Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Original Italian Pie


 * 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. John254 02:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

The Original Italian Pie

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Article about a restaurant chain with 20+ franchises and zero third-party sources. Carlossuarez46 21:53, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Week keep. Not great, but could be notable  --S.dedalus 00:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Week keep. I think Wikipedia already has a lot of other articles about small regional restaurant chains like this.  When I run across articles for individual restaurants that have no other particular claim of notability (tourist attraction in their own right, etc) I've been prod'ing them, but a franchise with 20+ locations might be big enough to be notable as a business.  What we really need is a formal policy on what constitutes notability for restaurants and restaurant chains.  Dr.frog 02:05, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * No cogent rationale has been presented why to delete this article. The above argument is persuasive.  --Zeamays 01:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletions.   -- Gavin Collins 08:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with Dr Frog, and in the absence of such a policy, I personally think that 20 franchises is more than notable enough. THE KING 13:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak keep.. There are 50+ articles per google news archives, some of which appear to be significant coverage.  These are pay sites so I don't feel like checking them out though.  The article needs clean-up and sourcing.  Wikidemo 14:00, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment Needs way more info and sources. What makes this restaurant 'special'?  If it's a keep, it's a very weak keep.  Mindraker 00:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Reply to Mindraker comment: I created this article just recently, and then some folks immediately wanted to delete it, despite the fact I marked it as a "stub".  Since it is a stub, people like Mindraker should be adding to it and improving it, not immediately wanting to delte it.  Their passion to delete it immediately suggests some kind of axe is being ground.  If not, my apologies. --Zeamays 14:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


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