Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Coney Island


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 04:53, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

James Coney Island

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A chain of fast-food restaurants limited to a single town. Article makes no assertion of notability. All three secondary sources are from a local newspaper; two of them are puff pieces, and the third doesn't establish notability. Bob A (talk) 02:07, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 *  Weak Snow keep - if the chain has indeed been existiant since 1923, that is slightly notable in the (pun fully intended) dog-eat-dog restauraunt world. - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 04:38, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - this is a major chain of restaurants in the fourth-largest city in America. Houston's population exceeds many entire states. It is notable in the fact that it is one of the first major hot dog vendors in the city, and is still the case.  It would be like eliminating Grandy's.  Although the Houston Chronicle is a local paper, it has the 9th-largest circulation in the United States.  More notability can be established I'm sure.  Brian Reading (talk) 05:37, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I would keep in mind that the fact that other articles exist does not establish notability for this article. Bob A (talk) 06:51, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't yet looked into the notability of James Coney Island, but I would point out that this is a world-wide project, so to the vast majority of editors the statement that deleting this "would be like eliminating Grandy's" is pretty meaningless, as we haven't heard of either Grandy's or James Coney Island. Phil Bridger (talk) 23:14, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 06:27, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Major chain restaurant.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:06, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are enough 3d party, reliable references to establish notability of this 87+ year old restaurant. Being confined to one city is itself no bar to inclusion in the encyclopedia. Geoff  Who, me?  17:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Coverage by reliable sources has been verifiable and persistent. KimChee (talk) 00:19, 2 December 2010 (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.