Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival


 * 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   delete. and write the highlights in the main article The  Helpful  One  14:46, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

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While the overall festival certainly is notable, each year's event is not. Wikipedia is not a directory, and these articles are all just lists of bands that played. Also nominating: Resolute 16:40, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge all into a list. I don't see the need for a separate article just to list each year's performers but presenting the information itself seems reasonable. Harley Hudson (talk) 19:14, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep solely because 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has some sourced content other than line-ups. That makes combining '99, '01-09 and '11 into a list pretty messy, but still perhaps an improvement over all these non-articles  Jebus989 ✰ 20:43, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If one article has independent reliable sourcing then it can be kept (I didn't happen to look at 2010) but that doesn't mean that the others can't be merged and that the resulting list can't include equivalent barebones information about 2010. Harley Hudson (talk) 04:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, that seems a good solution  Jebus989 ✰ 11:44, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * For the most part, the articles are just directory lists of bands. The odd one might have some historical value, but there is no reason at all why such information could not be merged into the main article.  Resolute 19:25, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The only issue with merging into the main article is that it would make that article quite large. Lists are useful as sub-articles to help keep the lead article at a reasonable length. Harley Hudson (talk) 16:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Merge them all into a single article, using the sources available (such as those cited by Jebus above) as evidence of general notability of the festival. Lose the lists of bands. It may well be, as the New York Times says, "one of the world’s premier music festivals", but that doesn't mean we need a separate listing for each year! Other high-profile music festivals do not get that treatment; see for example New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Summerfest (which lists only the opening headliner for each year), etc. --MelanieN (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * On second thought, Delete all these articles. Put a sentence or two for each year into the article Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and source that article better, but don't leave behind a lot of unnecessary redirects.--MelanieN (talk) 00:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge. While it is certain that there is adequate media coverage available for each event, it would most likely best be presented in a single article.   coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  23:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete and write the highlights in the main article. The individual events do not seem to pass WP:GNG. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete and highlights in main (as Crisco says). Maintaining historical record of concert schedules is not encyclopedic, but having a chronology of significant events over the years in the main CVMAF certainly would be. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - hard to see how lists of artists who happen to have performed at a particular festival are notable. I am also surprised that Musical Reunifications at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and List of artists who have played at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on multiple occasions have survived thus far. TerriersFan (talk) 20:18, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.