Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animarathon

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Animarathon

Is there a different notability threshold for anime conventions? I would say that an event which attracts only 1000 participants is bound to be non-notable on a world scale. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 05:57, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Notability is not based on the number of attendees, but on coverage by reliable, third-party sources. An example of a notable convention with less than 1,000 attendees is Tsubasacon. That convention has been covered by both local and national media. But it seems you didn't even look to see if there are any third-party sources. And given the event had ran for 9 consecutive years, there is a good chance that such sources exists. In fact, a Google News search is showing some promising hits. --Farix (Talk) 11:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Farix (Talk) 11:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Could maybe include in a list of these type of events. But I don't think this event has enough independent notability to meet guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there's a good possibility that sources exist. There is no deadline here. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 02:34, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Most of the sources are either minor or unreliable. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:06, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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