Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hackney Empire New Act of the Year
I can see there are quite evidently major clean-up issues, for example verification issues about the winners list and removal of some . However, the nominator should know full well that the Guardian critic does not say this is an unimportant award, in fact he says it is "the most important comic talent contest in the country". A cursory search reveals several high quality news sources about the competition and, considering the participants and the notoriety of the venue, there will no doubt be others since the event commenced
— User:Sionk, 12:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PUFF (Wikipedia:Wikipuffery)