Deletion of Diversafest

Comment: The nominator sums this up pretty well. Some |independent, reliable sources such as a newspaper article would save this article from deletion, but right now, there is nothing to prove that this article is notable. I searched through Google and Yahoo News, and all I could find are two pages in http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=27246 local http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090528_298_0_rmrhtw228259 papers that aren't enough to merit notability. Even if we did find something, over half of the article needs to go &mdash; and that's the lists concerning what artists played during what years. |Wikipedia is not a directory, see number four there for the specifics. One interesting point is that the Wikipedia:Places of local interest|places of local interest essay dictates that well referenced, non-stub articles about local places may be kept, but if we remove the directory-esque information, we aren't left with very much. If this really is signifigant for the local community, we can merge it with Tulsa, Oklahoma, but I don't think it is notable enough to merit its own article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:DIRECTORY)

Comment: I'm not aware of any general consensus that  excludes substantial, unusual annual events solely because they are of mainly local interest. Based on the press reports, D-Fest has become a big deal: I don't think 140 bands, 60,000 people, a bunch of notable speakers and panelists, and a multiyear track record is the sort of ''|"run of the mill"'' local event for which arguably one might find an exclusionary consensus. I found the Wikipedia talk:Notability (local interests)|discussion page of the ''proposed'' guideline Wikipedia talk:Notability (local interests) instructive on this point: the proposals for hard-and-fast requirements of non-local sources have met with fairly overwhelming opposition. Having said this, I'd certainly agree that the article does need more specific sourcing from reliable sources, and the long, long lists of every single band and every single panelist don't need to be there--some highlights (duly sourced) will do just fine.  Here are a few more Tulsa and Oklahoma City sources; please note the references in a number of these to the festival's evolution from small-time to big-time.http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20090610_270_D8_RcadRo386149&allcom=1http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=99476http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0609/630271.htmlhttp://www.newsok.com/article/3094193/http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/3845/dfest-evolves-into-world-class-eventhttp://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20080726_11_A1_hDFEST540169&archive=yes  This one from 2008 calls it "Oklahoma's largest music conference and festival."http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20080724_270_D3_spancl532469&archive=yes
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:MILL)