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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:33, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Diversafest[edit]

Concert series lacking reliable sources to indicate it meets the general notability guidelines outside of the Tulsa/Oklahoma area. Google News gives local listings about Dfest, but I could not find any sources with full coverage outside the area. (in other words, excluding "Band X is playing at Dfest this year"). tedder (talk) 00:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. -- tedder (talk) 00:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- tedder (talk) 00:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The nominator sums this up pretty well. Some independent, reliable sources such as a newspaper article would save this article from deletion, but right now, there is nothing to prove that this article is notable. I searched through Google and Yahoo News, and all I could find are two pages in local papers that aren't enough to merit notability. Even if we did find something, over half of the article needs to go — and that's the lists concerning what artists played during what years. Wikipedia is not a directory, see number four there for the specifics. One interesting point is that the places of local interest essay dictates that well referenced, non-stub articles about local places may be kept, but if we remove the directory-esque information, we aren't left with very much. If this really is signifigant for the local community, we can merge it with Tulsa, Oklahoma, but I don't think it is notable enough to merit its own article. The Earwig ^{(Talk | Editor review)} 01:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I'm not aware of any general consensus that WP:GNG excludes substantial, unusual annual events solely because they are of mainly local interest. Based on the press reports, D-Fest has become a big deal: I don't think 140 bands, 60,000 people, a bunch of notable speakers and panelists, and a multiyear track record is the sort of "run of the mill" local event for which arguably one might find an exclusionary consensus. I found the discussion page of the proposed guideline Wikipedia talk:Notability (local interests) instructive on this point: the proposals for hard-and-fast requirements of non-local sources have met with fairly overwhelming opposition. Having said this, I'd certainly agree that the article does need more specific sourcing from reliable sources, and the long, long lists of every single band and every single panelist don't need to be there--some highlights (duly sourced) will do just fine. Here are a few more Tulsa and Oklahoma City sources; please note the references in a number of these to the festival's evolution from small-time to big-time.[1][2][3][4][5][6] This one from 2008 calls it "Oklahoma's largest music conference and festival."[7]--Arxiloxos (talk) 01:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable and well established festival. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:56, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, has multiple reliable sources, it is a notable festival. A new name 2008 (talk) 02:04, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems a notable festival. Something doesn't have to be world-famous to be notable. It just needs coverage in reliable sources, which is established, especially via the research of Arxiloxos. Mr_pand [talk | contributions] 07:45, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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