Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oakwood Cemetery (Simcoe)

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The result was delete. Mailer Diablo 08:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oakwood Cemetery (Simcoe)

Contested PROD with no reasoning. It looks like a non-notable cemetery to me, based on the semi-logical reasoning that (with all due respect to the departed) no individuals who would meet WP:BIO are buried there. Delete. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Find a Grave confirms that nobody famous is buried there. But isn't a cemetery inherently notable? Have we been deleting cemetery articles before on this basis? —Chowbok 16:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: I suppose my rationale wasn't worded in the best possible way. My primary reason to suggest deletion was the basis that it's a non-notable location and fell under WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. The latter rationale was simply my trying to take it one step further and explore the more general question of what a cemetery's notability has to be for it to be included. If there's been a discussion about this and all cemeteries are notable, then that point is moot and I'm open to withdrawing my nomination and speedy keeping if such a precedent exists... and please point me to it. Thanks! --Kinu ^t/_c 18:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep cemetaries are noteworthy.--Nicodemus75 23:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete because cemetaries are not inherently noteworthy. Some are, some aren't. To be worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, the article needs to contain an assertion of notability. Otherwise it violates the WP:NOT rule against being an indiscriminate collection of information. Some cemetaries are huge, long lasting things. Some have only one or two graves, and nobody knows who is buried there. This article contains no assertion that this cemetary is notable for the history of cemetaries, the history of the area, or for anybody buried there. In short, it is yet another cemetary, and thus the article should be deleted. GRBerry 03:08, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per GRBerry. Great, now cemeteries are being called innately notable, for no reason. Tychocat 11:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Also, this article was created by an editor famous for creating bogus or useless articles. I've also submitted his account for possible blocking. Rklawton 14:45, 26 July 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.