Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linwood Boulevard


 * 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 over how "typical" this street is and therefore how to apply inclusion guidelines. Default to keep. Deryck C. 14:34, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Linwood Boulevard

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Non-notable street. All sources look unreliable or mention buildings on the street itself. Deprodded by IP without comment. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:36, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:34, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:37, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep This is a historic street of a major city and it doesn't seem to be difficult to find sources. For example, here's an account of a parade by Charles Lindbergh: Kansas City's Historic Hyde Park. Warden (talk) 23:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Notability is not inherited from Lindbergh having a parade on it. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:52, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * A location's notability obviously derives from what happens there. All roads such as Fifth Avenue or The Mall are all much the same physically - just strips of tarmac and street furniture.  It's what happens in and around them that makes them a significant entity.  The street name is a good search key - that's why streets are given names - and so the title is useful to readers who are wanting information about this geographical area. Warden (talk) 09:58, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:GNG and can be verified.--Paul McDonald (talk) 00:59, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Paul. --Nouniquenames (talk) 13:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - does not meet notability standards; WP:RUNOFTHEMILL coverage of a local street. Notability is not inherited from celebrity parades or the famous doughnut store, which the article currently uses to try to appear notable. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:54, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:RUNOFTHEMILL is not a policy; it is just a prejudice. Warden (talk) 10:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Way to assume bad faith there with that statement and especially with the easter egg link. Wow. Please don't accuse other Wikipedians of attempting to censor the encyclopedia just because they disagree with you on whether or not something is notable. Some might take it as a personal attack. (Not to mention that cries of "censorship" like that make it so actual censorship gets drowned out in choruses of yawns.) - The Bushranger One ping only 02:44, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The Colonel is also correct, at least in some way. The "run-of-the-mill" argument implies not to have articles on each individual "cookie-cutter" concept (in the essay example, homes;  in this case, streets or neighborhoods).  So if we are to use this as a guide, it has to be a "cookie-cutter" street just like so many others.  Some have argued here that it is a "typical street" but only after discounting events, landmarks, and traffic flow that make it "not a typical street".  While I agree that this street is similar to other streets, it hardly qualifies for the "cookie-cutter" standard set by the "run-of-the-mill" essay.--Paul McDonald (talk) 11:46, 5 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - Typical city street.  Dough 48  72  04:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Doesn't appear to pass the relevant WikiProject's notability guidelines. -Scottywong | soliloquize _  21:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 15:12, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - RUNOFTHEMILL is just an opinion essay and should have no clout here with our notability debate. What we're looking for are sources that Linwood Boulevard is a landmark or the object of substantial, independent, published coverage... Such as, for example THIS PAGE, "Linwood Blvd. Historic Survey," indicating that the arterial is featured in A Legacy of Design–An Historical Survey of the Kansas City, Missouri, Parks and Boulevards System, 1893–1940 edited by Janice Lee, David Boutros, Charlotte R. White and Deon Wolfenbarger and published in 1995 by the Kansas City Center for Design Education and Research, in cooperation with the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City. Carrite (talk) 16:59, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:ONLYESSAY - The Bushranger One ping only 02:41, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You're seriously gonna cite an ESSAY that says one shouldn't say "It's only an essay" in a deletion debate?!?! The Bible is the word of god because the bible says it is the word of god, too. Essays are opinion pieces; guidelines and policies are governing doctrine of Wikipedia, approved by community consensus. The difference is the same as the difference between a letter to the editor of the newspaper about the way things should be and a law enacted by a national legislature. That's a seriously embarrassing link that you posted there, in my opinion... Carrite (talk) 19:41, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Now that a few editors have found sources, this is pretty clearly a notable street. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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