Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Browsburn

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 18:36, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Browsburn[edit]

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The article has very little info. ~~Also not many people know or care about Browsburn.~~ Also it is probably an unofficial neighbourhood. So is there any point in this article? DrDevilFX (talk) 20:37, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per longstanding consensus that inhabited places are notable, provided a reliable source can be found attesting to its existence. Also, no valid reason has been provided for its deletion. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:36, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless somebody can show it officially exists. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:40, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reason was for a lack of notability, but I guess you are right in saying that all inhabited places are notable.--DrDevilFX (talk) 21:50, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:23, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Snow keep. Inhabited places are inherently notable (see WP:NPLACE). Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 03:41, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: While populated places are inherently notable when identifiable as such, this one seems to teeter on the edge. The term returns nothing from the Gazetteer for Scotland or North Lanarkshire Council's website. Nor does it appear as an area name on Google Maps, though Streetmap does have Brownsburn as a name for the area across the main road from Airdrie's stadium, and the North Lanarkshire Council site does list a playpark at Brownsburn. AllyD (talk) 08:37, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I went through more than 20 pages of Google hits, and although there are enough mentions of Browsburn, they're (nearly) all commercial websites trying to sell something to Browsburn, probably having gotten the place name from some list of place names. The only thing I could find is this company located in Browsburn Industrial estate. I'm guessing its village status might have originated from a mistake at http://www.geograph.org.uk/of/browsburn, which photos only shows a field and an industrial estate. https://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html shows on an 1860 map that there was nothing there, just fields, so it's not an ancient village either that has been incorporated into a larger entity. If anything, it's just the local name for a non-notable, unofficial neighbourhood, and an industrial park. No need to keep this, just as we don't keep pages of non-notable corners of India (which might be much larger) if they are not an official subdivision. - Takeaway (talk) 17:31, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It seems to exist as a location on property selling sites, however I still believe that it is an unofficial neighbourhood. Also there is an industrial estate called Brownsburn Industrial Estate.--DrDevilFX (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2014 (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.