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The result was Merge into Preston, Idaho. CitiCat^♫ 20:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon Dynamite Festival[edit]

Article about a smalltown festival with no assertion of notability and no independent, reliable sources other than the local chamber of commerce Nyttend 17:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~Merge - Zagalejo has (commendably) found some relevant sources, and since it's now proven to be at least minimally notable I'm inclined to agree with his idea for a merge. ~~per nom. Sounds nifty, but doesn't appear to have any notability outside of the town it takes place in. Maybe someone can scrape up some national sources...~~ Bullzeye^{(Ring for Service)} 18:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Æe tlr Cre ejl 18:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment A quick Newsbank search reveals a number of newspaper articles that should count as reliable sources. However, the most recent sources say that attendance has nosedived lately, so the festival probably won't last much longer. Looks like a good Merge candidate (to Preston, Idaho).

Here are some of the articles I found:

Laura M. Holson. "Rural Idaho Town Seeks to Turn Film's Cult Status Into Prosperity". The New York Times. 10 July 2006.
Kelly Hafen. "Napoleon upstages nearby annual Idaho Days events". The (Logan, Utah) Journal Herald. 29 June 2005.
"Lack of ads blamed for festival's turnout". The Deseret News. 20 July 2006.
Chad Dryden. "Napoleon Dynamite Festival's fate unsure." The Idaho Statesman. 26 July 2007. Zagalejo 19:07, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and then redirect to Preston, Idaho. Although it's an instant classic of a film, this is still just a flipping smalltown festival. Mandsford 13:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TerriersFan 02:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge The tourism effort is admirable, but it's just not notable. MarkBul 02:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A search for "Napoleon Dynamite Festival" in the archives on http://www.newslibrary.com/ returns over 100 results. Article needs work and citations but notability has been asserted. Fosnez 02:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I have flagged the article for rescue. If I don't get to do a cleanup, can someone please intergrate the quoted above sources? Fosnez 02:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect per others. There is no need (yet) for an independent artilce on this relatively non-notable festival. --Markdsgraham 02:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a popular movie, it should be merged. user:kula007 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 12:08, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment What do you mean by this? Keeping and merging are radically different things. Nyttend 15:30, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Notablity is not inherited; if I named by first born after Napolean it would not make him notable. --Markdsgraham 19:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm tempted to suggest deleting, just because of how much I hate Napoleon Dynamite. But I won't. Merge and Redirect per all of the above. i ^said 01:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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