Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DelFest

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 15:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DelFest[edit]

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Only trivial coverage found. Only a two-year-old festival, several mostly non-notable acts performed. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this non-notable venue. Irbisgreif (talk) 15:22, 11 August 2009

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Contrast with MerleFest, an article on a similar "venue". Agreed the festival has only ocurred twice, but some of the biggest names in bluegrass have played there (Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan, David Grisman, etc), including collaborations between acts, and the festival is expected to continue into the future. Jim Stuby (talk) 02:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:13, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DELFEST is exactly what we should be having here... not notable. JBsupreme (talk) 07:26, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- MacMed^talk _stalk 01:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MacMed^talk _stalk 01:37, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The main sources that I found was updates about this festival as it got closer to the day that it started. Fails WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 01:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NOTABILITY -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 02:00, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. The Ozzfest of bluegrass music; Google News search shows coverage from CMT.com to the Washington Post. The nominator's claim that mostly nonnotable acts performed is philistinism, and shows the nominator's carelessness; about 80% of the artists at the 2009 festival have Wikipedia articles. There's clearly enough sourcing out there to show notability. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:01, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete because there is no significant coverage of the subject. Maybe the bands that appeared there are notable, but that is besides the point. Chzz ► 04:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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