Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dickerman street

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The result was delete. - Daniel.Bryant 11:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dickerman street

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I don't think a short, one-way, residential street can really be considered notable. Its only claim to notability is that one killing happened there. I don't think every murder needs a place on Wikipedia, but even if this one does, I think a better place for it would be at an article about the victim or an involved gang, not the street it happened on. Wikipedia is not a road map. User:Eastmain (not the creator of the article) removed the PROD notice with the explanation "Street is notable for the killing and for other characteristics." -Elmer Clark 16:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. At best, it is of local interest only. Slideshow Bob 17:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Perhaps the street is better understood as a neighborhood which can be distinguished by ethnicity, income and gang activity from the more tourist- and university-oriented parts of the city. There is a role for articles about boroughs and arrondissements and other subdivisions of cities, and while Dickerman doesn't have self-government, it has the other characteristics of a distinct community. --Eastmain 18:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Looking at this street on Google Maps, it consists of only one block and has about thirty houses at most. I find it very hard to believe that this tiny street has so strong an identity as to be deserving of its own article. -Elmer Clark 19:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, NN crime location. Seems to be an excuse for WP:OR/WP:POV essay on the neighborhood. --Dhartung | Talk 19:27, 16 February 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.