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Speedy deletion nomination of Bleu Blanc Rouge - French Festival Sydney


A tag has been placed on Bleu Blanc Rouge - French Festival Sydney, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here.  GILO  A& E&uArr;  02:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Moved the article and a note about notability
I moved the article to User:Antoineaknin/Bleu Blanc Rouge (festival) so you can work on it in your leisure. I did some editing to the article to remove the blatantly promotional prose, but the article still is not ready for the mainspace. The remaining problem is that there are no reliable sources (WP:RS) to show notability. By this I mean coverage in newspapers, news shows, and the like. I couldn't really find anything that would show notability either. You claimed that this was the first festival of its type, but please be aware that being "the first" doesn't give notability on Wikipedia. (WP:ONLY) We absolutely must have sources to show notability.

Now I must also point you towards WP:COI, as the limited coverage of this event and the way you wrote it makes me believe that you are involved with the festival in some context. While you can still edit with a conflict of interest, it is discouraged since it's so easy to write a promotional sounding article or see notability where there might not be any. Now as a way to get around potential conflicts of interest you can try re-submitting this article through WP:AfC so another editor can review it (once you have proper sourcing). You might also solicit help from some of the various WikiProjects, such as WikiProject Australia or WikiProject Sydney. They can help with finding sources and editing. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   07:25, 26 August 2013 (UTC)