Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harlow skatepark


 * 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   merge to Harlow Town Park. Courcelles 06:42, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Harlow skatepark

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This topic about a skate park in Harlow, Essex district, England appears to fail WP:N. After several source searches, I found this one local article, but not finding coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:58, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Ri l ey   00:46, 7 December 2012 (UTC)




 * Neutral (COI, sort of) - tough one. The local council lists the park as one of their top achievements of 2011 and continues that theme here. That said, I would imagine any council would say similar things about any new recreation infrastructure, and the reference obviously couldn't be considered "independent". This site from a group campaigning for their own park cites the subject as a "near-ideal skate park" but you'd have to question whether that could possible be considered a reliable source. Probably not. There's been plenty of coverage in local papers (note; they refer to it as the "Harlow Town Park" but it's the same thing) - here and here as examples. On balance, I think there's probably (just) enough to justify keeping it, but I won't lodge a "vote". It just so happens that I'm mid-way through an effort to "revive" WikiProject Skateboarding which may or may not be considered a conflict of interest. Maybe not, and other Projects actively encourage participation at AFD, but a "weak" vote wouldn't add much to consensus anyway. Regardless, I am happy to commit to re-writing the article if others think it's worth saving. Stalwart 111  02:53, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Suggestion - I wonder whether Harlow Town Park would be a better article with a section on the skate park? There are quite a few reliable sources for the park itself including GoogleBooks results that discuss its founding (a House of Commons document) as well as various news articles and other coverage. The skate park could be afforded a section of its own within a wider article about the park in which it is situated. Thoughts? Stalwart 111  04:42, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I've boldly gone ahead and created Harlow Town Park and would suggest a redirect of this article to that one. Stalwart 111 


 * Merge into Harlow Town Park, which ought to be imprtant enough to the town to be notable in its own right. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge: to Harlow Town Park. Thank you, Stalwart! הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 04:12, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
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