Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Platte Avenue


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The result was   DELETE. Esprit15d • talk • contribs 23:59, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Platte Avenue

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Declined PROD. This street appears to be just a normal city street that fails the WP:GNG. No reliable secondary sources have been added to the article since it was de-PRODed. Admrboltz (talk) 20:52, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete normal city street sums it up pretty well, I think. I must say "the site of the second most important junction of US 24 and Powers Boulevard" is one of the more lame attempts at a claim of notability in recent memory. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:51, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete while it does seem like a major street in that city, does not seem to meet notability guidelines for its own article. Nothing stands out with a quick Google search, and no major news stories seem to be centered around it. Also appears to fail WikiProject U.S. Streets notability guidelines. Hatmatbbat10 Talk to me 23:26, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Just an average city street.  Dough 48  72  03:34, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep/merge Per World Encyclopedia of Cities, this avenue forms a section of U.S. Route 24 in Colorado. Our editing policy is to retain alternate names as they assist navigation by our readership. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Only a small section of Platte Avenue is US 24, which would make redirecting this a bad idea.  Dough 48  72  20:58, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:20, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:20, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep- this is one of two major arteries in the second largest city in Colorado, it's well put together, it just needs improvement. Surprised there is an article about it, but it's not average.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:07, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. There needs to be something about the named street itself, of which there is ultimately nothing per WP:GNG. The fact that US 24 uses this street for about a mile (hence why I can't endorse a redirect) seems to be what gives the intersection (and, as the article purports, the street) its "importance," and the article seems to run with it. But, "importance" based on what? AADT? (The article claims it is the fourth-busiest street in the city with an AADT of 46,000, but the source cited makes no comparison and gives a figure of 25,000.) Or the fact that there's an interchange? There doesn't seem to be any sourcing for that, and to say the entire street is important based on that borders on synthesis. It's hard to say that every named street that a numbered route utilizes gains notability by association, especially when such a short stretch of the street is the numbered route, and this appears to be a case of that. Some very basic information about the street's business association and public works projects that can be found for almost any "main street" in any city doesn't give much to work with... and ultimately, with no WP:RS, it's an article that says nothing more than that the view of the mountains is pretty, there are some businesses, some crimes, etc., and gives a list of intersections. -- Kinu  t /c  08:52, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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