Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

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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. W.marsh 15:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

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Delete WP:N not asserted. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment. Well, I'm pretty sure it's more well-known in Chicago than Mzoli's is in Cape Town. Whether that means that the article should be kept or should be deleted is more than I'd venture to guess. Deor 18:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Seriously? Tony, you're from Chicago, you should know better! And as for notability, Google gives back over 58,000 hits, including links to the Taste of Chicago website, lots of review sites, and plenty of other stuff, like this. In addition, a LexisNexis search found several sources, all of which could be used as sources for the article. Lou's is one of the most well-known pizza places in the Chicago area. GlassCobra 20:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Well-known pizza chain; lots of newspaper articles. Zagalejo^^^ 01:13, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
  • The article's been cleaned up a bit. I propose this nomination be withdrawn. GlassCobra 15:52, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep Yes, the article needs cleanup and should be noted as such and should be listed as a stub. It needs to be wikified. There are better ways to ask for notability than simply calling for deletion and while Lou Malnati's notability isn't reflected in the current version of the article, it could easily be added (I may have the time later today). Shsilver 17:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep I find it really odd that the "director" of the Chicago Wikiproject somehow thinks this place isn't notable. Perhaps we should delete Charlie Trotter's, Uno, and the Billy Goat while we're at it. Cheers, Skinwalker 21:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Tony never says it isn't notable, just that notability wasn't asserted in the article at the time of nomination, which he has repeated in his comments. Seems to me that there are better ways to add notability to an article than calling for its deletion, but calling for its deletion does seem to be the fastest way to get people to add notability (aside from adding it oneself.Shsilver 13:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, didn't mean to bite. I prefer some quick google searches to probe for notability, rather than an AFD. I too have to question whether AFD'ing a clearly notable topic to improve the article is a legitimate tactic, but I'll assume good faith. Full disclosure: I can't stand Chicago deep-dish pizza. Skinwalker 13:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm from Chicago too, but I'll take a New York-style thin crust over deep-dish any day. GlassCobra 05:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per the above, it is a well-known pizza franchise. Yamaguchi先生 02:38, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Tony should have used the notability tag instead (Template:Notability). Nomination should be withdrawn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.109.165.178 (talk) 04:58, 21 October 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.