Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dogtown, Oakland, California


 * 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 speedy keep. Nomination was disruption by blocked sockpuppet. Feel free to discuss merging, but that is an issue for another time. EJF (talk) 12:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Dogtown, Oakland, California

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Not notable, not references, opening line states its just the nickname for a portion of West Oakland, Oakland, California but its formatted as if it where a neighborhood. Merge any content with West Oakland and delete. Icamepica (talk) 07:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete-per aboveIcamepica (talk) 07:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - Please note nominator currently has an open sockpuppet investigation against them.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 10:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy close until investigation is concluded. No discrimination against renomination later. 23skidoo (talk) 16:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge with West Oakland article; Dogtown, Ghost Town, Cypress, etc., are all too microscopic in size and in stature to be considered real "neighborhoods". West Oakland is a recognized division of the city. All of these micro-articles and stubs should be subsumed into the West Oakland article. This would also automatically avoid a lot of the disputes over marginal material being included in these articles. +ILike2BeAnonymous (talk) 18:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: though the article is decidedly small, dogtown actually has quite a bit of historical significance to the settlement of the bay area...particularly the irish and later african-americans of the late 19th century. a stub's gotta start somewhere. --emerson7 19:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy close - per 23skidoo and Mrschimpf. There has been massive sockpuppetry connected with this lately.  No legitimate AdF result is possible under the circumstances. Wikidemo (talk) 03:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also without prejudice to possibly merging it as suggested by ILike2BeAnonymous, above, something we do not have to decide upon closure of AfD.Wikidemo (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * comment this article does not assert its own verifiability nor does it provide any substantive data on anything besides the streets which supposedly define its marginally established boundaries. The location is not even mentioned with a link, there are no links. I think it could have a decent place in the West Oakland neighborhoods within a neighborhood section. Or else this article needs massive expansion.CholgatalK! 00:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * isn't that the very definition of a stub article? --emerson7 07:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note - Cholga is one of the suspected sockpuppet accounts in the investigation.Wikidemo (talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * 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.