Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walk for Values

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The result was delete. Wizardman 23:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Walk for Values

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Non-notable event. There are a few G-hits, but none turning up any reliable sources, and all the hits come from the several affiliated websites pushing this walk. The article reads like a promotional brochure for the event, unsurprising since this was created by an SPA (User:W4V) for whom pushing this event is the sole Wiki activity. Fails WP:ORG, WP:V, probably WP:SPAM and WP:COI.  RGTraynor  15:00, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete any COI spam should be speedied honestly.. if the topic is really valuable someone who doesn't have a personal stake will add the information.--137.186.84.54 (talk) 16:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Reasonably popular event. Organized in 12 cities in Canada with 5,000 participants, replicated in 6 cities in Australia and few other cities in the United States. But, sure the article needs change in tone of writing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Compuneo (talk • contribs) 20:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC) — Compuneo (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Comment: What evidence do you have to offer to back up the assertion that this is a popular event? Articles about it in the newspapers? Any media coverage at all?  RGTraynor  12:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
• Response: As far as I can see there are two references mentioned in the article itself. One of those being from the website of Legislative Assembly of Ontario gives it significance, and the other reference in a radio channel gives it media coverage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Compuneo (talk • contribs) 19:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

• The first reference is the type of casual mention of warm and fuzzy things all legislators make, the second a public service ad. WP:ORG fundamentally holds that "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability."  RGTraynor  20:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete This article does not have enough notability to consider it verifiable, because it still is too small of an event. 5,000 participants is nothing compared to some of the more notable events that go on around the World, like Oktoberfest in Germany etc. Razorflame 17:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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