Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terre Haute House (2nd nomination)


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn; clearly more sources than I expected/found. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:02, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Terre Haute House
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Violates WP:NOR / WP:V. An article about a demolished building with no inline references, no particular claims of importance, and "External links" which don't seem to have any relevance to the topic. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 02:14, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 02:39, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep - The hotel was at one time the premier hotel in the city. It is discussed in the book "America's Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age" published by the University of Tennessee Press. The external links probably were pertinent when added to the article, but most have gone stale; I'll try to see if they are archived anywhere. The article could use a good copy edit since some of the language is non-encyclopedic. Indyguy (talk) 03:48, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Anything that is being reported as notable as far back as 1873 has got my vote per WP:50 year rule. Terre Haute & Vigo County in Vintage Postcard covers it over three pages.  Terre Haute: Queen City of the Wabash does not cover it any great detail, but it does have a couple of interesting anectodes that aren't in the article and probably should be added.  On page 44 there is the story of contractors drilling for a sulphur water supply for the hotel struck oil instead.  They ignored that and carried on drilling till they found the sulphur water.  Also, the echo (whispering wall effect?) from one wall of the hotel was a tourist attraction. SpinningSpark 11:25, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
 * There is also substantial coverage of the hotel in Hulman's biography and America's Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age, both by respectable publishers (Mcfarland Press and University of Tennessee Press)> SpinningSpark 11:36, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Indyguy's assertions would probably suffice for me;  Spinningspark's information makes it clear. --Doncram (talk) 19:20, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


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