Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolson's Cafe

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The result was delete. Wizardman 16:02, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nicolson's Cafe

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Non-noteable and unsourced cafe. JK Rowling wrote some of a book there once, big deal. Dalejenkins 17:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NOT#DIR. Aside from the JK Rowling reference, this place is no more notable than the gas station down the street from my house. Trusilver 18:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete places that have some tangential connection with somebody notable doing a little bit of notable thing there doesn't necessarily become notable. If they turn the place into a museum for JK Rowling, and lots of WP:RSes cover that, come back. Carlossuarez46 18:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 01:10, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak support The lack of references is a serious problem, (surely easy to fix) but the cafe itself is considerably more notable than a great deal that escapes deletion eslewhere in this encyclopedia. I don't think writing Harry Potter is simply 'a little bit of notable thing' even for non-fans. Ben MacDui (Talk) 08:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This Cafe was quite notable in Edinburgh for it's connection with Rowling. I've seen it mentioned in a few articles about her. See this article from The Scotsman. Leithp 12:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment I'm sure that there's a gas station off the freeway that J.K. Rowling once took a leak at. Is it notable? Because that's the only thing which gives this place any notability at all. It is an absolutely unremarkable place. Trusilver 15:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

If it was a petrol station toilet where someone wrote one of the best selling books of all time, then yeah, it would be notable. Leithp 17:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Being serious though, I would happily change my position to support if she had written the majority of the story there. The truth is though that this is a business which doesn't even exist anymore where J.K. Rowling wrote an unspecified part of her first book. There are masses of authors that wrote their first book in poverty and I really enjoy reading the stories about them, but that doesn't mean that the place she wrote part of her first book warrants anything other than a mention in her own article. Trusilver 23:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per above. Unless sources are added to show it received truely remorkable attention as a result of Rowling's work there. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 22:52, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Harry Potter/AfD. -- Leithp 23:03, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into J. K. Rowling or Harry Potter. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 21:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep For its connection to a very notable series of books Lurker (talk · contribs) 15:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - umpteen cafes lay claim to HP, including the Elephant House. --MacRusgail 16:16, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep due to HP connection. The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Herald write about the connection. [1] [2]--Oakshade 14:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete doesn't warrant its own article. The cafes with HP connections are already mentioned in other articles. Lurker (talk · contribs) 14:49, 7 July 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.