Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Le Bec Fin


 * 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 of the debate was keep and move to Le Bec-Fin.  howch e  ng   {chat} 16:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Le Bec Fin
No claim for notability for this restuarant. Was previously speedied, but doesn't qualify under CSD. Delete Owen&times; &#9742;  02:43, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Four Stars in Michelin is a claim of notability, and if it can be verified (and rewritten to seem less like an A4 speedy), then Keep. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:44, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix per Jeffrey. The original entry was a weblink placeholder; the current version is better but still an ad.  I've left word with the user. - Lucky 6.9 02:48, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. Google rank is very low. There's no such thing as a 4 star Michelin ranking - only 3 places in the world have 3 stars! Here's a list and they're not on there - http://www.homestead.com/andyhayler/files/3_Michelin_Star_Restaurants.htm Jgritz 03:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep as rewritten by Capitalistroadster too.Jgritz 06:04, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete There are more than 3 restuarants with three star rankings, the link provided above shows something like 26 in France alone. However, this notability claim is false as Michelin does not rate restaurants in North America.
 * Keep as rewritten by Capitalistroadster. Movementarian 04:58, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Michelin has started in NYC http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease02232005a.html?source=4]. --JJay 04:34, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * That guide is not released until 2006 (I realise that it is fast approaching, but until it is released my previous statement is correct) and only covers NYC. This restauraunt is in Philly. Movementarian 04:55, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thought the book was launched because I remember seeing it on the news. -- JJay 05:03, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. Seems notable enough. -- JJay 04:31, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable restaurant. Esquire magazine described it as America's finest French restaurant in 1993. Extensively referenced in books see and Perrier published a book of recipes in late 1990s. I have expanded and referenced the article. Capitalistroadster 04:51, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Un grand merci à notre formidable homme à tout faire, M. Capitalistroadster. -- JJay 05:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep and Move I lived in Philadelphia during my college years, and can attest that Le Bec-Fin is extemely well-known there, and is something of a household word, given as an example of something expensive or high-class. There are not a whole lot of encyclopedically-notable individual restaurants out there, but this is one of them.  Should be moved to Le Bec-Fin, its real name. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is not official Wikipedia policy, merely a guideline by which some but by no means all Wikipedians operate. It exists and is verifiable. Jcuk 22:02, 18 December 2005 (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.