Talk:Oaksterdam

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This article was nominated for deletion on November 9, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] To whomever wants to merge Oaksterdam with Downtown Oakland

My first thought, bad idea, until I hear your rationale. Oaksterdam is kind of a sub neighborhood within downtown Oakland proper. I'm hesitant to label its boundaries but I'd say it's roughly bordered by 15th street on the Southwest, Webster Street on the Southeast, 19th Street on the Northeast, and Telegraph Ave on the Northwest. It's characterized by mixed use office and residential buildings with unique historic architecture older than the skyscrapers south of 14th St, and an abundance of ground floor retail shop spaces and restaurants and cafes. It has it's own history and cultural undercurrent also, which is distinctly different than the daytime office worker fabric south of 15th Street. I also believe it's geographically, anthropologically, and economically distinct enough from the rest of Downtown Oakland to warrant it's own article. Critical Chris (talk) 10:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Icamepica, funny you nominated this for merge on the day of an AP news story, which I just found out about an hour ago before linking it up to this article just now. Why do you believe the articles should be merged? I'm inclined to boldly remove your tag immediately, absent any forthcoming rationale on your part. I will leave it up for a week or so, to let other editors weigh in.Critical Chris (talk) 10:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

If no one objects, I'd like to remove the merge tag.Critical Chris (talk) 17:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)