Talk:Sir Henry's

Multiple issues

Neutrality

Examples:

• None of the above DJ's will ever forget the first night they played in Sir Henry's - and many of them are on public record claiming the atmosphere in the club was quite unlike any other they have ever played in.
• The flyers and posters, designed by John McMonagle and crew of Raven Design, were obsessively collected by most regulars as souvenirs and in most cases, to fill in the blanks of the previous weekends.
• The regular monthly 90 minute compilation tapes 'Sweat' as well as the yearly best of compilation mixes were eagerly awaited by the Cork public..

Meaningless purple prose

Examples:

• As with anything, it evolved, the club evolved, the sounds evolved, and the crowd evolved with it.
• Sir Henrys was ostensibly a rock bar for many of its early years. (What does ostensibly add to this sentence?)

References

There are no references, just a single inline external link. Editors should keep in mind WP:V.Autarch (talk) 23:00, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

For that matter, editors should also bear in mind MOS:OPED.Autarch (talk) 18:49, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Article

There appears to be little here in the way of notability. One may as well write an article about a corner shop. Why is this on Wikipedia? Hanoi Road (talk) 18:59, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

There appears to be little to your argument, given wiki policy and precedent than a personal, and quite random view, possibly, probably, drive-by and uniformed take on nightclubs in general. There are numerous, high quality sources establishing Henry's as one of the most important venues in the late 80s emerging Acid House scene. Ceoil (talk)

Hi. On the two points raised in the comment:

1. "little here in the way of notability" - The subject has been the principal topic in several documentaries (radio and film), academic research, an exhibition, and extensive coverage in national news outlets. The majority of which is linked/covered in the article.
2. "may as well write an article about a corner shop" - If the corner shop you have in mind has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, then it may be notable. If it hasn't received such coverage, then the comparison has no merit.

Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 00:22, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough. I didn't realise it became such a cultural nexus. I was living in Cork in the early to mid 80's, and knew all the clubs, including this one. Back then, it was simply a less tacky version of Cocos or a more interesting version of Kenny Lee's Spiders (Kenny's joint being somewhere off Washington Street, if I remember right). I never thought of Henry's as a Cork version of Hacienda, but it looks like it came into its own after I left Ireland (for good). Hanoi Road (talk) 21:03, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Can you please, in future, at least glance at articles before suggesting they be deleted. Ceoil (talk) 21:08, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

A little grace wouldn't go amiss. An tuiginn tú? Hanoi Road (talk) 22:20, 20 December 2020 (UTC)