Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upper Wickham Lane

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 keep. Discussion to merge should take place at the article's talk page. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 01:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Upper Wickham Lane[edit]

Non-notable Lane. Oscarthecat (talk) 11:25, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oscar, on what basis do you judge the lane as non-notable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lundenwick (talk • contribs) 11:33, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He doesn't need to show how he judges it because the policy is WP:BURDEN -- in other words, unsourced material can be cut from Wikipedia. It's for article creators and editors to show from verifiable sources that the article's subject is notable, and if they don't, the whole article can and will be deleted. Having said that, I think there's a chance we'll be able to give good sources for Upper Wickham Lane, so I'll have a look round and see what I can find. Gut instinct says we don't want to cut this particular article.--S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 12:25, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep after a quick glance at google. We'll be able to give good sources for this, and I'll personally do that if nobody beats me to it.--S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 12:32, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I've added five sources. If this was some ten-house side-street I'd be all for deleting it, but it just isn't; the notability standards for geographical locations are relatively low in any case and I'm confident this passes them.--S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 12:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep According to http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/r10/notes.php?number=A209 "there's not much to say about it", but it could be renamed to A209 road, which can be about Wickham Lane and Upper Wickham Lane (and the now unclassified part of the A209). Articles about A roads usually survive AFD, and a search of Google Books finds some information that could be used in the article. —Snigbrook 15:28, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to A209 road of which it is part, pruning off excess detail. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:44, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A209 road is currently a redirect to a list, the article hasn't been created yet. —Snigbrook 12:29, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable lane. Colonel Warden (talk) 14:15, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Move to A209 road as suggested above. I seem to recall that my car broke down in this lane once. But that don't make it notable enough for its own article and nothing else does either. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 16:40, 3 February 2009 (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.