Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parson's

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The result was Withdrawn, why didn't any of this come up when I googled? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 08:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Parson's

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Deprodded with promise that sources exist, but searching "CH Parsons" + "Ashland" gave me absolutely nothing of note. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep ~~Delete~~ - I found one book - this one - that mentions the company and/or it's store in Ashland, Kentucky. My only reservation is what we're talking about a very old company and what was obviously a significant building in that town at that time. The judgement call is whether it rose the level of notability then and, per WP:NOTTEMP, should be kept now. My concern is that we would need a great many more sources to verify the claims made in the article. So for now, delete, but I'd be happy to consider additional sources, especially historical ones with some context. Stalwart111 06:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Amendment - I'd still like to see more about the significance of the building rather than the sort of regular stuff you might expect to see for any big building of the era, but there's probably enough there to convince me. The article itself probably needs to be better focussed on the building (given the sources) but that can be fixed by editing. Stalwart111 04:30, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The book Ashland is a good start in establishing the notability of the topic. We have another article about the current use of the building — Highlands Museum and Discovery Center. A visit to the museum seems likely to be productive. Worst case is a merger to an article such as that and so there's no reason to delete. Warden (talk) 10:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A Google search on ["Parsons Building" OR "Parson's Building" Ashland -wiki] has a number of hits, including:

"Virtual tour brings building to life". dailyindependent.com. Retrieved 2013-05-19. ...virtual tour created to, in the words of ACTC President Gregory Adkins, 'give people a visual of what this building could be like.' The video is intended to inspire and showcase 'the potential of this facility as a crown jewel of downtown Ashland,' Adkins added.

"Parson's Men's Shop" yields a one-sentence reference in Google news. There are a number of hits in the New York Times archives that report that buyer's from CH Parsons Ashland are in town, but I can't see the dates or the notices. A search on Google News Archive ["CH Parsons Co." Ashland] yielded:

"Businessman buys store in Ashland". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 23, 1984. Retrieved 2013-05-19. Bruce Platt Sr., former president of Parsons, announced the sale of the 65-year-old company Friday afternoon along with Ehrie, owner of two other clothing stores in the city. (paywall)

I confirm the statement of the deprodding here, that "Refs seem to be available on GNews and GBooks". Unscintillating (talk) 20:37, 19 May 2013 (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.