Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lady Margaret Lane


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 21:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Lady Margaret Lane

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Non-notable club area of barely notable club. This "theoretical area" (quote from article) is only of interest to the club itself Passportguy (talk) 14:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - not even any context to it. What river? Where? And as you say, it's just not encyclopaedic. Canterbury Tail   talk  14:19, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete The river is the River Cam that flows through Cambridge, UK and which is used for boating by the Cambridge University colleges there. Quite notable enough as rivers go. The club is the Lady Margaret Boat Club (belonging to St John's College, Cambridge) which is notable enough for an article to be here for four years. As to Lady Margaret Lane - doubtful. Both as to existence and notability even if shown to be independently referenced. Might merit a line in the club article if referenced properly. Peridon (talk) 14:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete No notability, no significance apart from the club. It feels like a vanity piece. No mention in reliable sources. Sounds like a pet name used by the club.  Dloh  cierekim  16:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. As someone who knows something about rowing in Cambridge this is a completely made up hoax/attack page having a go at the perceived arrogance of LMBC rowers. There are no sources, those that are quoted don't verify the article at all. Quantpole (talk) 21:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Definite Keep- The tradition of the Lady Margaret Lane is well established on the River Cam; it was particularly in vogue in the early to mid-1900s when the 'blazing' Lady Margaret First Boat (hosting a number of Olympians) went practically unchallenged for the river Headship for a number of years running. The tradition of the Lady Margaret Lane continues to be applied on a regular basis in Cambridge rowing today; indeed, in recent years a number of the other college boat clubs have petitioned CUCBC to abolish this archaic rule on the basis that it unfairly advantages the Lady Margaret boats in training for the Bumps races. Downing College Boat Club and Jesus College Boat Club crews have repeatedly been in conspicuous violation of the Lady Margaret Lane right-of-way rule in recent terms, presumably in protest over the long-standing tradition. It was noted upon their second petition to CUCBC that their recent attempts at dismissing the rule by monopolizing the lane did not result in any dramatic alteration in the performance of their crews. B03023 (talk) 20:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:OR unsupported by reliable independent references. Drawn Some (talk) 23:17, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as above. I am also heavily involved with Cambridge rowing. The people writing the article are largely from Trinity College, Cambridge, which has a long tradition of rivalry with LMBC. This article is purely an attempt to be amusing and doesn't represent any sort of encyclopaedic content at all. Mrh30 (talk) 12:33, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as no independent sources available to verify it. If it can be verified it should be added to Lady Margaret Boat Club or River Cam doesn't need it's own article.
 * Delete as original research/hoax (what a combination). Drmies (talk) 18:04, 7 May 2009 (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.