Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Festival of Lights


 * 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 of the debate was disambig. Johnleemk | Talk 17:01, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Festival of Lights
This article appears to describe an event in Ladysmith, British Columbia, though I do not know if this itself would be considered notable, even if the article was written above a 2nd grade level. I abstain from voting until feedback is posted. Fang Aili 20:14, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Hanukkah (or make a disambig page if there's more than one notable meaning). Blackcats 20:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Changing vote (in light of new info) to create disabig that links to Hanukkah, Diwali, the name of Christmas festivals in some towns, and any other notable uses that may be found. Blackcats 22:25, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Do we agree that such local festivals are notable? --Fang Aili 22:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Notable enough to be mentioned in the town's article in each case, and notable enough to be mentioned in Christmas customs in the United States, huh... Not notable enough for a whole article, IMO.  Create disambig to Hanukkah and Diwali, we can add a line pointing to other, less notable Festival(s) of Lights if and when some relevant article is written. -GTBacchus(talk) 23:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. Vote to Create disambig and list Hanukkah and Diwali. Ladysmith's festival is not notable enough for its own article. --Fang Aili 00:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Create disambig, make links to Hanukkah and Ladysmith, British Columbia, and remove link in the ladysmith page to it...which already mentions the notable aspect of the festival. --Syrthiss 20:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Hanukkah with a note on that page directing to the alternate use (or, if there are many alternates, to Festival of Lights (disambiguation). BD2412  T 21:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - Plenty of towns in North America do exactly the same thing at the end of November - I was at Ashland, Oregon's festival of lights this year, and it was exactly like the one in Ladysmith, from the description in the article. Utterly charming, and utterly unencyclopedic.  I don't know about the Hanukkah connection, but perhaps the tradition shared by Ladysmith, Ashland, and certainly many other towns is notable enough for an article.  Perhaps not. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights. --Syrthiss 22:05, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Also Diwali is known as the festival of lights. –-Hapsiainen 22:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Create a disambigation page between Diwali and Hanukkah, and possibly other festivals. –-Hapsiainen 22:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Disambig per Hapsiainen. Individual towns celebrations should be under the towns. KillerChihuahua?!? 17:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm for the dab. Bearcat 03:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Create disambig, make links to Hanukkah and Diwali, and any other entries that claim that title like Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights. --maclean25 04:08, 19 December 2005 (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.