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The result was keep. Despite multiple problems noted, it's clear that this is a notable controversy, no matter why it started. Arguments to WP:NOTNEWS do not apply here because this policy does not forbid coverage of all newsworthy events but just asks that the lasting notability is considered. In this case, while the article should probably not stay as it is, an article on Corbyn's political stances or similar will probably be required sooner or later if the main article gets too long and then this material can be merged there. SoWhy 11:39, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wreathgate[edit]

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This relates to a current controversial news item. The name itself comes from an opinion piece in a right wing journal. We have no idea if this is going to be reported after the initial controversy. ---Snowded ^TALK 18:22, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. There are issues with the title (Wreathgate as compared to Corbyn and Tunisia - though several news orgs are using wreath in their title, BBC calling this a "Tunisia wreath row" and Independent - "Corbyn's wreath-laying controversy"). However, title issues aside, this major scandal clearly has very wide international coverage above and beyond SIGCOV - e.g. BBC, BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, CNN, Sky, NYT (Reuters), NYT (AP), Independent... And lots lots more.Icewhiz (talk) 18:38, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  It blew up a few days ago, it may be worthy of a separate article at some stage, for the moment there are a few facts and the odd quote which are in the Corbyn article. The name itself was coined by a journal that has long campaigned against Corbyn so using that is using wikipedia's voice to promote a particular political polemic -----Snowded ^TALK 19:12, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Whether it is a "Wreath-gate", "Wreath row" (per BBC), or "Wreath controversy" (Independent), or some other permutation of wreath (or terrorist in some titles) is debatable - however that would be the subject a move discussion - not AfD. As a rather significant political scandal with international coverage - this event clearly passes WP:EVENTCRIT.Icewhiz (talk) 19:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep This article was nominated for deletion less than 24 hours ago. Consensus can change, but not that fast. I think this article should be left alone and we should wait some time to see if it is worthy of an article. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 19:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Previous nomination was open for a few hours and was a speedy close as the request was not properly formulated. As you say "we should wait some time to see if it is worthy of an article" -----Snowded ^TALK 19:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Clearly WP:N with international coverage.Casprings (talk) 20:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep political scandal with INDEPTH international news coverage, which is having a political impact. 2 hours ago = The Guardian (a pro-Labour newspaper) published this: Labour frustrations mount as Corbyn wreath row drags on. passes WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:24, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

_{The Guardian is neither a Pro-Labour paper nor a pro Corbyn paper}-- BOD -- 21:56, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Guardian endorsed Labour in the 2017 general election and the 2015 one. EddieHugh (talk) 20:53, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

apologies ...i used to it being a more liberal/ centre leaning paper.-- BOD -- 21:42, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: When I saw this article earlier I was going to suggest deletion, but its subject seems to be something that's not going away. I would prefer a different title as this particular one seems to trivialise the whole affair, but I guess we have what we have. This is Paul (talk) 21:39, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete (or Redirect to Jeremy_Corbyn#Foreign_affairs where it is covered in roughly the same detail as the article, plu its getting tiresome and confusing duplicating the same information to both pages). This is clearly part of the ongoing mud slinging at Corbyn. I was surprised the previous AfD was closed before anyone could add comments.-- BOD -- 21:50, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant; the question at AfD is whether a topic is getting WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:11, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to Reeve in his book One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God" ^[1] the terrorists who murdered the athletes at Munich were not even burried in Tunisa but where buried in Libya-- BOD -- 22:29, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Relevant and sourced. A deletion is definitely not justified. WP:Editing policy#Try to fix problems--יניב הורון (Yaniv) (talk) 22:46, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep As per the others - it's a relevant event which is getting WP:SIGCOV and is far more likely to develop further than it is to go away. The article title needs changing to something more neutral, and the article itself is rather unbalanced at present, but both of those things can be resolved by improving it, and aren't reasons for deletion. Neiltonks (talk) 11:42, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Significant event with significant news coverage. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:07, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - I've heard of the event, but I've never heard it called "Wreathgate" - that's an issue for a movement discussion, however. I can see no reason for the mad rush to delete this article. It meets the inclusion requirements - it's been all over the news in the UK for days - so it's time to drop this particular stick. Exemplo347 (talk) 14:01, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• SNOW keep - definitely one of those news stories that can't be deleted while the press cycle is ongoing, though it may be seen as a nothing-burger in a year. Useful for editorial purposes to not have excessive details on Jeremy Corbyn. Name changes can be discussed at a WP:RM. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:39, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - broad coverage in reliable sources.Smeat75 (talk) 23:09, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete nine-day wonder, made-up title, anything legitimate should be included in Corbyn's article. PatGallacher (talk) 23:15, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Subject has received significant international news coverage, and WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not a reason for deletion. Smartyllama (talk) 15:06, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I'll just make the general point that there is virtually nothing here that isn't also on the Corbyn page. I can't see those who think this is significant cutting down on the Corbyn material by referencing this article -----Snowded ^TALK 06:56, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you keep removing the content you don't like(which is pretty much everything), don't be suprised when it is similar to what's on the Corbyn article. Super-Mac (talk) 10:40, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• With reference to the name of the article- the controversy is referred to as "Wreathgate" in this article by Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian yesterday - [1] so it seems to be becoming the Wikipedia:COMMONNAME for the issue.Smeat75 (talk) 10:18, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is it perhaps the WP:COMMONNAME because it was the name given to the controversy on here? Tunisia wreath row is better. Jeremy Corbyn Tunisia wreath laying controversy might be a more accurate title. This is Paul (talk) 16:17, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This is one of those articles that we will have to wait and see if it has a WP:LASTING impact, but this really doesn't pass notability despite the keep notes. These are basically all repetition of the Daily Mail story. Per WP:NEVENT (Derivative reports and reports under common control cannot be used to verify each other, nor does mere repetition necessarily show the kind of effort that is good evidence of a significant matter. The fact that there are 12 keep votes and the relevant notability policy has not been cited even once is pretty telling - if this policy isn't going to be followed at AfDs, it really should be changed to reflect practice, because this is very frustrating every time there is a "breaking news" related AfD. Seraphim System ^(talk) 03:02, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Subsequent reporting in RSes mainly do not repeat the Daily Mail. The Mail indeed broke the initial story - however the political scandal evolved and developed significantly after the Mail's publication.Icewhiz (talk) 04:13, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete no need for a new article this whole story can be added in Jeremy corbyn article. SharabSalam (talk) 11:19, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep it's had significant coverage by the media and reliable sources are provided in the article. Greenleader(2) (talk) 15:31, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete At this point, the part on Corbyn’s page is more detailed and accurate than this article. The name is unfamiliar and the event itself has no long lasting impact. Kigelim (talk) 17:24, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• • The segment on Corbyn's page is more detailed now because Bodney selectively deleted everything he doesn't like despite a lot of it being agreed to on either the talk page for this article or in Corbyn's article Super-Mac (talk) 17:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Unlikely to be of any lasting significance per WP:NOTNEWS. G-13114 (talk) 17:46, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The BBC has clearly shown in a news report from Inside the Jeremy Corbyn wreath row cemetery in Tunisia, Corbyn would have stood throughout all ceremonies in the designated area where all dignitaries typically stand during ceremonies within the covered area of the enclosed Palestinian section of the Hamman Chott Cemetery. This report from the respected BBC totally undermines the Daily Mail original article and all that has risen out of it. Is Wikipedia about the truth or recording hysteria whipped up by a misleading press story.-- BOD -- 16:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I asked in the talk page and you didn't reply. Which specific claim by the Daily Mail in this case was demonstrably false? Please quote the claim. Super-Mac (talk) 17:59, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete the article is about an allegation that is not proven yet.

Adeeb moha (talk) 22:00, 17 August 2018 (UTC) — Adeeb moha (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

• Keep on account of worldwide coverage. The nom is defective. The nom reads "This relates to a current controversial news item." This is no grounds for deletion and has never been. XavierItzm (talk) 12:31, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, has been covered widely and is well sourced. Perhaps in a few weeks we can reopen the discussion. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 17:20, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Page is about an event which garnered very little interest when it happened 4 years ago nor in the three years Corbyn has been leader until it was recently published by Daily Mail which the community has deemed unreliable because of its inaccurate reporting and lack of fact-checking. The facts of the whole story can be added to a section within the Jeremy Corbyn article with no long-lasting impact as per WP:NOTNEWS, other than one of many McCarthyism against Corbyn and it doesn't need a page of its own. RevertBob (talk) 16:02, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• It has, however, generated INDEPTH international coverage in 2018. Today's coverage includes The Telegraph Jeremy Corbyn facing questions over whether he broke parliamentary rules by not declaring ten trips, and Times of Israel Munich Olympics attack survivor says Corbyn an anti-Semite, should exit politics. Oppose merging to Corby article. I t should be linked from Corbyn's page, but including all of Mr. Cotbyn's anti-Semitic statements and actions in his bio page would be WP:UNDUE.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Jeremy_Corbyn#Foreign_affairs where it is already covered in roughly the same detail as the article. As we see over and over with Donald Trump and other high-profile politicians, countless events attract a ton of news coverage over the course of a news cycle or two. One one hand, GNG requires lasting significance such that we stay away from WP:RECENTISM/WP:NOTNEWS/WP:DELAY. No evidence of lasting significance yet. Regardless, WP:NOPAGE is pretty clear that even when we do have a lot of sources, it's absurd to create separate articles on each and every sub-topic of things we already cover. This looks like a great example. What we're debating isn't whether to cover this subject, but whether we need to duplicate content across two articles such that it's covered under Corbyn's foreign affairs or needs its own article. To me this seems like a pretty clear-cut case of WP:NOPAGE. I would say Merge, but it's already all there in the Corbyn article. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:29, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• On the upside, it's always nice to see the rush-to-create-an-article-on-this-news-cycle's-headlines-and-then-pile-on-keep-at-afd-because-WP:RAPID-is-great-and-WP:DELAY-is-lame wikiphenomenon apply to political figures outside the US (with apologies if it's common with UK politics, too, and I just haven't seen). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:44, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• @Rhododendrites: - actually not that simple, as the Tory Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh seems to be involved in the Tunisia thing too (slightly different details - but same trip to same conference in Tunis).BBC.Icewhiz (talk) 20:49, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Could you elaborate on what you mean? (Not about his involvement, but what that means in the context of what I said). Do you mean that it's not sufficient to redirect to Corbyn because Corbyn is not at the center of this? There are other possibilities (e.g. one of the nation-nation relations articles) but as it stands basically all of the sources have "corbyn" in the headline. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:56, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• The article needs updating - Sheikh isn't in. But this Tunisia row has now expanded to two different significant political figures - which would make sense covering in a single article (as opposed to coverage on Sheikh's and Corbyn's pages separately. There's already quite a bit that can be written up in the standalone article (there is some edit warring both on the Corbyn page on and on Wreathgate - seems length/scope changes in both) - I don't think that the Corbyn article, long term, should contain all of the details on this particular scandal - a spinoff makes sense.Icewhiz (talk) 21:03, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Bit of a false argument, there is likely never going to be much Sheikh content. A sub page like this a great way to get round BLP rules and duplicate Noise about a subject. ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 21:17, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Jeremy Corbyn, which is the proper place to give this controversy the due weight that it deserves. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:42, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per WP:GNG. Per numerous reliable third party sources. Per extensive coverage. BabbaQ (talk) 11:42, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep BBC's article on the issue stated that it's rare that a prime minister of a foreign country would criticize a opposition party leader, so I believe this is a notable incident - also taking into account the antisemitism controversy the Labour party is currently embroiled in. --Pudeo (talk) 22:07, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• DeleteThe whole idea of 'Wreathgate' is a fantasy. It can't be compared to Watergate. In fact here in the UK it's not even known as 'Wreathgate'.Garageland66 (talk) 15:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Many editors above have suggested discussing a rename, no one disagrees. The name of the page is not relevant to notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete it is basically a political attack against a living person, as such is in violation of wikipedia core policy - WP:BLP Govindaharihari (talk) 04:43, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Political positions taken by politicians are appropriate topics, even living politicians.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Note that this topic is still in the INTERNATIONAL news, Der Spiegel: headline: " Corbyn's Anti-Semitism Problem Labour Stumbles in Polls as Accusations Mount; Does the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership have an anti-Semitism problem? The debate refuses to go away and new pictures from Tunisia have added fuel to the fire.". Relevant text: "a debate that has been raging on and off in Britain for the last three years.... focused on the question as to whether Labour... has become increasingly tolerant of anti-Semitism... is one that Corbyn's own amateurism has repeatedly fed. And last week, it got even worse, with pictures emerging of Corbyn at the grave of a top Palestinian terrorist... he nevertheless initially underestimated the problem created by last week's photos -- and then responded with a mixture of oversensitivity and half-truths, to the point that he even managed to divide his own circle of supporters. Indeed, the current crisis has been enough to raise questions about his fitness for the office of prime minister". Today's reported coverage in The Independent, Headline: "Labour facing greater media hostility than 'ever before’, says Jeremy Corbyn; Comes after Labour officials complained to press regulator, Ipso, over coverage of Mr Corbyn's attendance at a wreath laying ceremony in Tunisia", lots more similar. I continue to think tha tthis should be KEEP tha tcan be linked form other pages (Corbyn, the pages of several Palestinian activists and leaders, and pages such as Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party), and kept, because the role of this incident in several wider narratives is notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, but change the name to something less POV and which reflects the language used in reliable sources. The article could do with a cleanup and copyedit to rid it of some NPOV concerns, too. --Bangalamania (talk) 17:30, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but probably change the name. There is clearly plentiful coverage that satisfies notability and WP:LASTING. It isn't an evident attack page, though I'm sure it might get some edits that move that way, they should be handled in-article. It is a significant enough event that it is a legitimate CONTENTFORK. Amazingly this isn't a pile-on !vote, given the number of delete/redirect !votes, most of which I would say are at best over-reacting and I believe unjustified. I would say the only thing that I am unsure about is what is a good alternate name. Nosebagbear (talk) 21:44, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• The distinguished historian Deborah Lipstadt has an article about this up today in The Atlantic[2] The notability and IMPACT of this incident is now strong that it is WP:SNOWING.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:10, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect per Cullen328 Seraphim System ^(talk) 17:29, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Corbyn page is very long, and the antisemitism sections are burgeoning, with new material emerging almost daily, well, weekly. It is reasonable to break some of the enormous volume out into stand-alone article, that, as in this case, are also usefully linked form related pages.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:45, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Per WP:NOTSCANDAL and WP:RECENTISM Simonm223 (talk) 19:27, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

At a minimum, there's no way that WP:NOTSCANDAL can apply. It's not as if this is some strange advocacy position that was started up - the controversy over the incident was, and is, significant, written about in numerous non-opinion pieces. It has been participated in by individuals on both sides as well as better editors working to keep it approaching NPOV. None of the five criteria apply and so it doesn't function as a legitimate deletion reason. Nosebagbear (talk) 19:36, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTSCANDAL does not apply to a political topic with INDEPTH in major media on both sides of the pond. As for WP:RECENTISM, we do keep articles on breaking news, and we follow WP:RAPID to avoid the error of deleting significant events merely because they just happened. I suspect, however, that Simon223 mistakes this for a new topic, the wreath laying ceremony happened in 2014 and was a public event covered by the press.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:24, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• • Editors should follow WP:DELAY when creating the articles. Why is it in the policy if it has no effect? The coverage has already stopped, it was only ongoing for a few days and it fails diverse - the articles all more or less mirror each other - they repeat Corbyn's statement, some comments from Netanyahu and the Daily Mail report. Even the reliable sources say there isn't likely to be any WP:LASTING significance ‘Wreath-gate’ looks bad for Jeremy Corbyn. But in these politically polarised times, that may be as far as this British summer scandal goes. [3]Seraphim System ^(talk) 18:34, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Wreath Laying incident (blast but Wreathgate is an stupid name) was dormant until some anti-Corbynists dredged it up like... last week... as part of the ongoing horror show that is UK politics in the age of Brexit. This may refer to an incident in 2014 but it is WP:RECENTISM and it is mostly just rumour mongering. Simonm223 (talk) 12:21, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The dredging up might have been by those against Corbyn but balanced coverage has occurred. The recentism issue was covered well by E.M.Gregory and it is well beyond rumour mongering by coverage, basic underlying details etc. Nosebagbear (talk) 12:29, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• I count 19-K 11-D and 3-R. Everyone agrees that article needs a new title. Leaving aside one "delete" editor arguing that page is "a political attack against a living person, as such is in violation of wikipedia core policy," and one arguing for delete because title is poor, the Delete voters have been making the same 2 arguments since start of discussion: that material belongs in the Corbyn article, and that this incident is "recentism" a mere "nine-day wonder." But it is now 15 days since that comment was written, and I just ran a gNews search. within the last 24 hours there have been 12 articles about Corbyn laying this wreath in The Economist, Politico, The Times of Israel, and more. My point is that Corbyn is a divisive figure, and he has fans among Wikipedia editors, But here's today's New Statesman: In Westminster's universe, Corbyn is under sustained fire over his alleged participation in a wreath-laying ceremony in Tunis in 2014 for the terrorists behind the Munich Massacre. The previous day, he said: “I was present at that wreath-laying, I don’t think I was actually involved in it.” But the weeks of negative publicity have had no discernible impact on support for him here. Behind me, conversation turns to the latest controversy. “He’s definitely not a racist, is he?” says one middle-aged man to his companions. “No,” comes the impeccably on-message reply. “The wreath he laid wasn’t one for the bombers, it was for the Palestinian headquarters that was bombed. That was condemned all over the world.” This volume and type of ONGOING justifies keep.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – This is a recent event, I think this AfD was nominated too soon since there may be new developments over time. Redditaddict69 18:06, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• It was written too WP:RAPIDLY and nominated for deletion too WP:RAPIDLY. But that fact is not a reason to delete. Oh, and since my comment above, Frank Field's resigned from the Labour Party over Corbyn, antisemitism, and bullying (he'll sit an an independent,) but his resignation has started a another news cycle with the BBC taking a deep dive into the wreath as I write this. WP:SNOW in the forecast.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:42, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't think it is a reason to delete, I just pointed that fact out. I don't have enough information to make an opinion or valid vote so I'm staying out of the voting here. Redditaddict69 02:02, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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