Template:Did you know nominations/Exodus Collective

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:14, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Exodus Collective

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... that after three nights of riots in Luton in 1995, the Exodus Collective organised a rave and the disturbances stopped? Source: Hilary Wainwright (2003) Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy pages 112-113
- ALT1:... that a Young Conservative stayed with the Exodus Collective for a BBC documentary then unsuccessfully reported them to the police for smoking cannabis? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/sep/15/tvandradio.television

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Comment: Third nom

Improved to Good Article status by Mujinga (talk). Self-nominated at 09:07, 20 April 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nice article! b uidhe 08:12, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the article says there were two days of riots (unsourced). Yoninah (talk) 13:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
I did the GA review last month, but I don't think we addressed the 2–3 night thing. According to the source, The Independent, there was a Wednesday incident and the rioting started on Thursday, carrying on through Thursday and Friday night. Another source (the one noted above for ALT0) says there was no rioting on Saturday night, the night of the rave. So I'd say two nights of rioting. There certainly weren't three full days of rioting, though I'm sure it started on Thursday and carried on past the midnight of Friday/Saturday, if you want to call that three days. Some media outlets reported it as three days/nights, but I think that's an inflation (some media personnel were seen encouraging the initial stone-throwing so they'd have something to report). I'd be fine with two days, two nights, or three days of rioting (in the article or the hook). To say three nights, however, would contradict some sources and require a explanatory footnote at the least. –Reidgreg (talk) 14:53, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Then the text at Marsh Farm#Local refurbishment also has to be adjusted. Yoninah (talk) 14:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Yoninah and Reidgreg, thanks for the comments. The source I've supplied above for ALT0 says on page 112 "Three nights of rioting and running battles with police ensued". I'm taking that as Wed/Thurs/Fri. I've adjusted the article text to three nights, hope that solves it or happy to discuss further. Mujinga (talk) 18:15, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I have added the cite to this article and Marsh Farm. Restoring tick per Buidhe's review. Yoninah (talk) 19:12, 11 May 2020 (UTC)