Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Constellation Awards


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The result was   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

The Constellation Awards

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Awards of questionable notability. No real assertations of notability, and no significant coverage in independent third-party reliable sources. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 23:42, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 00:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Procedural speedy prod delete' - The prod had been on the article for the required length of time for deletion, but it was deprodded by a sockpuppet of a banned editor shortly before the prod would have expired and right before the sockpuppet investigation caught up with him. If this hadn't been listed for AFD the deprod would have been reverted (edits of block evasion banned editors are not valid) and the article would already be gone right about now anyway. Not sure if that's a speedy delete, or revert the AFD and go through with the prod delete or what, but the AFD should never have been necessary. DreamGuy (talk) 16:38, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The awards seem to have a few Gnews hits, but I'm doubtful there are enough to show notability. Edward321 (talk) 14:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm very new to the process of discussing potential deletions, so I would be curious to know what would be required to denote "notability" in a case of a regional award such as this one. A google search yields 39,000 hits but I don't know how meaningful that is. Certainly many blogs in Canada have been discussing these awards, but again that is only a regional interest. Similarly, the Canadian TV Network Space: The Imagination Station is covering these awards later this summer - does that add notability? I'm just looking to see what can and cannot be considered in a case like this. Thanks! --guru (talk) 16:02, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't know where you're getting the 40,000 number from - I just did a search on "The Constellation Awards" and got 359, and of that, only 191 unique - Google "hits" also don't convey notability, as your search terms could skew the results - you should read WP:GOOGLETEST. Simple mentions don't confer notability, and your claim that the network is covering the awards is unreferenced - claims like that need verifiable sources. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 16:23, 30 June 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.