Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cape Breton International Drum Festival

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The result was keep. Reliable sources have been found, and the consensus is that these establish notability. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 14:55, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cape Breton International Drum Festival

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fails WP:GNG. most of the coverage is PR web or the local newspaper, needs wider coverage to be notable. [1] LibStar (talk) 08:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – The coverage is plenty wide; it just hasn't yet been added to the article. Canadian Musician has coverage nearly every year (since 2002), as does Modern Drummer in most years (for example, "Cape Breton's Year of the Legends Celebration", Modern Drummer 34. 10 (Oct 2010): 94). The National Post writes (Grainger, Lia. "summer festivals" National Post 10 Apr 2010: WP.10), "... Cape Breton's annual fest has become one of the marquee drumming events in the world. Drummers for everyone from Billy Joel to Frank Zappa have attended, and Australian legend David Jones described it as 'a festival that is the jewel in the crown of drumming festivals worldwide.'" There is also coverage in the Southland Times (Lineup for drum festival released: Roxburgh, Tracey. The Southland Times [Invercargill, New Zealand] 28 Jan 2005: 17). Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 11:58, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Canadian Musician has coverage nearly every year" you've only linked to the 2002 article. notable people attending does not make an event notable. LibStar (talk) 03:09, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I linked to an example that I could find online, but most of the Canadian Musician articles are not available through online links. Here's another example from 2009: [2]. I fully agree with you that notable people attending an event does not make it notable. My intention was only to demonstrate that the festival has received sufficient coverage in reliable sources. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:38, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

thanks. LibStar (talk) 03:50, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Yes, online links seem to be a bit hard to find but we now have a couple, and this is a truly international event and notable IMO... hey, I've even heard of it from Sydney, Australia and wished I could get there. True, one or two names wouldn't make it notable, but the list in this case is particularly impressive. Andrewa (talk) 07:02, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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