Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

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 of the debate was delete all. Proto///type 12:00, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

These pages would appear to be the beginnings of potential listcruft. Can individual streets of questionable note in a town really justify individual articles? Matticus78 11:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, not quite an A7. Having the football stadium on it might be regarded as an assertion of notability, but we don't have an article on White Hart Lane that covers the road rather than the stadium. Tevildo 12:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The article on Blackpool F.C. itself already makes mention of the road, and there is already a perfectly good article on Bloomfield Road (the stadium specifically, rather than the road). Can't see the merit of a separate article on the road unless there's anything else of note about it. -- Matticus78 13:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following pages for the same reason:

• Preston New Road, Blackpool
• Whitegate Drive, Blackpool

• • Speedy A7 both. No assertion of notability. Tevildo 12:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per non notable streets, CSD:A7 only applies to people and groups of people though does it not?. Ydam 13:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Preston New Road, Blackpool could be deleted under {{Template:db-empty}}, since the entire content is "Preston New Road is a major road in the UK town of Blackpool", essentially repeating the title.

• Delete all, non-notable streets. Not sure A7 applies here. --Coredesat 13:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all of them. Not even a little bit notable. Mr Stephen 15:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable in any way that I can see.--MichaelMaggs 17:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool to become redirect.) I have been along all these roads and I can confirm from personal experience that they are non-notable! -- RHaworth 18:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Many apologies for any confusion regarding the creation of those articles. I created them only yesterday as stubs (I do not yet know how to insert the 'this article is a stub...' bit at the bottom), which need to be expanded. All those roads are significant in Blackpool and the surrounding area, and all would be well-known to those who live here. They are all A or B roads (I have no intention of creating an article for every single road in Blackpool or anywhere else). Furthermore, all, but most particularly Whitegate Drive, have some historical importance for the town. Whitegate Drive, for example, is one of the oldest main roads in the area, and as is hinted at (but I admit not yet referenced), is or has been the location of a number of important buildings. I have not read any rule or policy that would call for its deletion; it needs improving, and I welcome any constructive criticism; I was not sure whether to create a single article on all the roads or geography of the town, and perhaps that would be a less controversial decision. My further intention was to eventually create a number of coherent and informative articles on all aspects of the town. If there is no article on White Hart Lane, or any other road with a major landmark on it, that does not mean the article on Bloomfield Road (which is significant for other reasons, though maybe not enough to warrant a whole article to itself should be deleted - I would argue that perhaps those other roads do deserve an article. It might appear that articles on Blackpool are being unfairly proliferated and expanded, but you can only write about what you know. It is for the inhabitants of other towns to write about their landmarks. Sorry to have caused any offence or confusion. Scyrene 19:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Perhaps a valid point. We have Sepulveda Boulevard, after all, which doesn't appear to be any more notable than these streets - but it's in Los Angeles rather than Blackpool. On the other hand, New York seems to be containing its minor streets quite well in Manhattan streets, 23-42. My opinion is still *Weak Delete, but it's not as trivial an issue as it might appear at first. Tevildo 20:43, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Except Sepulveda Boulevard is a n\major street 30 miles (50 km) long, the longest in car-crazy L.A., and passes a lot of L.A. landmarks (hmm, it goes by the Getty Center). --Calton | Talk 05:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete All. Unnotable in themselves, can confirm for sure. Considered a redirect to Blackpool FC for Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, but guess what - Bloomfield Road already exists (and is valid IMO). --DaveG12345 00:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all until and unless some actual notability is established. It's worth noting that batch of similiar articles created at the same time have already been speedily deleted {{Template:db-empty}}, since their contents were all of the form "NAME, Blackpool: NAME is a major road in the UK town of Blackpool." --Calton | Talk 05:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Retain All It is not possible to assess notability until the articles are posted. That is the time to decide on deletion, not now. The author asserts that they at present stubs; let him wtite the definitive articles and decide then.--Anthony.bradbury 15:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep All per plea from article creator. I'll WP:AGF and assume that the article creator will now keep his promise to make these into reasonable articles as soon as practicable (although I would urge him to consider merging them into a single article). Herostratus 19:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Whitegate Drive, Blackpool is four months old now. Have a look and see what you think to it. --Mr Stephen 23:20, 2 July 2006 (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.