Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pin Pan Alley

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The result was delete. Vanamonde (talk) 13:13, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pin Pan Alley[edit]

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Not taking to PROD because operating "numerous" arcades is a plausible claim to notability, but I wasn't able to find sources to support WP:GNG (with or without WP:ORGDEPTH considerations) or to expand the article beyond its current state. The only source given is to a picture of a token from one of the arcades. Tagged for notability since 2010. › Mortee _talk 00:37, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Soft delete: This article is vastly vague. It seems to me that the subject might be of notability during its prime but if there are no sound sources to lead the article towards firm notability, then there isn't any point of leaving a stub. EROS ^message 15:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above. The sources in the article are just tangential mentions that prove that it exists, and a quick search found nothing of depth. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just to note, having dug through all the Newspapers.com hits (some OCR errors, a lot of small advertisements, 'help wanted' ads) I did find one non-bare mention: an article about the rise of arcade games w.r.t. a Chuck E. Cheese and a Pin Pan Alley in Lansing, Michigan. I don't think it rises to the level of notability, but I've added it to the article and I'm mentioning it here in case it does change anyone's vote. › Mortee _talk 23:05, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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