Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gefängnis Zürich
I'm one of the German speakers (and Zurich locals) that have had a look due to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:German-speaking_Wikipedians%27_notice_board&diff=316863991&oldid=308864086 this call. Yes, the percentage of incarcerated US citizenry (and resulting number of prisoners) is quite high in comparison to Swiss standards, and yes, Swiss prisons do not feature as prominently in Hollywood films as their US counterparts, but this shouldn't really count here. I'm sorry (and at the same time, quite happy) to say that prisons in Switzerland do not tend to become any bigger than this one.However, if you mess up in Zurich, that's where you will normally be headed (no first-hand experience, though); and yes, Vitalij Kalojew did make quite a name for himself in Switzerland before he checked in, so the "just because of Polanski" argument doesn't really apply. I'm not quite sure what kind of an attestation of notability in published sources you expect (an article in a newspaper attesting the prison's notability for an internet encyclopedia? -- it's certainly not the only building of public interest in Zurich on WP). I cannot see a rationale that would make it logical to cover the many prisons in America but not the ones in Switzerland. And if neither is notable enough, what with  and whatnot, have a try at having a few US prisons deleted first and see what the reaction would be! ;-) How cramped for space are anyway we to make it necessary to draw the line here
— User:Trigaranus, 13:20, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:WAX (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)