Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rodick Road (Markham, Ontario)


 * 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   delete. Bduke (talk) 07:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Rodick Road (Markham, Ontario)

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Nonnotable. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads/Golden Horseshoe for the rationale. Johnny Au (talk) 02:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. This is a secondary arterial in a suburban city, which doesn't even have a regional road number, and was created by an editor who largely operates under the belief that every single street in Markham should have its own article — he's even created articles on residential cul-de-sacs. It doesn't even cite a reference. Bearcat (talk) 17:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep It's not a secondary arterial. A secondary arterial will not have a traffic light. As well, the road is notable. Someone just had not read it thoroughly. First note. Rodick Road is the western boundary of Unionville and Downtown Markham. That might not seem extraordinarily notable, but worth making a note. Second. It was a major issue and a major debate within the town of Markham, and even spread to York Region and Highway 407 ETR, about the extension. The extension connects Rodick from 14th Av to Woodbine Av, and thus the road becomes very busy, and widely used by the local citizens. This has also brought to a major controversial that the Town of Markham proposed to lower the speed limit to discourage excessive traffic. However, that did not become the case. Majority of the road remained to be a Maximum 60 speed limit. The controversial and the debate of Highway 407 Overpass is certainly notable. Third. The road is also made up of several notable landmarks, including First Markham Place, a Chinese themed shopping mall. Fourth. Important buildings of the York Region government is also located on this road. For instance, the Waste Hazard Disposal. Last but not least. The road has different sorts of zonings along the road, and very much describe Markham. It consists of light density residential to townhouses to ethnic themed malls to industrial usages and to waste disposal facilities. The road is also one of the heavier travelled roads in Markham. Smcafirst the Roadgeek (Road Talk) 01:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.   —Bearcat (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the WikiProject Canada Roads notice box - DigitalC (talk) 04:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't even come close to WP:50k notability. Grutness...wha?  01:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:50k is an essay; it contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. It is not a policy or guideline, and editors are not obliged to follow it. Smcafirst the Roadgeek (Road talk) 15:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Editors are, however, obliged to follow WP:RS and WP:N. Bearcat (talk) 00:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I know full well that it's an essay. I wrote it, and as such is the definition I use to decide whether I think something should or should not get my supporty at AfD. Many other users also use it to decide on articles in the same way. Grutness...wha?  01:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. I applaud TCR's efforts to put Markham "on the map". If we all did that, we would have a very comprehensive set of articles on roads around the world. However, the reasons given by TCR to keep the article seem to me to be only his subjective appreciation of the importance of a road, and not necessarily its significance or notability. So delete for now. I'd like to see some independent third party sources which testify to its notability if any road article is to be worth keeping. Ohconfucius (talk) 05:34, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per discussion referenced in the nomination. I work for a company that's located on Rodick and use the south end of it in my commute.  There is nothing particularly notable about the road other than it has some twisty bits and there is an occasional speed trap set up at the south end of the bridge over the 407, where you're going downhill and the limit is 50 kmh.  PKT (talk) 14:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - No real major landmark along that road.-- JForget 00:08, 11 June 2008 (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.