Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Talent Quest

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The result was delete. The article's subject is found to not be notable. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:41, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talent Quest

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Article makes great unproven claims to national and international importance, but I can't see anything online to back this up. The information is excessive, and unsourced or sourced to the organization's website. I can't see any obvious coverage online to back up this article about these 21st century events. If someone can prove otherwise then go ahead, but I can't see this meeting WP:GNG. Sionk (talk) 21:51, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. The vast majority of what I could dig up about this karaoke contest was press releases and obvious publicity, along with a whole lot of mentions of this in articles about a John Denver impersonator who won it named Ted Vigil, but I did turn up one decent news story: "High stakes for valley men in karaoke competition", The Desert Sun, September 6, 2014; as well as "Local singer makes it to finals of Talent Quest" from the very small Marshall Democrat-News. And some interesting name checks, such as a piece in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser noting in passing that the legendary Wailana Coffee House in Waikiki "sponsored a group of its regulars at the Talent Quest National Karaoke Contest in Laughlin, Nevada last month." [1], and a similar mention re a Utah bar in the Salt Lake Tribune [2]. The current article is excessively promotional and I'm not currently prepared to !vote to keep it, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that someone might be able to source and clean it up. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:18, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete - though there's some indications it might be marginally notable (good finds, Arxiloxos), it's mostly unsourced and I still haven't seen much significant coverage of the competition itself in sources. Userfy might be an option if someone wanted to adopt it and fix the sourcing and promotional tone issues, however. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 10:27, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nakon 00:16, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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