Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Schuler Books & Music (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 05:52, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Schuler Books & Music[edit]

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Sorry, but there is absolutely no indication this essentially local chain, just barely 20 years old, is in any way notable. Fails WP:GNG and WP:CORP. Really hard to view this as anything more than a directory entry. John from Idegon (talk) 17:37, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 17:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 17:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 17:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Some secondary sources from a search (had to do some digging as a couple of their store closings, which don't work for notability, dominated local news): [1] [2] [3] and - while it's possibly the most trivial source of all, I consider it possibly the most important - they report on bestsellers to the Washington Post [4]. Also note the previous AfD was no consensus, but it wasn't the best AfD ever. SportingFlyer talk 02:45, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A surprising amount of news coverage for a small chain, and the Women's Lifestyle ref is an in-depth history of the store. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - If you look at source two and source three above (mibiz.com and womenslifestyle.com) share a considerable amount of similar content, leading me to believe that they are probably not completely independent, but generated from a press release. Bookweb is simply a directory entry and wouldn't speak to notability either. John from Idegon (talk) 20:58, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't see it, I'm afraid. And they name different authors and were published a few months apart. There may be a common source, and/or reportorial laziness, but I don't see a reason to discount either. So I've added the MiBiz page as a further reference. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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