Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M96 motorway
- 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 of the debate was merge and redirect. Johnleemk | Talk 07:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The so-called M96 motorway isn't a motorway at all - it's a non-noteworthy piece of tarmac that isn't open to the public and is only used for training simulations as part of the UK Fire Service College. The information in the article is largely taken from this article on psuedo-humourous UK roads site Pathetic Motorways. However, since it has this name, it keeps on appearing in motorway lists and is getting confused for a real, functioning motorway. A move to UK Fire Service College could be an option, but that facility must consist of greatly more than just a road traffic accident simulator and this would make a poor article for that title. Erath 20:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Changing my vote to Merge to Fire Service College based on Choalbaton's work, reiterating it doesn't belong in Category:Motorways in the United Kingdom. Erath 00:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, per nom Sceptre (Talk) 20:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge into UK Fire Service College, which doesn't exist yet. I'd hate to throw the article away when it could have a good home. -- Mikeblas 20:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Couldn't it and a reference to the college be merged into Moreton-in-Marsh? --kingboyk 22:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge per Mikeblas or keep if nobody writes a target article (don't throw nice info away, especially if it is found on some motorway lists). But consider whether it should be included in Category:Motorways in the United Kingdom or if that should be only for "real" motorways. Kusma (討論) 21:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge
with Moreton-in-Marsh. Looked into it further, and I think that, being the former RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, it could go there. The college is already mentioned. And, yes, I am a Gloucestershire wikipedian. --kingboyk 22:51, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply] - Merge into the Fire Service College article that I have started. It belongs in category:firefighting more than in Category:towns in Gloucestershire as part of the Moreton-in-the-Marsh article. Choalbaton 23:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Making sure to mention that it used to be RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, and linking to the new article from Moreton-in-Marsh of course :-) --kingboyk 00:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC) [I did number 2 myself][reply]
- Not that the category would have 'mattered', if it was part of the Moreton article, since it's Moreton that is a town in Glos. Anyway, your solution seems fine imho. --kingboyk 00:53, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge per above and recategorize. Stifle 11:41, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- keep reasonably interesting ;) --TimPope 22:18, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. I just got sent a link to a picture of the M96 sign by a friend, telling me that there was more info on Wikipedia... I went to M96, then M96 motorway and all was explained. As the article explains that it is not a real motorway, I'm not sure why it would be considered one, merely because it exists. It should certainly be included on the List of UK Motorways with an explanatory note, as it is. Willkm 22:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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