Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sterling Renaissance Festival
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- 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 keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Minor local festival, with no real notability outside its area. Previously deleted by PROD, which was contested at my talk. Stifle (talk) 08:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. -- Jmundo 15:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Keep Google News shows the festival has had very substantial coverage, including from the New York Times, going back to the festival's origins in 1977 [1] [2]. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:44, 18 May 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) 00:00, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Three decades is not ephemeral. Collect (talk) 13:42, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak Keep - The second of CoMs links suggests it's notable - "The festival [...] went up for sale this month in the most modern of ways: Internet auction. 'EBay told us it had never been done before,' said Thomas Collier, a real estate agent.". And there're sufficient other articles for me as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigger digger (talk • contribs)
- Keep. Not every ren faire lasts this long or generates this much coverage. JamesMLane t c 22:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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