Regionals wikipedia pages deleted en masse: action needed!

[wildilocks]

Hi folks,

Don't know if any/many of you folks are active on wikipedia, but there appears to be a situation occurring with numerous Regional wikipedia pages being deleted en masse by one user [Realkyhick] who seems to have a problem with Burning Man.

Now, Wikipedia does have some strict rules on relevance and authority, but the way this guy describes his justification for deletion is quite insulting. I've included the text of all deletions he's requested today, listed below (and available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... ebruary_20):

Recycled Rainbow

Hey boys and girls, it's another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article, appears to promote the event more than inform in an encyclopedic manner. This particular event had total attendance of 60. There's more guys hanging out on the corner down by the 7-11 right now. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:34, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

InterFuse

Another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable on its own, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article. (Sound familiar?) - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

AfterBurn

One more regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article, and I'm guessing that the attendance figure given (800,008) is a wee bit suspect. Seeks to promote, not inform. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Kiwiburn

Another regional offshoot event of Burning Man, this one Kiwi style. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article. The most notable thing about this one is apparently that the burn almost blowed up real good. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Ignition (event)

Once again, another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article. This event apparently isn't/wasn't even held after 2006. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[NüTopia

Yes, ladies and germs, it's another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article. In fact, there's very little to this article at all. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

EmoTAZ

Stil another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article, appears to promote the event more than inform in an encyclopedic manner. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Recompression

Another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article, appears to promote the event more than inform in an encyclopedic manner. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Critical Massive

Another regional offshoot event of Burning Man. Not notable in its own right, no independent reliable sources to verify anything in the article, appears to promote the event more than inform in an encyclopedic manner. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

So, this needs to be countered. Edits should be polite, informative and include independent sites verifying information in the Wikipedia page as much as possible, Any press mentions of any regionals will be helpful - Kiwiburn has had a few which are being added now

If you are involved with a regional which doesn't have a Wikipedia page yet - please begin one! I'm hoping if more people weigh in on this the guy will get bored and move on to other targets.

Cheers!

Cass

[MikeVDS]

You know, I actually agree with Realkyhick. I'm guessing, based on what I've read about wikipedia tightening their standards, that those pages should fall out of the spectrum that wikipedia covers. Just because I like something doesn't mean it should be the exception to the rule.

[Dork]

The main Burning Man entry went through something similar a few years ago. Basically, the entry sucked. Eventually one or more people went in there and really cleaned it up. Derogatory comments from Realkyhick aside, that's probably what will have to happen here.

[wildilocks]

I don't have any issue with Wikipedia entries meeting guidelines. That one individual [fairly clearly biased, if you have a wee peek at his user page] decided to delete a whole bunch - some of which were minimal entries, others of which were substantial, I thought was deserving of bringing to the attention of the community, in case there were any folks who had more information and resources to add to Regionals they may attend or be more involved in, to preserve entries that do have more notability.