Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Killman Zoo

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The result was speedy keep; plenty of coverage found in local newspaper archive. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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This zoo appears to lack the required amount of independent coverage to satisfy any applicable notability guideline. I wasn't able to turn up anything except the usual scatter of run-of-the-mill tourist guides, travel blogs, Tripadvisor, and listings. (Please also see AfDs for Greenview Aviaries Park & Zoo and Oshawa Zoo. I don't particularly have it in for Ontario zoos, but I noticed that the category was full of undersourced entries. For some I have found sources and dropped them on the talk page, for these I didn't.) -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Vo, Jennifer (2013-02-26). "Killman Zoo celebrates 25 years in operation". Glanbrook Gazette. Torstar. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. Dreschel, Andrew (1999-05-14). "Time Has Caught up to Killman Zoo Hard Work, Pride and Love Can't Erase Red from Bottom Line". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "The Killman Zoo Discover the Zoo That Art Built". Horizon Travel Magazine. 2018-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. Nolan, Dan (1999-06-15). "Killman's Menagerie May Move to New Home Public's Reaction to Closure Prompts Founder's Son to Consider Smaller Venue". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. Fitzgerald, Tony (2002-07-03). "Zoo owner worries about trail". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. Nolan, Dan (1993-03-23). "Owner forms group to fight animal-rights activists, legislation Much ado at the Killman Zoo". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. "Cygnet Signs: Zoo owners sing happy song over trumpeter swans". The Hamilton Spectator. 1993-06-24. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  8. "Animal rights group critical of zoo". The Hamilton Spectator. 2006-09-25. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  9. Arnold, Steve (1995-10-31). "Private zoos rap critical report: Toronto group eyes private closures". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  10. Nolan, Dan (1999-05-12). "Killman Vows to Close Zoo 'We're Regulated to Death,' Says Owner". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  11. Barlowe, Kate (1999-09-11). "Caledonia Split Over Plans to Move Zoo Some Residents Opposed but Zoo Owner Maintains Tourism Spinoff Worth It". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

  Sources with quotes

  Vo, Jennifer (2013-02-26). "Killman Zoo celebrates 25 years in operation". Glanbrook Gazette. Torstar. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Dreschel, Andrew (1999-05-14). "Time Has Caught up to Killman Zoo Hard Work, Pride and Love Can't Erase Red from Bottom Line". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: "The Killman Zoo Discover the Zoo That Art Built". Horizon Travel Magazine. 2018-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Nolan, Dan (1999-06-15). "Killman's Menagerie May Move to New Home Public's Reaction to Closure Prompts Founder's Son to Consider Smaller Venue". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Fitzgerald, Tony (2002-07-03). "Zoo owner worries about trail". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Nolan, Dan (1993-03-23). "Owner forms group to fight animal-rights activists, legislation Much ado at the Killman Zoo". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: "Cygnet Signs: Zoo owners sing happy song over trumpeter swans". The Hamilton Spectator. 1993-06-24. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: "Animal rights group critical of zoo". The Hamilton Spectator. 2006-09-25. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Arnold, Steve (1995-10-31). "Private zoos rap critical report: Toronto group eyes private closures". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Nolan, Dan (1999-05-12). "Killman Vows to Close Zoo 'We're Regulated to Death,' Says Owner". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes: Barlowe, Kate (1999-09-11). "Caledonia Split Over Plans to Move Zoo Some Residents Opposed but Zoo Owner Maintains Tourism Spinoff Worth It". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-25. The article notes:

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Killman Zoo to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 09:47, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cunard: Whoa - nice haul. Seems that picking a local paper and trawling the archives does a body good :) I'll withdraw this and drop the refs on the talk page. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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