Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pinball Expo


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The result was keep.  JGHowes   talk  02:09, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

The Pinball Expo

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Fails WP:NEVENT - yearly event, no reliable sources, no SIGCOV, promotional in nature Rogermx (talk) 21:06, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep: I added information and references from the Chicago Tribune ("Collectors flip out with free play this weekend", 1998), the Springfield State Journal Register ("Flipped Out: Forget high-tech video games. In Chicago, pinball wizardry still reigns", 1993) and Top Score magazine ("Pinball Expo '86: Top Pinball Enthusiasts Gather for Silverball Excitement", 1987). The expo was regularly covered in Cash Box magazine; one example is "Pinball Expo '86 Packs 'Em In!" from January 1987. This is in-depth coverage from multiple independent reliable sources, and demonstrates notability. — Toughpigs (talk) 22:48, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * keep Added sources seem a bit like PR in some cases, but yeah, they are probably over the bar. And given the size and nature of it, I suspect there are a lot more sources.  for example. Hobit (talk) 18:33, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * As nominator, after seeing the added sources, I will change this to keep. Thanks for the research everyone, I should have been more diligent in mine.   Rogermx (talk) 19:14, 5 November 2020 (UTC)


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