Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sydenham Arts

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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 09:03, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sydenham Arts

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Author deprodded. Arts organization with no claim of notability. The article notes that some famous artists live in the region of Sydenham (and that's what most/all of the references seem to be about), but that doesn't make Sydenham Arts notable. IagoQnsi (talk) 15:02, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Vipinhari || talk 16:06, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Vipinhari || talk 16:06, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have just added six names of notable participants in the Sydenham Arts Fests and am just about to add more. Please be a little patient as it takes a moment. with thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gallura (talk • contribs) 17:16, 1 March 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

Dear Cavrdg (I think you are a Geographer, is that correct?) have a look again on the Sydenham Arts page. I have added some facts and names of participants which are distinguished, by any standards. Gallura (talk) 17:56, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is basically a press release. I would consider G11 speedy. DGG ( talk ) 00:45, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a local organization, searches only found expected mentions at News and browsers, nothing else convincing of a better article. SwisterTwister talk 03:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This contributor just doesn't seem to get the idea of referencing. Deb (talk) 16:12, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Deb - Your Talk page makes for interesting reading. Please look at various arts festival Wiki pages, for instance the San Sebastian Film Festival, which is highly regarded in the international film making community. Have you deleted that page? There's a note about the lack of referencing at the top of the page. But, being Wikipedia, which is rather more democratic and reasonable than you seem to be, contributors are asked to add Referencing if they can. Why not allow the same for other Arts Festivals? Or are you, perhaps, biased? See here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebastián_International_Film_Festival Do you think the Wiki page for the Edinburgh Film Festival is basically just a Press Release? Or is it trying to provide information about what the festival is, and how it started. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Film_Festival My guess is the latter, and I assure you, it's the same with the Sydenham Arts Festival page that I wrote. Gallura (talk) 13:56, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Since you've stated you don't like me using your talk page, I'll explain here. The article on the San Sebastian Film Festival was created in 2006, before the requirement for references became part of the wikipedia guidelines; your article was created a few days ago, without references, by someone who is well aware of the guidelines. You have ignored all requests to bring it up to standard. What do you think makes you so special that you don't have to comply with the same guidelines as everyone else? Deb (talk) 22:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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