Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A1232 road


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The result was Nomination withdrawn. No point dragging this out any longer. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

A1232 road

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Not a notable street and no proper reliable independent sources. A search for sources just brings up trivial mentions about safety camera locations and businesses along the street. I know Colchester reasonably well and I'm struggling to think where this is - Ipswich Road? In any case, I can't see how an encyclopedic article can be spun out of this. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:30, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete it is Ipswich road (see ) it looks like the page was created just because it as a funny name. CerealKillerYum (talk) 14:50, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I recall an A-road article coming up for deletion before with all-round legend coming along and not only saving it from deletion, but expanding it to a DYK. A quick search finds A535 road which was a previous AfD. Now if Dr B (or anyone else for that matter) can't knock it up a notch, then surely it can be redirected to A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme instead? Of course it can. And don't call me Shirley.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 17:47, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like a sort of link road skirting Colchester. Well, I did create an article on A4226 road. Scary thing is that A535 article was five years ago and only seems a few months back! I do think we should be aiming to get articles on as many of the redirected roads like that as possible. This particular one though as Ritchie says seems to be lacking sources. ?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:21, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If it is notable, I suspect it's under another title, most likely "Ipswich Road, Colchester". It was the A12 (a really notable road full of ancient Britons, Romans, highwaymen, HGV overload and the infamous M11 link road protest) before the Colchester Bypass was built about 30 years ago. Perhaps there are some historic coaching inns or former sites of gallows where robbers met a sticky end? That'll save the article - but not under this title I think. I've had a go at pulling out some sources but when I'm delving through things like applications of traffic orders from 1969 I feel I'm either clutching at straws or barking up the wrong tree. Still, the "Ipswich Road at Colchester" angle seems to be the best way out of this, if at all. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  19:04, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Keep Obviously weaker end, but I think it meets requirements. I would argue that we should have articles on roads like this and would become a much richer resource if people expanded the redirects into missing articles. Obviously some are more notable than others though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  07:08, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm swapping to Keep and rename to Ipswich Road, Colchester (which I've done) - that reveals far more sources if you dig in the right place. Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  07:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * - are you okay to withdraw your "Delete" vote (as you're the only one left), then I can close this per WP:SNOW and we can take it to DYK (I'm thinking something like "Did you know .... that locals were unhappy about a new housing estate on Ipswich Road, Colchester being named after the hazelnut?") <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  10:08, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


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