Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sterling Renaissance Festival


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Sterling Renaissance Festival

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Minor local festival, with no real notability outside its area. Previously deleted by PROD, which was contested at my talk. Stifle (talk) 08:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  --  J mundo 15:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Google News shows the festival has had very substantial coverage, including from the New York Times, going back to the festival's origins in 1977 . ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep Three decades is not ephemeral. Collect (talk) 13:42, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - The second of CoMs links suggests it's notable - "The festival [...] went up for sale this month in the most modern of ways: Internet auction. 'EBay told us it had never been done before,' said Thomas Collier, a real estate agent.". And there're sufficient other articles for me as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigger digger (talk • contribs)
 * Keep. Not every ren faire lasts this long or generates this much coverage. JamesMLane t c 22:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
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