Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Playwriting 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 was KEEP. postdlf (talk) 03:21, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

International Playwriting Festival

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This article about a non-notable annual event was written by the subject’s founder/producer. —teb728 t c 05:08, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep If this festival is "non-notable", then why has it been covered by the BBC, The Independent, and many newspapers worldwide? Nominator seems not to have followed the simple procedure WP:BEFORE Point 4. Cullen328 (talk) 06:07, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above points by Cullen328. Google "International Playwriting Festival London" and see for yourself whether it is non-notable.--Hokeman (talk) 13:24, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I guess it was a mistake for me to rely on the article’s total lack of independent references. Rather than withdrawing the nomination I would like to let it stand in hope that someone will improve the references. That’s not something I would be good at. —teb728 t c 19:00, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 22:54, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:55, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete (by proposer). The news search returns about 20 mentions of the IPF but little or no significant coverage (which is the standard of notability). The only exception is this story. —teb728 t c 01:55, 27 March 2011 (UTC) The BBC, Independent 1 and Independent 2 pages barely mention the IPF. —teb728 t c 02:08, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I typed it into Books google. Theatre Record describes it as "keenly competitive." There are sources. they just need ot be added to the article.I.Casaubon (talk) 19:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also searched News Google for : "International Playwriting Festival" warehouse theatre. I found quite a lot. Certainly enough to establish notability.I.Casaubon (talk) 19:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. What significant coverage did you find in Google news (beside the one I cited above)? My search, which was essentially the same as yours, found only mentions of the IPF in articles on plays, and brief notices that the IPF was seeking entries. If sources exist, why has nobody added even one in the week since the article was nominated? —teb728 t c 20:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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