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What makes this restaurant notable? A handful of local-interest articles do not establish notability; Wikipedia is not a travel guide, and most of the article seems to be dedicated to the fact that it closed (not unusual, sadly) . Mockingbus (talk) 11:58, 9 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Another Believer – Not… really? It well-verified (you do an excellent job of that; I have to take my hat off on this matter) but Allchin is a PNW writer (a Portland native as called out in the article, so likely not making a special excursion for the review) and despite the NYTimes publication I don't really see the notable, the non-routine coverage – the "so what?. From the sources it feels like the restaurant got some routine (if, in one case, well-placed) coverage in its opening year and then nothing at all until its extended demise.
Again, it feels like the most significant thing about it is that it closed, and that was sadly not unusual at all in the circumstances.
I'm not prepared to bicker too much about the matter, though (there are better things to bicker about), and I freely admit I might be taking an overly-stiff view on 'notability'; I'm happy to defer to a neutral WP:3O if you are. (Sorry for the delayed response, by the way; it's that time of year. Happy holidays!) –Mockingbus (talk) 04:52, 27 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Mockingbus I've added this source, this source, and quite a few others. Open to getting more editor feedback however you think is best, if you feel that's still necessary. ---Another Believer(Talk) 02:03, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
I really don't think that helps; in fact I think it might make the case worse. There's so much noise and fluff involved that I feel like much of it borders on spam. I don't have the time to do a point-by-point review, but let's pull these and some of the 'quite a few others' and take a quick closer look.
FSR Magazine makes a brief mention of the fact that the Dentons remodeled the space while converting it from Ox. It's the least-covered restaurant in the article, which is not about restaurants as such, but about remodeling and re-conceptualizing them.
"Portrait Magazine" is properly Portrait of Portland, which is fine, but taking a look at the overall magazine suggests that it's mostly a designer-furnishings-and-remodeling catalog with some local fluff coverage. Advertisements for architects, contractors, and real estate agents appear to make up most of the page count, and most of the rest is product listings.
"Described as a "classic Paris bistro"" - Nearly half of this "coverage" is made of the restaurant's address, website, opening hours, and price range. Superficial travel guide coverage, again.
My concern has never been the number of sources you can pile onto this article; it's their quality and an overall sense of significance that I feel is lacking. I think I'm not the only one; I see Scope_creep filed a (procedurally closed) motion to delete this article over the holidays. Maybe they'd like to comment (I hope in a friendly, civil way? You seem to have a contentious history with each other?)? I do think this needs a more thorough review by more editors, but I'm not sure where that's supposed to be. –Mockingbus (talk) 04:50, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
The editor who added the tag said they are "happy to defer to a neutral WP:3O". Since another editor also thinks the tag is unnecessary, I will remove soon unless anyone objects. Thanks! --Another Believer(Talk) 17:51, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply