Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kersal flats


 * 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.  

Hello. Thanks for deleting the page. However, I notice that large chunks of it have been moved to the Kersal page. Please remove those part because I did not give permission for that and intend using those parts elsewhere. Kersal Flats

The result was Speedy Deleted. IrishGuy talk 19:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Kersal flats

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A problematic article in that it's a POV fork from the main Kersal article. It was originally written by an editor who appeared to be using the article as an extension of his own website which had the same subject matter of the article and to act as a mini photo gallery. When the link to his website was removed from the article he took umbrage and appears not to have returned. The article isn't referenced at all and appears to be original research with nothing to back it up. Talk page comments have suggested a merge to Kersal, but a response was that as nothing is referenced there's nothing to merge. I've never seen an article with so many maintenance tags (11). Although the area isn't totally non-notable this article on its own is not the way to go and ideally should be a part of the main Kersal article. As a result this article should be sent to dev/null because there's simply no need for it. -- WebHamste r  01:29, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually I did not take umbrage. I have simply not had time to edit/update the page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.62.147.107 (talk) 05:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I have tried to delete the page several time. I would add that the subject matter is of some social, economic and political importance. It feeds into a debate on housing solutions in the 1950s and 1960s and the similarities with the same issues today. From a narrow perspective the demolitions of these flats was the largest controlled demolition in the world. In addition the comments regarding the photographs are wrong. They are mine and are not taken from another site. Thus feel free to delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kersalflats (talk • contribs) 13:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. Thanks, Codelyoko193 (T/C) 02:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge: To Kersal per the talk page comments (It really isn't suitable for its own article, and thats obvious from the tags).- Rjd0060 05:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge: I added the tags to the article and I think I went a bit mad with them :). If anybody can find anything in there to salvage then it should be merged into the Kersal article but other than that it should be deleted straight away and so should the images as the age of them looks like they have been plucked from another site. A collection of council flats is rarely notable except for special ones such as the enormous Park Hill in Sheffield. Also there appears to be a bit of bitterness over Thatcher's government which, although I am not a fan of her work, is not supposed to be on Wikipedia as it is blatant POV. └ and-rew ┘┌ talk ┐ 06:53, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The useful bits of the article (which were not about the flats) have already been merged, and what's left is mostly POV with a few facts already in the main article (the only exception is the mention of a public finance scheme, but it's left unexplained and without references). Snigbrook 15:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You cannot delete an article by simply blanking the page. If you wish for the article to be deleted an admin must do it, as you are the creator you can add   to the top of the article and an admin should delete it promptly. └ and-rew ┘┌ talk ┐ 16:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, the use sure can request deletion by blanking the page. Since there have been no other significant contributions, that would be per WP:CSD.  I have now restored the author blanked version and tagged for speedy deletion. - Rjd0060 16:57, 11 November 2007 (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.