Public employees in Georgia are forbidden from striking (GA Code Sec. 45-19-2), so the Atlanta police were arguably breaking the law. The head of the local International Brotherhood of Police Officers was careful to characterize it as NOT the blue flu and NOT a strike. None of those points are (yet) explicit in the article as it stands now. More broadly a police strike of any kind is a threat to public order, inherently significant, and worth understanding. --Lockley (talk) 02:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep - It's a recent event of course, but it is the subject of considerable major media coverage, as is clear from the many sources cited, so I wouldn't be surprised if it achieved long-term attention. We have fulfilled WP:SIGCOV already, so at least for now we ought to keep it. Patiodweller (talk) 01:09, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Merged Unless Further Developed. Although it appears to be just like two other standalone blue flu articles and it's apparently rare - I don't find that Atlanta has ever had such an occurrence in the past - unlike the other events, although many officers, and three zones, at one time participated, it was not as coordinated as the 1981 Milwaukee Police Strike or the 1971 NYPD Work Stoppage. Also, it appears adequately covered in