Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boulevard Drive-In Theatre (Allentown, Pennsylvania)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Keep. Sorry to contradict Eduemoni, but this establishment was the center of a groundbreaking lawsuit regarding film exhibition in the U.S.. The fact that the venue is no longer operational does not detract from its notability. The article could benefit from more vigorous editing - and I will fix the title to reflect the correct name of the theater (not theatre, as per Uzma's observation). In future, I would respectfully request that some time be spent in researching a subject before submitting it for deletion consideration - IMHO, this article does not belong here. A non-admin closure with a slightly bold attitude. And Adoil Descended (talk) 01:36, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Boulevard Drive-In Theatre (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

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Fails WP:GNG. It was in business, it closed. Somebody built something else on the site. Cursory mention in a book about drive-ins that I found that isn't in the article but doesn't do anything notability wise.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. ...William 22:12, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. ...William 22:12, 13 February 2013 (UTC) ...William 22:12, 13 February 2013 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:00, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - Fails general notability guideline and also fails CORP criteria. Eduemoni↑talk↓  00:46, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes WP:GNG. The drive-in was involved in a major anti-trust case, as detailed in Drive-In Theaters: A History from Their Inception in 1933.  Warden (talk) 20:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Well we're living here in Allentown, and they're closing all the drive-ins down ... Well, no matter the outcome of the AfD, there's no reason to torch all the content, see, e.g., Articles for deletion/Silver Drive-In, something can and should go into the landmarks section of the Allentown article.  On the notability side though, there's certainly evidence the site has received much coverage over the years, though likely mostly local/regional, and no one likely has checked the full archives of the Morning Call.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  05:58, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep There's enough coverage for this to meet the GNG. Besides Warden and Milowent's sources, this article and this article seem to mention it, and it looks like the drive-in got a lot of coverage in Billboard magazine around the time of the antitrust case. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:47, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article should be renamed to spell Theater as "Theater", not Theatre, since that is how the sources spell the topic name. The drive in also was called Union Boulevard Drive-In Theater, so a redirect could be made. A drive-in opened in 1949 and a central location for a community in 1950s is going to receive significant coverage in off-line sources from the 1950s. A large area of land that remains empty as the former Boulevard Drive-In Theater area is going to receive different land purchase interest over time and city government discussions, each of which is going to generate coverage in reliable sources for the topic. Detailed source material includes Morning Call June 3, 1998, Morning Call June 26, 1998, Morning Call August 13, 1998, Morning Call February 9, 2000, Morning April 24, 2001, Morning Call March 30, 2005, Morning Call June 8, 2005. Sources probably good for one or two sentences in the Wikipedia article include Morning Call October 4, 1990, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Uzma, assuming someone adds the sources found per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 00:13, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
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