Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anime Detour


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The result was Keep (non-admin closure) &mdash; Caknuck 05:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Anime Detour

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Anime Detour is an anime convention held in Minnesota, United States. There is not enough reliable source material that is independent of Anime Detour for the Anime Detour article to ever meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy. In addition, this is a troubled article. The article has been on five Wikiproject Spam Conflict of Interest reports since April 2007. Moreover, the July 16, 2007 discussion at the Conflict of interest/Noticeboard failed to help resolve the matter. No amount of construction or rewrite can repair this article because there is no reliable source material from which to build a valid Wikipedia article. Anime Detour should be deleted.  Jreferee  (Talk) 21:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment I would like to note that two independent sources are available on the articles talk page. One from Newtype USA and the other from Japan Journal. I can actually confirm the existence of the former source. But latter, the best I can find is this pdf file. --Farix (Talk) 21:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as very well known Con. Needs cites, that's all. Bearian 21:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions.   —Farix (Talk) 21:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability established by the sources mention by Farix above. JulesH 22:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, conflict of interest is not a reason to delete an article. It's a reason to pay attention to it and improve it where possible. JulesH 22:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The criteria stated by the nom are clearly invalid. Jtrainor 22:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment After looking at the history, it appears some parts that were fine got deleted and rewritten to a list format, and sadly, this limited the information available. At this time, information is being reverified and considered for use. Anime detour 23:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC) — Anime detour (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Weak keep, seems to just squeak by on WP:V. Ten Pound Hammer  • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 00:03, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Farix and Ten Pound Hammer. --Malevious  Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 01:25, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


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