Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peters' Drive-in

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The result of the debate was DELETE. — JIP | Talk 18:49, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Peters' Drive-in

Substub about a nn drive through outlet. Sadly not speediable. Delete. Proto t c 15:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

• Non-notable?? But I eat there EVERY DAY and the burgers are delicious! Just kidding. Delete, for lack of any evidence of notability. Friday (talk) 15:53, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - Easily notable, well-known drive-in warrants it's own article. It needs substantial expansion, to cover history and more recent events. But, the current poor state, isn't cause for deletion according to current guidlines (even if it should be). --rob 16:31, 21 September 2005 (UTC) If the time was spent researching this, and making a good article, before it went on AFD, it would have a good chance of survival. However , the creator didn't explain anything. And I haven't the time to research this, given the information is partly off the free web (but referencable). I don't want to make statements I can't yet cite sources for. So, I'm taking back my vote, since this nomination has consumed enough of people's time, given the small content, and inevitable conclusion. One should never spend more time on AFD than actually creating an article. --rob 02:45, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Wow, are you serious? I found here where it's verifiable, but what makes it notable? I take it you're personally familiar with it. There are plenty of restaurants that are well-known in my town, some of them may even be "city traditions", but I don't see what would make them notable. I could certainly be convinced to change my mind tho, if this is not "just another restaurant". Friday (talk) 18:16, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. No evidence of notability. android79 18:26, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete individual nn fast food restaurant. The original McDs? Good single restaurant. The world's largest drive-thru? Good single restaurant. Winner of some national business award? Good single restaurant. Stayed in business? WP:NOT the yellow pages. — Lomn | Talk / RfC 19:03, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - Sorry, I can list a dozen restaurants in my hometown that have been in business 30 years and are famous for their large portions nn ad - --Outlander 20:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as nn local business. --MCB 21:18, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• I've actually been here. The article is right about the portions, I ordered a large fries and it came in a shoebox. That said, it's still not notable, so delete. Lord Bob 01:10, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete I've been to pubs that have been in business for over 200 years. 30 years in business is no claim to notability, and selling pizzas certainly isn't. Sabine's Sunbird 01:29, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete nn Local Buisness WP:NOT an Ad --Aranda56 01:56, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
• Thought I recognised that name. Yeah, the burgers are good, but they're not notably so. Delete. Denni☯ 02:59, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep This is the most famous Drive In, in the City of Calgary a city of 1 million people and possibly Alberta, dozens of news articles have appeared in the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun and national media over the years including a terrible and tragic ecoli outbreak earlier this year from contaminated milk shakes that hospitalized some people. there have repeated attempts to buy franchise rights Peter's is synonomous with Calgary's history. --Cloveious 05:37, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Here are a few excerpts of Peters Drive In, in the national Canadian media CTV article mentioning peters drive in on Ecoli scare CBC another article mentioning peter's from CTV Calgary Sun article mentioning Peter's Drive In on Canoe.ca another Calgary Sun article and another, Yet Another even one of Travelocity Editors Picks etc. --Cloveious 06:01, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

• • Comment: There is nothing notable about E-Coli scares at restaurants, or journalists fluffing local businesses. Strange that a city could exist for around a hundred years before its "history". -- Corvus
• Delete. I have visited Peter's and thought it somewhat notable, but this article is a travesty; anyone reading it would have a poorer opinion of Peter's than if there were no article at all. The fact that a week after the VfD, no one has added a single sentence of notability to the article itself clinches it for me. -- Corvus 21:06, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
  • • Comment: Your comments don't make sense, I have added stuff about notability but you ignored that. you say it is somewhat noteable but you feel the article is a travesty, It is a stub and those can be added to and improved. It is one of Travelocity editor's picks One of Travelocity Editors Picks as a tourist attraction to visit in Alberta It has garnered national media coverage as well as local media coverage and its verifiable. --Cloveious 04:11, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

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