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Ruidoso River Museum

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I can't find any WP:SIGCOV of this museum at all, and it looks like it may have permanently closed according to social media chatter. The best coverage is passing, promotional mentions like this, which in my view is not sufficient to support a redirect to Ruidoso, New Mexico. This article may be referring to the same museum. Suriname0 (talk) 21:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Museums and libraries and New Mexico. Suriname0 (talk) 21:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The museum has closed and some of their artifacts have been sold off. I've updated the article to reflect this. There are a number of other defunct museums on Wikipedia so it's not a problem retaining it as an artifact. Nayyn (talk) 11:31, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi User:Nayyn, I have no problem with the fact that the museum is closed. My concern with retaining it as an article is that I can find no WP:SIGCOV. In my opinion, the subject doesn't meet WP:GNG... and is not close to meeting WP:NCORP. (I doubt the RoadsideAmerica.com article is reliable, and it looks like the most in-depth coverage.) Thanks, Suriname0 (talk) 19:27, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Museums and libraries Proposed Deletions

Dallas Contemporary (via WP:PROD on 3 November 2024)