Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Festival of Europe


 * 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 DELETE (unsourced, own website gone, notability not established). Note: recreation if/when a second Festival really occurs in March 2008 should not be speedy deleted as recrewation, IMO - Nabla 21:46, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Festival of Europe

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No pages link to this except for the redirect page Festival of europe. WP:NOTABLE applies here, I think; even if other such series of lectures occur in future years the topic would not seem to be notable at the moment. Presumably it was thought worthy of an article based on the institutions and speakers involved, but I can't see anything linking back to this page unless a future Festival makes the news in some way, or until the event becomes more established. Ham 22:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep given the sponsorship (Tate, the Cortauld, & Birkbeck) it can be assumed to be sourceable and newsworthy. Repeated years are not necessaryDGG (talk) 23:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral for now. I dont believe notability should be inherited through sponsorships.   Searched google news and found stuff, but I'm not sure if they're talking about this festival specifically. Corpx 05:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - it is talking about events that happened in March in the future tense, so this page is clearly not being maintained. - 52 Pickup 12:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * the solution is of course to maintain it. Just an editing question. (Incidentally, I dont regard sponsorship as necessarily determining notability, just that shows with notable sponsors tend to get reviews. The reviews are still needed. ) DGG (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Relist. Let's give a few more days for additional responses (I note that the external links aren't that helpful). El_C 18:27, 30 July 2007 (UTC) 
 * Keep If/when sourced, seems notable enough. Smmurphy(Talk) 04:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,


 * Delete Website gone dead. Institutions not specifically said to be sponsors - may just have lent/rented lecture rooms. Water under the bridge. Johnbod 01:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete lacks reliable sources. -- Whpq 22:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll have to say delete. No relevant Google News hits, their website is already dead, and according to the article, it "was held in London between 19th - 29th March 2007... [and] attracted well over 1500 people." That's less than 140 people a day. I searched the external links already in the article, and did find this Open Democracy coverage, but can't say I find that sufficient since OD are apparently a sponsor. --DeLarge 12:36, 5 August 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.