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List of Minnesotan desserts

List of Minnesotan desserts (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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List is mostly unsourced and few, if any, are unique or exclusive to the state of Minnesota. I have made and eaten some of these in the Canadian Arctic. It violates Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a directory. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 23:59, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Food and drink, Lists, and Minnesota. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:04, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Mostly WP:OR and most entries are not unique to Minnesota. Ajf773 (talk) 00:28, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Kahlo157, you made the list at Cuisine of Minnesota#Desserts and pastries – why exactly does this need to be a redundant, duplicate page?? As was said, many of these are eaten across the country, so I encourage you to continue work on that article but clean it up to be only those most emblematic of Minnesota cuisine, ideally with more contextual prose. Reywas92^Talk 01:55, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I created this page, and am currently working on one for dishes of Minnesota in an effort to conform the cuisine of Minnesota page to be more like the the style of other cuisine pages (Italian cuisine, cuisine of Quebec etc) which have a short list of notable foods followed by a separate page listing all of the foods within the cuisine. I am assuming the food you are referring to that is eaten across the country is the blueberry muffin, which I only included because it is the state muffin. That being said it is eaten throughout the country so I will take it off. Thanks for the feedback. Kahlo157 (talk) 15:11, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  A section of desserts in Cuisine of Minnesota with ones that are relevant to the state is fine. So listing bundt cakes, Pie à la Mode, and blueberry muffins which are relevant as they were invented there and one is the state muffin. However, things like marzipan, rice pudding, and dessert bars are eaten world wide and not particularly associated with one state in the US and make it an indiscriminate list. Any other list of desserts by sub-national entity should also probably be deleted. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 00:03, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - we call redundant articles "WP:FORKs" for a good reason. Also, several of these desserts were extant in other places long before they were "invented" in Minnesota. For example, marzipan was imported from Germany in the 19th Century, and rice pudding was popular among children in the 1970s as far apart as New York City and Manila. Bearian (talk) 10:26, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paul S. Victor

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Fails WP:NMUSIC and unreferenced. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and United States of America. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:NOTPROMO. A search yielded nothing in newspaper.com, google books, google scholar, etc. I even checked the Trove newspaper archive at the Australia National Library given the Hillsong Church connection. Nothing there either.4meter4 (talk) 22:26, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Caribbean, Minnesota, and Texas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:47, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: There is no references, clearly Fails WP:NMUSIC or WP:GNG. Baqi:) (talk) 20:26, 25 August 2025 (UTC) Blocked sock. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:14, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV and feels largely promotional. MayhemStoppingBy (talk) 22:53, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: per nom. It can be passed of CSD G11. ROY is WAR Talk! 02:52, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Did my own WP:BEFORE as well and couldn't find anything. Nil🥝 03:41, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - unsourced WP:BLP. In ordinary times, not a big problem, but nowadays, this is a legal risk. Bearian (talk) 04:09, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per 4meter4's findings --Lenticel ^(talk) 06:40, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - lacks SIGCOV in my web searches so far, some potential hits mentioning the subjects name seems from primary sources, no hits from Google News either.Lorraine Crane (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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 delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:05, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shoreline Public Adjusters, LLC

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Connected contributor. Recently started company in 2025. Non-notable. Frap (talk) 23:51, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Frap (talk) 23:51, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as clear WP:PROMO and company does not meet WP:NCORP.David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 03:05, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance, Florida, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:23, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: No evidence of notability, look like AI generated content, fails WP:NCORP. Baqi:) (talk) 18:35, 26 August 2025 (UTC) Blocked sock. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:12, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy deleteCriteria A7, clearly WP:PROMO. –DMartin 22:30, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: An article setting out the wares of an insurance claim firm, sourced to their own site and routine listings. No evidence of attained notability provided or found. AllyD (talk) 19:25, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV and per WP:NOTPROMO.4meter4 (talk) 01:49, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete. Mostly self-published unencyclopedic trash. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 13:38, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Don Bleu

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Local radio host - Google search and news search yield no significant non-local coverage, and awards not significant enough to meet WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. Current references almost exclusively non-independent local radio news sources. Epsilon.Prota ^talk 16:27, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Radio, and Minnesota. Shellwood (talk) 16:31, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep, seems to have been been the subject of a couple moderate-length newspaper profiles about his personal life,^[1][2] and the loss of his job in 1989 was covered by multiple large newspapers, who both called him a "fixture".^[3][4] From across the country, a New York Daily News reporter called him "popular" in 1988^[5] and his 1998 visit to his North Dakota hometown was front page local news.^[6] As recently as 2011, an article in the San Francisco Chronicle called him a "major name".^[7] Most recently interviewed by the California Historical Radio Society who seem to treat him as a figure of some prominence, although I can't tell how important this organization is.^[8] I'm still calling my !vote here "weak" because I'm not sure how much of this coverage is routine for 1980s radio and television performers, so other editors contextualizing these articles would be helpful. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 19:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, California, and North Dakota. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:06, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. "Don Bleu 'suffers' through L.A. winter". Minneapolis Tribune. 1979-09-28. p. 3C. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Malaspina, Rick (1981-08-30). "Don Bleu and his lawn wait to grow up". Oakland Tribune. p. I-26. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Mann, Bill (1989-07-27). "Fired, but not Bleu". Oakland Tribune. p. C-6. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Fong-Torres, Ben (1989-07-24). "'X-100' puts DJ Don Bleu out of work". San Francisco Chronicle. p. F1. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Mirabella, Alan (1988-09-12). "Institutionalized comedy". New York Daily News. p. 31. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Cory, Matt (1998-01-29). "This guy's voice really carries". Grand Forks Herald. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2025-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Fong-Torres, Ben (2011-12-11). "Big changes for Don Bleu, 'Green,' KNEW". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19.
8. Bleu, Don (2025-02-14). "The Don Bleu Interview" (Interview). Interviewed by Bennett, Michael. California Historical Radio Society. Archived from the original on 2025-03-24.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 16:57, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 18:00, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The sources already present in the article appear to pass WP:SIGCOV.4meter4 (talk) 20:21, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: The sources listed above are enough for GNG. Somebodyidkfkdt (talk) 00:51, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - but please make sure all the sources found are added. Bearian (talk) 02:10, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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