Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bankstown Christmas Carols


 * 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 of the debate was delete. One merge "voter" provides no rationale. The other's rationale makes no sense, because the article provides no information other than raw data (i.e. when it's held, how many people attend), so how can it provide an insight into the community? And last but not least, because AfD is a debate and not a vote...Saberwyn wins. Johnleemk | Talk 14:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Bankstown Christmas Carols
A carol singing event, flagged for speedy as "lacks importance" - not a CSD criterion. Bringing to AfD instead. Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 13:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Bankstown. PJM 15:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Almost every 'major' suburb in Sydney (Bankstown, Parramatta, Hornsby, etc) and possibly Australia, has some form of "Christmas Carols" or "Carols by Candlelight" event. All of these events attract a handful-thousand people every year. There is nothing here, or could potentially be here, that really warrants an article, or a merge to any other article. -- Saberwyn - The Zoids  Expansion Project 01:17, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Guys, I'm going to elaborate on my reasons why this info is pretty pointless in the grand scheme of the Bankstown article, and an encyclopedia in general. Let's take another example of a time when a small few-thousand people get together to celebrate: Fourth of July in the United States.
 * Now, from where I stand, a merge here would be equevilant to picking a single article on a random American township, and then specifically saying that they have a celebration on the Fourth of July. Unless I'm highly mistaken, and I may be, most places in the United States put together some kind of shin-ding to celebrate whatever it is.
 * Bankstown is not made unique or different from the status quo by running christmas carols in this format, no more than Randomville, United State (population 18,000) would be made unique or different by announcing to the world that they have a Fourth of July event.
 * I still say delete, as per above, but would happily support a couple of lines being added to the Carols by Candlelight article - something along the lines of "This format has been replicated multiple times by the various local councils in Australia, who run their own, smaller events. These are in a similar format and style to, but not directly linked, to the larger events held in the capital cities.", but fancier. -- Saberwyn


 * Very weak merge though I am somewhat swayed by what Saberwyn has pointed out above. -- Francs2000 [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 01:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - have changed my mind -- Francs2000 [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 23:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Bankstown. Not enough here to stand on its own, but knowledge of shared experiences can provide insight into the character of a community. -Colin Kimbrell 15:30, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless the event is somehow highly significant to that area. (and per: Saberwyn, we don't have Springfield Independence Day Celebration, why have this article at all?) Peyna 04:20, 22 January 2006 (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.