Talk:2017 People's Climate March

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2019 and 1 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mpalm123. Peer reviewers: JeshuaKJohn, Thesubtleart, Seanjaelee, CanKaya1, Henry Guan, Samirnaqvi.

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Locations

• http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/climate-marches-planned-in-north-country-to-raise-awareness-celebrate-earth-day-20170420

@Megalibrarygirl: I'm not sure if you're interested in this event or not, but I am keeping an eye out for participating cities. I've requested this draft be moved into the main space, so please feel free to help expand this article as you see fit. Would love to see this article promoted to Good status as well, but realize that'll be a big undertaking much like Not My Presidents Day. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

It would be great to also see if there are other locations this march will take place in the future. An addition to the success rate to each location the march has taken place would be another way to bring more data driven background. Since there were multiple problems that were addressed in the Climate March it would be interesting to see what problems were highlighted in the different regions. Meghana Krishnakumar (talk) 06:59, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Lakota/Dakota Standing Rock Sioux tribe?

What's the best Wikipedia article for linking "Lakota/Dakota Standing Rock Sioux tribe"? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:51, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Map

Augusta

Chicago

Denver

Kansas City

Miami

Portland

Washington, D.C.

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Map of the contiguous United States showing cities with People's Climate March demonstrations.

It'd be nice to have a map of cities hosting demonstrations. I'll start a list of cities for us to check once events have taken place:

• Asheville, North Carolina
• Augusta, Maine (currently on map)
• Bend, Oregon
• Boise, Idaho
• Chicago (currently on map)
• Denver (currently on map)
• Driggs, Idaho
• Durango, Colorado
• El Paso, Texas
• Erie, Pennsylvania
• Florence, Alabama
• Hagerstown, Maryland
• Hartford, Connecticut
• Highland, Illinois
• Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Kansas City, Missouri (currently on map)
• Keene, New Hampshire
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Medford, Oregon
• Miami (currently on map)
• Montpelier, Vermont
• Nevada City, California
• New Haven, Connecticut
• Oklahoma City
• Plattsburgh, New York
• Port Angeles, Washington
• Portland, Oregon (currently on map)
• San Diego
• Sonoma County, California
• Syracuse, New York
• Traverse City, Michigan
• Walla Walla, Washington
• Washington, D.C. (currently on map)

Feel free to expand, but please don't strike out a city in the above list until: 1) there is confirmation an event took place in that city, and 2) the city appears on the map. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:05, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Research/sourcing needed, but there are images at Commons from Edinburgh and Minneapolis. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:15, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Tag

@JFG: This article definitely needs some updating and expansion to reflect what actually happened, and not was planned, but I'm not sure the 'advertisement' tag applies any longer. Do you agree? I don't want to remove without your two cents, since you added the tag. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:14, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

@JFG: Trying again, thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:09, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Thanks for the reminder. I see the hard work you are putting in those pages and I'm sorry that my position may sound harsh to you. Unfortunately the bulk of this article is still written in an overly promotional tone and delves into a myriad unencyclopedic details. Random samples from a quick glance today:

• Somebody drove a bus: Diane Lentakis, an organizer for 350 Connecticut and the Connecticut Sierra Club, coordinated several bus trips to transport people to the climate march in Washington, D.C.
• It was fun to make signs and have a drink: Boise participants could attend a happy hour party to make signs for the event at IRU Headquarters on April 28.
• Parade of non-notable people: Speakers in Port Angeles included Chad Bowechop, who manages the Makah Tribal Council Office of Marine Affairs, Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean, Clallam County commissioner Mark Ozias, Jon Preston of Forks City Council, author and activist Dianna Somerville, and Port Townsend Mayor Deborah Stinson.
• Folks watched a movie: The Monadnock Chapter of the Citizen's Climate Lobby also screened the film The Burden: Fossil Fuel, The Military and National Security at the Keene Public Library.

In this state, I wouldn't feel comfortable removing the tag, and I could even think of other tags requesting a severe trimming of non-notable information. But I don't want to interfere further with your work and I'd rather let other editors weigh in. — JFG ^talk 16:18, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Also, I just noticed the dozens of talk page categories: there is just no way this is a "high-importance Ohio article" or a "high-importance sociology article", etc. etc. — JFG ^talk 16:20, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

@JFG: Thanks for chiming in. I'll continue working on this article. Feel free to change the importance assessments for WikiProjects -- I haven't reviewed this page's history, but I almost never assign importance, so I don't think I'm responsible for the "high" assignments. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:22, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah, here we go, re: importance assignments. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:24, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I reverted that one. — JFG ^talk 18:14, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Can Kaya - People's Climate March (2017) review

Introduction: The introduction paragraph of the article is very clear and allows readers to understand the 5W's of the movement. The facts are cited to corresponding sources which makes the introduction reliable.

United States Locations:

-This section of the article could be improved by making it more fluent and adding more information to the specified states instead of having a very long introduction to the section. The introduction of the section gives relevant information but talks about various states and cities which is a little confusing since the same states and cities are also mentioned in the next part where these states are categorized and described one by one. I think that the introduction part should include more general information and certain information about particular states should be added to their own category. The first paragraph of the section makes a statement about Lisa Young and the Better Future Project and this claim needs a citation.

Partners and images: the list of the partners is very useful but if a few of the most important partners and their effect on the movement could be described this would show to importance of the partners. All of the images are relevant to the movement in various locations and are Wikipedia licensed images.

Consideration: In the beginning of the article it is clearly stated that the People's Climate March was initiated in the US but also protested around the world. The article is lacking further evidence about this claim as it solely focuses on the US protests. I think that it would be very beneficial to add a international recognition category that describes a few of the international protests which would help readers understand the increased international recognition of the movement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CanKaya1 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

--- Agreed with Can Kaya on the introduction and improvements on the location. On the other hand, perhaps the article can also include how the social movement was mobilized? Such as a section on social media platforms used to rally groups of people, or more about specific people, organizations or NGOs that lead the charge in organizing these movements could give some context on how the movement became popular and spread across these different locations. Seanjaelee (talk) 06:06, 13 March 2019 (UTC)