Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eclipse 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   no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 00:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Eclipse Festival

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Contested prod. Non-notable festival. No reliable sources. Delete.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 03:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  03:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Notability is marginal, but reliable sources exist.  See  (a passing reference).  As a note to others trying to dig up sources, there seems to have been an unrelated eclipse festival in Britain in 1999 .  Go through the google results, there seems to be a reasonable amount out there, but this is unfamiliar enough to me that I'm having trouble determining the reliability of sources.  If no more sources are turned up, though, one single sentence mention in the Toronto Star isn't going to cut it. Cool3 (talk) 04:35, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I added two other sources to the links section at the end of the entry. One is an article from a published zine called Trancer's Guide to the Galaxy, very known in the psychedelic trance subculture, which mentions the Eclipse Festival in their article about the Canadian scene. The other one is written by a DJ from British-Columbia on Chaishop, a notable website in the culture as well. Equinoxia (talk) 05:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Those look like enough to satisfy me. By the way (@Equinoxia), you are allowed to make your own "keep" !vote in this discussion if you'd like, laying out the reasons you think the article should be kept. Cool3 (talk) 16:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * How do i make a keep vote? Juat writing keep like this will do? Equinoxia (talk) 22:38, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not a ballot, actually, but a discussion. You should state on which grounds you are saying keep (you already did, sorry), otherwise your opinion might be ignored altogether. And, even as nominator, I actually encourage you to make your point. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 23:16, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I say this article should be kept because Eclipse Festival is the biggest psychedelic party in Quebec. There are other notable parties like this in Canada, like the Shambhala Festival in British-Columbia, but they are not focused exclusively on psychedelic trance music. Shambhala is a bigger festival altogether, but Eclipse happens to be the biggest 'psy-trance only' festival in Canada. Psy-trance is an international music subculture, and Eclipse Festival is an important part of the Canadian psy-trance world. I have also managed to find mention of Eclipse Festival in reliable international publications pertaining to this subculture.Equinoxia (talk) 04:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete No evidence that it is notable, sourced entirely by it's own websites. We at least need some major news coverage and proof that this festival is a big deal. --Pstanton (talk) 01:01, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Substantial coverage here in a major Toronto newspaper. Has it been eclipsed or is it still jamming with the bright shine of electronica? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:43, 22 April 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.