Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duke & Ayres


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The result was merge and redirect to Ben Franklin Stores. --MCB (talk) 05:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Duke &amp; Ayres

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If this were a notable store when the chain was bought out, it would have made the news. It doesn't appear to have been the case. Travellingcari (talk) 03:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - you wouldn't expect to find too many online references to a chain store that went out of business almost forty years ago. But the fact that it was apparently established in 1895, existed for some 75 years, and still gets a few hits in Texas newspapers would seem to indicate notability to me. Gatoclass (talk) 03:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - on second thoughts, without additional references there's really nothing to establish notability now, and the article's been around for a year, so there's been plenty of time for someone to add some more sourcing. Gatoclass (talk) 04:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment actually the major cities' newspapers archives are often online now so it depends on the topic really. Sure not every article is online but the Google News archives are pretty good. That said, two of the hits were interviews with/articles about people who mentioned having worked there, nothing about the chain itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travellingcari (talk • contribs) 03:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There are several archive hits from the Dallas Morning News that don't appear at Google News. However, you can't get a free preview of any of them. Zagalejo^^^ 04:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that link might not work. But if you search for "Duke & Ayres", you'll see. Some articles appear to be primarily about the chain. Zagalejo^^^ 18:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, but if not, Merge into Ben Franklin Stores - the store that bought them out. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 17:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JERRY talk contribs 05:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge into Ben Franklin Stores. They were a largish regional retailer at one time, but there don't appear to be enough sources available for an article. --Dhartung | Talk 05:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.