Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Forest Cafe

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The result of the debate was keep (nomination withdrawn). howcheng {chat} 23:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Forest Cafe

A very noble effort, but not particularly notable. Could not find any reliable sources via Google. howcheng {chat} 19:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawing nomination after verification provided by Vclaw. howcheng {chat} 23:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.theforest.org.uk/about_who.php Hope that helps. Zyarb 19:40, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Note: It's not about whether it exists or not, but if it's notable enough to have it's own article at Wikipedia. Bjelleklang - talk 19:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm aware. I figured the "About" page might help in deciding whether or not it actually is notable enough. Zyarb 20:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you could find some newspaper references, or a BBC article, or something else that meets our verifiability criteria, I'll be happy to withdraw the nomination. howcheng {chat} 22:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete. Unless someone could create an article about art venues in Edinburg (which is already listed on Edinburgh), and if so, merge.Keep Bjelleklang - talk 19:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Much of the point of the place is it is alternative, so it is not generally featured in the 'mainstream' media (but here's several mentions of it in a major newspaper anyway: [1] [2] [3]), but it is very well known within the alternative scene in the city, and often mentioned on Indymedia etc [4]. It is unique within Edinburgh as it is not for profit / volunteer run etc. Note there are articles about various other Edinburgh arts venues, eg. Pleasance, C venues, Dean Gallery etc, are you suggesting merging all of those? Vclaw 22:13, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unless credible sources could be found, I would rather have seen this as part of an article featuring several art venues, than delete it. Wouldn't nescesarily merge all the existing, but would have mentioned them and made a link to existing articles if nothing else. Changed my opinion to keep thanks to the sources you referred to. Bjelleklang - talk 22:32, 21 December 2005 (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.