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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 00:12, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Blasius Chocolate Factory[edit]

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There are only a couple media articles in a Google News Archive search, which only mention the company briefly. There are not enough source materials to write a properly verified article. CorporateM (Talk) 17:07, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leaning towards delete - I recovered the Northeast Times article here and a Google News archives search provided a somewhat detailed article here which does not mention Phil Bernick, not Phil Kerwick but it seems he uses both? I also found a reprint of that article here through a different newspaper. This 1990 article mentions a William Blasius on Paul Street and says this store belongs to a confectionery association so it's probably relevant. I'm not from Philly but I'm receiving some evidence that suggests it has since closed and that may explain the lack of recent news coverage. Continuing my news search, I found an article here (not archived at the philly.com website) and other news articles here (very brief mention), here, here and here (first page) and here (third page). One of the recent articles I found is from last year here (CBS Local News) and I also found two candy blog reviews here (from 2006 and also mentions no website so they may never have had one) and here. At the beginning, I started going towards weak keep because I found many news links but I'm realizing there isn't much coverage overall and it is more known in the Philadelphia area. A search at other Philadelphia newspapers provided no additional results. Although it has been around for many years, it seems they mainly received coverage for the Halloween and Easter festivities which makes sense. SwisterTwister talk 20:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak keep - while the mentions are passing, they use adjectives like "landmark" to describe the company. Bearian (talk) 22:00, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- References 2 and 3 are not reliable sources. Reference 1 is, but is both local and does not refer to it as a "landmark". - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:26, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 02:36, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 01:18, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Looks like a nifty place, but notability, alas, cannot be demonstrated. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:26, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The article does not really give any indication of why this business is notable. I'm sure their products are great, but I agree with The Bushranger. Paris1127 (talk) 01:02, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Notability not demonstrated. It's just another chocolate shop, albeit one that's been around awhile. There are a lot of them in Pennsylvania. The news pieces are what you would expect to see on local news; viz., "check out this local business." Richigi (talk) 00:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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