Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puppy chow

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. (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 16:38, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Puppy chow

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non-notable. No references asserting notability. valereee (talk) 19:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, it only needs a reliable source Meganalli (talk) 19:49, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Meganalli, do you find a reliable source anywhere? I see literally nothing. valereee (talk) 01:15, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:20, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:20, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm actually somewhat familiar with this snack. In any case, this is pretty much a homemade variation of Chex Mix. There's already somewhat of a mention of this of sorts at Chex_Mix#Homemade_Chex_Mix. No specific names are mentioned, but this is because there are just so many of them out there. (You can use other cereals, but it's usually Chex based.) It is fairly popular and is recorded in various cookbooks under some different names (primarily Puppy Chow and Muddy Buddies), but I don't know if that's entirely a sign of notability per se. I know that typically we like to have some sort of non-cookbook coverage of a snack to show that it really warrants its own article. I'll see what I can find. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:52, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a notable snack. I've known it as reindeer food. Bearian (talk) 19:29, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I live in Wisconsin, and our local Festival Foods grocery sells this on the shelves, and does in fact call it Puppy Chow. Anecdotally, my mom used to make and send it out every year around Xmas. So it is a thing that is reasonably well known (A couple links to it at http://celebrate.festivalfoods.net/cooking/recipeView.php?recID=235&location=recFestival and http://www.food.com/recipe/puppy-chow-snack-mix-1035) - I'm not sure if that makes it worthwhile, but there are a few legit sources that discuss it. Ergonomic Cat (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 02:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I'm somewhat familiar with this snack too, but notability doesn't depend on how well known a subject is—notability depends on significant coverage in reliable sources. To substantiate arguments to keep the article, reliable, secondary sources that discuss this subject in detail should be brought up here. Mz7 (talk) 02:22, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Doesn't violate WP:NOT, and it isn't written in a promotional manner. It's notable to the point of some other food articles, for which the bar seems to be a bit lower than other topics.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 05:36, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep There are a number of different homemade snacks that are made out of cereal. Most of them are WP:BARE, they exist and that's about it. Per WP:ENN they probably don't deserve individual articles and I am not familiar with any policy regarding what is essentially notable about individual pieces of cuisine. It is something I'd expect to find here though. If someone were to merge them and actually research some notable information it would likely make a worthwhile article. Savonneux (talk) 08:41, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge into Chex Mix or merge with other snacks made from cereals/commercial dry snacks. There is no significant coverage in reliable sources for this snack food. The sources are recipes in newspapers and children's cookbooks. This could be covered much better if it were part of a larger comprehensive article on the overall type of snack. valereee (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 09:32, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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