Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terre Haute House

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash talk 00:59, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Terre Haute House
nn-building - a derelict hotel from 1920's (on a site from the 1850's) - I know that's quite old in the US - but nothing seems to have happened here --Doc (?) 23:11, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Moderate keep. Not extremely interesting, but at least there's some actual background.  If someone wanted to look this up to get information, they would actually find something.    paul klenk 23:16, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Preserve per the National Register of Historic Places. Kappa 00:30, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * obviously it isn't on that register, since rumour has it that it is to be deleted demolished ;)--Doc (?) 00:35, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe the rumour-mongers haven't checked it... Kappa 00:44, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Keep. People have been arguing about this place for as long as I've been alive, and if nothing else, I'd like to see the article kept if only because it looks like the Terre Haute House won't be around much longer, and eventually there just won't be that many -- if ANY -- references to it, so it would be nice to have a place where people could learn about what "used to be." I would encourage anyone with info on the place to add it!!!

I lived in Terre Haute in 1996-97 and actually came to love the old place, since you just don't see buildings like that in cities like Terre Haute! I now live about 2-1/2 hours from T.H., so I can be a bit more objective. Somewhere I read that gangsters like Al Capone and others stayed there, wish I could find that article again ... I do know that Tony Hulman's mother lived there in her final years. I've been told she was quite an interesting lady.

J newkirk 03:32, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


 * This question is for Doc, but anyone can answer: Would it have been better if I had rolled the content of this article into the general Terre Haute article?  I considered that before writing the article, given the fact that the THH has been a subject of great debate in the city for at least as long as I've been alive, probably longer.  If you think that would be preferable, I'm pretty sure I can condense the info in the THH article down a bit.  I'm new here, and still learning the ropes, so I'm more than happy to get all the good advice I can get!!!  Thanks! J newkirk 05:29, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it's best to make a quick mention in the main article with an explanation of why it's noteworthy, and then let users follow the link to this article if it seems interesting. Since it's a historic building there's no reason not to have this much detail, but it wouldn't fit on the main page. Kappa 12:11, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the first bit's the key. If it is notable in the city - then it merits mention there, and if there is enough notable detail pehaps its own article. But just being an old hotel is IMO not notable - perhaps if you added a paragraph to the article explaining why it is locally notable that might help. --Doc (?) 12:26, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I think I can swing the hammer in that direction. I'll make some changes and you can see what you think. J newkirk 16:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


 * OK, I have added a paragraph in the "History" section of the main article on Terre Haute, and I also fleshed out the THH article a bit. I think it looks good, but I wrote it, so I'm a little bit biased! ;-)  In all seriousness, I do hope it's good enough to merit keeping.  I can add a photo of the hotel, if that might help.  I have one on hand, and can probably find others. J newkirk 19:14, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, you've put the work in, the article should stay (perhaps my nomination was a bit harsh - and in a US context 19th century buildings are perhaps a little more notable than here in Europe) so keep (or even speedy keep - since I withdraw the nomination and no-one else has voted delete). --Doc (?) 20:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Doc, I appreciate it. So is it now OK to remove the box on my page? Sorry, I had to re-read the rules for deletion ... newbie mistake. J newkirk 21:36, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

OK, this will be my final entry in support of my article unless someone asks for more. Demolition of THH is scheduled to start next week, so as soon as that's under way, I plan to edit the article and change everything over to the past tense (as needed). Once demo starts, there won't be any need to refer to it in the here and now, it'll be history ... which was basically my point for writing the article anyway. J newkirk 21:42, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable soon-to-be-gone building. -- DS1953 03:16, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I think this article needs to stay, I think it's a valuable page that wouldn't be able to exist anywhere else.
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