Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great West End & Railroad Square Hand-Car Regatta & Exposition of Artistic & Mechanical Wonders


 * 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 was   delete as failing WP:N. Additionally, the sources provided either 1) don't say anything about the event in question, 2) are blogs which are not generally considered reliable sources, or 3) are primary sources which can not be used to establish notability. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 07:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

The Great West End & Railroad Square Hand-Car Regatta & Exposition of Artistic & Mechanical Wonders
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Rather spammy write up of a non-notable new event. The author could not even be bothered to check whether WIkipedia's idea of an handcar is the same as theirs! - Sgroupace (talk) 07:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete for failing to verify notability. Having browsed the contrib history of the article's creator (User:tyjones2000) I would suggest that this article also needs to be added to this AfD. OBM | blah blah blah 15:12, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The article is two days old. The event is notable in that is showcases how art interacts with community in Northern California. How sure how user would know what notable means in this context. Does it live here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyjones2000 (talk • contribs) 16:48, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * does it live here? Are Wikipedia contributes not people all of a sudden? Wikipedia has policies that we go by that dictate what notability is for Wikipedia, not just what any random user thinks is notable. Tavix (talk) 01:06, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as notability cannot be verified within the article. (and has a terribly long name, even though that isn't a reason to delete) Tavix (talk) 01:06, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Are there objective third-party sources which establish notability for this article ? If not, then the answer must be to delete it until a properly-sourced article can be contributed. -- SockpuppetSamuelson (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 09:02, 1 October 2008 (UTC).
 * Exactly my point. Tavix (talk) 02:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, take a look. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:41, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Notable event, now ref'ed by at least two sources, one with video.
 * Article's terrible and looks like it's the first wiki edit by someone posting a press release onto it. That's all edit work though, not deletion. Basic topic is sound. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Question What's wrong with handcar? Watch the video for an indication of how this article interpreted them. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:26, 1 October 2008 (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.