Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre & Diner


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:44, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre & Diner

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Originally had no sources. Added sources after rejection of prod are nothing but tourism sites that only mention the drive-in in passing and are promotional in tone. The two news sources likely mention the subject only in passing as well. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 12:53, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep—did the nominator do his requisite WP:BEFORE search for sources? A quick Google News search shows that this business has been covered in a Detroit newspaper several hundred miles away, in an article specifically about it. The Chicago Sun-Times also ran an article about the drive-in. Again, it's not a passing mention but an article specifically about the establishment. Another result is an NPR piece about art features the business in its discussions. The nominator hedges his one observation about the sources in the article with a "likely", meaning he hasn't read them to know what they say. Please don't pass judgment on sources if you don't have access to them to accurately judge them.  Imzadi 1979  →   19:25, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have looked at the sources that came up on Google News, and none of them said more than a sentence about the place. Tell me again how it's so "notable". Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 08:20, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * What search term did you use? If you used "& Diner", you've missed out on some possibles. For example, I found two articles from the Detroit Free Press and the Chicago Sun-Times that are about the theatre, and not an article on a wider topic that just mentions it.  Imzadi 1979  →   10:23, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep enough coverage in reliable independent sources to meet WP:GNG. While not all of the sources used per WP:V were substantial in length, they address the topic in enough detail to maintain an encyclopedic article.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 06:52, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Did you not look at them? All but maybe one are fluff pieces like this that only mention the place in passing and are really barely-disguised advertisements for tourist traps. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 08:20, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It is a tourist spot, so some such are expected. I am a bit more convinced by it being notable enough to be written of in books on tourist traps.mostly as Nothern Michigan's LAST drive-in theater.and other such that describe the place as a unique place and part of the area's history.]. I think we do well to preserve such here on Wikipedia.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 08:30, 26 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep - described by local press as "iconic" and a "landmark". Featured in an editor's column in a major regional paper. I'd say this is significant enough coverage of this subject's notable features. It's not an overwhelming show of notability, but it's just enough to satisfy WP:CORPDEPTH. Ibadibam (talk) 18:33, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice finds.  Schmidt,  Michael Q. 08:30, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
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