Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backroad

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. JohnCD (talk) 21:02, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Backroad[edit]

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Dictionary definition; no possible hope of expansion into an encyclopedic article. Unsourced OR since 2007; almost no edits whatsoever since creation. Suggest deletion and moving Backroad (disambiguation) to this title. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:47, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dusti^SPEAK!! 20:17, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - while it might not be much for expansion, short of lengthy lists of examples, I think this is a useful definition.Trackinfo (talk) 20:48, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - have you tried Google Books? Or Google Scholar? Or Google news? Or have you ever read - say Blue Roads or searched for them like here? Bearian (talk) 01:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Thanks to Bearian's improvements, this is no longer in violation of WP:DICDEF. I disagree with the assertion that it cannot be expanded into an encyclopedic article. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 02:38, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While the efforts to find references for potential article content for this page are noble, they are misguided. The content you added[1] on the the Back Road's Program info would best serve readers of Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the content on drug smuggler's routes would best go there. These are the only solid statements on the page (the rest is either not cited to a reliable source, OR, and the travel guide ref cites a unique map's legend but is being used as a general statement!) and they are just so loosely related. Some of this valued rescue work could be salvaged but we will be serving readers best if we move towards a dab page.Synchronism (talk) 07:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There is more valid encyclopedic information about it than just a simple definition. I am curious if most backroads are made of gravel, and not simple dirt. I've traveled many a dirt road in my day. Dream Focus 03:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have gravel road and dirt road. Backroad is a subjective term, it's like the Road Less Traveled, in many ways, it could probably be made into dab page.Synchronism (talk) 09:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a redundant poorly sourced dicdef. It has three refs: a travel guide about North Carolina, a news piece on drug smuggling, and a google search. An article could be written on the social notion of 'backroads', but this is not it. It just duplicates side road, and the refs don't seem worth salvaging.Synchronism (talk) 09:15, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sources are available, further expansion is possible; as it stands it is more that a dicdef. I would also suggest that we don't delete articles because there is an article on a similar topic. Shall we delete square because there is already an article on rectangles?Wine Guy~Talk 11:08, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strawman aside now, it is not that there is an article on a similar term, it's that this is an ambiguous and subjective term, and it would be best to cover the referenced information in the articles relevant to the sources being used: drug trafficking, minor roads, etc.Synchronism (talk) 11:38, 22 February 2010 (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.