Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huai'an Pingqiao tofu

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Huai'an Pingqiao tofu

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There is no evidence that this concept is notable. The bulk of the article is a recipe, and other than that it contains subjective opinion (e.g. "delicious taste", unsourced peacock-words (e.g. "well known"), a statement the relevance of which is totally obscure ("In 1984, governments held a reception for Japanese and The American Chinese"), but nothing of any substance at all. The article was proposed for deletion with the reason "Wikipedia is not a cookbook". That was contested with the edit summary "remove prod, there is more to the article than a recipe", but what little more than a recipe there is does not come close to justifying the article's existence. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:45, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There's a legend about Emperor Qianglong and this tofu:[1][2], and it's apparently Zhou Enlai's favourite food: [3]. Reckon there are enough sources out there to warrant inclusion, but there are several different romanisations of the title which makes searching awkward. Yunshui (talk) 13:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I should add that I totally agree with the nominator regarding Wikipedia not being a cookbook; that whole section needs to go. Yunshui (talk) 13:54, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:08, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rewrite how to make instructions and remove peacock words. Wikipedia still needs improvement in coverage of food. We do not have to stick to food found in North America. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:18, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Wikipedia is not a cookbook and the small bit remaining could be fitted into the main tofu article. Mangoe (talk) 22:38, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note I've removed the recipe and added some sourced information per my comment above. Still need some work doing. Yunshui (talk) 10:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - sounds notable enough at least for the history/legend (and I don't even like tofu). - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:17, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Google search: many results when I lookup the Chinese name 淮安平桥豆腐 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.220.89 (talk) 10:10, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter (talk) 16:35, 3 October 2011 (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.