Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaritas (restaurant)

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The result was no consensus owing division of a fairly small number of participants. Normally in such cases I say no prejudice towards a renomination but would ask for that to be done thoughtfully as this is a no consensus which leans keep. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:58, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Margaritas (restaurant)

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Seeking consensus on a borderline WP:NCORP fail. A toughie, not just because it's hard to search without getting results for lower-case margaritas. The best sources I could find in a search were [1] (local newspaper, not really SIGCOV IMO), [2] (looks like SIGCOV, but not clearly independent—I'm rather suspicious of "business journals"), [3] (looks decent, thought not entirely sure if reliable), and [4] (not great either). So seeing a lot of mediocre coverage, but not really WP:CORPDEPTH. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:29, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. Seacoast Online and Bangor Daily News are reliable. Also I could probably find coverage of the Concord location in the Concord Monitor if I searched their archives, but I've used up my free articles for the month with them, so I'd either have to wait or have someone with a subscription do it for me. Cooljeanius (talk) (contribs) 20:53, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: a before search indicates that reliable sources with significant coverage are available. I will now proceed to add some. Northern Escapee (talk) 20:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Northern Escapee: The sources you are adding do not seem to be about this restaurant. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:28, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Is this the same restaurant? [5] 10 flavors of margaritas may not be enough for WP:NCORP however Spudlace (talk) 02:11, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Spudlace, Hmmm … I doubt it? This is a New England–based chain, but perhaps they've expanded to the Midwest. One of the many reasons assessing notability here is tough is that I'm sure there are a number of restaurants with this name in the US. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 02:15, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Does this help? "Margaritas replaces Tiffany's in Toms River" from the Asbury Park Press, 2016. It's definitely the same chain; there's a picture with the logo. — Toughpigs (talk) 02:44, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Toughpigs, Yes, definitely helps. That's the best source so far. I think that, plus, [6] and [7] (both cited above) are enough to get me to a weak keep and stubbify (as article is entirely unsourced atm; the only source there is not about this restaurant). AleatoryPonderings (talk) 04:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete None of the references provide in-depth information about *the company*, that is, the franchise operation itself. Most references are in relation to a single restaurant in the franchise with, at most, a single line explaining that the restaurant is part of a franchise. This isn't good enough to establish the notability of the franchise - the topic here at at AfD. The "best source so far" above is an article discussing one restaurant opening in New Jersey and is peppered with information provided by the company itself, fails CORPDEPTH and ORGIND. Topic therefore fails NCORP/GNG as there aren't any references that establishes its notability. HighKing⁺⁺ 19:28, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The coverage in the Boston Globe looks ok. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:27, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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