Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United India Colony

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 Redirect to Kodambakkam, merge having already been done. Xoloz 23:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] United India Colony

United India Colony (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

is this notable? is it verifiable? Xorkl000 08:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep: Place seems real enough. I would say almost any locality is notable, if San Diego's neighborhood's get articles so do neighborhoods in Indian cities (if that is what this is, which is what I think). Construction companies confirm building at the location, see: [1], [2]. This guy lives there, notably it is part of his address. You can even get IT training there. Regardless I say its notable and real.A mcmurray (talk • contribs) 10:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• great, could we get some references in there please? --Xorkl000 10:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment:Go for it, I have enough on my plate as is. I would note, however, if we are deleting articles simply because they are unreferenced we might end up deleting half the encyclopedia. Its easier to add references later than it is to start over from scratch. Springfield, Illinois is a perfect example of that.A mcmurray (talk • contribs) 11:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• that's one view, personally I think deleting half the encyclopaedia would be a bloody good idea. --Xorkl000 11:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Maybe not half but a lot of garbage can and does get through, I just don't think this particular article is part of that problem.A mcmurray (talk • contribs) 11:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• delete as advertisement. Not all neighborhoods are N. All town & villages are N, for in the case of a neighborhood it will always be questionable whether the name is a name in actual common use in the area, as contrasted to use in advertising. There was a NYC neighborhood deleted a while back on the ground that nobody used it except real estate agents. This actual article is a housing development not a neighborhood, and the content is mostly real estate advertising photographs of some of the local landmarks. NN, and not RS, as there are no sources of any sort whatsoever. The article was created by an ed. who seems to have worked on only this and similarly unsourced neighborhoods and buildings, and is being maintained by a single purpose account. I don't want to delete much from WP, but here is a reasonable place to start. DGG 01:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It seems to be a non-notable locality in the Kodambakkam area of Chennai. I've merged the content to Kodambakkam. Unless there's some evidence of this being notable enough, Delete. (I'm from India, so no bias here) utcursch | talk 15:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comments: The place is a real one as I had passed through the place 100s of time when I was living in Chennai, India. This links will prove that the locality exists [3]. Google gives many results abut the locality. As regards the notability, any geographical place (like a village or part of a big city) is notable and there are many articles relating to villages and smaller towns. The population of United India Colony is certainly more than many villages (with small population running into 100s). Any geographical place should find a mention in Wikipedia - for example we have Hiraya, Nagano with a population of only 645 whereas in two/ three apartments of United India Colony more than 1000 persons may be living. Some examples of more such pages are: Nabua or Maqewa. Accordingly, I am inclined for continued inclusion of this page to Wikipedia and to allow its growth over a period of time though I am unable to assert right now notability of the place. BTW, utcursch has done a good job by merging the contents with Kodambakkam. I am not sure, but it may not be a exactly a part of Kodambakkam though it is adjacent to Kodambakkam. Will some one try to give fresh inputs? --Bhadani 18:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• I'm also nominating the following article - as it seems to be mostly the same content with different capitalisation of the title:

United india colony (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) --Xorkl000 04:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  11:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• Merge the two articles and Keep. Plenty of precedent for neighborhoods and train station inclusion. -- TedFrank 08:33, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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.