Talk:Niagara Falls Convention Centre

Events section

I've removed the section that listed events that have taken place there or were planned to take place there. All of the sources were local and it was fairly run of the mill coverage that might violate WP:NOTDIRECTORY. This event will take place there kind of thing. If an event was covered by non-local sources, it'd likely be more notable because it was be considered noteworthy outside of bringing awareness to locals that an event is taking place somewhere. Clovermoss (talk) 13:34, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Notability

@CaptainEek: I doubt you remember this because this literally happened in 2019, but you're the one who accepted this an AfC submission (after intitially declining it) and I was interested in your thoughts on this if you have the time. If it helps refresh your memory, there's this relevant discussion [1] and the one immediately below it.

I guess I was just wondering if maybe your opinion has changed since then? I'm still getting used to the idea of how WP:NCORP works in practice and while some things are more obvious... this article has been on my mind as an example where things might be more borderline? Some of the coverage is more routine-y. But at the same time I'm wondering if maybe I'm being too strict in my definition here. A second opinion would put my mind more at ease. Clovermoss (talk) 23:01, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Clovermoss Honestly it probably isn't notable, just some random convention center, I won't object if you wanna PROD/AfD it. I don't recall my thinking about it, since it was three years ago. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 00:04, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@CaptainEek I'll conduct a more thorough BEFORE and then consider AfD. Thanks for the second opinion. Clovermoss (talk) 00:06, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Onel5969: If you're able to, maybe you'd be willing to share your thoughts? I'm still unsure after thinking about this more and I don't want to waste people's time with an AfD if the best outcome really would be to prod this since I'm the only one that's likely to care at this point. I think this would be useful as a learning experience, too. But obviously you're not obligated to do anything. Clovermoss (talk) 00:45, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Clovermoss - This is not an easy one. I mean it should be, but it isn't. There are literally thousands of mentions of this center, but is there any in-depth coverage? In addition, you have to search under Scotiabank Convention Centre as well. And then do both searches with center instead of centre. I don't think it should be prodded, but you might take it to AfD, and someone might take an interest in it and do a deep dive, but honestly a thorough BEFORE of this could take hours to slog through all the mentions to find if there are any in-depth discussions. And then their is the coverage in French. I did find one in-depth source, "Analysis, Design and Construction of Braced Barrel Vaults", which spends a couple of pages on the centre, but since I can't read them, they might be about the structure which predated the current convention center, and is now a casino. Sorry I couldn't be more definitive. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 09:24, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Onel5969: I'd say that the best sources would be the ones currently in the article. I thought it was worth an article when I started it but that was a long time ago. A long-term goal of mine has been trying to improve earlier articles I started and also everything in the Niagara Region because a lot of articles related to local interests are just not ideal. I find a lot of stuff about Niagara Falls tends to kind of tourism-y in nature because that's a huge focus of the city... so I wasn't sure if the interviews and local news coverage (St. Catharines is a nearby city) impacted the independant part (especially since they're including kinda PR-y quotes from people like the mayor and convention centre staff). Also the Niagara Falls Review/St. Catharines Standard are owned by the same people now, iirc, so they aren't really seperate sources. The same news is literally printed but just with a different title in most cases nowadays, at least in the paper version. Some other things that might effect the searching is that Scotiabank is a pretty major Canadian bank, there's other convention centres named after them, and a convention centre by its very nature is going to have a lot of passing mentions because people organize events and mention it. Clovermoss (talk) 12:28, 17 September 2022 (UTC), edited 12:32, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

My memory is terrible. The Standard isn't even used as a source here. Clovermoss (talk) 13:34, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Personally, since it's borderline GNG, I would leave it.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:37, 17 September 2022 (UTC)