Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strode Mansion

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, as per consensus and the absence of calls for deletion beyond the nominator. Non-admin closure. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:01, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strode Mansion[edit]

This mansion does not seem to be notable, having famous former owners does not make a mansion notable by itself. Arnaud Rousseau (talk) 16:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:13, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Seems worth including. Can't it be merged into the University of Alabama article or into an article about its former owners if it isn't independently notable? ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:36, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Its designation as an historical landmark in itself demonstrates notability. --Oakshade (talk) 19:10, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The house is in fact highly notable not just for its former occupants (incl. Gary Taylor (English literature scholar) and Richard Yates (novelist)) but for its architecture also. (Disclaimer: I once broke a really expensive chair there--as a detractor said, because of "the way I sat down.") I'm going to find a couple more sources to add to the article--also, I am going to move it, since it's not called the Strode Mansion but the Strode House. Drmies (talk) 20:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- If only I could prove that a little better... Drmies (talk) 22:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or at least merge to the University of Alabama article. -- Whpq (talk) 16:57, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (as Strode House) and fix the tone of the article. This probably drew an AfD to itself because of the excessive localism of the early draft. Some of the additions since then seem to be too casual, even flippant — but at least the reference to Richard Yates "trashing" the house is reliably sourced. There is no question that this is a notable subject. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 16:10, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above, but with the proviso that the good Dr. Mies is added to the list of people who have trashed the place. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:55, 4 June 2009 (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.