The result was redirect to Receptionist. MBisanz talk 03:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is, and has been, a strange entry and my rationale for putting it up for AfD is not as clear cut and policy based as it would normally be. I prodded this some time back and it was deleted, then I noticed it was recreated so I prodded it again and the prod was removed after a source was added.
The main argument I have here which I hate to fall back on is that this is in some way "unencyclopedic." For one thing the real title should be "hotel front desk" which really should not be an article (maybe a section of the article on hotels). Because of course there are all kind of places that have "front desks" in a manner of speaking though they are often called something different like a "reception desk" (which redirects to receptionist).
To me this would be like having an article on "restaurant dishwashing area" since that is an aspect of restaurants and presumably there are some things out there written about it (I could tell y'all some stories from my high school days!). Or we could have an article on "circulation department" (for a library) or "counselor's office" (for a school) or "receiving committee" (for the huge food co-op of which I am a member)—all of which are departments or offices unique to a particular industry or business. But I just don't think we want that kind of thing in this encyclopedia, though admittedly I can't cite a policy on that offhand (WP:NODEPARTMENTS?).
If there's a creative way to turn this into a viable article then fine, but otherwise I think it's going to look like it does now, i.e. more like a job description you get when you go in for an interview. Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 02:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]