Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CAOS Calgary Animated Objects Society
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The result was keep. east.718 at 02:12, November 27, 2007
- CAOS Calgary Animated Objects Society (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)
Unverifiable article about a non-notable organization. The 55 unique ghits don't help. MER-C 12:02, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, not notable enough for an encyclopedia. There are lots of small organisations and societies out there but they're not all notable.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 13:28, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Organization, which was incorporated in 2003, has received national coverage for its activities consistently since 2005. The Globe and Mail, one of Canada's most respected national daily newspaper accredited CAOS with putting "Calgary in the pop-culture vanguard" for its International Festival of Animated Objects, the same Globe & Mail article also drew attention to how "Calgary...has become one of the most fertile spots in North America for ground-breaking puppetry" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20050127.PUPPETS27%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery%3Dchris%2Bturner%2Bpuppet&ord=2147520&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true.
CAOS and the festival propel a very active local mask and puppetry tradition into an international arena, all the while bringing international attention to the city of Calgary. Extensive coverage for the organization can be found in FFWD magazine-Calgary's weekly arts & culture publication: "Calgary is a hotbed of original, unorthodox puppet work" (quote from an article written to cover CAOS's festival) http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2005/0120/cover.htm, http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2007/0118/fest3.htm.
The organizations' activities receive consistent attention from CBC Radio http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/features/artscalgary/eccentric.html, CKUA Radio, CTV, and CityTV, CJSW Radio, The Calgary Herald http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/canada/AB/story.html?id=8839e51e-6bf3-45ca-a3db-e513a8fb48b6, Legacy Magazine http://www.legacymagazine.ab.ca/current_issue.html?IK=303&Step=2&Story=3, This Magazine http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2007/11/pullingstrings.php, The Gauntlet http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/10894, Metro News http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/PDFs/20070706_calgary.pdf, BeatRoute Magazine http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/PDFs/20070706_calgary.pdf, and numerous community-level publications http://parade.calgarystampede.com/entrants/Winner_Circle_2007.html, http://arusha.org/news/arushaevents, http://www.highperformancerodeo.ca/rodeo_past/2005/caos.html, http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:6ukKPLB8Dq4J:www.ramsaycommunity.ab.ca/newsletter/RCA_Newsletter_2007-10_scrn.pdf+xstine+cook+ramsay&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&client=safari.
CAOS was recently awarded the "Innovative Business Practices Award" from the Rozsa Foundation for Arts Management, indicating a level of recognition from Calgary's business community. http://calsun.canoe.ca/Showbiz/2007/10/28/pf-4611665.html
It may be possible to merge the article with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Festival_of_Animated_Objects as a way to include the information with another page, instead of deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puppet flogger (talk • contribs) 01:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TerriersFan (talk) 18:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per given refs. But put the refs in the article --Brewcrewer (talk) 06:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC) '[reply]
- Keep. refs above show it meets WP:ORG. DoubleBlue (Talk) 16:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - per Brewcrewer and DoubleBlue. jj137 (Talk) 02:19, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per above :-) Stwalkerster talk 11:44, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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