Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Early bird dinner

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. WP:SNOW MBisanz ^talk 00:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Early bird dinner[edit]

Stub class article, no references with dubious use, not noteworthy and very location specific Brideshead_{(leave a message)} 21:35, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - if this goes, then so should Doorbuster. These are well-known retail practices, with a variety of names, designed to bring in customers. If that sort of thing merits more than a dictionary definition (which wouldn't be appropriate here), then perhaps it does belong. But it's hard to see how it would fit without inventing some sort of overarching term to cover the specific permutations. Jlg4104 (talk) 21:58, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I'm not sure why this is 'location specific' (what location?); I live in Canada and I've heard of the practice. It's a commonly known practice through north america at least. I'm pretty sure I've seen either the same term, or a comprable practice with an alternate name in BBC episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. I also didn't know that something being well known in just one country made it invalid for wikpiedia. Numerous local landmarks have articles here. I don't see what the problem is there. I agree it could use sources, but unsourcedness should not be a deletion criteria unless there is doubt as to the existance of the topic. I don't think the nominator is is claiming that Early Bird Dinners don't exist. "early bird dinner" brings up over a hundred thousand hits on yahoo, to the issue of notability. This website which points out participating restaurants who offer such dinners notes restaurants in Boston Mass, Los Angeles California, Pittsburgh PA, Nashville Tennesee, and others. That doesn't sound very isolated to me. If there is a foreign (to North America) term that is used in other areas, I welcome acknowledgement of that in the article, and perhaps even consideration of moving the article if there is a more appropriate term. Deletion seems uncalled for, however. It's notable, and uncontravercial. TheHYPO (talk) 06:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - This is a perfectly good WP:STUB. From personal experience, the use of a"early bird" specials or "buppers" occur throughout the eastern USA and Canada. Surely this can be resuced. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 19:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article is clearly in need of rescue and references, but the practice is notable and has been common for many years in a number of locations across North America. To get it started, I added two cites: one from a restaurant website for an "early bird" special and one from a widely published guidebook. The article can use more work, but shouldn't be deleted. Geoff ^T ^C 20:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Agree with Bearian. The "early bird" is a nationwide practice in the US, and the article seems like an accurate stub summarizing the practice. It definitely needs improving, but I vote to keep. Cbl62 (talk) 22:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:25, 30 December 2008 (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.