Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabon (street)

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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 of the debate was no consensus. --Sam Blanning(talk) 14:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gabon (street)

This road is not notable, unlike the roads located at Category:Roads in the Philippines. It is not historical, perhaps except to the people at the town. Prod was removed by an anonymous user. --Howard the Duck 05:54, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep (and cleanup). This needs attention, ideally by someone familiar with the region, but simple copyediting would help too. For example, it is clear from a closer reading that the subject is not just a road but a district with a number of sub-districts. (In a number of countries, districts, sometimes even towns, are named for their principal roads.) I think that even though the article is probably mis-titled, the subject is geographically notable at least to the extent that such things are included in other areas, and I think countering systemic bias would be served with a keep. --MCB 06:25, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
    • The way I read it, it was a road with its sidestreets. --Howard the Duck 02:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, I believe that the article is not notable. All the roads in Category:Roads in the Philippines are major "national roads" in the country. Gabon is not a major national road. (I could change my mind if proven otherwise) :) --Noypi380 08:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep per above. --Xyrael T 10:02, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - closer reading reveals it something like a district in Abucay,_Bataan. It might not be notable for you, however, it might be notable for someone else. ackoz 13:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
    • So what's next, an article about a street/district on Bongao, Tawi-Tawi? IMHO, instead of this article, we have to have an article on Roman Superhighway, that is more notable than a street on some town, isn't it? --Howard the Duck 02:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. With notability, it's always necessary to also ask "for whom?" There are many Wiki entries whose likely notability exists only for a locality or people connected with that locality. Abucay has 32,000 people; Ottumwa, Iowa has 25,000. In the latter,there's room to mention a railroad and the two stops that passenger trains make each day. Using that as a measure, I think Gabon round has comparable (local) notability and should be kept. Interlingua talk 13:27, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Then perhaps we can delete Gabon (street) and incorporate the info in Abucay? --Howard the Duck 02:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom Bwithh 20:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Interlingua. —D-Rock 23:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom, just non-notable, wikipedia not a road atlas. Jaranda wat's sup 01:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - do we really need to make every streets and every barangay in the Philippines an article? If we will do these, we should make an article for Kalye Pitong Gatang first. I think this is just a waste of time, and to be practical, no one will research such information, they couldn't care less. --Glenncando 04:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete and merge content to the appropriate municipality article if necessary. Polaron | Talk 18:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. I came across this article before and I was tempted to AFD it. Not notable enough to be verifiable. Coffee 12:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep for now. We are not familar with Philippines. I think we should invite users from that region to judge on its notability. There is no harm of letting the article live for couple more days. If Philippine users find this to be non-notable then one can always re-nominate it in AfD later. --WinHunter (talk) 12:16, 22 June 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.