Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Descoware


 * 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. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 21:44, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Descoware

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Potentially NN. Lacking in adequate sources since 2017 when it was so tagged. Brought to my attention via Teahouse. UtherSRG (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2022 (UTC) Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  15:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. UtherSRG (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Scattered mentions of it online, nothing we can use to build an article. Oaktree b (talk) 14:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I'll add the sources this weekend. There are plenty.  Descoware was even implicated in cancer.  Julia Child used it and advertised it. People who are not knowledgeable should not waste the time of productive editors in these gratuitous sniping expeditions.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  15:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Skynxnex (talk) 15:12, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep given the results that show in ProQuest, decent coverage in The housewares story; a history of the American housewares industry in a book by Lifshey, Earl (internet archive library, decent amount of archived coverage of the company in the 50s/60s (fairly routine but more than most companies I've researched), and more recently coverage about the increase in interest: "ONLINE BIDS FLY FAST FOR HOT POTS AND MORE", Sandy Larouche Special To The Post-Dispatch; St. Louis, Mo. 02 June 2001: L.6: Suddenly the market for Descoware is red-hot, which happens to be the most popular color of the cookware, too, although banana yellow is moving up through the bunch.. "Country names can yield definitive ID", The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn.. 10 Apr 2009: M.4. a Q&A but the answer appears to count as reliable and so the five sentence could support many of the facts mentioned in our article Skynxnex (talk) 15:25, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Collectible for decades and discussed in multiple books. Sources exist, possibly not readily available online. Valereee (talk) 22:39, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. the brand is often mentioned in various Google Books if to search there. 多少 战场 龙 (talk) 09:35, 11 November 2022 (UTC)


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