Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General Electric Building (disambiguation)


 * 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 no consensus. ✗ plicit  00:08, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

General Electric Building (disambiguation)

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Unnecessary dab page: the ambiguous entries are only two, and are already disambiguated via hatnote at their respective articles. No evidence that the other entries about factories and research laboratories are referred to as 'GE Building'. Deeday-UK (talk) 19:18, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:25, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:Deeday-UK, why not notify the article creator? I haven't been super-active, and just randomly came to AFD Places category and see this.  But I believe it is customary, if not absolutely required. --Doncram (talk) 02:57, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is not a requirement that a disambiguation page have more than two entries.  And this has additional information, other buildings which might be called "GE Building".  Quick google search on "GE Building" suggests, at its bottom, more:  GE Building Schenectady, so there is in fact evidence that another of the entries is referred to as "GE Building".  And then I see both "GE Building 40" and "GE Building 53" exist in Schenectady.  The search also suggests "GE Building Cincinnati" and "GE Building Concordia". I'll stop there. --Doncram (talk) 02:57, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the missed notifications. With evidence I mean occurrences in reliable sources that the phrase 'GE Building' is commonly (or at all) used to refer to the GE lab in Schenectady or the GE plant in Philadelphia, and I see none of that. A better way to describe a Google search for 'GE Building' is that it returns zero hits for the Schenectady and Philadelphia sites, which suggests that very few people look for those two places when searching for 'GE Building'. Then, at the bottom, Google informs you that other users have made possibly related searches for GE stuff in Schenectady, but users googling 'GE Building Schenectady' don't need any disambiguation, because they will be served only results about the Schenectady building, and none of the two Manhattan buildings.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star   Mississippi  13:26, 4 June 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:16, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Conclusion: The only real ambiguity about 'GE building' is which of the two Manhattan skyscrapers it refers to, and for that a hatnote is enough. --Deeday-UK (talk) 13:45, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I disagree, there are multiple places known sometimes as "GE Building" and the disambiguation page is helpful, including because it can grow. --Doncram (talk) 14:45, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.