Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Bunyan Land


 * 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 keep. Liz Read! Talk! 06:28, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Paul Bunyan Land

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Slightly unnotable amusement park which has no reliable sources at all and it fails WP:GNG and lacks WP:SIGCOV. `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 02:48, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I have posted to the talk page of the Brainerd, Minnesota article here, in case anyone wants to use some of the content of this article in the history of that community. While I agree that the defunct amusement park may lack independent notability due to its transient nature and poor sourcing, I suggest that deletion be deferred for a week or so to see if anyone wants to use some content on the city article. Kablammo (talk) 10:29, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hold off on any action on this page until after August 9, 2022. We are doing a Local History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Central region of Minnesota. We can put this as an article to take action on. Myotus (talk) 19:25, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it is highly unlikely that this AFD will be open in mid-August. Liz Read! Talk! 03:14, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:14, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. While I admire the boldness of the nominator, coming after an article about Paul Bunyan with an axe probably isn't a good idea. I found some articles on the park in Newspapers.Com and I added WP:THREE from that provide WP:SIGCOV. One says there are pictures in Holiday and Redbook (from 1950-1963) and maybe there's some articles about the park in those magazines as well. It was getting an annual attendance of 200K people a year in the 1960's and if that's roughly the same over its 50+ years of operation, that's about 10M attendees. Best not let a 19-foot tall, 6,000 pound blue ox hear you calling this a run-of-the-mill transient tourist trap. :) BBQboffin (talk) 04:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. I have no idea who Paul Bunyan is, but even reading through it wihtout looking at the references, it seems notable, from its size, apparent impact on society and the bizarre statues.I think nominator has probably only checked recent references, where there are more substantial ones from later part of 20th c when it was more active. Deathlibrarian (talk) 05:26, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, on the basis of the excellent research by BBQboffin, which lists sources which my (too brief) search regrettably failed to uncover. (BBQBoffin is a boffin of more than brisket.) Kablammo (talk) 13:41, 21 July 2022 (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.