Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Area code 757

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The result of the debate was MERGE to List of North American area codes. In fact, it already has its entry there so I'll just redirect. -Splash^talk 20:02, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Area code 757

Completely unencyclopaedic entry that couldn't even be merged in to 'Telephone Numbering Plan'. So what if there's folk misty-eyed over their phone numbers in a small area of Virginia? Delete Eddie.willers 03:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete before every other area code with a similiar story gets an article. --rob 04:09, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Abstain - Many much more valuable articles have been deleted, but apparently a (bad) precident has been established and should be respected. But, I can't bring myself to vote for keeping something so useless, so I'll just stand aside. --rob 19:59, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Unencyclopedic phonecruft. Bunchofgrapes 04:37, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Merge/keep. Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Area codes outlines what should be done in these cases. If there isn't much worthwhile content, as appears to be the case here, the article should be merged and redirected to List of North American area codes. If the article is improved and expanded it should be kept.- SimonP 05:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup per SimonP. Just FYI, Rob: A whole lot of similar area code articles did get their own articles. More than 85. If anyone's got a problem with that, I encourage them to discuss it at the Policy discussion.-LtNOWIS 19:45, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge as it is not encyclopaedic on its own --TimPope 21:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, or I guess merge if someone really wants to. How could it ever be expanded? Tuf-Kat 06:55, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to List of North American area codes (as SimonP says - there's not much to merge); if the article is updated to reflect its importance, like other area codes with their own articles, I may switch my vote to keep. Personally, I think only a few area codes deserve their own WP article, but once you let one in... Mindmatrix 14:24, 16 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.