Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hero parade

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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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn. Mailer Diablo 08:15, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hero parade

It's a non-notable parade, seemingly no longer being held. Evan Seeds (talk) 07:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per my nom. --Evan Seeds (talk) 07:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC) Keep, i obviously missed the notability. Nomination withdrawn. --Evan Seeds (talk) 19:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete, no assertion of notability.Keep - looks like any questions of notability have been answered. RGTraynor 07:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment, the subject is more notable than the article states, as the parade/festival is not dead. A quick google easily found a link to the Hero Festival 2006 site. The site also alludes to a history of two decades, so it seems quite notable. hateless 08:02, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - I see, on that website, a good bit of info regarding a festival at a fixed venue. I see not a shred of info referencing parades. Were there a "Hero Festival" article, that would be another matter, but this AfD isn't about that. RGTraynor 08:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Keep, fairly well known in New Zealand. Should probably be moved to Hero festival. I'll add this to the list of New Zealand-related deletions.
I note that the article has been expanded significantly from the two-line stub that it was at the time of AfD nomination.-gadfium 10:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
I note that AfD nomination took place only 10 minutes after the article was created. -- Avenue 12:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Certainly notable, both well known and controversial in NZ and particularly Auckland. I have no problem with moving it to HERO Festival (note the capitalisation). -- Avenue 10:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep the Hero parade attracted a large amount of press at the time (although the archives for NZ news of the 1990s are generally not online it is still mentioned [1] [2] [3]) and was widely discussed throughout the country. Notability ain't a good criterion, as I often say. Ziggurat 10:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Whether it is defunct or not is irrelevant. It was notable during the 90s, and whether it is still active or not doesn't change that. Grutness...wha? 11:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep It's tough to accurately guage attendence at something like a parade, but if the numbers in the article are even remotely close to true (300,000 people!!!) then it's notable enough by far. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable. Nominator is old enough to drive, whooopeeee, but......21:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Moriori
    • Comment. The fact that I'm only 16 has nothing to do with my ability as a Wikipedian. At least I'm not vandalizing. --Evan Seeds (talk) 19:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
      • My comment was more about experience than age. Had you checked with google this AfD would never have happened. Go on, type "Hero parade" into google. Did you read GWO's comment below. He has a point (although ethnocentricity is not unique to the US). In my weird way I was trying to say that you have a driving licence but have never driven outside your own backyard. In a nice way of course. Sorry if I upset you, because I didn't mean to. Moriori 22:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
  • keep please this is a importrant parade Yuckfoo 00:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable enough to be missed. It was a significant event in NZ. --Midnighttonight 02:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, fairly well known in NZ, was/is very controversial.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brian New Zealand (talk • contribs) .
oops, thanks gadfium Brian | (Talk) 01:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keeep notable Bwithh 17:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. If it was in the US, it'd never have been nominated. -- GWO


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.