Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Revels - Cultural Fest of MIT


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The result was   no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:01, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Revels - Cultural Fest of MIT

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Possible hoax, and if not that it doesn't appear to be notable. I initially proposed a merge into Traditions and student activities at MIT but comments there seem to indicate it doesn't appear notable, and I can't find anything really on it. Shadowjams (talk) 02:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Closer: I have synced/merged the contents of this aricle with Manipal_Institute_of_Technology Lentower (talk) 14:14, 29 March 2012 (UTC) Muhandes has since moved the contents the other way. Lentower (talk) 07:43, 2 April 2012 (UTC)


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 * linking to Traditions and student activities at MIT would be inappropriate, because this festival is apparently a function at the Manipal Institute of Technology, in India, not the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guy who reads a lot (talk)


 * Agreed. I removed the {{Merge templates. Lentower (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Delete. or Merge Article shows no notability. Now has a few citations. A bare stub. Comments on Talk:Traditions and student activities at MIT shows reasonable web searches finds no mention of this event. Lentower (talk) 13:45, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * A webpage that appears to be related to this festival has been linked to in the article. It's a primary source.  Not every festival at every college is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article.  I assume, in good faith, that the article's creator is a new editor, who doesn't understand WP's policies. Lentower (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Though it's good that sources have been found, a few sources don't establish notability. It be best for Wikipedia and it's readers to merge this article into Manipal_Institute_of_Technology. Lentower (talk) 16:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Keep but Rewrite. There are 20,000 hits on google for the terms (Revels Cultural Fest of MIT), so it seems notable. Anybody from Manipal Institute of Technology here who can comment? The article originally ascribed this to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but googling suggests that this is an error, so I edited the article; it now reads Manipal Institute of Technology, which is correct. The home page for the festival is http://www.revels.in/ (The Manipal Institute of Technology Wikipedia article, for what it's worth, does mention Revels). Might be nice to retitle the article to make it more clear which MIT it is. Perhaps "Revels - Cultural Fest of Manipal Institute of Technology." Guy who reads a lot (talk) 22:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)


 * That seems like a bizarre mistake to make, but if that's true then I'd suggest the same as I did when I thought it was Massachusetts, which is to merge it into that article. Individual events at schools generally aren't notable... but they're prime candidates to be merged into student life articles, or in the case of MassIT... had a page dedicated to them. Counting Google hits is a poor poor way to evaluate notability. There are not 20,000 pages about this obscure intra-college event. Shadowjams (talk) 04:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not opposed to merging this article into Manipal_Institute_of_Technology. Merging can be reasonable, with non-notable topics. Someone could add the {{Merge templates to this pair of articles to start that discussion. Lentower (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Keep it is a culfest, and general practice at WP:INEI is that culfests are not inherently notable, i.e. they require coverage per WP:GNG. However, I found quite a bit of coverage when I looked for it: 2012 edition:, 2009 edition: , 2010 edition:  , 2011 edition: , 2007 edition:  , 2004 edition:. I'm pretty sure it is enough for WP:GNG. --Muhandes (talk) 19:51, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I moved the article to its proper name Revels (culfest) and rewrote it with some sources. --Muhandes (talk) 08:46, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  01:42, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  04:36, 9 April 2012 (UTC)




 * Note: added Template:WikiProject India to Talk:Revels - Cultural Fest of MIT to bring this discussion to more editors. Lentower (talk) 12:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


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