Talk:Garrick Club

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 30 January 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Notability?

I fail to see the notability of this establishment, or any reason to list it here. Timdlocklear (talk) 22:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Unlike its New York counterpart, there is no mention of notable/famous members, and the only source cited here is the club's website. Placing an AFD tag on page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timdlocklear (talk • contribs) 22:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD is an Overwhelming "No," but...

I originally nominated this article for deletion because, with no previous knowledge of the subject, the article gives absolutely no hint to notability.

After more research, apparently there are several famous members and there is some mention of an extensive art collection.

I note, however, that the article in its current form is severely and damningly deficient. Without knowing anything about the Garrick Club, this just looks like some club fan or business owner created their own page for advertisement purposes (a POV which can be further solidified by the fact that the edit history says "Removed Advertisement.")

There are no sources, as well, aside from the club's own website.

I realize that my AfD recommendation did not go over well, but in all honesty if this place is truly as notable as many are claiming it needs some serious TLC, some sources, and explanatory text as to exactly why the club is significant.

As I pointed out in the AfD debate, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. A user should not have to notice a subject here and then be required to go out and research it, the research needs to come here! For God's sakes, tell us why the darn (edit) place is important or just delete it already!

Also Noting that much of this article is written in British slang, and is not in line with quality standards for Wikipedia.

Timdlocklear (talk) 00:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

The process of deletion does require that you make some effort at improving an article before nominating for deletion. A search is always a good start. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Fortunately, all is well and resolved now, and I see that someone has taken the initiative of editing to improve the article. I have seen articles nominated for deletion for far less than questionable notability, so it is highly doubtful that my AfD nomination based on speculative reasoning is going to have a severe and unrepairable impact on the Wikipedia community. There will be no pleasing those offended that I don't know what the heck this is, but maybe the same folks will edit this to a point to where it actually explains itself. Timdlocklear (talk) 01:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I assume "unrepairable" is American slang for irreparable? --Paularblaster (talk) 21:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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