Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marlo Furniture


 * 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 was delete. User:Chrisabraham did a good job of removing some of the spam / advert material, but the core issue of verification of the subject's notability hasn't been met - references were either from Marlo websites or a furniture-related online magazine. If some reliable sources can be found to verify the subject's notability, this article may be restored. Tijuana Brass (talk) 23:16, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Marlo Furniture

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Delete nn company fails WP:CORP, lots of charities listed but no indication how much is given to each - if I give a buck to each of them do I get a page here? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I removed all of that information. There was no proof. You were right. Chrisabraham (talk) 00:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Although I prefer small businesses in my own dealings this one is too small to pass notability.--Nick Y. (talk) 20:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Marlo is not that small. Four super-stores and over 350 employees. "Over one million Washingtonians have purchased their furniture from Marlo Furniture." Chrisabraham (talk) 00:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:SPAM, WP:ADVERT, and WP:V. --Brewcrewer (talk) 20:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree that the copy was lame but I have tried to fix it for balance, etc. It was too "SPAMMY" but I have tried to make it more balanced and neutral. Chrisabraham (talk) 00:54, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete non notable small business. Chris!  c t 22:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Marlo has been in DC for over 50-years and has never been bought or gone out of business. It is private and family-owned. Non-notable according to whom? Joe's Diner, maybe, but not Marlo. Chrisabraham (talk) 00:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep I tried to edit the article a heck of a lot because you're right -- it was seriously spammy and all of the words were "marketing" words and so forth. Please consider it again. Chrisabraham (talk) 00:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:LOCAL. --Dhartung | Talk 00:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep The edits help, and from personal knowledge I know this place is very well-known in the Washington DC metro area, but its notability to the entire English Wikipedia community is questionable at best. I'm inclined to give the article a chance since it's been less than 24 hours since it was created, but it definitely needs sourcing. Xymmax (talk) 04:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment May I please have a stay of deletion through the weekend, please, so that I can bone up on my protocol before you delete it, please? It is a holiday weekend. Chrisabraham (talk) 00:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment You only need to say "keep" once, otherwise it can look like you're trying to vote more than once. Xymmax (talk) 05:28, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Keep. I'm a decorative arts historian weighing in. I study the history of objects, including furniture. There are entire organizations and museums devoted today to the study of regional furniture (and other decorative arts) so the argument that it is non-notable because it is regional simply does not stand up when looked at from a historical point of view. It "regionalness" is what will help people to date it in 50 years and may actually make it worth something. There is a Wiki page for Raymour&Flannigan - a regional store in the Northeast that sells very similar products. Seems like the Marlo page should stand for the same reasons. --Soydcw (talk) 00:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep As audacious as it sounds, I would suggest that Marlo furniture is a sort of cultural touchstone for generations of ex-Washingtonians who passed through as poor students/interns/non-profit slaves/etc in DC's pre-Ikea days - who have subsequently spread out into the world. Almost everyone of the ex-DC student/intern/slave ilk over 40 that I have met had some sort of Marlo furniture experience (generally of mixed emotions, frankly).  In fact, just this week here on Mauritius, I met a French/Danish couple who met while in DC - he studying, she interning.  Their Marlo bed collapsed under them in the vigor of their first week of romance.  Great story (better than mine, which concerned the customer service department, but they laughed politely anyway).  Great shared cultural touchstone of the international ex-DC crowd - and frankly, no less culturally relevant than the "you remember that Scooby-Doo episode..." conversations that 30-something Americans have as cultural-bonding experiences at ex-pat bars around the world every night. Mark (my real name - I don't have a username yet) 13:08, 23 November 2007 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.192.81.96 (talk)

Keep. I've lived in the DC area for close to 25 years and have seen many old mainstays die off. Marlo is one of the largest and longest run family companies in the nation's 8th largest metropolitan area. This area is also very transient, so maintaining a loyal customer base can be quite difficult. Larger, national chains have not squashed it like some many others. I would hope Wikipedia doesn't become solely a place for megastore entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jptrenn (talk • contribs) 04:14, 27 November 2007 (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.