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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:13, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable convention. There is nothing in the article that establishes why this convention is important or what makes it stands out from all the others. Wikipedia is not a Directory and the article serves primarily to promote the subject «l| Promethean ™|l» (talk) 10:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep as nominator is mass-nominating a long list of science fiction conventions with the same cookie-cutter rationale, not grounded in facts or policy, without regard to content or sourcing (plus List of science fiction conventions), apparently as a result of this discussion. Notability is not a competition to "stand out from all the others". - Dravecky (talk) 11:06, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually you will find I am chery picking the ones which fail to indicate why they are notable events, not just nominating them all. The category is full of articles designed to promote thier various conventions and im merely using the shot example to demonstrate that ive gone through everything and found nothing. I also wish to point out you'll be using the same inclusionist shitter arguement that you normally do. «l| Promethean ™|l» (talk) 11:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My same what now? You nominated 13 articles for deletion in 19 minutes so while I'll assume in good faith that you thoroughly investigated each article, searched for sources, and worked to improve the article, as per WP:BEFORE, at less than 2 minutes per article nominated I do have to question how thorough any research might have been. It appears you're making a WP:POINT. - Dravecky (talk) 11:30, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He could very well have done his research en masse prior to nominating articles - time between nominations and research time are not necessarily going to be one and the same. That said, this does look like a WP:POINT to me too. --Viqsi (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - notable convention, one of the oldest on the books; like most of these, could use further sourcing, but again an example of Promethean running rampant. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. —Dravecky (talk) 13:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and I have to ask, how many articles in this area has the nominator put up for deletion? Tentontunic (talk) 13:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

13 in less than 20 minutes. - Dravecky (talk) 13:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep convention has a lengthy history, is very large, and is a model for conventions which combine aspects of fan-run conventions and professional run gate shows. As OrangeMike notes, more sourcing would be desirable. Shsilver (talk) 14:02, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is the oldest and largest sci-fi convention in Ohio, per the source I just added. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 17:35, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: while it is commendable to point out articles that need expansion and/or cleanup, I kind of doubt AFD is the way to do this. --Viqsi (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep Unscintillating (talk) 00:23, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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