Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wormwood Street

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wormwood Street

A relatively insignificant street in the City of London, with no assertion of notability (and as far as I'm aware, there's nothing particularly notable on it, other than the fact that it suffered damage in the Bishopsgate bomb). Has been up for two years now with no sign of expanding, other than the addition of the photo (which can be rehoused to Bishopsgate). Not prodding due to the fact that named geographic locations are invariably contested. — iridescent (talk to me!) 18:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wormwood Street is notable for marking part of the line of London Wall and the name is interesting as denoting the type of plant which used to grow on the aforesaid wall and in other wasteground in the City. The street is also mentioned in other encycopedias such as 'The London Encyclopedia' by Weinreb and Hibbert and books such as Al Smith's 'Dictionary of City of London Street Names' Colin4C 18:56, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added an assertion of notability as providing evidence for the date of construction of London Wall. In historical terms, moving it back over 20 years is significant. This is an intra-mural street, and as such is quite distinct from extra-mural Bishopsgate. If the content were to be merged, it would be better merged as a continuation of London Wall. I would agree that not every street and alley in the City should be listed, but this street does have a 1700 year history and forms an important boundary. Within the city there seems to be a far greater propensity to catalogue ephemeral buildings, many of which have little significance beyond providing publicity for the architects. Cheers Kbthompson 11:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On a personal note I find the name Wormwood Street very evocative. Wormwood is used to make absinthe and is also referred to in the Book of Revelations. In Russian it is 'Chernobyl'... In fact I'm quite surprised that Messrs Ackroyd and Sinclair haven't written a book on it yet. Colin4C 12:35, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep though it needs expanding, particularly with regard to its history and link to the ancient London Wall. -- Roleplayer 00:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Roleplayer. Bearian 02:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not an expert like Iridescent, but I'd think there would be sources for the notabiity over time of every historic street and alley in the City--though of course not in all of London. DGG (talk) 09:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The City of London is one of those city sections that just about every street has historical significance as the area's history dates back to at least Mercia times. The case demonstrated above is an example of that. --Oakshade 23:16, 3 September 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.