Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Restaurante los roques


 * 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. - Mailer Diablo 17:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Restaurante los roques
An article about a restaurant in the Canary islands. I cannot find any evidence of notability. The article states that "The restaurant was opened in October 2005, by two businessmen from London and is notable for its design, its location and its food. None of which have previously existed in Tenerife before." This statement does not establish any substantial notability beyond that of thousands of other restaurants. ScottW 22:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and I doubt food has not existed in Tenerife before.   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  01:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I am the originator of this article. Notability is a really tricky one and certainly subjective. So what makes a restaurant notable?

On Tenerife, an island that I trust both the proponents for this article’s deletion have visited in some capacity, the food hadn’t changed for 500 years until the arrival of Northern European Tourists in the 1970s. Unfortunately for the island these tourists were not interested in local issues and only wanted what they knew, so within 20 years the food became Fish & Chips washed down with lots of beer…

While some of the better hotels have attempted to provide a better experience it is still true to say that the food, the dining experience and design of Restaurante Los Roques is quite unlike any other restaurant on Tenerife and is most certainly notable for this. Just ask their customers. I’m one of them.

I’m also a little concerned about the whole issue of notability. This in my mind is the same as editorial policy. A task that really should be left to trained editors who would have to spend quite some time investigating issues such as these.

Has ScottW been to Tenerife? Visited several restaurants to judge our statements? Or has he in fact spent a couple of minutes sitting at a desk making a snap decision based on content found on the internet.

Is this really how Wiki intends to police its content? Because it will not be long before the content of Wiki represents a rather blinkered and self referential view of the world.

No need to mention the comment from Dlyons493, they obviously haven’t visited Tenerife. Potatoes are food aren’t they?

Gilfrid 08:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment Please refer to WP:CORP for guidelines for notability of a company (including restaurants). If you can provide verifiable information to show this restaurant meets these guidelines, I will gladly change my opinion. ScottW 14:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless it's a 3-star eatery. (Can't access find it on the Michelin site.) We're not a restaurant guide. ~ trialsanderrors 21:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as a non-notable restaurant. And no, I've never been to Tenerife, either.--Kchase T 21:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


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