Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Midnight Special

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 of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. -Splash^talk 01:13, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Midnight Special (store)

Delete. Nonnotable bookstore. Leppy 02:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Leppy, Thanks for asking for my feedback on Midnight Special. I'd say that the decision to keep or delete depends upon the overall goals of the Wikipedia's page on Independent bookstores. It was one of Los Angeles' most notable independent bookstores before its closing which is why I added it to the page. If, however, it makes more sense to simply list the name on the Independent bookstore page without a Wikilink, go ahead and do that. I'll leave it up to a general vote. -- Classicfilms

If there really is something that makes it notable beyond just being on that list, then I'd like to see it. I do think that a lot of people in wikiland are too quick to suggest delete on articles that they don't see the use of. I'd not like to be one of those people, so if there is more to it, let's see it. Expand the article to give the significance of the Midnight Special.Leppy 04:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

• Comment There are so many things called "Midnight Special" and "The Midnight Special" that there really should be a disambig page instead of just these two variants. (Such as the "Midnight Special" train, the song "Midnight Special," the radio show "Midnight Special," etc.) Crypticfirefly 06:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC) In fact, maybe I'll do that right now. Crypticfirefly 06:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep seems somewhat notable. —This user has left wikipedia 09:56 2006-02-02
• Keep and expand. Present content is minimal, but a comercial bookstore that attracted unpaid volunteers? Now that is notable! GeorgeStepanek\^talk 15:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Nothing there. Unpaid volunteers in some couterculture, activist/whatever stores isn't all that uncommon. I had a friend who worked in one. -R. fiend 23:41, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Local culture is something Wikipedia needs to embrace. --AlexWCovington (talk) 02:38, 3 February 2006 (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.