Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imperial Block


 * 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 Butte-Anaconda Historic District. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Imperial Block

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This building certainly has a colourful  and interesting history. That said, I would argue that the article about this building fails the general notability guidelines--Shirt58 (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
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Delete. No evidence is presented as to why this building is notable. Malcolma (talk) 08:20, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep (see below) I added evidence of notability. It is a named part of the Butte Historic District and as such is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. --MelanieN (talk) 19:30, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete There is still nothing that shows its notability or importance.Borock (talk) 03:30, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I have seen other users say that anything on the National Register of Historic Places is automatically notable, but I can't find a WP guideline that says so. Even if that is policy it might not apply here, since the Imperial Block is not a standalone listing on the National Register; it is one of the buildings that make up the Butte Historic District. So I would say this is a judgment call whether the building is notable or not, and should be based on the sources - only one of which is its inclusion in the Butte Historic District. I couldn't find any source describing what the building is used for now; that might be relevant. --MelanieN (talk) 17:35, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Reply - Wikipedia relies on third party sources with a reputation for fact-checking to establish notability. The NRHP won't list a building just because somebody applies.  There is vetting and research that goes into it before a building is registered.  As such we judge a building as historically notable if the NHRP, an authority on the subject (for the USA) deems a building to be historically significant enough for a listing. -- Whpq (talk) 16:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge with Butte-Anaconda Historic District. This Imperial Block is a component of that 'Historic District' which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. maclean (talk) 18:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Changing my opinion to Merge per Maclean. I did not realize there was a page for this historic district; I looked under Butte Historic District and couldn't find it. I think I'll create a redirect page for it. --MelanieN (talk) 20:10, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. --MelanieN (talk) 20:14, 17 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge per above. -- Whpq (talk) 16:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that Merge to Butte-Anaconda Historic District with a redirect would be appropriate. Both articles are fairly short. This article looks unlikely to grow much (and if if does, it could then be separated out again). And Butte-Anaconda Historic District is not so long that it wouldn't hurt it to include basically all the material in this article. Herostratus (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge True, anything individually listed in the National Regsiter is accepted as notable here, and no such article has ever been deleted in the 4 years I have been here. But this does not hold for properties merely listed as being within an historic district. If so my not particularly distinctive house -- and every house --in Boerum Hill would be also, and in most of downtown Brooklyn and most other cities, and we would be at the point indiscriminate coverage. The neighborhood descriptions take care to mention every individual building, in the same detail as included in this article.  Of course some of them may be notable, but there needs to be specific sources to the purpose.    DGG ( talk ) 23:31, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
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