Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Munkyfest

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 delete. – GorillaWarfare ^{talk • contribs} 14:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Munkyfest

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Notability has not been established for this music festival. As far as I can tell, this festival started as backyard party and grew to...something. Apparently, some notable bands played at the festival, but that doesn't establish the notability of the festival itself. In the end, there isn't enough sourcing to show notability. The entire article is original research and mostly unverifiable. GrapedApe (talk) 20:50, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No source is provided testifying to the claim of notability of this "DIY" backyard festival. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 21:24, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete - I found this and [1] representing some local coverage. That's not enough to establish this as a notable music festival. -- Whpq (talk) 19:54, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I started this article, and I may as as well also state that I was involved in the organisation of the festival. I can see that it is a candidate for deletion in line with wikipedia's current applicable notability criteria. In starting the article I had hoped that it would grow, sources would be added as event reviews, etc. were published. That didn't quite happen and even I don't feel I can put in a particularly strong claim of notability. Munkyfest was quite well known amongst certain circles, and part of a much wider scene involving many people. It received little media coverage, but then we didn't particularly court such attention. In fact, this sort of event will often not, by its nature, receive enough coverage to achieve "notability". Such scenes (defined by wiktionary as "A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest") will therefore be under-represented in something like Wikipedia, and that strikes me as a bit of a shame. I just thought I should make that point.Tubefurnace (talk) 21:28, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from nominator - I just noticed that the festival is "NPOV." Now sure how a backyard music festival can represent "all significant views that have been published by reliable sources." --GrapedApe (talk) 22:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The above "Comment from nominator" is not relevant to the deletion request. That one phrase may not make sense, or need more explanation. By all means edit that phrase out, or flag it up as requiring verification or explanation. This page is to debate deletion of the article on the grounds of its subject's notability. Tubefurnace (talk) 21:28, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.