Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Reading Day
- 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 speedy delete. by RHaworth as WP:CSD#G7. §FreeRangeFrogcroak 16:04, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
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I came across this via the AfD for a related article. Despite the claims of it being global, I can't really find where this event is notable at this point in time. It might become notable in the future, but there really isn't anything out there about it at this point in time. There are some articles about this in Chinese papers, but I can't entirely tell if they're talking about the same exact event or if it's just similar events by the same name. This article from 2009 shows it being held in April and previous versions of the page seems to assert that this particular version of the event started in 2012. I don't think that this specific version is the same as the one being held in China. Even if it was, the coverage is still incredibly light- too light to really justify this having an article at this point in time. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:39, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:01, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
- Delete There is not much I can find about the so-called world reading day except this [1]. If its a global event, as it claims to be, then it must have sources; but it doesn't. Harsh (talk) 14:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
- Please Don't Delete World Reading Day is active on twitter with over 3,000 followers and over 13,000 tweets. Link is; [2] There is an article from 2012 giving further information about this event which can be found at; [http://www.wnd.com/markets/news/read/22333840/promoting_the_gift_of_reading_with_world_reading_day]Google search results indicate that this event is gaining in profile each year. I would suggest retaining the article.User talk:Shahzad91 — Preceding undated comment added 04:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
- The problem is that WP:POPULARITY doesn't give notability. It makes it more likely that it'll gain coverage, but it's never a guarantee. As far as future coverage goes, we can't keep articles based on future notability- we have to have coverage in the here and now. As far as the source goes, it looks like it's a reprint of a press release, which is considered to be a WP:PRIMARY source regardless of where it's posted and primary sources cannot give notability. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:21, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
- Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 01:46, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Delete: The Chinese sources that I came across were actually referring to the definitely notable World Book Day, rather than this apparently non-notable World Reading Day. I couldn't find any sources for this event. It certainly hasn't attracted any attention in the UK press. Moswento talky 08:51, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Delete. Not notable enough. Kierzek (talk) 17:51, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Weak Delete - After a quick search for sources, I found far more than enough. But then, like the nominator, I notice some dates said April and some said October. The website for the organization/event that is the subject of this article is quite clear that it's every October. Of the list of a dozen or so sources that I found, only the mediocre sources below pertain to the October event. A little more research and I found the "World Reading Day" in April is a translation or another name of World Book Day, April 23.
- Kansas First News, Utah Public Radio, Hangzhou Weekly, WBUP, [http://www.wnd.com/markets/news/read/22333840/promoting_the_gift_of_reading_with_world_reading_day WND] (press release?), WVII. --— Rhododendrites talk | 15:45, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
- From what I understand about World Book Day it is a separate event that has no ties to the World Reading Day event, so anything that mentions April should be seen as sourcing for WBD and not for WRD. What makes it sort of difficult is that the WBD event does sometimes call itself "World Reading Day" so we should look at any news source to see if they mention a date or an organizer. If they don't mention that it's in October (or imply that it is in October) or say that it's being held by the people doing the October WRD, we need to assume that it's about the non-involved event. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 17:22, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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