Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Destination ImagiNation

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The result was keep. John254 00:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Destination ImagiNation

Spammy & not notable Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. What Anthony meant to say is that the article has no good references. They're either not independent, or they mention of the organization is trivial (in a listing, or a document required to set up an organization). - Mgm|^(talk) 11:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep There may not be sufficient outside sources, but DI is a major international youth competition. With 100,000 participants and volunteers in 20 countries DI is clearly notable. The article just needs some more 3rd party references. Reywas92 ^Talk 20:35, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is quite a well-known problem-solving competition that involves hundreds of schools nationwide. A search in Google News archives brings up 2,290 results. TimidGuy (talk) 21:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The "spammy"(?) and "no good references" arguments call for a different banner than deletion. This organization has affected millions of people in a positive way. I understand the Encyclopedic "verifiable" responsibility, so give folks a chance to take the content and cross reference it with Congressional testimony, news articles, etc. that provide third-party evidence and counter the claim of un-notable-ness. (to understand how loosely I use the term "this organization", refer to the trivial references under "History", then figure peaking out at about 200K kids in 2000, sum under the curve from 1982 to 2008, figure at least 2 adults involved in some way per kid, and divide by a fudge of 3 to factor out repeating participants :-) bokabu (talk) 01:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. DI is a legitimate competition. I would prefer this had been handled with a verify tag. I agree that the article needs to be cleaned up for a npov and supported with better sources, but deletion would not support the purpose of wikipedia, as this is a legitimate competition that children compete in. --Hoagie3000 (talk) 18:11, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notability is obvious from the Google News archive search results mentioned above, with articles about the subject in the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Boston Globe etc. in just the first few hits. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:54, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep DI is an internationally known organization. That is enough for WP:A7. The article does need major clean up, but that isn't a reason to delete it. Juthani1 ^tcs 21:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.