Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old Town Ale House, Chicago

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 09:37, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Old Town Ale House, Chicago[edit]

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articles like this should not be in wikipedia. They're basically travel guides. Put them on wikitravel, or Yelp. Honey-badger24 (talk) 03:28, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:23, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:23, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Wikitravel is a commercial site which exists to sell advertising and make money for its owners. The WMF project is Wikivoyage. That's not relevant either because it has a bizarre rule that a place can only have an article if you can spend the night there. So, that would exclude this notable tavern, which sounds like a real-life, celebrity version of Cheers. Wikipedia is better than those narrow, restrictive sites because it is comprehensive. Because it includes all types of topic, Wikipedia's internal linking works efficiently and well. This then means that its search engine rating is high and so people use it. So, if it works, don't fix it. If you want to write articles in Wikitravel, Wikivoyage or Yelp then please go over there and do so. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep This is not a travel guide, this is an article about a business that has had cultural influence, enough to be recognized by people like Roger Ebert and Anthony Bourdain. Victor Grigas (talk) 18:50, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Coverage by Chicago Tribune, Thrillist and Chicago Magazine are good. The nominator appears to be making a general point about "articles like this" rather than directly addressing the sources in the article nominated. — Toughpigs (talk) 16:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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