Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eastern Parkway Arena

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 per no calls for deletion beyond the nominator, unanimous consensus from the editors in this discussion and considerable editing improvements to the article since the AfD was begun. A non-admin closure. And Adoil Descended (talk) 13:40, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Topic has a passing mention in one article and no indication of notability. Being a venue where boxing took place is not enough to show notability. Fails WP:GNG.Mdtemp (talk) 15:03, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• The links above reveal quite a lot of potential sources. This looks to be a good source, as does this, this and this. So, it's a keep for me. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:53, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would be helpful if someone could track down a copy of this, too. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:08, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This was a notable boxing locale in the early 1950s,[1] with its own network TV shows on Dumont and ABC. [2] Floyd Patterson fought there.[3] Here's an AP article about its closure in 1955. [4] --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:12, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It certainly looks like a better case can be made than the throw-away stub suggests (sympathy for the nominator). I understand that articles can be allowed to grow but passing mentions that boxing matches occurred there and that the place shut (even if they are added to the article) won't do much. The fact that it had its own network if properly referenced I think would. Peter Rehse (talk) 17:24, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Improved version makes the case (although the show and the place could easily be a single article). Kudos to Arxiloxos.Peter Rehse (talk) 17:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Article now appears to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 23:22, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.