Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Space 1999, 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 of the debate was Not delete. Whether it should be kept, merged, or redirect is a debate that can be handled outside of AfD. Deathphoenix ʕ 17:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Space 1999, Festival
This was a 10-day festival in London in 1999 promoted by the Association of Autonomous Astronauts; amazingly, their web site is still active. The article focuses heavily on protests against the militarization of space and mentions a lot of irrelevant companies but the festival web site barely mentions these activities. I found one article via Lexis/Nexis describing the event, "Take me to your loonies" from The Evening Standard. At the risk of committing recentism, delete as non-notable event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thatcher131 (talk • contribs) Dang, sorry. Thatcher131 01:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename - it did take place, right? and it was attended by enough people to be covered in newspapers, right? I think you might be committing "Recentism" :) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 02:37, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, it occurred no doubt, and garnered one newspaper article that I can find, making it verifiable.  The article does note that the Association of Autonomous Astronauts was an "international network founded four years ago in a Brixton squat and dedicated to the intriguing concept of 'independent, community-based space exploration'," and that while NASA is "all about getting up there, doing 17-hour shifts, lots of experiments and then coming home. We have always said we want to play football, have sex and hold raves." The attendance was described as in the "hundreds." A notable event? Thatcher131 06:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment. I have trouble keeping articles that omit information that is discussed in an AfD nomination. For now, rewrite and then revisit. If it is a festival promoted by the Association of Autonomous Astronauts, then it should be mentioned in an AAA article. B.Wind 15:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * When I fixed the spelling error it turns out the association has their own article, so let's merge and redirect the festival to the main article. Thatcher131 23:55, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


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