Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FITcon

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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. I'll be more than happy to provide the deleted content for another article or project in the future. --jonny-mt 08:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FITcon

FITcon (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable convention held sporadically by a non-notable club with exactly one chapter at one college. Qworty (talk) 09:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Farix (Talk) 11:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Very Weak Keep - Searches for news articles turned some sources; a newspaper Florida Today [1], an anime news network article [2] , and the guests such as George Manley and Michele Knotz are notable. However, to say the convention lacks notability due to the fact it is organized by a "non-notable anime club" is not solid reasoning. Non-notable people can organize a notable event. Still, in the past 4 years there have been only two conventions. I would support a stronger keep if more third party sources can be produced verifying notability. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 20:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Revised my statement. I am searching for other significant coverage. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 12:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak delete The ANN link is to a press release so it doesn't count towards notability. Neither do the guests. It's not that hard for a con to get "notable" guests. The Florida Today article is heading in the right direction, but I don't think there is enough in this single source from which to presume notability. --Farix (Talk) 20:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete fails WP:ORG - just another college club; having notable guests does not making a convention notable, and lack of reliable third party sources (excluding directory listings) suggests that it is not notable. Ohconfucius (talk) 03:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • 'Keep the con has had some very notable geusts and has been running annually for two years, its seems like a notable topic to meKuro Woof 06:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurowoofwoof111 (talk • contribs)
    • A long-running convention running for only two years? Sounds quite a bit like puffery there. Since it is organized by an official organization associated with Florida Institute of Technology, merge salvageable information with the article about the college.B.Wind (talk) 06:53, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Do not merge into main university article. This convention has been held by a fairly large organization on campus (I'd know... I go to Florida Tech). However, this convention, as most other student activities, does not have enough standalone notability to satisfy on its own. The contents of this article does not fit into the current university article body and will change the tone of the overall article. If this article is to be deleted, portions of this article (trim-to-stub needed) that is not-notable and not directly cited by WP:RS should be removed and merged a new generic article called Florida Institute of Technology Student Life and merge with other notable campus events held on campus that also have WP:RS. (Note: I am not affiliated with this organization, so WP:COI is not an issue here. I just posses a clearer picture of whether to keep this article or not...:D) - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 13:58, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete I know the FITcon guys are going to kill me in real life for voting to delete this article, but the truth is there hasn't been enough of a standing tradition or reliable sources (using the anime club website or the Florida Tech Crimson really doesn't count). I'd say archive this article's current source code, research on other university events and create a Florida Institute of Technology Student Life article where you may merge significant points on this article into it. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 14:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


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.