Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/East Anglia Medieval Fayre

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 delete. Barkeep49 (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

East Anglia Medieval Fayre

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

All of the sources in the article are merely listings sites, and I cannot find any evidence of notability online other than WP:ROUTINE. Previously nominated for PROD in 2009 and no other major improvements seem to have been made as a result Cardiffbear88 (talk) 22:59, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:06, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, seems to have only occurred a couple of times, 2009 and 2005 maybe? Can barely be Verified. Abductive (reasoning) 00:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Has it just moved and changed its name, one or more times? I just searched on "Medieval Fayre Wimblington" (per article Wimblington was 2019 location), and find a webpage with count-down to the next Fayre, which will be a Viking themed one. Okay, oops, this is apparently in South Africa, but there are just 18 days and some hours until 7 March 2020 event! HERE is "Medieval in the Media" page with the Randburg Sun and The Citizen coverage (maybe not independent, maybe articles were written by the Fayre or participants). This South Africa one seems to be known as "Neigh-Bours Magical Medieval Fayre" or "Magical Medieval Fayre", and may be notable. Anyhow the AFD subject article maybe just needs to be expanded, updated. --Doncram (talk) 21:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment [was "Merge" or "redirect", tentatively.] We should look for wp:ATD alternatives to deletion, and merger/redirect to a list-article might be an option. Note there are few members of Category:Medieval reenactment events (the category on the article now). But there are many in Category:Renaissance fairs, and in the U.S. "Renaissance fair" is the more common term and they are fairly popular and I think noteworthy. List of Renaissance fairs covers multiple events in U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and "Europe", but has no events listed in the United Kingdom at all. I suggest that list-article's title/focus could/should be moved/expanded a bit to cover other Medieval-themed or Viking-themed fairs, and to cover the U.K., and this could be covered there, with or without keeping a separate article about it. --Doncram (talk) 21:08, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 11:09, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. After renaming and developing what is now List of Renaissance and Medieval fairs, and seeing that its members are fairs that have been held 10 years or more, or otherwise being clearly wikipedia-notable, I now see this East Anglia one as lesser. I expanded the list-article to include a separate section on the United Kingdom, and to expand scope (avoiding false distinction "Renaissance fairs" vs. Other Medieval Fairs), and to include all members of Category:Medieval-themed fairs. I also am adding a section for South Africa and listing the above-mentioned one. --Doncram (talk) 21:58, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can't see any evidence for significant coverage in reliable sources. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 12:04, 24 February 2020 (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.