Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition

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The result was redirect to Food competition. —Darkwind (talk) 02:40, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition

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Article cites two sources to support its notability claim:

A news article on the NBC Southern California website. The article includes a total of three sentences about the competition, which is not enough.
An Olive Oil Times article which reads like a press release. I suspect this is an unreliable source.

In summary, the article may be unverifiable. (Plus, it's a mediocre article.)

Redirect to Food competition. Or maybe delete: would deletion be wiser, or more foolish?

—Unforgettableid (talk); message last edited 04:40, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:43, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:43, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:43, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for lack of significant coverage by independent reliable sources. I really liked the article about the Scripps College kids winning a prize, but it's not enough for notability for the contest. I was going to suggest a merge to Los Angeles International Wine Competition, of which it is a part, but I see that page has been made into a redirect to "wine competition" so apparently it was not notable either. --MelanieN (talk) 03:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as it fails WP:GNG an all points. Ibadibam (talk) 21:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Unforgettableid, as a plea for WP:MERCY. It would be harmless as a redirect, and I'd very much like to improve the article to meet WP:GNG if I can find more sources, or if the competition becomes more notable in the future. For the record, the Olive Oil Times is a great source for olive oil, though they do have advertising sections which obviously wouldn't work as references. --BDD (talk) 17:56, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to food competition; subject has received multiple mentions in non-primary reliable sources, however those mentions IMHO do not add up to significant coverage therefore the subject fails WP:GNG. That being said, it is related to a notable subject, Food competition, and that article could be improved by adding a list of food competitions.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 21:01, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would be easy for you to create such a list. I gutted "Food competition" less than a week ago to remove some food-competition-comparison tables peppered with puffery. If you restore the left column of the removed tables, you'd have your list. —Unforgettableid (talk) 21:46, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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