Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Floatilla

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The result of the debate was delete. Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} 02:57, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Floatilla

Delete. Non-notable local event. 10 unique Google hits for "floatilla" avalon "new jersey". android79 02:06, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

• Sorry "Android" but your reasoning is a bit flawed. It's a legitimate annual event, and should be noteworthy if not of important interest, ESPECIALLY to east coast Wikipedia users, kayakers, and water sport enthusiasts. While it may not have as much Google prescence as say, Mardi Gras or the World Series, it is still a real event and should be treated as such. It is in the nature of the encyclopedia to INFORM others. You're delete happy antics will only foster ignorance. [1] [2] [3]
• Delete per android. To the above, show mainstream media sources and I'll reconsider. Dime-a-dozen blogs do not confer notability. Lomn 03:05:22, 2005-08-12 (UTC)
• Delete per android. ManoaChild 04:11, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Wikipedia is a worldwide encyclopedia, not a gazette of local events. I'm on the east coast, but it's of no relevance to me (I'm on a different east coast, mind you). if this event is of specific notability, then it may be savable, but there's no evidence of that notability here. Grutness...wha? 12:11, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but move article to a less-ambiguous name to disambiguate from other similarly-named events worldwide Tonywalton 12:18, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Unless someone can show more evidence of notability than given by android's search, a minor town event with a six year history isn't notable. --Icelight 20:10, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn local event. --Etacar11 22:38, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons cited above Dottore So 22:43, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as above. (Could redirect as a mispelling of flotilla though, if that's a bluelink.)-Splash 02:11, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Local events can be encyclopedic. Brownman40 03:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep It may not be of interest to everyone but it's of interest to travellers, boaters, etc. joe0735 01:14, 15 August 2005 (UTC) — (joe0735's 1st edit.)
• Kept ContentLuver to the rescue! I copied this very valid content to the Avalon NJ page where it is more than appropriate. Hooray for ContentLuver! Down with Deletionists! ContentLuver 13:27, 17 August 2005 (UTC) — (ContentLuver's 2nd edit.)
  • The VfD notice says: You are welcome to edit this article, but please do not blank, merge, or move this article. Despite developing consensus to delete this article, you went ahead and did that anyway. android79 13:36, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.