Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coffee Shops: Then and Now

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. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 03:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coffee Shops: Then and Now

Magazine article of local developments, not an encyclopedia article Skysmith 17:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination as unsourced. Based on the formatting of the page (or lack thereof) I suspect it's the work of the same people as 华语Cool! / hua yu Cool! which is also on AfD. —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-18 18:02Z
Weak delete. If kept, should be renamed "Coffee shops in Singapore" and should establish why they are different from coffee shops anywhere else in the world. This is part of university project - see top and bottom of this article. -- RHaworth 10:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The NUS Scholars Programme has posted many articles such as this, most of which have been deleted (either speedy, prod or AfD). Not encyclopedic. Realkyhick 20:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It reads like an essay. If anyone finds something useful in the article, they can add it to Coffeeshop and we can be done with this article. nadav 23:30, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The topic itself is actually encyclopedic, so the reason for deletion nomination is actually due more to WP:NOR than anything else. I would suggest incorporating the information into proper wikipedia articles, which in this case would be in Kopi tiam, before removing them completely.--Huaiwei 15:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and transplant any useful material into Coffeehouse. No conceivable reason for this topic to exist outside of that article. --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 13:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The relevant article in Singaporean context is Kopi tiam (literally "Coffee shop"), not Coffeehouse.--Huaiwei 14:24, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, then should it perhaps be renamed Kopi tiam: Then and now - or perhaps merge-transplanted into Kopi tiam? The closest article we have in the English Wiki to Coffee Shop (regarding the coffee-centered breakfast cafe) is Coffeehouse or Café. The original title was at first misleading, and then seemingly restricted to a certain Far-East cultural reference, both of which indicate a need to rename or merge. --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 14:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Important information about coffee shops for which there is not enough WP:RS material to write an attributable article on the topic, particularly since the information is from one WP:RS and is not of the type for which other WP:RS would confirm or contribute to. Thus, the topic does cannot meet Wikipedia article policy standards. -- Jreferee 22:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Seems to be OR. Also examine the images, most of which use the incorrect fair use rationale. Caknuck 00:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.