Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Circus Drive-In


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 01:22, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Circus Drive-In

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Not Notable. Despite the reported fact that their menu includes batter-dipped onion rings, fried Maryland softshell crab this is not alone notable. Especially when the references given are solely from advertorials. As one knows, the job of the food critics in these publications is to eventually visit everyone of the establishments in their paper/magazine/trade press  circulation area. This does not make every establishment in the circulation area notable in itself and nothing I can find appears to  support the view  that this establishment has any notability at all in the WP sense. The previous PROD tag was removed under the thought that the two publications where RS but neither were editorials and neither advertorial indicated any real WP notability. Aspro (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. The third source (Food Network) seems to be reasonable evidence that this place might be considered a Jersey Shore landmark, and other such sources would include The Star-Ledger, The Wall Street Journal , and books such as or . --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:49, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:28, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:28, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete and move to Draft after deleting because my searches only found a few other links but simply nothing else better convincing. SwisterTwister   talk  22:27, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment – Did you actually read the articles, or just view the links from the search results? North America1000 02:40, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:31, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:25, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep – Meets WP:CORPDEPTH. The company has received book coverage in Food Lovers' Guide to New Jersey, book coverage in New Jersey Curiosities, book coverage in O'New Jersey p. 142 p. 143, , statewide coverage in The Star-Ledger, the largest circulated newspaper in New Jersey ("Circus Drive-In: Still a showstopper after 60 years"), in New Jersey Monthly ("Three (Onion) Ring Circus"), some local coverage in ("Loan from Turtle native helps Circus Drive-In stay open"). There's also this article from Tribune Business News – "Wall, N.J., Drive-In Restaurant Is Sold, Begins 50th Season on Jersey Shore.) and this short article from Inside Jersey Magazine, which is published by The Star-Ledger. North America1000 02:38, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep North America is right, this clearly satisfies WP:CORPDEPTH. Edwardx (talk) 16:12, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: Fails WP:CORPDEPTH. These ref's  are advitorials  and guides (a 'guide' is like a directory and WP is not a directory of trivia). --Aspro (talk) 17:11, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment – You provide no evidence that the news sources are advertorials, which appears to be based upon your subjective opinion. They are bylined news articles from reliable sources, and as such serve to establish topic notability. Furthermore, the book sources I provided are published by the following reputable publishers: Globe Pequot, Rowman & Littlefield and Macmillan. North America1000 17:16, 1 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep The details provided in the article and the sources added satisfy the notability standard. Alansohn (talk) 01:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


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