Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Accrington/Rossendale built-up area

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The result was redirect‎ to List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:59, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Accrington/Rossendale built-up area

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Non-notable census area. Sourcing entirely primary to Nomis/ONS, with one additional scrape site. The arguments are set out in detail at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfreton/South Normanton Built-up area and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Leamington Spa Built-up area, both of which concluded in Delete. Note that this is one of eight BUAs by the same author that are at AfD. The others being Burnley Built-up area / Birkenhead Built-up area / Barnsley/Dearne Valley Built-up area / Lancaster/Morecambe Built-up area / Ipswich built-up area / Norwich built-up area / Rhyl/Prestatyn Built-up area. KJP1 (talk) 17:30, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. KJP1 (talk) 17:30, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:36, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. According to one website (assuming it's reliable) this BUA existed from 2011 to 2022 and is now classed as inactive.[1] Rupples (talk) 18:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I think they redefined the BUAs for the 2021 census but they havent released the data for it yet. Eopsid (talk) 17:11, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect to List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. Seems to be a lack of WP:SECONDARY coverage of this built-up area to enable a GNG pass. Sources in the article are the Office for National Statistics, which defined the area and citypopulation.de, which replicates data. Needs commentary in addition to a definition and data. Not sure a single redirect would work. Possible multiple merges into the constituent settlement articles, but is there any point given the lack of coverage of the term? Rupples (talk) 22:24, 8 February 2025 (UTC) Added redirect as AtD now a suitable target has been put forward. Rupples (talk) 21:49, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No sources outside of the 2011 census and mirrors of that data. This area didnt exist as one built up area in the previous 2001 census which considered Accrington and Rossendale seperately. Other sources like the book "The conurbations of Great Britain" also treat the Accrington and Rossendale areas as seperate built up areas/conurbations. So I dont think we are going to find any more sources. Eopsid (talk) 17:11, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've discussed this at length in the two prior AFD discussions, the long explanations of the statistical polygons never having escaped their creators in what is now 12 years I won't repeat. We can thank good fortune for the article creator, unlike in the case of Burnley built-up area (AfD discussion), not trying to prop up this article with false sourcing from Freeman's 1966 book, which string matches Accrington and Rossendale on page 241, but which does not support this idiosyncratic statistical polygon from 45 years in its future. Delete. Uncle G (talk) 01:58, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. Respectable search term, no reason to make it harder for readers to find information. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:48, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the list at List of urban areas in the United Kingdom which includes it and explains the term. PamD 12:29, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.