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The result was keep. WP:SNOW keep. (non-admin closure) HurricaneFan 25 02:05, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Conference India

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No significant coverage of what is ultimately a conference similar to the thousands of conferences going on each and every month. The sources cited in the article are borderline reliable, some are simple event calendars, others are outlets that just publish press releases. Significant coverage is required and it is not there, even in Indian news outlets. Pantherskin (talk) 17:27, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into 2011 in India or somewhere else. Local recurring event that hardly meets WP:EVENT, the majority if not all pages in Category:Wikipedia meetups and Category:Wikipedia culture are outside the main space. Brandmeister t 19:42, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If this was the inaugural event of an annually recurring conference then merger into a year based article would be inappropriate. Local is not really an appropriate description for an Indian national event - national or subcontinental would be more appropriate. The majority of Wikipedia meetups aren't covered by articles, but Wikimania certainly is, and while that event is global not subcontinental, Wikiconference India was an unusual Wikimedia event not least for being probably our largest event yet. (COI disclosure - I was one of the International attendees). Ϣere SpielChequers 05:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Please don't waste your time here. The Conference is still running, and we are going to cite well with reliable sources. Have patience. Nobody is making money out of it. Its all part of Outreach Program. I don't understand How you guys end up here. Then delete Wikimania also. -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 21:09, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please familiarize yourself with WP:COI. It is not a particular good idea to use Wikipedia to promote events of your organization, even if you are not making any money out of it. The mainspace of Wikipedia is for encyclopaedic content; not for the announcement and advertisement of Wikipedia-related events. Pantherskin (talk) 23:10, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How am I connected with this subject ?? Being an Indian or being a member of India chapter ?? I am not even attending the Conference.

One more thing when you are adding maintenance tag to an article, please do not forget to add date. Thank you. -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 08:05, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:13, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. —Veryhuman (talk) 20:25, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Its flabbergasting that this was nominated. See the dozens of Reliable sources mentioning this. Please, keep the AfD listing relevant Veryhuman (talk) 23:54, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You need to demonstrate how this satisfies WP:EVENT. Being covered in reliable sources (as are many conferences) is no guarantee that the event is notable. Pantherskin (talk) 06:14, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What kind of logic is that? What is your definition of notable? In any case, it'd be good advice for you to read the WP:EVENT guideline Veryhuman (talk) 18:42, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Extensive coverage in reliable sources such as The Hindu and The Times of India shows that this event is notable, even if it associated with the project that you and I are working on. Yes, our project and its various conferences can be notable. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:41, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. You need to demonstrate how this satisfies WP:EVENT. Being covered in reliable sources does not mean that a conference is automatically notable. Pantherskin (talk) 06:14, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's required according to WP:EVENT is "non-routine coverage that persists over a period of time. Coverage should be in multiple reliable sources with national or global scope." I think all bases are covered now except "over a period of time". The coverage is far more than is routine for the vast majority of conferences, and is in the highest quality national and global sources. The BBC covered it here. There is no exact definition of what that "period of time" might be. So, let's keep the article for now and see what sort of coverage there is over time. We should look for "further analysis or discussion", and please note that just because "an event occurred recently does not in itself make it non-notable." The article can be nominated for deletion again in the future if the threshold is not met. Now, it looks like it meets the threshold to me. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:35, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per all points given above. Its a major event, and even we have related articles such as India map dispute between Wikipedia and the BJP. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 08:06, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Jimmy himself said that this was one of the biggest gatherings of Wikipedians ever (yes, I was there when he said it, sue me for WP:OR). AfD is the last place where I thought I'd see this article. And how does a recurring event automatically become non notable? Over a period of time is irrelevant here; you cannot expect a media house to keep writing articles about WCI 2011 till the next WCI comes along. The fact is that this got a lot of coverage, and I cannot really point out which section of WP:EVENT is violated. Lynch 7 09:29, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep [1] Everyone in the Indian media has written an article on it (even before the protests at the conference), also noteworthy is the BBC article. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 10:55, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Redtigerxyz. Easily satisfies WP:GNG with continuous coverage in national media.--Sodabottle (talk) 15:26, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per all points given above.Hindustanilanguage (talk) 12:00, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per above.No more clarification is required Mayur ^{(talk•Email)} 17:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is quite clear that there is significant coverage and discussion of the event in reliable sources. It was extensively covered in Indian media. Silver seren^C 19:15, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:SNOW. International coverage. BBC and Reuters don't cover every event worldwide. LibStar (talk) 10:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Plenty of reliable resources are available including BBC, The Hindu, Times Of India. --Anoopan (talk) 18:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- I think the event has got good coverage and I think it is notable.--Rameshng (talk) 05:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- The conference has got enough coverage in the media and it is notable also. keep the article - Rajesh K Odayanchal (talk) 06:20, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- Keep the article as the conference has got a huge coverage over the medias and hence got the NOTABILITY! --Vaishak Kallore | വൈശാഖ്‌ കല്ലൂര്‍ (talk) 06:23, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Sufficient coverage in reliable sources to meet notability standards -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:55, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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