Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wisconsin's Badger State Spelling Bee


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The result was delete. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 01:23, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Wisconsin's Badger State Spelling Bee

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No evidence of any notability. Such events at State level are rarely notable. No references. Previous PROD removed without any addition of sources. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 21:15, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom Power~enwiki (talk) 21:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete agreed, normally State spelling bees are not notable.  Jay  Jay What did I do? 22:48, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  03:45, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Some sources have now been added, but only as cites for individual winners of specific bees. There are no sources discussing the tournament itself, which are required to show notability. It's been around a long time, so maybe they exist, but in the end it's just a junior high school spelling bee.
 * Note that the article starts off by stating that the event has been held annually since 1949, but the table of results starts in 1928. Very strange...
 * Comment Note that the article is a duplicate of The Badger State Spelling Bee, which has been prodded. 32.218.152.242 (talk) 13:37, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I have de-prodded and redirected that page here. If this is kept, the redirect should be retained. If not, it can be speedied as redirect to a non-existent page. But as long as this article exists, it's a plausible redirect and shouldn't be deleted, yet alone PROD-ed. We should probably move this back over there, given Badger State Spelling Bee appears to be the official title, but that's not a deletion issue and we can discuss it if it's kept. Given the open AfD here, I felt it best to retain it here for now. Smartyllama (talk) 18:35, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The duplicate articles are the result of a new editor abandoning his original creation and recreating and expanding it under a different name rather than moving it . I agree that the original title "Badger State Spelling Bee" is the more appropriate one. Meters (talk) 18:55, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)


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