Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rosside

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. (non-admin closure) →TSU ^tp* 06:22, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Rosside

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Tiny village, 15 houses, no sources, no evident notability. Rosside's main claim to fame seems to be a couple of local IP-vandals repeatedly adding nonsense to the article. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:45, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 12:48, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• Redirect to Ulverston. Or perhaps Merge, but I don't think there's anything there worth merging. It is a distinct settlement marked on the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey map, so seems worth a redirect to the nearby town within whose civil parish it lies. Qwfp (talk) 13:18, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
• Keep. Settlements, even though small, are considered to be acceptable as articles whether they are notable or not. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 18:28, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• We still need sourcing for this, and something to write about. Not every placename that appears in the OS gazeteer achieves that much. The only thing this article states beyond the title is that there's a nearby "Barton reservoir" - yet checking the OS 25,000 map, there are three reservoirs nearby and none of them appear to be "Barton". There's an unnamed one, which I presume must be it, and it's the size of a village pond. Are we really reduced to documenting ponds? Andy Dingley (talk) 19:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• Stubs are perfectly acceptable. All this article needs to exist is verification that it exists. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:06, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• Stubs are stub articles, on notable topics. This topic is the problem. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:15, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• As I said, all verifiable settlements are generally held to be notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:21, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• Keep. All verifiable settlements are considered to be notable. Google Maps clearly shows that this is a distinct hamlet. -- Necrothesp (talk) 18:42, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

• Keep – Per Wikipedia's Five pillars, the encyclopedia also functions as a gazetteer, and per Wikipedia:Notability (geography). Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:27, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - I added the coordinates for this location to the article: 54°11′42″N 3°7′15″W. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:26, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

• Keep - All this page needs is some more information, this is not a made up village, and I live in the nearby town of Barrow-in-Furness, and often visit Rosside — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Belbin (talk • contribs) 10:30, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

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.