Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spangles (restaurant)

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. Please defer merge related discussion to article talk. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spangles (restaurant)

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Restaurant is Non Notable, and only 19 restaurants in the same area is not exactly a chain. This is also self-promotion and spam. The link contained on the page is only a local website, not national (if it was a national news site like CNN or ABC). The Wichita, Kansas page doesn't link to here anywhere, and Google only gives a measly 35,100 hits. --RedPooka 22:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Can't see why this is notable outside Kansas, and the article reeks of spam. RedRollerskate 21:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep As a former Kansas resident, I'm partial, but nearly anyone in Kansas would call Spangles notable (and delicious!) It's certainly as notable as or more notable than most of the bridges, neighborhoods, rivers, etc. that are all over Wikipedia. Nineteen restaurants seems good enough to be a chain to me. There's quite a few small chains with local notability, such as Five Guys in DC/Virginia that are so locally popular and widespread that they meet notability standards based on reputation drift through tourism, migration, etc. and I think Spangles probably fits here. Also, the article does present quite a bit of verifiable information.--Velvet elvis81 06:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Despite being relatively unknown on a national level, Spangles is one of only a handful of successful Wichita-only establishments, and is a full-fledged part of the city's culture. As a Wichita resident, I can verify that most citizens know all about Spangles, its commercials, and its oft-maligned spokeswoman, Rene Steven.--LoonyLeif 23:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge to Wichita, Kansas per WP:LOCAL. Clearly a chain of local interest. Vegaswikian 07:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Spangle's is a local icon. The chain is well-known in Kansas and is part of the culture of the area.--Hallm 17:42, 8 January 2007 (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.