Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knapp's


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The result was Withdrawn with consensus to keep. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 12:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Knapp's
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Doesn't seem to be a notable chain, despite having been part of two larger conglomerations of stores at one point. Regardless of the fact that this store was defunct way before the Internet was mainstream, I still don't see much -- if anything -- in the way of notability here; just a small six- or seven-store chain that, for a small local chain, sure had a lot of mall based locations. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC) Withdrawn A couple of decent sources have been dug up. This is clearly not an easy store to Google, so that made searching very difficult. Thanks to whoever added the sources! Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 12:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. A news search brings up at least 12 reliable references to the chain in the New York Times, dating to the 20s and 30s, and given the lack of local sources online, I'd say there's going to be a fair amount more of both direct and incidental coverage. It's also worth remembering that department stores were a 'big thing' in the first half of the 20th C, with much more social importance than a Target or K-Mart has today. It seems to be a corporation that declined in notability, particularly in its latter years. Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep A google news search does bring back quite a number of sources that should easilly let this pass WP:N and WP:RS]] I don't have time to go hunting at the moment, but I will try later tonight... I have flagged it for rescue. Fosnez (talk) 07:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep for Now Flag it with or, and wait to see if better sources can be found. Dalamori (talk) 10:15, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


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