The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy keep. Clear arguments below -- clearly will be the center of discussion of economic impacts of the pandemic in many contexts. Sadads ( talk) 06:33, 31 March 2020 (UTC) reply

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For the same reasons as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the 2020 Summer Olympics. This is just a collection of news tidbits that don't add up to an encyclopedic article. jamacfarlane ( talk) 11:58, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply

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• Keep or userdraftify, as another editor has expressed interest in working on it; I created this article so obviously I thought the subject was clearly notable, and I don't think it's at all analogous to the effect on the summer olympics, which as was pointed out at that deletion discussion is now a rescheduling which can be covered other places. The pandemic is literally changing the restaurant industry in industrialized nations as we speak. The coverage is ongoing, unlike that for the olympics now that it's been settled. Nothing about the effects on the restaurant industry has been settled yet; we are seeing just the beginning of the fallout. It's put millions out of work just in the US and is threatening hundreds of thousands of businesses. However, as it is certainly a developing story, if the consensus is that this isn't ready for article space, I'd work on it in userdraftspace while the situation continues to develop. --valereee ( talk) 12:17, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep on the whole, per User:Valereee. Might end up as a list? Johnbod ( talk) 12:46, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete (Alternatively, salt.) Too soon. Clearly an ongoing news story with no obvious resolution in sight. Wait and see - it could be they're all reopened in a few months (or 3 weeks in Trump's version of the world!) and the overall effect is approaching zero. Or, ..... Emeraude ( talk) 14:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply

  Emeraude, salt seems a little drastic lol --valereee ( talk) 15:27, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep: This is being discussed widely in reliable sources, as the article demonstrates. There will be a major impact in this industry worldwide, no matter what happens in the next weeks/months. — Toughpigs ( talk) 15:21, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Draftify The subject will be notable enough soon and drafting will give the creator time to work on it until it is. Which it seems like they want to do. So stright deletion is pointless. At this point the article is more a prose/personal essay with speculation about future events then it is an encyclopedic article, but can change when things develop more and there's an actual impact, but it shouldnt be in the main article space until then. Adamant1 ( talk) 15:26, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep or Draftify at most. The pandemic has had a drastic impact on the restaurant industry, probably something we'll see a lot more in the future. Getting rid of it entirely doesn't seem purdent. Breawycker ( talk to me!) 16:27, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• I made this nomination but am happy to keep if improvements are in train. I also see the distinction between this and the Olympics article, as the restaurant industry will likely see long-lasting effects of the pandemic. jamacfarlane ( talk) 16:46, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep Valereee created Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States and has the experience, though this and related articles need cleaning up. ch ( talk) 17:48, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep the single-most important event to occur to my industry likely since the creation of restaurants... This event is shuttering so many businesses and for so long that untold numbers will become bankrupt, along with potentially millions of employees. ɱ (talk) 06:46, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep This is an important issue, many careers are at stake. Gzuufy ( talk) 07:52, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep, if we have articles as specific as Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States, then this can stay. WP:IMPROVEDONTREMOVE, thank you. >> BEANS X2 t 10:49, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Just a fad having no encyclopedic value. Kaweendra ( talk) 12:45, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply

I'm sorry, but a fad is "an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities". A horrific, once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe is something like one of the world's largest industries, barely hanging on the balance of slim profit margins already, shuttering worldwide, causing permanent closures to untold numbers of businesses and unemployment to record numbers of workers in the industry. Try being a little more sensitive. ɱ (talk) 13:59, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep Clear lasting significance, well sourced, and the impacts will be felt even more going forward. b uidh e 15:10, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Strong keep. --- Another Believer _{( Talk)} 23:04, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep Not a fad like Coronavirus party and Rent Strike 2020. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:13, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep Widely discussed topic, plenty of available sources, and clear scope for expansion. Dimadick ( talk) 14:05, 28 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Strong Keep There are news articles each day about how social distancing-related closures are impacting the restaurant industry. TH1980 ( talk) 23:29, 28 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Idea How about creating an article about (impact of the.....on industries), where it can cover from the steel industry, to food, automotive, retail and restaurant industries. Raphael.Concorde ( talk) 21:44, 29 March 2020 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.