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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 - inhabited places are generally notable, and neighborhoods of larger cities (especially ones that formerly were separate towns, villages, or cities) are almost always notable. No valid argument has been given to delete this article or list. Several newly registered users, who have had virtually no other input, have been active in this disussion, leading the closing administrator to discount their arguments of the WP:IDONTLIKEIT variety. 01:02, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Neighborhoods in Columbus, Georgia[edit]

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Columbus neighborhoods are not exactly notable. Truthteller234 (talk) 20:31, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, my point of view is it depends on where you live. Neighborhoods of Atlanta aren't notable to me because I don't live there and haven't heard of many of them... I live in Columbus and I've heard of all of these places. Of course, that's just my view on it... Shark96z (talk) 22:56, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:40, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Actually, I'd say that this AfD nomination is still incomplete. This is simply the tip of the iceberg for an entire project devoted to writing an article about all the neighborhoods in Columbus, Georgia. I doubt that any of them are notable enough for an article of their own, but there's no point in nominating or discussing the only useful part of that project. Since this is only about the list, I don't see any reason to delete the list. Mandsford (talk) 14:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Many neighborhoods of cities were once independent towns or villages, and hence historically notable. A map of the Columbus area from 100 or 150 years ago would show many such towns or villages which were not then considered part of Columbus. Once notable, always notable. -- Eastmain (talk) 17:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, as Columbus/Muscogee County form a consolidated city-county, many of these communities were once municipalities, and thus clearly notable. Even if post-consolidation neighborhoods are a problem, this list could easily be converted into a list of former municipalities in Muscogee County. Consider the list of this type at Act of Consolidation, 1854, section "Districts, townships and boroughs consolidated into Philadelphia". Nyttend (talk) 18:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing wrong with a list of neighborhoods, regardless of whether they would be notable or not. The notability of the individual blue-links on the template are another matter, but that's not been brought up for debate. Mandsford (talk) 21:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, as someone very familiar with Columbus, some of these neighborhoods are not notable for residents much less the rest of the world. The major sections of town are already handled in the Columbus, Georgia article. No need for this detail here.65.13.81.233 (talk)
  • Delete the individual neighborhood articles and expand the main list. Reywas92Talk 00:44, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - There are many good reasons for having articles about the neighborhoods of a large city. --Orlady (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This looks to me like it might be a bad-faith deletion nomination motivated by an anti-Columbus point of view. The nominator (who seems to be a WP:SPA) also festooned the Columbus, Georgia article with templates including {{disputed}}, {{disputeabout}}, {{notability}}, {{POV-check}}, and {{unbalanced}}, and 65.13.81.233 (who voted for deletion) nominated the city article for speedy deletion using {{db-spam}}. --Orlady (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe he's from Phenix City.... Mandsford (talk) 02:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The debate itself is pointless. It's like throwing away the yellow pages because you don't like the businesses. Mandsford (talk) 23:52, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I hope the AFD closer will note that no policy-based reason for deletion has been provided... just classic "It's not very important to me" stuff that should be seen as clearly invalid. This article is an obviously valid list per WP:LISTS, which allows for lists that are "an Index of articles page presents an alphabetical list of articles related to the subject of the index." I think you'd have to show that few of the neighborhoods are notable before deleting the list would make sense (since it would no longer be indexing many actual articles). I think that would be best explored by nominating the neighborhoods individually, but just picking a neighborhood at random there seems to be sources out there. --Sancho Mandoval (talk) 19:16, 16 November 2009 (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.
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