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The result was keep, following no consensus, noting an ongoing lack of notability. Gwen Gale (talk) 22:07, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anime Punch!

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Student organization, fails WP:ORG. Probably recreation of deleted material, see previous nom; I can't verify that, though. B. Wolterding (talk) 14:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note added: With "previous nominations", I was referring to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animate! OSU and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animate! OSU sub-articles. --B. Wolterding (talk) 22:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Sorry kids, but notability is not confirmed. Ecoleetage (talk) 22:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notability can be easily be established to some degree, but even more important I believe you shall not use "Notability" as the sole reason for deleting an article. Fan's View, a fairly reliable review source for anime conventions, has even gone and covered anime punch.1. Wish I had time to find more, but seriously this is a horrible AfD suggestion. Kopf1988 (talk) 11:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First, Fan's View seems to be a self-published source [1] and does not confer notability. Second, there is a rather wide consensus that lack of notability is a reason not to have an article about a topic; see the WP:N guideline. Actually, notability is probably the most frequent reason for article deletion on Wikipedia. --B. Wolterding (talk) 14:53, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes and no, A Fan's View is Lillard's personal website, but he has been regularly published in Newtype USA and later PiQ. As as such, he can be considered an established expert in the field. (WP:V#SELF) --Farix (Talk) 00:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep If anything, the article lacks focus. Most of the article is about the conventions Anime Punch! Armageddicon and Fieldcon. Anime Punch! Armageddicon was even featured in an article in the June 2007 issue of NewType USA. (Lillard, Kevin (June 2007). "Con Report: Anime Punch". Newtype USA. 6 (6): 96.). I'm sure if I did some more digging, I would find other times that NewType USA covered an Anime Punch convention. --Farix (Talk) 00:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Farix (Talk) 00:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unnotable organization. A single mention of one of its events in a magazine does not make it a notable organization. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 18:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment to the nominator. A distinction should be made: while this organization was born out of a University, it is not a "Student organization." Many conventions get their start on college campuses, however, the events are now held in public hotel space, and involve members and volunteers not part of the University of Ohio. In that regard should the people who organize Otakon be considered a "student organization" since previous conventions where held at Penn State? Food for thought, AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the source found by Farix and his confidence that further sources are available. Am sure if further sources do not get added the article will be renominated. Davewild (talk) 17:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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