Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London NW2

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The result of the debate was keep. —Xezbeth 05:32, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] London NW2

Articles on individual postal codes are not practical or desirable (as per Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus/Conclusions#Postal codes). Delete --Allen3 ^talk 00:34, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. For two reasons. (1) - (less important) - the London wikiProject is busily going through all these at the moment expanding them into reasonable articles. (2) - (more important) - the inner London areas are called by these names in common speech. If you go to London you'll hear people using these terms in much the same way that they'd use the names of suburbs in other cities. To delete an article on NW2 would be the equivalent of deleting an article on, say TriBeCa. Grutness|^hello? 00:55, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Keep. I have often wondered what the "SW1' reference on the London based TV show Spooks was about. Thanks to this artilce and Grutness I now know.--Commander Keane 02:47, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and expand. While individual postcodes are generally not of great interest, their importance in London is the exception that proves the rule. However, the London Wikiproject should expand the article which is currently a substub. Capitalistroadster 03:47, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep In my opinion the so-called consensus, doubtless reached by a handful of the quarter of a million registered users, is a misjudgement and should be disregarded. Oliver Chettle 03:59, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, in London postal codes are a common shorthand for areas of the city. I'm not sure NW18 would be encyclopedic, but NW2 is. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:47, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. What Oliver Chettle said.--Gene_poole 04:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - Postcodes in London have more substance than just a postal abbreviaiton. The other posts seem to get the idea and I agree. CoolGuy 05:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand London NW3 is a good example of what this article could potentially become. Binabik80 05:54, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- the London suburbs are often referred to by postal code, and many of the codes (especially close to the centre) represent agglomerations of historical villages which deserve to be remembered. --Simon Cursitor 07:46, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I agree with the above reasoning. Mgm|^(talk) 08:56, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Although I oppose articles on postal codes (or area codes, which we have!) the London codes are more neighborhoods than just postal codes. RickK
• Keep. Trust me, I'm a Londoner. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:22, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. London codes are technically quite different and thus should not be judged under Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Policy consensus/Conclusions#Postal codes. Zzyzx11 | Talk 21:28, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Opposing Bourgois deletionism Klonimus
• Keep -- Longhair | Talk 04:38, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

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