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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 06:43, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Grand opening

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Unencyclopedic. There's no set way to run a grand opening, so most of the hits are to companies that will run them for a client. The talk page indicates that there may also be a problem where the definition in the first paragraph is actually a better definition for the second. Unsourced for nine years. WP:TNT may be necessary in order to have a starting point for a new article. MSJapan (talk) 08:32, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above. I prodded it for deletion but it was removed. I think expansion of the phrase at Wiktionary would make sense, but not on Wikipedia.--TM 10:42, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:25, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – The topic passes WP:GNG, having received significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. Source examples include, but are not limited to those listed below. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:44, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

Streetwise Meeting and Event Planning. Adams Media. Chapter 8. pp. 89–103. – An entire book chapter devoted to the topic.
Three Years in Wonderland. University Press of Mississippi. Chapter 7. pp. pt151–?. (subscription required) – An entire book chapter devoted to the topic.
Guerrilla Marketing Online Weapons. pp. 140–144. (subscription required)
Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing. pp. 188– . (subscription required)
How to Open a Restaurant. pp. pt109–110.
Fans Not Customers: How to create growth companies in a no growth world. pp. pt40–41.
Ready-Made Book Displays. pp. 64–65.
90 Days to Success in Fundraising. pp. 81–82.
Making Dough: The 12 Secret Ingredients of Krispy Kreme's Sweet Success. p. 81.

Keep. There are plenty of sources to substantiate the notability of this topic. The article definitely needs improvement, but I think it is an appropriate subject for an encyclopedia article. Plenty can be said about grand openings, how they work, their history, etc. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously I agree. The article can easily be expanded and improved per available sources that cover the topic and term. Thing is, it takes a bunch of time to refute deletion nominations, which takes away from time that could be spent improving articles. Then, there's the catch-22 and potential vicious circle of working on an article that is nominated for deletion; why waste time on an article that could potentially still be deleted? See also: chicken or the egg. If the article is retained, then I may work to improve it. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:30, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those are excellent points. For editors who have no personal stake in a subject, PROD and AfD tags definitely serve as a disincentive with respect to article improvement. I certainly appreciate your efforts at AfD to demonstrate the notability of articles that have been nominated for deletion, and I am sure other editors feel the same way. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 15:08, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I thank you and would also like to spend more of my time improving articles. A deprodded article like this normally enjoys some measure of immunity as it cannot be prodded again. However, my deprods lately seem to be subject to a spat of overzealous deletion by a certain editor. ~Kvng (talk) 13:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Northamerica1000. This is a good example of an article that should be improved instead of deleted. -- Tavix ^(talk) 21:12, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources found in WP:BEFORE-style search by Northamerica1000. ~Kvng (talk) 13:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep given the multiple in depth RS found by Northamerica1000, nice work. An important topic in small-business marketing. --Mark viking (talk) 01:04, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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