Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Capital of the North

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The result was delete. BJ^Talk 00:54, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Capital of the North

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Article is simply original research and does not provide a single reference. As the title "Capital of the North" is not official and rarely used in any form of media it does not warrant an article. ^┌_Joshii^┐_└^chat_┘ 19:12, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. At best this article is original research; at worst it's just a pseudo-random braindump. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 19:28, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It could be deleted but only on the condition that the nickname 'Capital of the North' is removed for Manchester. Leeds is referred to as Capital of the North far more regularly than Manchester. Basically, the term 'Capital of the North' shouldn't be used on wikipedia at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.209.243.1 (talk) 19:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A totally unreferenced and poorly written article which only uses original research. Referring to the previous comment, only referenced and verifiable statments are permitted on any wikipedia article so if there are no supporting comments that Manchester is sometimes referred to as the 'Captal of the North' then it can be deleted.If the claims are substantiated with a relevant source then it can remain GRB1972 (talk) 20:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Total nonsense. Apart from the fact that there is no widely accepted definition of "the North" in England, there is no official or even unofficial acceptance of the term. (For benefit of readers, I live in Sheffield.) Emeraude (talk) 21:09, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I'd have been tempted to speedy delete this as blatent nonsense --Jza84 | Talk 21:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Like Jza84, I wonder why this wasn't speedy deleted. The reasons in favour of deletion given by others here are compelling as well. DDStretch (talk) 22:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As OR. — neuro^(talk) 22:39, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As it stands the article is unreferenced streamofconsciousness WP:OR. The phrase "capital of the north" is used from time to time (and verifiably applied to Manchester, at least), but it's totally unofficial. I don't think an article will ever go far. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:52, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete; seems to have been created with an ulterior motive in mind, does not seem to be the subject of significant coverage. the skomorokh 15:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not a real topic, just a phrase occasionally used (as in the refs) but with no encyclopedic significance. PamD (talk) 07:09, 8 October 2008 (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.