Talk:Burke Harr

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Ammodramus in topic Nebraska Flag
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Nebraska Flag

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In 2017, Harr proposed that the Flag of Nebraska be redesigned. After it was discovered that the flag had flown upsidedown at the state capitol for 10 days without people noticing, he proposed legislation to redesign the flag in time for the State's 150th anniversary. The measure did not make it out of committee.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Nohr, Emily (31 January 2017). "Nebraska flag flew upside down at Capitol for 10 days and 'nobody noticed,' says senator who wants design change"". Omaha World-Herald.
  2. ^ Reid Wilson (1 February 2017). "Flag hangs upside down at Nebraska Capitol for 10 days". The Hill.
  3. ^ "Nebraska needs new flag after flying it upside down for 10 days, politician says". The Guardian. 1 February 2017.

So someone excised this. This seems to be a significant event in this person's political career, since it proposes a major change ot Nebraska, so I don't see why it was removed. -- 65.94.168.229 (talk) 05:01, 4 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

See WP:NOTNEWS. "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion." If Harr's bill actually produced a major change in the state flag, it'd arguably have enduring significance, and could be included in the article. However, a proposal that didn't attract enough support to make it out of committee pretty clearly fails the enduring-notability test. — Ammodramus (talk) 03:07, 5 February 2017 (UTC)Reply