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Wikipedia has several "International reactions to..." articles that detail the international reactions and responses to a particular incident or event. Such articles may be appropriate when the section of the main article covering responses and reactions reaches a size that means the content can no longer all fit into the main article and should be split according to the summary style guidelines.

Several such articles have been deleted or merged following deletion debates, for example due to including indiscriminate information or for promoting reactions to an event beyond the significance indicated by coverage in reliable sources.

Examples

Articles may be categorised in Category:International reactions to man-made disasters, Category:International responses to natural disasters, Category:International responses to media-related events and include:

Incomplete list of "Reaction to..." articles

Problems

These articles may suffer from:

  • Too much detail and being directory like (WP:NOTDIR, WP:INDISCRIMINATE)
  • Using routine announcements and news reports - world leaders routinely offer their condolences for tragic events (WP:NOTNEWS)
  • Promoting a particular reaction or event beyond it's significance in reliable sources (WP:NOTADVOCATE) and other biases (WP:NPOV)
  • Focussing unduly on recent events (WP:RECENTISM)
  • Not themselves covering a notable topic, if multiple reliable sources have not given significant coverage to the reactions (WP:N)
  • Being only a collection of quotes, possibly suitable for transwiki to Wikiquote

Deletion debates

Some of these articles have been deleted or merged following a debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Public reactions to death of Rachel Corrie (listed four times at deletion review). Articles for deletion debates include:

Kept
Not kept
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