Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I Love Sushi (restaurant)


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I Love Sushi (restaurant)

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Originally posted last week, and I CSD'd the restaurant on G11. Speedy, however, was declined due to the fact that it's asserting notability. Article is written like an advert, and while it does tout notability (WP:PEACOCK comes to mind however), it only seems to have a couple of good reviews under its belt. In any event, it doesn't seem to cross the threshold per WP:N, and with the creator of the article declaring this to be notable, I'm calling it controversial enough for bringing it here. -- Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 15:52, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Written too much like an advertising blurb, and while it does claim notability it seems to be deliberately vague ("appeared in many feature films" but doesn't say which ones) and a Google search does not appear to back up these lofty claims. For example, a Google books search for "I Love Sushi" +Malibu turns up just 4 brief book mentions, 1 of which is a fairly obscure travel guide and the others are business directories.  That probably wouldn't be the case if the place is really a cultural touchstone like the article tries to claim. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete I couldn't find any reliable sources on Google or Google News, and the article offers no references save its homepage. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 19:12, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - per WP:CORP. Claritas § 19:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per A7. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  21:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I just looked at the website. This is for I Love Sushi in Seattle.  Investigating... -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 21:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - Just looked up on Google Maps (see this link). The only places called I Love Sushi in the Los Angeles metro area are near Beverly Hills and in Ventura.  These are 30 minutes MINIMUM from Malibu.  I call hoax. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 22:15, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It may be a hoax, but if it is there's a grain of truth to it. The Google Books search I linked to above shows there was, as of 1982, a restaurant called I Love Sushi at 29350 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.  This is apparently a strip mall, and there's a place called Zooma Sushi there now.  I also note this Twitter account which has a URL to an empty GoDaddy domain.  My guess is it actually does (or did) exist, but the cultural notability claims in the article are made up or at least really exaggerated, presumably in an attempt to avoid a quick A7 speedy deletion. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll let it ride then. Retracted speedy. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 23:07, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Unverified. Like others here, I tried to find any online evidence that this "world famous" restaurant in Malibu actually exists. I was unsuccessful. There are a ton of restaurants out there called "I Love Sushi" - Ventura, Costa Mesa, Washington State, New Mexico - all apparently unrelated to each other. But if the Malibu restaurant once existed, it apparently doesn't any more. And yet the article is written at least partly in the present tense. No references are provided. If the article isn't deleted, it should be userfied until these issues are clarified - above all whether it still exists - and references provided. The author is a single-purpose account, new to Wikipedia, and has an apparent conflict of interest (username = Baricool; founder of restaurant = Bari Alexander), so he/she might need some help if the article is to be improved or recreated. --MelanieN (talk) 23:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Claims of being world-famous are not backed up in books. Actor [{Charlie Sheen]] did refer to this as one of his favorite restaurants  in Malibu (where Charlie Harper lives).  Mandsford 00:29, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:CORP. Joe Chill (talk) 01:32, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. Fails WP:CORP as no reliable sources can be found. moreno oso (talk) 04:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Can we WP:SNOW this one? -- Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 18:28, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
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