Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melbourne International Arts Festival

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. -- Longhair 12:20, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Melbourne International Arts Festival

A blatant ad, prodded and deleted and reposted. —Lamentation :( 09:25, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep very notable annual event, several Ghits reveal overseas references, no problems with having an article despite previous incarnations (but needs development), note AfD tag placed within 20 minutes of creation). SM247^{My Talk} 09:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Canley 09:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep this is a very large, very notable annual arts festival in Melbourne. See here. It's been running since 1986 and was part of the Spileto Festival series. The text in the article looks like it was copied from a brochure, but that's no reason to delete it, I think it should be tagged "advert" and rewritten. --Canley 10:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Canley. Jacek Kendysz 10:06, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per the above. Tevildo 10:09, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Very Strong Keep Undoubtedly notable. Needs rewrite though. Viridae^Talk 10:19, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Definite Keep, though I'm a bit concerned about the similarity between this article and the start of Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Were they both originally copyvios from a single source, or did the author of this article just base his on the Comedy Festival article? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 10:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I have cleaned up and wikified the article and added references. Approximately 32,900 Google hits so notable festival in Australia. [1]

Capitalistroadster 11:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per Canley and Capitalistroadster. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:46, 28 June 2006 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.