Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilson Bridge (North Branch Potomac River)

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 delete. Mgm|^(talk) 10:12, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wilson Bridge (North Branch Potomac River)[edit]

Please also see the related Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bayard Bridge.

Delete: The bridge doesn't seem to meet WP:N notability guidelines. It's a minor bridge for a county road. Brian Powell (talk) 06:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. —Brian Powell (talk) 07:05, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Searches are noisy because of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (because of the qualifier in the title of this article, I wouldn't redirect there), but I couldn't find anything about the bridge up for deletion here. There's not information to sustain an article either. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:13, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I thought all officially named bridges were defacto notable as a "place", like cities, counties, etc. DENNIS BROWN (T) (C) 21:04, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here is that there's nothing to say about this bridge. There's no sources and the article only really states the location, nothing about design, use and historical significance. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This is not really an officially named bridge. The "Wilson" in the name just refers to the closest town of Wilson, West Virginia. This is standard practice for referring to bridges in West Virginia. Brian Powell (talk) 21:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mgm|^(talk) 12:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Merge - The bridge certainly doesnt need an article for itself, but a mention of the the bridge (and other bridges) on the Potomac River article might be reasonable and helpful. BritishWatcher (talk) 12:42, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - its already there at List of crossings of the Potomac River#North Branch bridges. Smile a While (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:00, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the problem is that there is insufficient sourced content to write a reasonable page. Everything in the article is already at List of crossings of the Potomac River#North Branch bridges. Incidentally, there is an issue over the relevance of the image - according to the image description, it is of the first river crossing whereas 'Wilson' is the second crossing. Further, looking at Google Maps, there is a bridge at 'Dobbin', the location in the image description, some distance from the bridge at 'Wilson'. Smile a While (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- This mischief that is causing articles to exist is that some one is creating succession templates for bridges on this and other American rivers. Another mischief is the tabular structure of the article List of crossings of the Potomac River. I believe that the best solution would be to convert that article from a list into an article Crossings of the Potomac River, by converting it to text. This would mean that detail on each bridge could be added to that article. If the article becomes too large it can be forked so that there is a separate section of the North Branch, etc. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:03, 27 November 2008 (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.