Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Horace Burgess's Treehouse

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The result was speedy keep. I'm withdrawing the AfD on the basis of sources located. DGG ( talk ) 22:19, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Horace Burgess's Treehouse[edit]

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No conceivable notability for this structure, an "internet sensation" DGG ( talk ) 05:08, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Since 1993 it has been the world's largest tree-house. --Macha Panta (talk) 06:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And the Cite for that fact is ... where ? Exit2DOS ^{• Ctrl • Alt • Del} 06:40, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the name of both external links. --Macha Panta (talk) 21:02, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Many sources exist about this. Google and HighBeam searches for <"Horace Burgess" treehouse> quickly yields substantial coverage in The Tennessean (reprinted in USA Today [1]); Slate [2]; New York Daily News [3]; the Daily Mail [4]; The Independent [5]; Scripps Howard News Service [6]; and lots of local coverage. --Arxiloxos (talk) 07:13, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Also covered in several books including Beyond Bizarre; Knack Treehouses; Tennessee Curiosities; &c. It's going straight into my list of bizarre buildings... Andrew (talk) 08:02, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I will try and get a hold of these books to add citations, in the meantime if you already have them, please add what you can or share on the article's talk page. --Macha Panta (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'll withdraw it, if someone will add those sources. Do we have a usable picture ? DGG ( talk ) 19:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- There are several good photos, but they are all so large that they cannot be used as is. I've had trouble shrinking them and maintaining clarity. A discussion on the article's talk page would be a good idea because we need to make sure we find a public domain image of it that will still be clear after it is shrunk to a more appropriate size. --Macha Panta (talk) 21:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added most of the above sources and re-wrote most of it. Article could be expanded but I don't think there is an issue with notability at this time. If you believe so I'm confident more sources could be found, but the current ones have yet to really be used except for one or two facts from each. -- GreenC 21:05, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep New sources found. I've known of this treehouse for years though never saw it, does get a lot of internet meme attention. -- GreenC 21:05, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I believe it was notable almost a decade ago, and then later became an "internet sensation" after several online news articles were written on it. --Macha Panta (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2014 (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.