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Street murals and renaming of public spaces

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The result of this discussion was to split the article. Found5dollar (talk) 22:30, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am proposing a split of Black Lives Matter Plaza#Street murals and renaming of public spaces into a new article. It seems as if more states (and countries) are continuing to rename certain streets after the organization and it may be a bit too much for this article, so I think it should be split into a new article. JE98 (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

JE98, Yes, I agree. This article should be focused specifically on the plaza in Washington, D.C., and we should have a standalone list for the others. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another possibility would be to make an article specifically about Black Lives Matter street murals, leaving the (relatively fewer in number) renamed streets to be discussed in this article. – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 05:32, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Another Believer and Mxn: I was thinking along the lines of List of Black Lives Matter murals and keeping every officially renamed street here. If a street were to have a mural and be renamed, they could be included both here and on the new article. JE98 (talk) 01:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

JE98, I was coming to this talk page to suggest the same thing. Per WP:UNDUE, the majority of this article is now about street murals that are not in "Black Lives Matter Plaza" in D.C. so it should be split. I would suggest splitting the list to List of Black Lives Matter street murals.--Found5dollar (talk) 16:23, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:COATRACK. @JE98 and Found5dollar: I would also appreciate your input (if you're inclined) on my proposal above to restructure this page to be primarily about the mural rather than the renaming. It looks like it has some possiblity to gain consensus, and if we're going to be doing a major restructuring, we should ideally take care of both things in one go. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:24, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support split to List of Black Lives Matter murals. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:11, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

As there was only support for this split i was bold and did the split myself. I'm sure there is alot of clean up to do on the articles and I will do some, but please feel free to flesh out a new paragraph here about all the mural that were influenced by this one with out havign to list them all.--Found5dollar (talk) 22:30, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Found5dollar, Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:26, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Previous Name and Relation of New Name to Other Named Places

The text of the introduction reads: "The plaza was renamed...". I was unable to determine from reading the article what the name of the plaza had been prior to renaming (or if it was previously specifically named at all - if not then the wording "renaming" is confusing and I would suggest inappropriate; perhaps "designated" would be better?). I think the article should contain a clearer explanation of the actual substance of the name change, and whether the plaza is considered part of, or distinct from, 16th Street Northwest, Lafayette Square, President's Park, or any other named location in the immediate vicinity. As I do not know any of this information I cannot make such an amendment to the article. I cannot gain a clear understanding from the currently listed sources, either: articles referenced in footnotes 3 (Deadline), 5 (Digital Trends), 10 (USA Today) and 12 (Al Jazeera) describe "renaming" without giving sufficient detail for my misunderstandings to be resolved (thought Al Jazeera also uses "inaugurate" which suggests not "re-"naming but naming of something previously unnamed); the article referenced in footnote 9 (NBC Washington) says "renamed" in the URL but omits the "re-" in the title and text of the article; and the articles referenced in footnotes 4 (The Guardian) and 11 (Reuters) do not mention "renaming" at all.122.148.227.2 (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clarity Regarding Painting and Naming and the Coordination Thereof

As the article is currently written and organised, it seems to me that a valid interpretation is that the DPW painted on the ground and that Bowser subsequently, having made a decision separately to the DPW, announced the name of the plaza in response to the painting on the ground. This seems unlikely. If it is indeed the case that the DPW took the initiative and Bowser followed, then it would be helpful for this to be stated more explicitly; if that is not the case, then parts of the article should be rewritten or reorganised in order to reduce ambiguity and make that interpretation invalid.122.148.227.2 (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Linkage to "Performativity" article

The word "performative" appears several times in the current state of this article. I suggest that linking at least the first of the instances to https://ergngevd.top/wiki/Performativity would be helpful. 2601:3C4:201:E4B0:0:0:0:CF11 (talk) 13:14, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]