Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City Spice

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Unclear that this curry house is any more significant than any other on Brick Lane: the "Masterchef curry award 2017 for best restaurant in London" [https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/06/if-you-want-the-best-curry-in-london-then-you-need-to-head-to-this-brick-lane-curryhouse-6430883/ Metro source] sounds superficially impressive, but the [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/city-spice-restaurant-brick-lane-review-london-curry-vegan-menu-a8275856.html Independent source] points out that this is "Coventry-based agency MasterChef Promotions, not its unrelated TV namesake" and riffs at length about the number of awards that Brick Lane curry houses promote themselves with, apparently seeing this one as no different. Lord Belbury (talk) 08:40, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:53, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:53, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. I’m guessing its purely promotional with a WP:COI. Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 10:25, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
• There is no evidence at all that the article creator has a conflict of interest, looking at their contributions they have edited on a wide range of topics Atlantic306 (talk) 17:16, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
• Some places have long documented histories, and the current business located there is secondary to the real subject. So I looked for this. I could not find any history for 138 Brick Lane other than it having been used as a location in The Crying Game, in a book of film locations. Uncle G (talk) 16:41, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
• Keep the article needs expansion but the subject passes WP:GNG with significant coverage in reliable sources such as The Independent, Reuters and The Evening Standard already in the article, so there is no basis for deletion imv Atlantic306 (talk) 17:24, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

• Delete Wikipedia isn't a Yellow pages nor a platform for promotion. Also "significant coverage in reliable sources" is only half of the criteria - the coverage must also contain "Independent Content" (as defined in WP:ORGIND) and the coverage must be about the company. As the nom pointed out, the "awards" are not significant for the purposes of notability. The Independent review of the food contains independent content (independent opinion) but does not meet the definition of in-depth coverage (of the company). The rest of the references all rely entirely on quotations/interviews with people affiliated with the restaurant. Topic fails GNG and WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 16:47, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
• Delete - run of the mill restaurant coverage and and routine announcements, nothing to establish notability - no deep or significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources - Epinoia (talk) 02:33, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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