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Eggert House

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Does not pass GNG - no evidence of significant coverage in reliable sources. Only current sources are a trivial mention and an unpublished manuscript. Was deprodded with the comment consider a redirect, please, but I do not see any likely redirect target. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:26, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with Lawrence, Kansas#Historic sites and museums: or anywhere in the page where the facts associated with the house can be mentioned. Douglas County, Kansas is another good target for a minute merge. - Eva Ux 19:39, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not a notable historic site and not worth mention on a merge/redirect target. Was officially declared not worth preserving on the state or national historic registers in 2014.^[1] Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 20:10, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ralph Spencer Steenblik

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Previously deleted, I did not find significant, in-depth coverage of Steenblik in independent, reliable sources. What's there amounts to passing and brief mentions, so fails WP:NPROF and WP:GNG ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:43, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nomination. From searches, nothing stands out for coverage of this subject except for mentions, and you can't build a case for WP:N on mentions. Also, for an architect as a subject, this article sure was poorly architected (ahem), with a bunch of unnecessary, far-flung categories. Next time this pops up, speedy it. Stefen 𝕋ower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 22:06, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. A name like that should be easy to search for online, unfortunately nothing of substance comes to light. Though as an architect, author and academic there's every chance he may become more 'notable' as time passes. Sionk (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: per all above. ROY is WAR Talk! 00:13, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fences in Saint Petersburg

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Entirely unreferenced list of fences in a city, I find it unlikely that this subject is deserving of its own page. If any cited info can be found on the individual fences, that information would probably be better suited for a more relevant article (Church of the Savior on Blood, Bridge of Four Lions, etc). ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Doesn't seem to be anything that suggests these are notable as a group per WP:NLIST. Agree that if the fences are notable, they are best covered within their relevant articles rather than a standalone list. Nil🥝^Talk 01:40, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church (Studio City)

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Nomination: Does not satisfy WP:NBUILDING/WP:GNG.

"In the early 2020s, the church was deemed eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register." Yet, it does not appear on the register. I believe there may be some presumption of notability if the building is indeed located on the NRHP, but alas, we only have a vague assertion of NRHP "eligibility," here.

I do not believe we have "in-depth" and reliable sourcing. The sources provided are probably acceptable, but don't go far in terms of notability.

I believe we could have some copyright issues, though this isn't pertinent to the AfD. Just wanted to see if anyone else agreed.

As such, I feel compelled to, unfortunately, nominate for deletion.

MWFwiki (talk) 01:47, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Architecture, Christianity, and California. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:23, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:TOOSOON. The application date for historic status is today. The building is barely 60 years old. It fails my standards for notability of historic churches. For what it's worth, I'm Episcopalian. Bearian (talk) 20:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Question: What does this "eligibility" even indicate?Potential to be added to the NRHP? Does it confer any notability, in your opinion? MWFwiki (talk) 21:14, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Poplar Row

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First source is about a house on the street, not about the street. Other sources are commercial listings of houses for sale, or a source that doesn't even mention the street[1]. The "best" sources I could find were also about the old farm, not indepth sources about the road[2]. Lacks notability. Fram (talk) 08:18, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Street doesn't not meet WP:NPLACE which specifically asks us to rely on WP:GNG. I don't see the independent reliable sources needed to establish that, not from here not from a cursory search. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can't find sources showing the road itself meets WP:GNG, though the properties might. SportingFlyer T·C 20:01, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The article suggests the street is lined with listed buildings. Actually, there are three listed buildings along it. Each of them qualifies for an individual article per WP:GEOFEAT, but the street itself does not. It's a run-of-the-mill short residential street with a park along one side and houses along the other. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:46, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kazasker Mosque, Kadıköy

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Current article sourced only to UGC. I have not been able to find any other sources in Turkish about this building (though I have turned up sources on mosques with the same name in other cities). Does not appear to be notable. Mccapra (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Has only two sources. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 23:14, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

actually it’s a single source used twice. Mccapra (talk) 06:54, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the article, but yeah, it's not really that notable a building. I walk by it occasionally and got curious about it. There probably are more sources, but I won't be able to do research for the next few weeks (dağbaşındayım). If you could wait till early September... Yilanhoca (talk) 09:47, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Westin Dhaka

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Plenty of non-independent press releases about events, food offerings, and routine management changes. Listed briefly in the hotel directory sections of travel guides.

No significant coverage in independent, reliable, selective sources of the history or architecture of the building. Occasional coverage of the financials of the public company that owns it (Unique Hotel and Resorts, a subsidiary of Unique Group, which is a possible redirect target).

The only non-routine coverage relates to a ruling-party minor functionary accused of running an escort service out of the hotel. When the story broke in 2020, there was much press speculation along the "how could the hotel not have known" lines, but no employees were ever charged.[3][4] Does not meet WP:NBUILDING or WP:GNG. Worldbruce (talk) 16:30, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Westin Hotels & Resorts the subject is a WP:BRANCH Czarking0 (talk) 16:37, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm neutral, but I am seeing some discussion in even scholarly journals, though the first few hits are from students who were able to do research through internships provided by the hotel for business schools. Most of the results are about events at the hotel. Typically five-star hotels in countries without a lot of five-star hotels are generally notable. I'm not !voting keep because I haven't seen any clearly non-routine sources in English, but I won't be surprised if they exist. SportingFlyer T·C 17:08, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)#Engineered constructs says:
Buildings, including private residences, transportation facilities and commercial developments, may be notable as a result of their historic, social, economic, or architectural importance, but they require significant in-depth coverage by reliable, third-party sources to establish notability.

Sources
1. "ব্যবসা টেকাতে সুবিধা চায় ওয়েস্টিন হোটেল" [Westin Hotel Seeks Benefits to Sustain Business]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2021-08-23. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "হোটেল দ্য ওয়েস্টিন ঢাকা একসময় জমজমাট থাকলেও গত দেড় বছরে বেশির ভাগ সময়ই অলস কাটাতে হয়েছে। করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ ও নানা রকম বিধিনিষেধের কারণে দেশি-বিদেশি ব্যবসায়ীসহ অন্যান্য পেশাজীবীরা কম এসেছেন। বিভিন্ন করপোরেট অনুষ্ঠানও কমে গেছে। এই রেস্তোরাঁয়ও অতিথির সংখ্যাও ছিল নগণ্য। ফলে পাঁচ তারকা হোটেলটি আর্থিক সংকটে পড়েছে।"
  From Google Translate: "Although once bustling, it has spent most of its time idle in the last one and a half years. Due to the infection of the coronavirus and various restrictions, domestic and foreign businessmen and other professionals have come less. Various corporate events have also decreased. The number of guests in this restaurant was also negligible. As a result, the five-star hotel is in financial crisis."
  The article notes: "২০০৭ সালে রাজধানীর গুলশানে ২৪তলা ভবনে ওয়েস্টিন ঢাকার যাত্রা শুরু হয়। হোটেলটিতে বিভিন্ন ধরনের ২৩৫টি কক্ষ রয়েছে। তার মধ্যে ১৯৭টি স্ট্যান্ডার্ড কক্ষ, ৩৭টি সুইট ও ১টি প্রেসিডেনশিয়াল সুইট। এ ছাড়া একাধিক রেস্তোরাঁ ও অনুষ্ঠানের জন্য জায়গাসহ বিভিন্ন সুযোগ-সুবিধা রয়েছে। ওয়েস্টিন ঢাকায় সরাসরি ১ হাজারের বেশি কর্মী কাজ করেন। এ ছাড়া হোটেলটির সম্প্রসারণ অংশের নির্মাণকাজ দেখভালের জন্য আছেন শতাধিক কর্মী।"
  From Google Translate: "The Westin Dhaka started its journey in a 24-story building in Gulshan, the capital, in 2007. The hotel has 235 rooms of various types. Of these, 197 are standard rooms, 37 are suites, and 1 is a presidential suite. In addition, there are several restaurants and various facilities, including spaces for events. More than 1,000 employees work directly at Westin Dhaka. In addition, there are more than a hundred employees to oversee the construction of the hotel's expansion."
2. Dhruba, Golam Mujtaba; Rudrakkha, Rudra (2020-03-05). "A visit to The Westin Dhaka at the centre of Papia scandal. A visit to The Westin Dhaka has revealed that the number of guests has dwindled as it is currently at the centre of a scandal involving a ruling party operative who had allegedly run escort services at the hotel". Bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "An official cited the global coronavirus scare as one of the reasons behind the drop in the number of guests during the visit to the hotel on Wednesday. Police said the hotel breached unofficial rules of informing the law enforcers about a guest who is staying for a long time, in this case, the expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamia Noor Papia who spent millions on rents of the most expensive suit and bar of Westin. ... The 24-storey hotel is owned by Unique Hotel and Resorts Limited with businessman Mohd Noor Ali as the managing director. Ten days after the arrest of Papia, security checks are mandatory to enter the hotel. ... The smoking zone on the floor was totally empty. So was the bar and Prego restaurant on level 23. ... No customer came to the restaurant, which had been abuzz with visitors at all times a few days ago, in half an hour. A person was swimming in a pool next to another smaller restaurant on level five."
3. Riayn, Ratib রাতিব রিয়ান (2019-01-16). "নিয়ম মানে না হোটেল ওয়েস্টিন, দুর্ভোগ পথচারীর" [Westin Hotel does not follow rules, pedestrians suffer]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "দীর্ঘদিন ধরে ফুটপাতের একটি অংশ দখলে রেখে গাড়ি পার্কিংয়ের ব্যবস্থা করেছে হোটেল ওয়েস্টিন কর্তৃপক্ষ। এর ফলে পথচারী চলাচলে সমস্যা হচ্ছে। গাড়ি ওঠা-নামার জন্য ফুটপাত দখল করে বানানো হয়েছে র‌্যাম্পাস। ঢাকার গুলশানের এই পাঁচ তারকা হোটেলে আসা অতিথিদের গাড়ি হোটেলের পার্কিং এলাকা থেকে ওই র‌্যাম্প হয়ে প্রধান ফটকে যাচ্ছে। ফুটপাতে এভাবে যানবাহন চলাচল করায় ব্যাহত হচ্ছে পথচারীদের চলাচল। ফলে ওই সড়কের ফুটপাত অংশটি এখন হোটেলটির দখলে চলে গেছে। ফলে পথচারীদের চলাচল সীমাবদ্ধ হয়ে পড়েছে। স্থানীয় পথচারীরা বিষয়টি নিয়ে অভিযোগ করলেও এটির কোনো সমাধান যেন নেই।"
  From Google Translate: "The Westin Hotel authorities have been occupying a part of the sidewalk for a long time and have arranged for car parking. As a result, pedestrian movement is being affected. Ramps have been built by occupying the sidewalk for cars to get on and off. Cars of guests coming to this five-star hotel in Dhaka's Gulshan go from the hotel's parking area to the main gate through that ramp. The movement of vehicles on the sidewalk in this way is being hampered. As a result, the sidewalk section of that road has now been occupied by the hotel. As a result, pedestrian movement has been restricted. Although local pedestrians have complained about the issue, there seems to be no solution to it."
4. Ali, Asma (2024-01-01). "Prego presents authentic Italian cuisine". The Bangladesh Monitor. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "Since its opening in 2007, The Westin Dhaka has been one of the culinary choices of the city. Being an international hotel chain, Westin Dhaka introduced a good number of global cuisines for food lovers. Coupled with a variety-like the Pan Asian food restaurant, refreshing light bites and drink poolside spot and a 24-hour deli-there is also a specialty fine-dining Italian restaurant named Prego at the hotel. Prego is an Italian-only place and possibly the only one of its kind in Dhaka. True to its name, it serves authentic Italian cuisine at an open kitchen. ... Prego is at the topmost floor of The Westin Dhaka, open from 6:30 pm till 10:30pm. The location makes it one of the most beautiful restaurants in Dhaka as it gives a mesmerising view of the city skyline."
5. Akter, Sayeda (2008-03-19). "Dhaka's five-star boom". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "Dressed in the finest traditional sherwani and paggree, the doorman ushers guests into the marble lobby of The Westin Dhaka, the capital's latest five star hotel situated in the heart of Gulshan. Inside groups of foreign businessmen and guests recline in the trendy egg shaped chairs, sipping coffee and eating delicate pastries. It is midmorning and the café is doing a brisk trade, as it has done since the hotel was opened in July last year. ... Leading the boom have been the newly opened hotels, the 235-room Westin ... All three hotels have been built in the north of the city, exploiting better access to Zia International Airport and the garment belt in Ashulia-Savar as well as the headquarters of the major mobile telecom operators. They are also either inside, or close, to the capital's diplomatic zone and therefore largely unaffected by hartals, enforced general strikes that bring commercial activity in the rest of the city to a standstill."
6. "Executive Travel". South China Morning Post. Agence France-Presse. 2002-07-22. Factiva afpr000020020720dy7k0080x. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "Dhaka decadence: A luxury hotel which has already been four years in the building in Dhaka by the US-based Starwood Hotel and Resort Worldwide group, is finally to open its doors next year, AFP reports. The US$36 million, 25-storey hotel, which began construction in 1998, will be called Westin Dhaka and will open its doors to guests at the end of next year. The five-star hotel will have 250 rooms and is located in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka's Gulshan diplomatic area."
7. "New 5-star hotel to be built in city". The Independent. 1999-12-21. Factiva tinde00020010912dvcl0034f.
  The article notes: "A new 5-Star hotel is going to be constructed in Dhaka soon. Borak Travels Pvt Ltd of Bangladesh and internationally reputed Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc yesterday signed a contract to manage and participate jointly in the investment of Taka 2,000 million for building a 5-star luxury hotel at Gulshan in the city. The name of the hotel will be 'The Westin Dhaka'. ... The Westin Dhaka, which is already under construction, will have provisions for guests including 250 guest rooms, specious executive floor and lounge, presidential suite, grand banquet hall, meeting rooms, restaurants, swimming pool, health clubs, business center and other facilities. This hotel will be capable of employing 500 people."
8. Hasnine, Nehal (2024-09-02). "Officials complicit in business and political scandals across 26 rooms". Bonik Barta. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  The article notes: "The Westin Hotel, located in Gulshan, has been revealed in the law enforcement investigation to have been used by government officials, business people, and politicians to carry out various criminal activities in at least 26 of its rooms. ... The indictment further states that Papia used 26 rooms at The Westin Hotel during those four months, for which she paid BDT 32.32 million for the room rent. ... The Westin Dhaka began its commercial operations in Gulshan on July 1, 2007. It is managed through Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC, a company in the travel and hospitality sector."
9. Leung, Mikey; Meggitt, Belinda (2009). Bangladesh: the Bradt Travel Guide. Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-84162-293-4. Retrieved 2025-07-27 – via Internet Archive.
  The book notes: "Among 5-star hotels in Dhaka, this is the newest option. Early reviews indicate that the hotel is still getting its kinks out. Local aid organisations or embassies will probably be able to get the best rates. Has spa & swimming pool & broadband in all rooms. This is the best hotel in Gulshan, so if your business is up here, this is where you'll want to be."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Westin Dhaka to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:54, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - based on assessment by @Cunard and new sources mentioned.Darkm777 (talk) 01:35, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Looking for more input on Cunard's sources.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 17:56, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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