Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dance Marathon at Hope College


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The result was   delete. NW ( Talk ) 03:37, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Dance Marathon at Hope College

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Local fund raising event. No evidence of notability presented. (I also question the notability of some, if not all, of the other dance marathon articles.) &mdash; RHaworth 22:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC) I disagree. I am not a part of Hope College but I've definitely heard of their Dance Marathon. For the size of their school they raise more money per capita than many of the other Dance Marathons across the country. In fact, per capita, they are the largest in the State. Furthermore, I disagree with the second part of your comment - regarding the notability of the other Dance Marathon articles. These events literally change peoples lives by raising money for children's hospitals, and most of them make some sort of national news. Just because it isn't some awful disaster or something that you'd herd of before you joined wikipedia doesn't mean that it's not notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.110.101.225 (talk • contribs)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 22:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —TerriersFan (talk) 00:54, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete no evidence of notability. Purely local event.   DGG ( talk ) 17:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

I also disagree with this call. Even though I made the article, I am not involved with Dance Marathon on Hope's Campus - I just think it is a really awesome program and is probably the largest fundraisers for Children's Miricle Network and DeVos Children's hospital in West Michigan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.110.100.114 (talk • contribs)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete Good cause but fails notability. We do not put articles in Wikipedia just because we like the subject or think they are doing some good. Edison (talk) 15:43, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Agreed good cause; however, no sources showing event covered by anyone other than the college and the organizations it contributed to. No sources from any media outlets. Can you provide an outside third party source that covered this? &spades; B.s.n.   &hearts; R.N. contribs 16:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Good cause, but not all good causes are notable. B.Rossow talk contr 18:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable event. GiantSnowman 11:03, 25 September 2009 (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.