Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walham

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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 was Withdraw - were it not a village, I'd suggest a merge into the page about the floods. Will (talk) 00:45, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Walham

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nn electicity substation, notable only for nearly getting flooded Will (talk) 21:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

  • it is a village in Gloucestershire where notable substation is situated Ilvil 21:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose deletion. Reasons are as follows:
  • Serially reported by notable media (BBC) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
  • Notable individual (Chief Constable) considered it notable "The county's Chief Constable Tim Brain said the force's main priority was to keep Walham Switching Station dry."[9]
  • Other notable individual (Flood Recovery Minister) considered it notable [10]
  • Operation to prevent flooding involved Army, Navy, Fire Service, Police and National Grid over several days. So they considered it notable.
  • Serves hundreds of thousands of homes and notable institution (GCHQ) during a notable event (2007 UK floods).
  • Its flooding would have been notable. And, seeing as the event is still ongoing, may yet be so.
So it's been noted several times by notable media, people and groups during a notable event. Speaking seriously, what else is required for notability? Regards, Anameofmyveryown 21:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The overwhelming precedent is to keep articles about inhabited villages as being inherently notable. The substation is just bonus content. Edison 21:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep, inhabited villages are inherently notable per Edison. The sources found by Anameofmyveryown only assert notability. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 22:08, 24 July 2007 (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.