Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cuisine of San Marino

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 (Non-administrator closing). --Tikiwont 12:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cuisine of San Marino

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Article is not about the cuisine, but about a cake that is in the cuisine Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 18:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Just for reference, so I don't look like I was being absurd, the article has been expanded now from what was just a description of one dish to what it is now which to me is a good thing and hopefully it will be expanded further.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 15:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry: comments are always assumed to be pertinent to the article as it was at the time they were made. There's a bit of a dessert overload currently (a bias inherited from the Italian Wikipedia) but that can be remedied. Gordonofcartoon 16:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete if the cake is notable/verifiable, it should be mentioned in The Three Towers of San Marino (indeed it already is). Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletions. —Chris 20:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Food and drink. —Chris 20:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - the canonical name appears to be Torta Tre Monti, which picks up more Google hits. Gordonofcartoon 22:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Here's the entire article: "The Cuisine of San Marino includes a cake known as La Torta Di Tre Monti ("Cake of the Three Mountains/Towers"), similar to a layered wafer cake covered in chocolate." That's it. Granted, you can't get it at your neighborhood DQ, but I don't care to read about it. Mandsford 23:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Move to Torta Tre Monti, as a poper article can probably be written about a cake unique to a particular country (we have many such articles, in fact). If more articles turn up that seem to be uniquely or specifically Sammarinese, then this page can be revived to cope with them, but for now it seems unnecessary. Grutness...wha? 00:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep, but expand pronto. I should've looked here first: the Italian Wikipedia's equivalent article Cucina sammarinese has plenty more San Marino cuisine. I've started it off, if anyone cares to translate more. Gordonofcartoon 04:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep per Gordonofcartoon, who I won't inflict my abysmal Italian upon by trying to help with a translation. The article as it currently stands describes more than just the cake, and by the sounds there are sufficient differenced between San Marino's cuisine and that of Italy to warrant a separate article. I'm not sure that "I don't care to read about it" is a particularly constructive comment. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

There's an English listing with some more at everyculture.com scroll down to the Food and Economy section) - not sure if it's sufficiently reliable a source in itself (there are some misspellings), but it gives plenty of leads. Gordonofcartoon 11:02, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Excellent. I'll have a look-see and might be able to pitch in. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• Strong keep - just on principle, every country, no matter how small, should have its own 'cuisine' article on Wikipedia. Ditto every Italian region for that matter. The fact that the article may be a bit stubby is no reason to nuke it - you should think about the potential of the article rather than where it is at present.FlagSteward 11:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Every country, however small, is a potential subject for such an article, even if it only tells us that the cuisine of San Marino strongly resembles that of the surrounding area in Italy. The existence of a better version on the Italian language Wikipedia suggests that there is room for expansion here. The piadina looks good. - Smerdis of Tlön 13:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep for the reasons that FlagSteward stated. StaticElectric 19:42, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - It's a distinct cultural style and the nom gives no justification to delete an article about it. --Oakshade 07:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep. The subject and topic is notable, meets every single one of the general notability guidelines at WP:NOTE. Maybe it's just hard to find references because it's in a different language, but that's no reason to delete. Article just needs expansion; already tagged as stub. - Mtmelendez ^{(Talk|UB|Home)} 19:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, following some excellent improvement work. Neil ム 11:02, 21 September 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.