Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loggernaut Reading Series

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 no consensus to delete. Indications of a consensus for merge, so I've added the tags. W.marsh 14:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Loggernaut Reading Series

seems to be iffy in terms of notability. The claims it makes do not assert notability in themselves. Article should be clarified, expanded, or deleted. i kan reed 08:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Loggernaut.--TBCΦtalk? 07:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge to Loggernaut, don't really see how you could expand this to make it a worthy article on it's own. SteveLamacq43 14:40, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• One argument for keeping Loggernaut Reading Series as a separate article (and the reason I set the page up originally) is that there seemed to be very little info on Wiki about different reading series, which are their own phenomena and distinct from online literary journals. Loggernaut is an online literary journal of interviews with authors. It would exist without the reading series, and vice versa. I don't think journals and reading sereis are the same thing. harlanjohnson 4 November 2006
• Info about reading series is useful for authors, publicists, publishers, as well as people who enjoy live readings. I also did some work on this page, trying to set up a Wiki central area on literary reading series: Reading series. Perhaps I didn't do the best job setting everything up (I'm pretty new to this), but I do think that readings series are notable activities, and as reading series go, Loggernaut is a notable one. I'll pop a couple more external references to help demonstrate this. harlanjohnson 4 November 2006

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Nishkid64 19:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• delete As I understand it the reading series only relates to one state, of one country, I'm not even sure what a "reading series" is and whether it would be of any interest outwith a few teachers, within that one state within that one country. Is it the only reading series? Does it have any use outwith teaching? Is Wikipedia really the right place for this information? --Mike 23:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Loggernaut. Appears notable and encyclopedia-worthy, but there's not enough material (or potential for expansion) to justify splitting off a separate article. -- Rbellin|Talk 19:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I cannot see anything to indicate notability, if someone points it out to me I may change my mind. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 20:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• I guess Merge to Loggernaut. Okay, I can appreciate the argument that there's not a lot potential for expansion, at least not at the moment. However, I do think that reading series are legitimate subjects for encyclopedia entries and I don't really understand Mike's comments above. Reading series don't have anything to do with teachers (and I don't know what "outwith" means). Consider them an analog to literary magazines: what literary magazines are to the publication of poetry, fiction, etc., reading series are to the public performance of the same. In the U.S. at least, writers travel around the country reading from their work, connecting with their audiences--it's one form of keeping the oral aspects of literature alive. As with literary magazines, some reading series are better known than others, some have reputations for presenting certain kinds of work, some are local, some attract national and international talent. I still think that a brief entry giving the relevant information about a noteworthy reading series is as useful as a brief entry giving the relevant information about a noteworthy literary magazine. But if people disagree, then I'd say merge Loggernaut Reading Series with Loggernaut. harlanjohnson 11 November 2006
• What, then, do people think of the entry for Reading series? It's in need of expansion, certainly, but is it not a legitimate entry? I thought it was a useful start. harlanjohnson 11 November 2006

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