Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coastal Connecticut

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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. John254 22:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coastal Connecticut

Coastal Connecticut (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Connecticut does have a coast, but it does not define a "Region." In fact it was made up as an agglomeration of smaller Connecticut "Regions," which reflect some planner or tourism official's idea of what needed to exist - neither Coastal Connecticut nor its "constituent parts" would likely be recognized by state residents. Jd2718 08:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related page because it is also an artificial region, invented by agglomerating smaller, artificial regions.

  • Southwestern Connecticut

Jd2718 08:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

  • This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 19:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 01:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep I really don't know, but all I can go by is precedent (and perhaps borderline WP:POKEMON); We do have articles like Southern California, Oregon Coast and Florida Panhandle. If there's distinction of the region, perhaps it's worth an article. --Oakshade 03:47, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. It's in the template...per above. Sr13 09:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Why is the nominator the one to decide that it does not constitute a region, when the state does do so? Alansohn 09:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I missed that. The State of Connecticut has designated "Coastal Connecticut" as some sort of official region? Jd2718 01:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep. Seems reasonable to me. Bridgeport, New Haven and New London are certainly all similar cities, and I think the area qualifies as a region. —Cuiviénen 18:32, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I sympathize with this nom. because often people invent concepts which exist only in their own minds and then write wikipedia articles on them. But this term gets many, many (42,000) ghits and as much as Coastal Connecticut may lack an identity the term is in use. Allon Fambrizzi 23:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)Allon Fambrizzi
  • Weak Keep per the number of hits posted above. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:34, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Article needs to be improved, but it's notable enough, so Keep. --Wizardman 18:08, 24 November 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.