Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Popov (vodka)

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The result was keep. John254 02:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Popov (vodka)

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NN brand of vodka -- Y not? 18:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete article with nothing much to say except it is cheap & popular with students, sourced only from a liquor store ad giving prices. DGG 19:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Major brand from a major producer Diageo; at least one source shows it as the US's second leading Vodka brand by volume sold [1] (data are of 1994); another trade journal [2] puts Popov #3 vodka in California (behind Smirnoff & Absolut), in 2002. To be in the top 2 or 3 in vodka sales establishes notability regardless of whether it tastes good or not. Carlossuarez46 19:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep. The concerns raised by User:Carlossuarez46 above raise some good points -- yes, the vodka's by a major manufacturer, and yes, it was once #2 in vodka sales in the USA. However, I'm not 100% certain of how far this article could be expanded -- I'm not finding very many reliable sources on it, so I'm going only with a weak keep. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 20:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. "Popov, the booze that goes both ways without even being asked." More sourcing should be easy to find. The brand is extremely well known to the college-age population, at least in certain rather significant regions/markets in the US, such as California. --Dynaflow babble 08:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. It's about 3:30 AM here on the US West Coast, and the bars have been closed for about an hour and a half. I saw a drunk guy staggering by on the street outside a little while ago so, on a lark, I yelled to him, "What do you think of Popov?!" "It's shit!" he answered without hesitation. In spite of it being WP:OR, that experiment satisfied my lingering doubts as to Popov's notability. --Dynaflow babble 10:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I've found some sources through a sort of shot-gun Google search. Here's an article from Salon.com entitled "How to avoid a hangover: buy vodka you don't like so you won't drink as much" [3].// "It's delicious. And not bad for stripping paint, either." Offhand mention in Modern Drunkard Magazine [4].// "Taking the Popov Challenge from Michigan Daily [5]// One of the top 20 brands of booze in Iowa [6] [7].// Some comparative sales figures [8].// Marketshare and discussion of market niche: [9] [10].// Discussion of its cheapness versus its quality [11]].// Discussion in a B-school case study [12]. More later if I still happen to be awake. In the meantime, anyone is welcome to do what they can with the new sources; the most relevant seem to be the ones I found last. --Dynaflow babble 11:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. I have rewritten the article to make it a more-convincing and relatively well-sourced stub that should be able to survive AfD. --Dynaflow babble 18:05, 25 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.