Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elk Mountain Ski Area

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. John254 16:18, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elk Mountain Ski Area

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non-notable businessC5mjohn 18:37, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• Keep as with Whitetail Ski Resort, a well known ski resort that meets Wikipedia's standards. Article can be updated and I'll do some research to update the page. Wildthing61476 20:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - I admit that more can and should be written on this, but this is a relatively well-known ski area for skiiers throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. --EMS | Talk 21:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Named geographic location & that aside well known in the winter sports world - not "a business" — iridescenti (talk to me!) 21:59, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Even less documentation than Whitetail. Named places with inhabitants are inherently N, not named locations, or every small patk would be. The occupants of a hotel don't count, or all hotels would be. DGG 02:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Almost all ski areas meet the notability standard, since they are covered in multiple, reliable secondary sources, e.g. Ski and Skiing magazines, plus local and regional newspapers with large circulations. It is simply a matter of someone doing the legwork needed to dig up these sources, which are not always sitting online. There is no need to serially list one ski area after another at AfD. Our efforts would be better spent locating the sources and improving the articles than having AfD debates about them. --Seattle Skier (talk) 08:46, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I don't think "because its a ski resort" should be enough to warrant notability. I'm sure there are many restaurants that are reviewed in local and regional newspapers and also reviewed in restaurant and dining magazines, but that doesn't make every one of them notable enough to have an article. Having the non notable ski resorts listed in List of ski areas and resorts should suffice most of the time. C5mjohn 14:12, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep A regionally well-known ski resort that receives thousands of visitors each winter should be notable. In my opinion the size of a major ski resort's operation sets it apart from a restaurant or a small business; it's more akin to a theme park. Propaniac 14:40, 10 May 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.