Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of eponymous roads in Hampshire


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The result was delete. Tone 16:51, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

List of eponymous roads in Hampshire

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Most places of any size have a number of streets or roads named after people; I cannot see why there is any encyclopedic value in a list of such occurrences in Hampshire. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. TheLongTone (talk) 15:08, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England -related deletion discussions.  ~Ruyaba~   {talk}  15:15, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
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 * Author Comment.
 * 1) Well there is a List_of_eponymous_roads_in_London article already. Is London a special case or should that article be deleted as well?
 * 2) A complete set of List_of_eponymous_roads_in_xxx would be useful for articles on the individuals concerned?
 * SkymasterUK (talk) 15:31, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP: NLISTCRUFT. If this list is kept, it would have to be renamed "List of eponymous roads in Eastleigh" as all of the roads listed  are in Eastleigh. Vorbee (talk) 16:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Its a start. I started with my home town. Other towns will be added.. SkymasterUK (talk) 18:31, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE and WP:NOR. Ajf773 (talk) 22:26, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not meet WP:LISTN, no sources available that discuss this (probably why article is unsourced). Coolabahapple (talk) 02:04, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per all the above.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:47, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. So nobody want to answer my questions? Its just Delete, Delete, Delete.. How are people supposed to learn how to do Wikipedia 'properly' if people don't engage in a conversation? Not trying to be funny, just don't get it.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SkymasterUK (talk • contribs) 10:19, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. Sorry Skymaster, I'm not persuaded.
 * 1) An "other stuff exists" argument. The merits of the other article would have to be discussed on its talk page, or an AfD started, or a general proposal ("All such lists are valid/invalid") placed for discussion at Village Pump or a relevant WikiProject.
 * 2) Not very: I imagine you envisage someone inserting into say Benny Hill a mention that Benny Hill Close in Eastleigh is named after him. But to make a complete job of this you'd have to check the corresponding list article for every town in the world!
 * If you follow the above link to WP:LISTN, it will become apparent that the question of "notability" here boils down to "Is the topic of Road naming in Hampshire encyclopedic – is it covered by independent reliable sources?" If it is, then the present list article could be a spin-off from a potential prose article. If not, then the topic is "non-notable" and by extension the present list article is non-notable. Lots of Wikipedians like making lists, and so long as they're not misleading there is little harm in them, but often little real value either, so take this as a neutral Bhunacat10  (talk),  11:19, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Per Ajf773, there are many such roads in Hampshire alone and the list is far from complete, every town of village could have many.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 22:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment, frankly, i am surprised that this list is so small, there are numerous streets in oz that are named after people, eg in Fadden, Australian Capital Territory "Its streets are named after Queensland politicians.", in Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory "Gowrie's streets are all named after members of the Australian Defence Force who won decorations, including the Victoria Cross.", as with this list, although those people are notable it doesnt mean we need list articles of those streets because they are named after people. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:50, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. It's not that there are not many of them, it is just this is the start of the list and I didn't have time to put more in before the AFD was placed on the page. Like a lot of pages on Wikipedia, small start but then grow and grow over time. Not the case in this one SkymasterUK (talk) 10:58, 15 February 2019 (UTC)


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