Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Day of Design

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 delete. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 14:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World Day of Design

Seems to be a "holiday" designed by one organization. I can't find evidence that shows it is recognized as an "international holiday" by any organization or nation but this AIGA group. Metros232 00:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, not only that, but it appears the day is 27 April 2005. I can't find any evidence that it was held this year. Ted 01:04, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. - google basically shows it to be a ad campaign for one comp. - if there is WP:RS for it - I can't find it. Crum375 01:28, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. DarthVader 01:47, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. Paddles 04:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. --Arnzy ^{(whats up?)} 06:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Valid international holiday sourced from AIGA, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, a reliable and well-known organization. More information found at International observance, USA TODAY, State University of New York at Oswego, recognized by the Western Libraries at The University of Western Ontario, Cairril.com Design & Marketing, Inc. in Bloomington, Indiana, University of Baltimore's School of Communications Design etc...United States organizations only recognized the holiday as of 2005. Part of the problem seems to be the name. I just discovered that Australia calls it World Graphic Design Day [1], which already exists as an article. I suspect that many countries use different names for the same holiday on April 27th. Anoother part of the problem with sourcing may be that this holiday is too new. —Viriditas | Talk 11:23, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete very impressive argument, but no, holiday is too lame. We can mention it on International observance without a link, but that should be it for the World Day of Design. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 12:09, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per almost everyone else. JIP | Talk 14:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment 218 Ghits only.--Jusjih 14:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn holiday. --Terence Ong 15:10, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. non notable and per CrazyRussian.--Dakota ~ 22:16, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. There's no non-notable speedy template for holidays, but this makes me want to propose one. ~Kylu (u|t) 02:46, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep/merge. There is considerablr evidence that this holiday exists and is marked internationally as "World Graphic Design Day", and that it was only introduced to the US by the name "World Day of Design" under the auspices of the AIGA.--Pharos 06:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Google seems to show it's 99% AIGA Web promotion. Crum375 11:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Dont't judge the world by google; we can't expect every aspect of modern life to be extensively documented in English online. The day has been marked at least since 1998 in the Czech Republic. Do we even know the Czech translation of "World Graphic Design Day"?--Pharos 17:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• My concern is this: what if a company invents and heavily promotes via Web a new 'holiday'. Then WP picks it up, before it's really established, and once WP picks it up WP becomes a factor in its establishment. That would not be a passive observer role which WP should assume IMO, but a positive and active feedback role which it shouldn't. In a way WP becomes an advertizing tool. Assuming we don't want that role, I think it makes sense to be really sure a holiday (or similar) has taken root before accepting it on WP. Crum375 17:55, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• "World Graphic Design Day" predates the AIGA's promotion of it, but anyway, they're a non-profit group that's been around since 1914; this isn't a scheme by some corporation to make a quick buck by selling greeting cards and candy.--Pharos 18:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• I can accept AIGA being non-profit org, but non-profit can still be a business with advertizing and promotion needs. The issue here is the specific proclaimed holiday - is it something they just whipped up and are trying to promote or is it already established and recognized around the world. To verify it is truly established, I would have to see reliable record of several neutral parties around the world 'celebrating' it, as opposed to just a mention by some Web page that google-searched the date to see if anyone has a holiday claim, on an otherwise slow-news day. Crum375 18:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom.--Peta 06:24, 25 May 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.