Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spinach salad


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Closing as keep, as no one has challenged (5 days) the sources used to improve the article. This moves consensus to keep per strength of arguments. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 02:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Spinach salad

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Non-notable salad that does not pass WP:GNG, references consist of recipes and trivial mentions. WP:BEFORE check yielded no sources that show WP:SIGCOV. BaduFerreira (talk) 23:21, 26 March 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  00:22, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. BaduFerreira (talk) 23:21, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete You can make a traditional salad with lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, or a mix of greens and then top with literally anything. I'm confused why we'd need a stand-alone article for something so generic and non-specific. Or redirect to List of salads, salad, or Spinach. Reywas92Talk 13:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BEFORE, because in many restaurants' menus and cookbooks, "spinach salad" is distinct from other salads. It is always always served room temperature, like arugala, but unlike lettuce or cabbage salads, which are served cold, and almost never with creamy, but rather sour dressings, and with bacon. Therefore, unlike those other salads, it is often not kosher. For Generation X and older folks, this is a very unique dish. Bearian (talk) 16:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you add a reliable source that contains this information to the article then? I have found no evidence that Spinach salad is a notable dish that merits its own article. BaduFerreira (talk) 16:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep Oh, my goodness. Spinach salad and its various recipes is possibly one of the favorite salads for many.  For instance, please see Food Network 14 Spinach Salad Recipes. Trader Joe's food chain is somewhat infamous for it's Super Spinach Salad.  Do an internet search on spinach salad, and the results are pages and pages of the salad variations. And this includes Reddit. — Maile  (talk) 00:48, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I just copied much of what I wrote above, including the sourcing, to the article. Hope this helps. — Maile  (talk) 01:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your contributions, but unfortunately the "sources" that you've added are not reliable in the slightest. None of this demonstrates that spinach salad is notable enough for a wikipedia article. BaduFerreira (talk) 01:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I see recipes for the thing, but I don't see evidence in secondary sources that the thing is actually a thing. Redirect to some salad or other. Drmies (talk) 01:44, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Valereee is there possibly anything you can do to help save this article on Spinach salad? — Maile (talk) 02:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Maile66, I hate to break it to you, but spinach salad is just highly overrated. It's just salad. And I had one with my dinner. Drmies (talk) 02:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hm. The number of recipes is huge, which in general is an indication a dish is likely notable and we'll be able to find sources discussing it. I'm not immediately finding them, but that doesn't mean someone hasn't. I may have to do some offline research. I'm traveling but I'll give myself a w-ping to circle back when I'm back home. Valereee (talk) 02:31, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * just make sure that they wash the spinach for your salad carefully while you are on the road; I hear E. coli is real bad where you are. Drmies (talk) 02:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It's those damn chickens. Valereee (talk) 02:40, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * , my personal friend Popeye, some say "boyfriend", wants you to know that spinach made him everything he is today,  — Maile  (talk) 02:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * He ate it from a CAN, Maile. Come on now. And he ate while he smoked--no, don't hold Popeye up as some authority. Drmies (talk) 02:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, you know how the military handled those K-rationed foods. That eating and smoking thing wasn't that unusual for his generation, especially with the military meals coming in a can.  Before reality hit mankind, it was pretty normal for peole to smoke at the dinner table, with no regard about how it affected anyone else.  — Maile  (talk) 03:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey guys, I hate to be a stickler for the rules but please stay on topic as to WP:TALK#TOPIC. This isn't productive for assessing a topic's notability. BaduFerreira (talk) 03:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * BaduFerreira, you have a point but be careful not to BLUDGEON here. You made your nomination statement, you don't need to counter-argue every editor's opinion you disagree with. Let people have their say even if they have the opposite opinion to your own. Liz Read! Talk! 07:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * And it's fine if people have fun while they're discussing, which is what's going on between Drmies, Maile, and me. At its most basic, we're demonstrating to one another that we recognize each other as well-intentioned. Valereee (talk) 00:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete Per Reywas. List of salads should be a fine redirect. One can find recipes with salad made from any palatable leaf. However, I don't see significant coverage nor any suggestion of cultural or other importance. As a side note, recent additions to the article are poor attempts to justify its existence. I quote from its current state: "An internet search on spinach salad, results in pages and pages of the salad variations. Many recipe variations can be found at Reddit". This is unfortunate.Heavy Grasshopper (talk) 10:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment - re the link to List of salads, the table has links to Category:Salads, which takes us right back to informative articles on individual salads. — Maile (talk) 13:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm landing on Keep. I've found quite a lot of coverage and added it today. Valereee (talk) 00:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * : You did good. Thanks for the work.  — Maile  (talk) 00:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping. Always interested in articles about foods/dishes. Valereee (talk) 01:01, 11 April 2024 (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.