Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue plate special

Blue-plate special
Blue-plate special was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep.

Note: Deb has withdrawn the listing. (See below)

Note: This article has been substantially expanded since this VfD began.

Never heard of this. Is it an American concept? Deb 18:08, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes. It apparently dates back to the early days of diners, and the term is well-known enough that it's been used for a rock band and at least two different radio shows that I know of.  It gets about 38,800 hits.  I think that the useful content might be better merged to a larger article, though, perhaps Diner itself.  -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:19, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)  In light of the expansion of this article, I'm changing my vote to Keep.  Now if someone could give similar TLC to the sad and lonely Diner...  -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:37, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Good colloquial or idiomatic phrase still in wide use in the U.S.&mdash;I just got some 30,000 Google hits on it. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:32, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) I've now expanded it. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 16:22, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ensure that redirects are in place to catch this as either blue-plate special or blue plate special. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 21:34, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Current content is a dicdef that should be transwikied to Wiktionary. I think this is expandable, though.  Probable keep.  Rossami (talk) 22:24, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, expand, culturally significant mid-20th century Eastern U.S., at least. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:07, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Expanded. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 01:34, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) Note: revision originally nominated for VfD was two sentences, as follows:
 * The "Blue Plate Special" is often the name given for a special discount or sale offered in a restaurant. It tends to change within very short periods of time.


 * Keep: DCEdwards1966 23:58, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. A well researched article on a much-used US phrase that I've often wondered about.  Good encyclopedia material. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 01:24, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep it. &mdash;[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:53, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Rhobite 16:16, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep smal but significant american cultural topic ike9898 17:48, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks. In view of the substantial changes to the article (not to mention the change of title), I withdraw my nomination. Deb 18:11, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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