Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ear X-tacy

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 no consensus. A keep from the creator is certainly outweighed by the arguments to delete it, but with one being weak and another active participant making a case to merge or redirect, there's no clear consensus. Suggest continuing a merger discussion at the Talk Star Mississippi 13:15, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ear X-tacy[edit]

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Fails NCORP. A lot of cited sources only cover them in passing. Some aren't even about the business itself, but about what the building previously occupied. Graywalls (talk) 07:37, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Kentucky. Graywalls (talk) 07:37, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. 6 of the 8 articles are about the store and owner directly. Reference #4 from 1934 is the only one I can't directly tell what it relates to, but I presume that's the one about the streetcar turnaround point. I'll admit that references #6 and #7 have issues in that #6 is mostly about something else and #7 is a minor mention. However, 3 others are profile pieces directly about the store, and one other being about a documentary made about the store. Martinman (talk) 23:14, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Martinman11 ( article creator), For an article on a company or an organization sustain existence on Wikipedia, it has to meet WP:NCORP which means it has to pass WP:SIRS which includes audience level meaning it isn't just a local interest. Sure, a documentary was made about it by a local filmmaker and it was talked about it in a local magazine, but I'm not seeing it as more than a local level interest. The CIMSMUSIC absolutely is not independent secondary. Commenting a bit further into the documentary here. "In April, local filmmaker (and co-founder of this weekend’s Lebowski Fest)" indicates it is of local interest. The fact that this documentary was created is reliably established in a reliable source, meaning that there's no factual dispute that it was created and I think it's fine to include it in the article but it has relatively low weight in establishing a notability. Local people write history about local places all the time. Alumni could do a documentary about the playground at their former school too. However, those do not significantly add notability credit for inclusion into Wikipedia, which is a global level encyclopedia. Graywalls (talk) 03:20, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:37, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 06:45, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lacks non-local notability indeed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suitskvarts (talk • contribs) 12:14, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist. I'd welcome more opinions from more experienced editors who frequent AFD discussions.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:48, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete As per WP:AUD it should be deleted. But it is well documented and so I can see why it would stay if you twisted my arm a little. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 10:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or redirect to the Culture of Louisville article, interesting tidbit, but not enough for a stand-alone article. Oaktree b (talk) 15:48, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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