Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kern's

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 02:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kern's

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Delete. I'm pretty sure that this department store was in no way notable. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 02:41, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete one store, only open 50 years, closed 50 years ago, did not become part of something larger.-Drdisque 04:13, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep per Edison/Dhartung. -Drdisque 01:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Kern's was one of the three major department stores in Detroit, which for much of the store's existence was the fourth largest city in the US. In that era people traveled to major cities just to shop at department stores. Google News Archive for ernst.kern+detroit and Google Books results for detroit kern's store show the company was written about extensively and remains a historical presence in downtown Detroit even today. In short, at one time this was one of the most important stores in the country, and notability does not expire. --Dhartung | Talk 06:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep a leading department store in a major city. 50 years is a reasonably long run, and notability does not expire. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, two reliable sources are cited in the article. Seems to pass WP:V. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?)} 00:15, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as satisfying WP:N and WP:ORG. Per Dhartung, the article already has 2 book refs, and more info can be added from the books listed in Google Books. In the Google News archive, excluding humdrum "arrival of buyers" or "Santa arrives" articles, there are at least 7 with substantial coverage of news/history of the store, such as labor disputes and the commercial decline of old Detroit stores. Notability is satsfied by the historical record, and does not go away because people forget about the subject, or because it does not leave a footprint in the present. Edison 15:29, 20 August 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.