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The result was keep. Sourcing seems to make this pass GNG. Copyvio concerns can be tackled separately, if any remain. Drmies ( talk) 15:21, 12 July 2014 (UTC) reply

World Costume Festival

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fails WP:GNG and WP:EVENT, created by a single purpose editor, fancy name but has only been held once and all I could find is local coverage. LibStar ( talk) 13:55, 13 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Comment: along with those issues, article is copyvio'd off of its sources. — Lucas Thoms, formerly My Ubuntu ( talk) 15:09, 13 June 2014 (UTC) reply
• Speedy delete if there's copyvio. Fails WP:GNG. SW3 5DL ( talk) 22:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Comment. In principle this event might be notable: substantial coverage in major Manila media [1] [2] [3] [4] for an event in Vigan is not "local" coverage, it's national coverage in a country of nearly 100 million people. The article is very skimpy, however, and there does seem to be some very close copying from the sources, so it could as easily be restarted as fixed. -- Arxiloxos ( talk) 23:00, 15 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:54, 21 June 2014 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:56, 29 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• 'Keep Lots and lots of significant independent coverage in reliable sources, so GNG is a slam-dunk. I do not know where this local/national coverage issue came from; cultural events do not have a guideline of their own. It sort of sounds like people are trying to use guidelines for organizations. Anyway, there is even some middling international coverage for this, even-coverage of artists from Europe (Georgia) [5] and Japan [6] participating-coverage in the media in their own countries. National coverage in the Philippines, as has been pointed out already. Anarchangel ( talk) 02:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC) reply
• Comment I've tagged for copyright investigation, there are non-trivial texts from at least two of the sources contained in the few sentences here. Version prior to copyright blanking is at [7] -- j⚛e decker ^talk 01:21, 10 July 2014 (UTC) reply
• Keep rewrote as per WP:COPYVIO rules, added info, references. Meets GNG. Still what this article needs is great photos -- I looked on Commons, didn't find much, but such photos would add to the beauty of this article. Plus, references so far do not indicate how this festival relates to similar costume-type festivals or competitions throughout the world. No attendance figures, no clear independent data on how international the event was (ie percentage of entrants from non-Philippine countries etc). Would be good to have a reference or two commenting on how the festival is seen in the eyes of costume designers worldwide; my sense at present is that it is a regional event, probably based on past parades, a way to promote tourism and domestic apparel.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 17:37, 10 July 2014 (UTC) reply

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