Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lothlórien Co-op

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. —Larry V (talk | contribs) 04:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lothlórien Co-op

Lothlórien Co-op (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non-notable housing cooperative. Virtually identical to the article at Lothlorien Hall which was also nominated for deletion. Irongargoyle 19:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Akihabara 00:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and per parallel rationale on "sister" nomination. SkierRMH,07:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

• Don't delete The co-op itself is a minor, eclectic Madison landmark with a participatory history in Madison's political culture, therfore I feel that it deserves a penny of server space. Instead of deleting, simply rewrite so that it seems more palatable to wikipedian standards.TeamZissou 04:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable. Otto4711 15:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• Don't delete The co-op is notable as the largest and one of the longest running co-ops in the Madison community. A part of Madison's radical history as well. — 198.150.240.62 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• keep The page is clearly notable. The virtually identical comment makes me think the page was not read before nomination.Xylon.doulas 20:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

• keep Lothlorien is a recognizable landmark in Madison. The name of the house is commonly recognized among UW-Madison students. The house has a unique culture, exterior & interior design, was one of the first building on lakelawn district of Lake Mendota. Also, it has a unique place within the vibrant Madison political history. Furthermore, Lothlorien isn't student housing. The house is clearly notable and the page should be kept. Ditto whats been said above. Lothlorien is also the home of Madison Food Not Bombs.— 70.226.153.177 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• keep In addition to the above, I would add that there is nothing in the article which reads as an advertisement, unless one chooses to interpret it that way. Even the first line under GOVERNMENT, "Lothlórien's Elven Council meets once a week on alternating Sundays and Mondays," is much more description-of-procedure than ad. That was the original complaint. As far as notability is concerned, a significant attempt has been made to site evidence: Lothlórien in Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts, food not bombs at Lothlórien, Lothlórien in Channel 3000, Lothlórien in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Lothlórien in Fighting Bob, Aragorn visits Lothlórien, Alec Soth on Lothlórien, Lothlórien in Capital Times. The only improvement I can think of which might add weight to the argument for keeping this page is to consider including some of these sources in the made article. For example the Food Not Bombs connection could be mentioned under "Food." --Molybdenumtop 14:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I think the article could be better, but the issue is not whether the article is good but whether a good article could be written. the case could certainly be made for Lothlorien- there are certainly sources, although their inclusion is rather haphazard at this moment in time, and, even if individual co-ops generally speaking aren't considered notable enough to be included in wikipedia, lothlorien is certainly one of the more well-known co-ops in the madison area and beyond and is likely to be a topic of interest to those who wish to know about co-ops in general and lothlorien in particular. Acornwithwings 18:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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.