Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Venetian Festival along St. Joseph River


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The result was   merge to St. Joseph, Michigan.  Sandstein  07:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Venetian Festival along St. Joseph River

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Tagged for notability since 2009, lets make a decision either way. Written like an advert, I don't believe this event is notable, even though it has been going for a while, it sounds very much like a local event Gbawden (talk) 11:35, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  11:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Delete A cursory search finds little more than the one source. SPACKlick (talk) 14:07, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment. The article is out of date, since the festival was cancelled after the 2011 edition and has now, apparently, been terminated permanently.  Many local sources and a few non-local sources apparent in Google searches (see the second "find sources" link above), and this seems to have been a big (and controversial) event in the city (for example, a 2001 article called it "the region's biggest social event"  and its significance is described here ). I'm not yet decided whether I think there's enough coverage to justify a separate article; if not, there might be room for more content about the festival in the main St. Joseph, Michigan article.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:38, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:55, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Merge to St. Joseph, Michigan article per Arxiloxos's reasoning. It was of mostly local interest. --Bejnar (talk) 04:16, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 05:58, 13 August 2014 (UTC)


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