Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamilton Film Festival


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The result was delete. Coverage is local and routine only, does not pass WP:GNG. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 22:54, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Hamilton Film Festival

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Article about a minor film festival, referenced entirely to deadlinks on the personal website of its own executive director rather than to reliable source coverage of the festival in media. An event like this is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because it exists; it must be the subject of enough reliable source coverage to clear WP:GNG and WP:ORGDEPTH, but even on a ProQuest search I can't find enough coverage of it to clear that bar. Bearcat (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep very famous. --Panam2014 (talk) 19:09, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * What reliable sources can you show to attest to how "famous" it is? Bearcat (talk) 22:21, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 22:22, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:24, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. Local coverage exists, at least, and includes a recent, and decently substantive Hamilton Spectator article reporting that in 11 years this has grown from "26 submissions on DVD and VHS — mostly from [the founder's] friends" to "150 feature-length movies, documentaries and short films whittled down from 700 submissions", as well as things of varying substance like . And a namedrop at MLB.com, of all places.   One thing I noted while looking for sources is that they have a lot of different festivals in Hamilton.  And of course the case for notability would be more solid if someone could identify some substantive coverage in national media (or even just in Toronto). --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:33, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:40, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:40, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Winged Blades Godric 08:20, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- a minor event; significance is strictly local. The page appears to exist to list the nn winners, so WP:PROMO applies as well. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:07, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


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