Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yesterdog

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 delete. - Bobet 21:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yesterdog

I don't know what makes a notable encyclopaedia-worthy eating establishment in America, hence no recommendation from me. However, I do query whether a hot dog restaurant whose only claim to notability in the article is that "is a popular restaurant" desrves an article in preference to literally millions of other "popular" restaurnats in the USA, here in UK or the rest of the world. The fact that it was supposedly the inspiration of a "larger hot dog restaurant" in a film doesn't do it for me. The whole article reads like it would be a nice little snippet in "Time Out in Grand Rapids" or some similar directory. Emeraude 21:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete/Merge - I don't believe the article itself needs to exist since I don't even like to consider the possibility that all eateries in the world will someday have their own wikipedia page (my feelings aside, it doesn't satisfy requirements for notable businesses). I did like the tidbit (if it can be verified) about the influence in American Pie, and I recomend we merge this info into the relevant trivia section. I'd also be remiss if I didn't point out the rather blatent advertising on the page (even the McDonalds page doesn't have a menu!) which qualifies this page for speedy deletion if anyone feels it's necessary (to be clear, I do not). -bobby 21:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm from Westnern Michigan, but I've been far and wide and people have heard of yesterdog. I don't agree that it should be deleted, as it is a landmark for all of Michigan, especially Grand Rapids. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.49.58.254 (talk • contribs)

Delete/Merge, non-notable business, pretty much an advert, but that bit could be merged. DoomsDay349 Happy Halloween! 23:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree that a lot of this article should be omitted (i.e., hours, menu items, etc.), I don't think it should be eliminated. Yesterdog has been an important cultural icon in West Michigan for decades. Just ask the ex-pat West Michigander who made a reference to it in his blockbuster movies. Triphook 17:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Seconding the aforementioned. It certainly transcends more than a mere "hot dog joint". Of all the places in West Michigan that the John Kerry campaign could have selected to visit during a campaign visit in 2004, Yesterdog was on the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.172.11.10 (talk • contribs)

The article was useful and accurate. Leave it be. — 24.247.253.200 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Delete Advertisements for local businesses are not encyclopedic. I don't even think the American Pie info warrants a merge – lots of local places have been "inspiration" for lots of movie places and scenes. Wikipedia is not the Internet Location Inspiration Database. KrakatoaKatie 00:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep To anyone that is a Western Michigan resident, the name Yesterdog rings a bell. It needs to be cleaned up, not deleted. 71.252.197.184 03:15, 7 November 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.