Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bodo's Bagels


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 00:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Bodo's Bagels
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Fails WP:CORP. Non-notable bagel shop (perhaps local interest), which has gotten some press (ghits = 1,330 but many are citysearch type repeats) but does not qualify as significant secondary coverage. Smells like advertising, though certainly not blatant, with a deep-link directly to the menu (I have changed the link to be to the corporate home page).

On a separate note (I realize web popularity does not equal corp notability) but their website has low alexa ranking with only 11 non-notable sites linking in. JCutter { talk to me }    06:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - I'm rather undecided on this. There are some Gnews and Gbooks hits, but a lot of the coverage seems trivial and/or local in scope (as opposed to regional/national/int'l). Here are the best of those sources, in my opinion:, , . Are they enough to establish notability per WP:CORP? I think they fall just short of the bar. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  14:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment When I attended the University of Virginia, Bodo's Bagels on the Corner was infamous for having been "coming soon" for years. It was "coming soon" for the whole 4 years I was a student there and the next year when I still lived in Charlottesville.  I don't know if that would give it any notability by itself, but I would expect there to be some coverage in the Cavalier Daily or local Charlottesville papers.  Also, I don't think there is any reason to expect high website traffic for a small bagel store chain, regardless of if the chain is notable. Calathan (talk) 15:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I found some of the coverage in the Cavalier Daily .  Since this is local coverage, I'm not sure if it is enough to establish notability. Calathan (talk) 01:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete, does not really claim any notability outside its own city. J I P  | Talk 17:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as stealthy advertising. Alexius08 (talk) 23:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
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