Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arbuthnot Road

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 Keep. Luke! 18:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arbuthnot Road

A road with some buildings on it. Not even a claim of notability let alone sources. Prod contested by author. Nuttah68 11:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep. There are numerous links to this article. But it is agreed that the article could be enhanced by somebody in Hong Kong. - Kittybrewster 11:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There are lots of roads in London with articles, which are easily enhanced by those living in London. This article is as important as them and could be improved by someone from HK. We need to stop looking at the article from a UK/USA centric view. Couter-revolutionary 11:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. If you see an article on a road in London where the road doesn't meet the standards for inclusion, by all means submit it to AfD. | Mr. Darcy talk 21:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As a major street with important and historical buildings along it. Has around 12900 hits at Google. ~~ Phoe _talk 19:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC) ~~ [reply]
Keep. I'm an American who knows little about Hong Kong, yet even I've heard of the place thanks to the tourism media. The article just needs some work. Beginning 19:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article currently fails the general notability guideline, and it includes speculative info that should be sourced or removed. If the road is notable, then the article should establish it with sources. | Mr. Darcy talk 21:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep To address the nominator's rationale for nominating this article for deletion: 1) This road is notable for firstly being the historic location of the first Magistracy of colonial HK, and secondly for being a popular tourism location. 2) One source has been provided since the nomination, however, lack of sources is not a criteria for deletion anyway, so this should have been a non-issue. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 01:00, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Hong Kong has this problem of someone went through and made independent articles for every street, intersection and overpass. This information should be keptbut should be merged into a district or something. SchmuckyTheCat 03:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Important and historic road in a major city. --Oakshade 03:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The cited reasons are false.—Gniw (Wing) 04:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per the reasons stated in the other 'keeps'. Major thoroughfare in Hong Kong with historic significance. David Lauder 10:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - needs some more expansion but definately not deletion. The road is the subject of a considerable amount of notability that could be improved through local Hong Kong editors or experts in the subject. Luke! 23:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Former Central Magistracy - one of a very few Delcared Monuments (Colonial) located at Arbuthnot Road is still remaining in Hong Kong. Worth keeping & expanding! Alfeewusy 11:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a no brainer. Buildings and streets in Hong Kong can vanish so quickly that articles like this should be in greater demand. Yes it is Mundane, of peripheral interest, but the information is valid. As part of the Hong Kong project I feel strongly that this article should be kept. Also someone noted that some streets in London have Wiki entries. More pressingly streets in London aren't acustomed to being bulldozed overnight. See Star Ferry for further examples. --Peej 16:08, 7 February 2007 (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.