Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morley Long Branch


 * 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   redirect to Morley, New York. History will be left for those who have expressed interest in doing a merge, whether or what to merge is up to the normal editing process. Seraphimblade Talk to me 15:41, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Morley Long Branch

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Being the ONLY Resturaunt in a Town is not meeting WP:N Last time I Checked. CelesJalee (talk) 22:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:19, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:19, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect - this one-sentence article with its one source about the one restaurant in town, into Morley, New York, where the one editor in town can decide if the relatively weak source is adequate to support a mention. A restaurant review in a small town paper does not establish notability for a restaurant, but it may or may not be enough to verify a phrase or sentence in an article about a town.  That's an editorial decision for the article about the town, and too much of a detail to worry bout here.  Alternatively, redirect without merging and put the sentence on the talk page for them to sort out at that article.  Wikidemon (talk) 22:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are many places with only one restaurant, some places even have to survive without any at all. This is not notable. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non notable.   SIS   23:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a directory. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 00:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Since wiki can tolerate hundreds of articles on malls, this little restaurant seems to have coverage in reliable sources ... and some trivial coverage too ... more than for many multi-million dollar collections of shoe stores and coffee shops.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 02:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Larger malls are major buildings containing many shops and gathering media coverage. Their banality and lack of differentiation might be a cause for us to regret their notability but they are notable, if only for taking up large chunks of our cities. I have seen some questionable articles on smaller malls but that has no bearing on this AfD. If anybody wants to trawl through the mall articles and slap Prod on the ones unsupported by media coverage or other references then that might be a better way to redress the balance. As for this restaurant, all I see in the above links is a review in a local newspaper and some trivial mentions. Do we really want to have an article for every restaurant reviewed in a local newspaper? If so, we are potentially talking about many thousands of new articles. --DanielRigal (talk) 11:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep passes WP:N quite well. I see no reason to deviate from our usual standards here. Wily D  10:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Restaurant reviews in a few entirely local newspapers do not make up 'Significant coverage' by any stretch of the imagination. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 16:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete--I don't think restaurant reviews make a restaurant notable. Is this a "local paper" (for those who care)?  It's 64 miles away--I wouldn't consider that local, but further away from cities, some might. Matchups 03:38, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, this is no Mzoli's or anything. JBsupreme (talk) 04:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Morley, New York, per Wikidemon above. While I agree that the coverage in the small local paper, while reasonably in depth, is insufficient to establish notability, and that the other coverage is too trivial to help, I have not seen anyone refute Wikidemon's suggestion to merge. The reference establishes that the resturant exists, and our deletion process favors merging information insufficiently notable for a stand alone article when an appropriate target exits. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  14:03, 29 October 2008 (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.