Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dillard House

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 Keep.

Dillard House

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I don't see how this restaurant is notable enough for Wikipedia. Aecis^Brievenbus 01:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom, fails
  WP:CORP. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 01:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply
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  • Merge into Dillard, Georgia. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 05:00, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom.   jj137 ♠ Talk 01:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This article fails
  CORP. Daniel ⁵¹²⁷ 02:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply
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• Delete - The only sources I could find (aside from its own website) are tour books which are either opinions or recapitulations of the website. LonelyBeacon (talk) 02:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, important enough to get a full article in the New York Times. There are other newspaper articles with which we can fill out the page. Zagalejo^^^ 03:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Most, if not all, of the articles consist of restaurant reviews. A restaurant that has a lot of reviews isn't automatically notable. The article has yet to establish why the restaurant is notable. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 05:03, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, for starters, it's old. Open since 1917, I believe. I have full access to the NYT piece, which actually offers some history. I'll see what I can do to expand the article. Zagalejo^^^ 06:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • I've added a few sources. I might add some more stuff if I'm feeling ambitious. The place isn't just a restuarant; it has a hotel, cottages, fishing, etc. It seems like a major tourist attraction. Zagalejo^^^ 08:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to section of Dillard, Georgia, Notability on its own seems rather murky. --Storkk (talk) 15:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The Dillard House is a widely-known and heavily-visited restaurant. When you go into the lobby, the walls are coated in framed news stories about the restaurant from major national magazines and newspapers. It has hosted governors, presidents, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities. It was the preferred hang-out of Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds in their heyday. It is the most important landmark in Dillard, and the most famous business in all of Rabun County. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wuapinmon (talk • contribs) 17:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - seems to satisfy all major point of the only relevent/applicable document WP has on the subject. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 06:35, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Why shouldn't ever location on that registry, for which a contributor has tracked down verifiable, authoritative sources, merit coverage here? Geo Swan (talk) 02:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't think it's actually listed yet; the source just says that it has been nominated for inclusion. Nevertheless, the place still has a lot of history, and should pass WP:N based on the newspaper articles (which go beyond mere reviews). Zagalejo^^^ 04:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment from nom: after reviewing the rewritten version of the article, I feel that the notability of this restaurant has been established. Aecis^Brievenbus 12:53, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per info provided by Zagalejo.--Aldux (talk) 14:30, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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