Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music 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   delete. Courcelles 04:24, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival

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Five years after this article was created and it's still a stubby stub with barely any edits and no discussion on the talk page. Other articles link here but this MBOTMA Festival article contains almost no information. The article states it was IBMA Event of the Year in 2005 and 2007; well, it also won in 2009 but that isn't even mentioned! This article deserves compassion: I suggest we axe it. — oac old american century talk @  01:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Delete per Cmadler's findings.  Keep:  Even though it is a stub, that doesn't change the fact that it is notable for the awards that you mentioned.  Maybe it could possibly be merged or something, but I don't think it should be deleted.  It can be salvaged, if an editor with knowledge on the subject is willing to fix it up.  Until then, I don't see any harm in leaving it as is; it would be simple for someone to add in the 2009 award.  Epass (talk) 02:34, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak delete despite nom treating AFD as a cleanup venue. The event won awards from IBMA but I'm having a hard time verifying any of the info through secondary sources. Google News hits show only one sentence mentions. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 02:39, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - news coverage seems to consist only of event listings and the like. On the official website, they claim to have been nominated for IBMA Event of the Year three times (2005, 2007, 2009), not to have won, and checking the IBMA awards history website confirms that MBaOTMF hasn't ever won Event of the Year. Most of the links to the article are probably through Template:Bluegrassmusic, the bluegrass music navbox, from which I've now removed this article. cmadler (talk) 11:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * After removing it from the template, there are no incoming articlespace links. cmadler (talk) 12:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:50, 7 January 2011 (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.