Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of distilleries in Maryland


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The result was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 23:34, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

List of distilleries in Maryland

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Fails WP:NOTDIRECTORY. Just a collection of website links and just one article Ajf773 (talk) 08:44, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 08:44, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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 * Speedy Keep A blatant failure to follow the WP:BEFORE process as it is quite easy to find more sources which demonstrate that the topic passes WP:LISTN. For example, see Forgotten Maryland Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Free State. Andrew D. (talk) 10:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * There are no grounds for speedy keep. Throwing one book reference does not make a directory of predominantly external links into an notable list. As this has been mentioned to you on similar AfD's. Ajf773 (talk) 18:53, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It's easy to find more books with detailed coverage of distilleries such as the History of Western Maryland. AfD is not an article improvement service and so drive-by deletionism without due diligence is disruption. Andrew D. (talk) 19:22, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * There is nothing disruptive about nominating any article that doesn't comply with WP:NOT. Ajf773 (talk) 08:05, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete The existence of Andrew D.'s book that discusses the history of drinking in the state means that something like Alcohol in Maryland could be an appropriate article, or similar that includes notable distilleries. It does not mean it is appropriate to have a WP:LINKFARM WP:DIRECTORY of non-notable local businesses merely for their existence. Reywas92Talk 18:54, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The article follows the same standards seen with hundreds of similar articles such as the various lists such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breweries_in_the_United_States which contains pages of lists of microbreweries by state. The same for wineries.  This does seem like a drive-by deletion as there are similar pages for states in the United States such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_microbreweries, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breweries_in_the_United_States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wineries,_breweries,_and_distilleries_in_New_Jersey#Distilleries.  Within each article are dozens of additional links to such lists.  These lists then encouraged the manufactures to link back to the pages with their own pages so that descriptions of their businesses, products manufactured, and interests are listed. Brewder (talk) 17:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete- WP:NOTDIR and WP:LINKFARM.--Rusf10 (talk) 23:01, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:27, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


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