Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loose chippings


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The result was   merge to Road surface. Fritzpoll (talk) 09:46, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Loose chippings

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Not notable in accordance with your Notability policy, I Goggled for "loose chippings" and no sources covering the phrase in detail were found. Delete please Spring and Port Wine (talk) 12:57, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't really have a strong opinion, but that road sign does exist in the UK and is defined as "road has loose chippings" (see p.137). Pichpich (talk) 13:22, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Surely there must be some article to which these signs can be merged.  Sourcing should not be a problem: the image page cites a "statutory instrument".  - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 13:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is this article not mainly about the road conditions, though, rather than the signing of them? I'm finding a few sources referring to the danger of loose chippings, but am conflicted over whether this subject is worthy of an article...  one brave  monkey  13:59, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The signs exist, but I fail to see how a reasonably good article is every possible on the subject.--RadioFan2 (talk) 15:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a merge with Roadworks would be the best option? (That article is in pretty poor shape as well). &mdash; LinguistAtLarge • Talk  17:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Road surface (as a version of keep!). Loose chippings are a form of road surface dressing and there are plenty of reasonable sources, for example here. However, the suggested target seems a good solution so that it can be read in a broader context. TerriersFan (talk) 18:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's a good idea. Merge a very trimmed version to Road surface, but I think that the image belongs on Road signs in the United Kingdom rather than there.— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  20:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I also agree with TerriersFan, Merge to Road surface. Image probably belongs best with similar in Warning sign.  one brave  monkey  09:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Road surface (complete with image and copy the image over to Warning sign with a brief explanation of the sign there. That has the best of both worlds. - Mgm|(talk) 11:24, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic is clearly notable and so deletion is not appropriate. I have performed some basic cleanup and, as the article is new, it should be allowed time for construction rather than rushing to steamroller it as if it were a loose chipping. Colonel Warden (talk) 14:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Yet another small, informative article on an obscure, useful topic. -MBHiii (talk) 15:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If this is a term of art in the road fixing business, then write something well sourced (in better prose) at the Road surface article.Bali ultimate (talk) 15:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  17:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep/Merge. It's not a definition, it's an article about the topic. Merging is fine because I imagine there are different terms for this in different countries. Nerfari (talk) 22:23, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with soemthing on road maintenance. The content is valuable enough to keep soemnwhere, but we do not need a separate article.  The best target is probably Road surface, section "Bituminous Surface Treatment", which is the context where loose chippings aroise the most.  Peterkingiron (talk) 14:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep and link to it from some template or series about road maintenance. Jwray (talk) 06:15, 30 March 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.