Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/German Fest


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The result was   Keep - nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Whpq (talk) 15:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

German Fest

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Non-notable local festival which has received only routine local coverage per Google News search. Unreferenced since 2005 (tagged since 2009). MelanieN (talk) 15:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions.  —MelanieN (talk) 15:43, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. MelanieN (talk) 15:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep I added a series of non-local references. As you noted, there are many local references but I avoided them to prove notability. This is a major festival in the region if not the largest of the Midwestern United States and I disagree with the assertion that it's a strictly-local event.  Royal broil  03:36, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: one of the references you added was from the Chicago Sun-Times, which certainly argues that its reach is more than local. Got any more? --MelanieN (talk) 03:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve. A regional ethnic festival celebrating the city's largest ethnic group. --BaronLarf 13:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination after several more additions of references to the article. The Toledo Blade article repeats the claim that this is the largest German festival in the country. The Los Angeles Times item convinces me (even though it is a simple event announcement) that this festival is notable well beyond its local area. --MelanieN (talk) 14:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
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