Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brooklyn, Toronto

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. Mailer Diablo 01:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brooklyn, Toronto

• Speedy Delete. This page appears to be a complete fabrication. I live in Toronto and came across this by accident. I'd never heard of it, and decided to see if this was just my ignorance or not. An official map of Toronto neighborhoods can be found on the city's website at [1]. Brooklyn is not there. There is another unofficial site with good neighbourhood maps at [2]. Not there either. There is a Brooklyn Avenue in Toronto, but that doesn't qualify as a neighborhood, except possibly to people who live on that street. The page was created by an anonymous user and has had no edits since its creation, a long time ago. Pages like this bring Wikipedia into disrepute and should be deleted without delay. Slowmover 17:58, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. There actually is a Brooklyn not far from Toronto (north of Pickering), but I certainly don't know of one in the Carlton/Sherbourne area as claimed by this article. Maelwys 21:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
  • That's actually a Brooklin. Bearcat 18:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Although this article appears to be false, it doesn't meet the criteria for speedy delete as laid out in WP:CSD. Delete according to comments from Toronto residents above.  (aeropagitica)  21:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.--み使い Mitsukai 01:36, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. A psychic power point huh? -- Krash (Talk) 02:38, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --Terence Ong 11:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable or non-existent. I've never heard of it and I've worked in Toronto (East York, specifically... although there is also a York, North York, York Region, Yorkville, Yorkdale, York Mills and more York-related names than anyone knows what to do with as Toronto itself was once Muddy York, but no Brooklyn AFAIK). The area near Allan Gardens would be Cabbagetown, IIRC. --carlb 12:53, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• For the record, as somebody who lives more or less at the corner of Wellesley and Sherbourne, I can personally vouch for the fact that there's nothing called "Brooklyn" in the area. There's a St. Jamestown, a Cabbagetown, a Regent Park...and in the fevered minds of real estate agents there's a "Garden District" and a "Winchester Square", but not so they would actually deserve articles of their own. Based on "Originally a controversial area of the city because of problems with drug distribution and prostitution" and "Buildings that were once considered dilapidated are being reimagined and redesigned", I'd hazard a guess that this article is some kind of weird Regent Park parody, but I couldn't swear to that. It's definitely a delete, at any rate. Bearcat 18:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - A hoax. Skeezix1000 19:33, 7 March 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.