Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beggars Fair


 * 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   redirect to  Romsey. I agree that there is nothing additional here worth merging. And I'm not sure the minor fights are encyclopedic content, although the refs to those articles should be included..  DGG ( talk ) 01:19, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Beggars Fair

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Appears to be a simple street fair; nothing really notable about it, as far as I can tell. JoelWhy (talk) 12:42, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete just about every town in the civilised world has something like this each year, and some have several. Nothing in the article suggests this is any more notable than tens of thousands of similar events.  Wikipedia is not your town's community calendar. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Merge to Romsey, where it is already mentioned. Searching on "Beggars Fair"+Romsey reveals a little coverage in GNews and GBooks, but i can't see enough to expand it beyond its present stubby state, so doesn't seem worth a separate article. Qwfp (talk) 19:26, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge as QWfp has suggested. Many towns have festivals, but they are not all the same.  It is thereofre useful to add to the town's article somthing like this about local facilities.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:38, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  01:20, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. A merge would be reasonable, except I don't believe there's anything to merge. The Romsey article already indicates that this event is a free one-day festival featuring many types of music and other types of entertainment, held each July in the streets and pubs of Romsey. That's essentially the same info contained in this Beggars Fair article.  Gongshow  Talk 03:51, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per previous entry. --Greenmaven (talk) 06:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Sufficient information already at Romsey and no WP:RS to indicate individual notability. AllyD (talk) 06:59, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Rename to Romsey Beggar's Fair. Many towns do have festivals, but this is a prominent one that attracts people from all over the area such as Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Bournemouth and Salisbury - and beyond. (COI warning - I played at the fair regularly between 1999 and 2005). All those proposing deletion probably googled for "Beggar's Fair" instead of "Romsey Beggar's Fair", which is what I've found people actually tend to call it. Expand to include the evidence of violence in 2011 as documented in reliable sources such as this or this or this, and include basic festival information from this (is this a RS - can't work out if it's free for all or editorially controlled?) or this (likewise) or this (Southampton Daily Echo is a prominent local newspaper with full editorial control so a reliable source). Anyway, plenty of stuff there for the deletionists to get their teeth stuck into. -- Ritchie333  (talk)  09:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
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