Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Budlong Pickle Company


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The result was speedy keep per WP:CSK #1. Nomination withdrawn by the nominator. (non-admin closure) Dps04 (talk) 18:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Budlong Pickle Company

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The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (companies) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant English-language coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. PROD removed by User:Ritchie333 with an edit summary "verified as being the largest pickle farm in the world as of 1903" who also added this claim to the article. Setting aside the 'so what' (largest foo in a given country/year is not automatically notable), that claim is not very reliable (sourced to a blog at and based,I guess, on an included picture of a 1903? newspaper). I am sorry to say I don't consider any newspaper from 1903 to be particularly reliable for claims of 'largest in the world' (though the claim could stay if attributed and properly sourced to the Chicago Tribune 1903 edition, at least, and not a blog). Anyway, the main problem remains - the coverage of this entity is almost non-existent, and as such, this entity seems to fail GNG/NCOMPANY. Can anyone find anything to help salvage this? (I tried GBooks and GScholar and got nothing except few mentions in passing)... Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:54, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  08:54, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  08:54, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. I added some content. Plus, it's fun! (And I know WP:INTERESTING applies to that statement—just couldn't help myself). Also a nice example of Chicago's early pickle industry, which based on my quick research was pretty significant in the 19th/early 20th centuries. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:39, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY and AleatoryPonderings' improvements. -- Toughpigs (talk) 15:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. AleatoryPonderings has added info from quite a few sources, with cites.&mdash;msh210&#x2120; 20:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to be a decent amount of coverage.-- Surv1v4l1st ▌Talk 23:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Withdraw. While one could nitpick whether there is in-depth coverage, it would be a shame to waste the effort. The entry looks nice, useful and is not spammy. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 00:57, 29 July 2020 (UTC)


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