Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lenny's Pizza


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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:30, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Lenny's Pizza

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Seems to be a case of WP:NOTINHERITED. Besides the fact it was in a scene in Saturday Night Fever, I can find nothing notable about this pizzeria. It is not even in the National List of Historic Places or any other article-worthy lists. The local coverage on its recent closing does not merit notability either as they all mention it was best known for being in that film. I noticed its article does not mention the pizzeria at all, so maybe there should be a sentence or two about it there. The Legendary Ranger (talk) 14:24, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2023 March 6.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 14:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 14:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 14:48, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: This is a misinterpretation of WP:NOTINHERITED. Of course every news article is going to mention that the pizzeria was on SNL; it would be strange if they didn't. The relevant standards here are WP:GNG and WP:NCORP. We have multiple independent reliable secondary sources, providing significant coverage of the pizzeria -- pretty much every one distinguishing it as "iconic," "famous," etc. "Local" is a bit blurry to assess since NYC is where the majority of national US media companies are based, but we have Food and Wine, CBS, and MSN, etc. covering it. Gnomingstuff (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: Has enough coverage and per Gnomingstuff.Nocturnal781 (talk) 22:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: Coverage is significant enough, although I heard their pizza was overrated. Wil540 art (talk) 01:05, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per Gnomingstuff. I don't think it's a slam-dunk for notability, but it just about clears the GNG hurdle, I think. More regional/national coverage like this recent Food and Wine article would be good, and I suspect there is some that just isn't easily googleable (since its popularity was at its peak pre-internet). It got a lot of attention from the SNF appearance, and continued to get coverage because that made it one of the best known pizzerias in the city. It wasn't a particularly good pizzeria, but kind of a cultural landmark. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 01:27, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak keep: Rhododendrites has aptly described where my mind is at on this. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:22, 7 March 2023 (UTC)


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