Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hedgerow removal

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The result of the debate was keep. – ugen64 20:00, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hedgerow_removal

I don't think this is quite necessary as an article. --Lejend 16:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• If it's not quite necessary as an article on its own, perhaps it could be merged with something suitable, such as hedgerow, without needing to bring it to Vfd. Or it could be kept and expanded, being a vitally important topic in soil conservation, biodiversity etc. Kappa 17:48, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Clean-up and expand. I believe an encyclopedic article is possible on this topic. This one is just poorly written. DoubleBlue (Talk) 20:21, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Soil erosion, with a "See also" in Hedgerow. The topic here is enclosures, soil erosions, water run-off, etc., seems to me, and if there is a reference/link in Hedgerow, we can move this content to its natural home. Geogre 20:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment I don't think that Soil erosion would be a good redirect. The problem with the removal of hedgerows has more to do with loss of habitats for wildlife. It's a problem mainly in England if I remember right.Leithp 21:17, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Leithp is right, it's a biodiversity issue in the UK. Maybe not up there with coral bleaching and the destruction of the Amazon, but still encyclopdeic. There are even grants now from the EU for not mowing so close to hedgerows so as to increase the space for fauna and flora. If not keep then merge with hedgerow. Sabine's Sunbird 01:40, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, a merge with hedgerow would work for me, too. I just think the information is stranded at this location, and the discussion in it isn't really about hedgerow removal as much as land clearing. (In the US, the destruction of windbreaks is a big deal, as it destroys the soil and causes trees to topple as people cut hardwoods to put up pines and havestable trees.) Geogre 03:16, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to hedgerow. --Sn0wflake 13:06, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, encyclopaedic topic with a reasonable stub to get us started, which I'm willing to help expand. Joe D (t) 12:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: and I have indeed expanded it a little. Joe D (t) 12:57, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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