Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop

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The result was delete. Neutrality^talk 07:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop

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non notable charity shop, fails WP:GNG, PROD declined. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:59, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:05, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I did a pretty long search and the only things I really found were links to this wiki page, adverts, and newspaper vanity pieces. Of the links on the entry, most are of the "we're open, buy from us and volunteer" puff pieces and/or don't show anything that would establish notability. Having a flood in the store doesn't really show notability. There isn't anything to show that this is notable, despite its good intentions. Being open for a long time and participating in charity isn't enough to satisfy Wikipedia guidelines. It'd be lovely if it was, but that's just not how it works. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 04:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79[reply]
Delete There are a lot of charity Christmas card shops in the UK, some of which have a much larger turnover. I note that the particular trading model is claimed to be distinctive, but the profits from most or all such shops go to charity and all have some costs if only from the manufacture and distribution of the cards themselves and heating and lighting the shop. Some will have paid managers, others not. As explained above, what makes one particular shop notable for Wikipedia is not the alleged superiority of the trading model but determined by guidelines intended to establish whether it is encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a directory of commercial or non-commercial trading establishements. --AJHingston (talk) 10:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails GNG Purpleback pack 89≈≈≈≈ 03:21, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as being of purely local interest. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:25, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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