Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Indiana State Picking and Fiddling Contest

This is an annual cultural event. There are a number of other local and regional cultural events that have articles in Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville_Freedom_Festival or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Nut_Club_Fall_Festival

Is the problem with the way I wrote the article, or with the Festival itself. I'm not sure I understand. I would like to have a page on the event as I think it is an important state event.

Vithefiddler (talk) 13:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Both!
 * Wikipedia has a wide range of documents that tell you what gets in and what doesn't.
 * This page failed on several counts;
 * Notability (see WP:N) There is no evidence that this event is notable.
 * Verifiability and sourcing (see WP:V and WP:RS) There was nothing in the article that independently confirmed anything about this event.
 * What Wikipedia is not (see WP:NOT) Wikipedia reports notable subjects, it isn't the place to promote something, and it isn't your web host.
 * The fact that other pages exist isn't a valid argument for keeping this one (it may be a valid argument for deleting the other pages!). Each page stands or falls by comparison to policy, not by comparison to other pages. (see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS)
 * Mayalld (talk) 13:43, 17 July 2008 (UTC)