Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takoma Park Folk Festival


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The result was   merge to Takoma Park, Maryland. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  00:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Takoma Park Folk Festival

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Article does not assert notability of the festival, and no sources to indicate otherwise. Suggest Delete or, if kept Merge with Takoma Park--Tznkai (talk) 13:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - Lot's of press releases and lots of event announcements like this which don't establish notability. But also at least one article like this one.  And significant enough to get listed into tourism books like this and this.  At the very least, it's a merge.  I see no reason for deletion. -- Whpq (talk) 21:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge: Questionable notability, really belongs in the parent article without more clearly established notability. Jo7hs2 (talk) 03:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep: I created this article (the obvious neutrality problems have been introduced since), and I don't really have anything to add beyond what Whpq said. I'm not totally opposed to a merge. I'll also point out that this festival was founded by the mayor of Takoma Park - obviously this isn't really a basis for supposing notability, but... Takoma Park's not some tiny burg. Its mayor is a pretty big deal, and mayors of important towns don't just found festivals that last for thirty years willy-nilly. Tuf-Kat (talk) 22:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:43, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Takoma Park, Maryland per notability guidelines for non-commercial organizations, unless non-local coverage of the subject can be found. Baileypalblue (talk) 01:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Takoma Park, Maryland. While the arguments above prove the festival exists, there is a huge lack of third-party, independent, reliable sources that establish notability for a stand alone article.    Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 22:11, 25 January 2009 (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.