Talk:List of Neo-Pagan festivals and events

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[edit] Sorting

This list it horribly unsorted. Perhaps it should be sorted according to religion and/or geography. // Liftarn

[edit] Listcruft

This list includes many, many festivals which do not have WP articles. This seems by definition Wikipedia:Listcruft. Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists)#Lists_of_people says this "Selected lists of people should be selected for importance/notability in that category and should have Wikipedia articles (or the reasonable expectation of an article in the future)." I'm going to clear away the deadwood. Pigman 20:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Working List

I do not agree with the notion that every list on Wikipedia should be merely a list of articles already on Wikipedia. In fact, under the definition of WP:Listcruft it states:

"7. The list has no content beyond links to other articles, so would be better implemented as a (self-maintaining) category."

I don't see the advantage of the list presently over the list you see when you click on the category "Neo-Pagan Festivals". However, I DO see an advantage of a more complete list including ALL Neo-Pagan Festivals/Events, including those no one has written an article about yet, as a resource both to the reader and the editor. I think a list should be complete via some other criteria and articles may follow later. But I'll leave that discussion for another time.

Here is a list of the deleted items, which can be used as a working list that editors may select from to write articles that can justify these events' inclusion in this list. I've begun adding links to sites where info on them can be found. (I must admit, several of them seem non-notable. Some, like Gnosticon, have historical relevance.)


  • Advanced Hanging Out [1]
  • Akashacon [2]
  • Ancient Ways [3]
  • Apple Valley Heathen Gathering [4]
  • Between the Worlds [5]
  • Between the Worlds [6] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosencomet (talk • contribs) 19:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Bohemian Firecircle [7]
  • Bone Fire (Hawaii - Samhain) (couldn't find anything)
  • CandleDance (seems to be part of Mysterium, an event run by Vegas Vortex)
  • Celebrate Samhain [8]
  • Celebrate the Spirit (don't know what event this refers to)
  • Desert Magic Festival [9]
  • Fall Festival & Druid Gathering [10]
  • Fire Tribe Hawaii Solstice Gatherings [11]
  • Fires Rising [12]
  • Forestdance [13]
  • Gaea Goddess Gathering [14]
  • GaiaFire [15]
  • Goddess Gathering [16]
  • Harvest Home Gathering [17]
  • Healing-the-Spirit [18]
  • Kaleidoscope Gathering [19]
  • May Fire [20]
  • Merrymeet [21]
  • Midnight Flame Festival [22]
  • Mountain Moon SummerFest [23]
  • Mysterium [24]
  • The Real Witches' Ball [29]
  • Rites of Spring [30]
  • Sacred Soul Fire [31]
  • Spirit Fire [32]
  • Stones Rising [33]
  • Summerland Gathering [34]
  • Three Realms: A Pacific Druid Festival [35]
  • Trillium Spring Gathering [36]
  • Wic-Can Fest [37]
  • The Witches' Ball - actually, there are several events with this name.
    • Here's a link to "The Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball" [38]
    • Here's one to the Full Circle event, which was happening at least as recently as 2004. Their website is under construction, so I don't know more. [39]
    • Here's one for a CUPPS event in Ft. Lauderdale [40]
    • This one was run by the Cauldron of Changes in Eugene, OR [41]

I hope this is helpful.Rosencomet 15:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)