Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Llamacon

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. kingboyk 22:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Llamacon

Delete: It's been importance tagged for almost a month and still hasn't been fixed. The discussion page says that the Simon's Rock Anime Club will write something (and, hopefully, explain the importance), however, that would be self-promotion. PaulIsNotDead 15:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete 270 attendees? The article makes my argument for me. --djrobgordon 15:34, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, among the panelists this year were notable comic artists Randy Milholland of Something Positive, Richard Stevens of Diesel Sweeties, and Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEME?) 15:59, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Not notable, and everything the original poster said. 64.209.121.194 16:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete without prejudice due to lack of attendance. Stifle 22:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Llamacon was covered by the Berkshire Eagle, a publication with a circulation of over 30k. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEME?) 22:33, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the Berkshire Eagle is in fact a community newspaper. It covers many many events. I don't recall seeing in Wikipedia's guidelines any rules about notability being determined by whether or not something has been in a newspaper. PaulIsNotDead 04:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BIO is the closest guideline I can come up with for an event like this, which has allowances for "achieving renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events." Given that the typical threshold for people who write articles or books is 5000, the Berkshire Eagle more than meets that. Plus, you could call Llamacon, given the type of panelists it had this year, and event with a cult following. That's if you need to cling to some guideline to assert this event's notability, which I certainly don't. The people who attended make it notable enough for me, by far. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEME?) 05:13, 5 March 2006 (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.