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 no consensus. Clearly no consensus to delete (even the nom withdrew support) but there's a split between those favoring a merge/redirect and an outright keep. Since there is not a consensus we default to keep, but the merge option can certainly be explored on the article talk page.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 00:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Race Against Hate (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

The article does not seem to satisfy the notability factor. While the race is for a good cause, and despite its foundation suport, there are numerous 5k races around the United States and the world that don't receive their own Wikipedia entry. I cannot find a precedent for 'articles for deletion' based on 5k (or any other distance) races, however, allowing the article would open the door for any other race to have its own article. This race doesn't seem to raise any more attention than any other community race, though WP:Othercrapexists. A race size of seven thousand doesn't seem to be "worthy" of an encyclopedic entry. Barkeep ^{Chat | $} 04:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as a non-notable charitable event. While it appears to be for a good cause, that doesn't justify an article. Bfigura ^(talk) 05:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Notability is established through the newspaper articles shown at http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Race+Against+Hate%22 This isn't about worthiness; its about whether reliable sources have made the decision that the event is worth writing about. --Eastmain (talk) 05:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Ricky Byrdsong. The articles from the above google search appear to either be discussing the event on a local news level (insufficient for notability), or discuss the race in relation to the person, who is clearly notable. Perhaps if the size of either article/section grew with appropriate content, it would be appropriate to re-split them. But as is, both articles are sufficiently small to fit on a single page. -Verdatum (talk) 20:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After more thought and points given, I'd favor a Merge and Redirect. Barkeep ^{Chat | $} 20:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge a short description to Ricky Byrdsong. I used to live a block from where the race loops back. It's a local institution these days, I guess, but it doesn't have any wider significance. --Dhartung | Talk 04:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Plenty enough Google hits and news stories. Local news is indeed sufficient for WP:N, as long as it is independent and reliable. As per Wikipedia:LOCAL, what matters is whether there's enough referenced information. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as it is notable, but there is only enough for a short article. –thedemonhog talk • edits 23:45, 3 May 2008 (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.