Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toad Road

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The result of the debate was DELETE. — JIP | Talk 06:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Toad Road

"All anyone really knows is that there are big red gates on the side of the road leading practically begging for ghost hunters to explore." I don't think we're supposed to infer that the gates are literally begging, which is a shame, because that alone would make Toad Road notable. Unfortunately, merely having red gates and being thought to be a bit spooky doesn't make it notable. Delete. TheMadBaron 12:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Though it is slightly amusing. :) --Syrthiss 12:36, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Regardless of whether or not it actually is haunted, many people *believe* that Toad Road is a place of supernatural activity, and thus it does have an impact on modern culture. (preceding unsigned comment by 199.79.168.160 (talk · contribs) )

  The oracle of the modern age (google) conflicts with this statement, though. No single hit about this particular Toad Road in the first 8 pages. --Syrthiss 13:34, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Anon can you WP:CITE any credible third-party sources to back up this statement? Kappa 13:50, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless verified by reliable sources. If the author is dead set on keeping the content, try putting it on a personal website or wikinfo or something. Here at Wikipedia, articles are expected to be backed up by sources. Friday (talk) 13:57, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Must... obey... oracle... Delete per nom and Syrthiss. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 14:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete due to verifiability problems of article under WP:V. Possible candidate for BJAODN. Capitalistroadster 18:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: (but trim all the unverifiable speculation). It does seem to be a genuine regional urban legend. Here and here: a couple of references from the York Daily Record. One refers to a book source, Weird Pennsylvania. Tearlach 19:54, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. If this is real there is no harm in starting from scratch with verifiable sources. Gamaliel 19:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep sources provided, thanks Tearlach. Kappa 20:11, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Urban legend. Delete unless completely rewritten, as per Gamaliel. - Mike Rosoft 20:44, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unverifiable, nn local local legend. But, whoa, that's a spooky picture. How do they do that? MCB 21:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Keep if an actual haunted place in the local folklore, but needs to substantiate that claim. Peter Grey 07:01, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP I saw a ghoooooooooooooooooooooooooost there it was scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaary
• Delete, needs to be rewritten with sources and even the image doesn't have a proper source! So might as well... --Foofy 15:55, 30 October 2005 (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.