Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Firefly Vodka


 * 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   no consensus. Lankiveil (speak to me) 03:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Firefly Vodka

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Advert of a nonnotable brand of vodka - 7-bubёn >t 20:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy? There is not even a claim of notability. --Boston (talk) 22:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete And yes, this probably could be speedied as an advert. --Pstanton (talk) 23:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete without prejudice. A consumer product, there may be independent reviews in reliable sources.  Might be best served with an article about the distillery. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as article in present form or move to Firefly Distillery. Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka Martinis are O'Charley's Signature martini right now (I had one with dinner tonight ;-). The Firefly distillery web site lists that they have distributors in 50 states. I think this is enough evidence of widespread product placement to make them notable enough for an article. I'll clean up the article tomorrow. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 00:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think moving the article to Firefly Distillery is best to cover the whole product line and the history of the distillery. I started cleaning up the article. I'll leave comments on the article talk page as I go. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I found some good sources for the article. I added them to the article talk page until I have time to do do the re-write, Reference list. The New York Times did a review of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka on February 10, 2009. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. References collected by FloNight show this is a two-man semi-manual operation, in no way notable. There are zilions of names products around. Of course, they are mentioned in some newspapers or other. A promotional spin is not claim for notability of a product. Laudak (talk) 16:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, my research shows that Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky has been producing the product so that the company can meet market demand for the product. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 21:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per FloNight's references. It doesn't matter that this is a two-man operation, what does matter is that it has gotten half a dozen independent press articles about it. Being non-trivially "mentioned in some newspapers or other" (or, as in this case, having entire articles dedicated to you) is what Notability is all about, not what you are, but whether the world writes about you. --GRuban (talk) 20:48, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Here's one more for Flo: "Firefly Vodka gets iced tea all liquored up", August 6, 2008, by Susan Cohen, Charleston City Paper. --GRuban (talk) 20:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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