Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gambling in Quebec

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:13, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gambling in Quebec (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Topic does not seem to meet WP:GNG. Sources are available for histories of individual gambling venues, but notability about gambling in this city seems to be due to WP:SYNTH. MrsSnoozyTurtle 02:21, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by nominator. MrsSnoozyTurtle 21:23, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:26, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: the article is about gambling in the province of Quebec, not about Quebec City. Mindmatrix 02:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Provincial gambling regulations, casinos and lotteries are a notable topic. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It is well within guidelines to have an article on a notable broader topic and to include information about subsidiary topics. That is the case even if the subsidiary topics are not notable. In this case the nomination seems to be claiming the subtopics may be notable but they may not be covered in the main article on account of WP:SYNTH. This is a serious, serious misunderstanding of our policy on no original research and our notability guidelines. The main topic would be notable without any mention of individual casinos but the article would be less satisfactory. Thincat (talk) 09:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep seems to broadly cover history of gambling in the province. Oaktree b (talk) 21:21, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but rename/widen scope to Gambling in Canada. I searched for sources that would give gambling in (the province or the city of) Quebec WP:GNG status, checking Google, Google News, Google Scholar, and Google Books. I didn't find any (only cursory mentions). However, I found good independent, in-depth sources on the gambling industry and gambling behaviours in Canada, more generally.
  • Do not delete because there is some good material in the present article. The expanded article could use e.g. this government factsheet.
  • Article needs some WP:NPOV cleanup but that has no bearing on notability. ‎⠀Trimton⠀‎‎ 13:28, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - some good RS now identified, withdrawn by nom, and - indeed looks like it's WPSNOWing Deathlibrarian (talk) 12:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.