Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chicago Humanities 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 keep. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 04:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Humanities Festival

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notability ForrestLane42 22:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

"STRONG DELETE" - Not notable, this page seems more like a page for personal advertisement, it does nothing to informed the wiki reader. Just because it has a 15 year stint, does mean that Wikipedia is a place for it. It seems more like advertisement!!than a webpage. Not every festival needs to be known on an encyclopedia - unless it is Saturnia, Roman festival - thats more appropriate ForrestLane42 22:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42
 * Keep. Subject of article is highly notable, as any remotely interested Chicagoan can tell you. Article can be greatly expanded. Bad faith nomination &mdash; User:ForrestLane42 is wikistalking me. He seems to know nothing about the Chicago Humanities Festival. He only nominated the article for deletion because I created it. When I asked him to stop harrassing me, he removed the comment from his talk page. I would appreciate some help with this user if anyone is interested in mentoring him or her. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 03:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

goethean, please stop besmearing me, I have set word to Larry V on this. U are the one who have gone on pages making unfounded accusations. No, I nominated this article because of the above reasons. I would appreciate if you would stop harrassing me and for being so arrogant. You have not even shown good faith to me. ForrestLane42 04:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42
 * You seem to have declined to rebut my supposition in regard to your motivations for the nomination. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 04:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

goethean look above - I said because of the above reasons - not notable, sounds more like an advertisement, just because Chicagoans, and I might assume from your statement above, are an Chicagoan, maybe u can make a Chicago Wiki, since its of local interest but as for an encylopedia, its not mean for such trivial local stuff. It seems like a bulletin at a local library inviting u to come to this festival. So there is my elaboration of the reasons for delete. Let people decide. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ForrestLane42 (talk • contribs).


 * Keep &mdash; but expand. It seems obviously notable to me.  Over 15 years of history with strong institutional sponsorship (Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony, University of Chicago, etc.) and notable speakers every year &mdash; to pick just a few, Arthur Miller (1990), Toni Morrison (1991), John Updike (1992), William Safire (1993), Tom Wolfe (1994), Stephen Sondheim (1995), William Styron (1996), ... Francis Fukuyama (2003) ... Take a look at a recent program (PDF) if you like. Eleuther 10:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Clearly a stub, this festival is a major event. The article needs to be expanded and its importance added, but that shouldn't be too difficult to do. Shsilver 12:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep per Eleuther. Squiddy | (squirt ink?)  13:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Eleuther. The duelling editors could use Wikipedia conflict resolution tools such as RfC or RfArb. This is not the place for it. 15:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Edison
 * Keep A quick Google search shows a good number of mentions in books and hundreds of archived news stories in reputable publications going back more than a decade. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

So Keep it is, but I think that the name of speakers is not necessarily at least it is a little less than a stub. If goethean reduces the name of speakers to many one or two, then I with draw my desire to delete this article. As for Eleuther, I do not mean to be "dueling" but goethean and I are at cross purposes and he has insulted my reputation that I will not tolerate. I think you have seen him in action, it is hard to be restrained when he posts messages on my talk page saying im harrassing him when he is the originator of the conflict. Eleuther I invite you to look at his archives, it is not just me who he has gotten into conflict with...there are least 5 or more previous incidents..ForrestLane42 17:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42


 * DELETE This article is not notable and should be deleted. This festival is a minor one in Chicago, with very limited reach and interest and as such, need not be cluttering wikipedia with excess minutia.

As said, this festival has been long running, but this alone does not make it notable. I am for deletion of this article.Walleyeone 16:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep and obvious enough without the needf for capitals. Editors edit history and talk pages are not relevant and I invite people to avoid looking at them. The proper procedure to end an edit war is notto delete the article altogether.DGG 03:00, 9 January 2007 (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.