The result was Keep. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-11 06:20Z
Possibly not notable enough organisation. Opening AFD for community consensus. No Vote exolon 01:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply
Please keep in mind that by deleting this article, you will be saying that this vital radical resource -- for which hundreds of people have willingly volunteered their time over the years -- is of less importance than Zinc_Oxide_Eugenol and Kazuma_Kuwabara (two randomly-accessed articles). Digitoxic 03:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply
Outside recognition as measure of notability: Duke University Library, an internationally renowned organization, has collected and archived the papers of the founder of Internationalist Books, as well as the organizational records, in its Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection: Duke University Library collection This is evidence that the organization is a unique phenomenon, which deserves to be noted.
If time is a measure of notability: Note that of all of the other entries in noteworthy infoshops listed, only two (Jura and Wooden Shoe) were founded prior to 1981 - the founding date of the Internationalist. Not to mention that Jura and Wooden Shoe exist in much larger markets than Chapel Hill, NC. To exist as an independent bookstore for 25 years in a small college town, and to be the only remaining independent bookstore in downtown Chapel Hill, is intrinsically notable (not to mention the history, the outside articles, and all the other measures that comply with the notability guidelines).
Note also, if comparing to the other infoshop entries, that many do not have external links other than their own websites. Here we have a number of outside links, which is a major part of notability - from the the notability guidelines.
Finally, a quick anecdote: I recently spoke with a friend in San Francisco. We have not spoken in about ten years. When she learned that I had moved to Chapel Hill the first thing that she asked me was: "Have you been to the Internationalist?"-- Citizenplastic 15:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)— Citizenplastic ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
The result was Keep. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-11 06:20Z
Possibly not notable enough organisation. Opening AFD for community consensus. No Vote exolon 01:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply
Please keep in mind that by deleting this article, you will be saying that this vital radical resource -- for which hundreds of people have willingly volunteered their time over the years -- is of less importance than Zinc_Oxide_Eugenol and Kazuma_Kuwabara (two randomly-accessed articles). Digitoxic 03:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply
Outside recognition as measure of notability: Duke University Library, an internationally renowned organization, has collected and archived the papers of the founder of Internationalist Books, as well as the organizational records, in its Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection: Duke University Library collection This is evidence that the organization is a unique phenomenon, which deserves to be noted.
If time is a measure of notability: Note that of all of the other entries in noteworthy infoshops listed, only two (Jura and Wooden Shoe) were founded prior to 1981 - the founding date of the Internationalist. Not to mention that Jura and Wooden Shoe exist in much larger markets than Chapel Hill, NC. To exist as an independent bookstore for 25 years in a small college town, and to be the only remaining independent bookstore in downtown Chapel Hill, is intrinsically notable (not to mention the history, the outside articles, and all the other measures that comply with the notability guidelines).
Note also, if comparing to the other infoshop entries, that many do not have external links other than their own websites. Here we have a number of outside links, which is a major part of notability - from the the notability guidelines.
Finally, a quick anecdote: I recently spoke with a friend in San Francisco. We have not spoken in about ten years. When she learned that I had moved to Chapel Hill the first thing that she asked me was: "Have you been to the Internationalist?"-- Citizenplastic 15:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)— Citizenplastic ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply