Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Street Names of Paris, 1er arrondissement


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The result was   keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 12:41, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Street Names of Paris, 1er arrondissement

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Despite the title, this is not a list of streets but a list (not at all complete) of persons for whom roadways in a small part of Paris are named, which seems to fall foul of WP:NOTDIR and WP:SALAT in that it's based on an unencyclopedic cross-categorization of people with no intrinsic connection. The people listed are certainly not primarily notable for having streets named after them. Deor (talk) 22:07, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep The article already has a good source and others are readily available, such as Premier arrondissement. It is our editing policy to keep such material.  Colonel Warden (talk) 07:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Since the "source" that appears in the article was published before any of the listed people (except Napoleon) were born, much less became eponyms, I don't think it can be considered relevant. Deor (talk) 10:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The article is just a stub and it is our policy to improve these, not to delete them. That first source will be useful for older streets but to show the article's potential, I have added two more sources including one which specifically focusses upon explaining the names of the streets: Résistantes et résistants en Seine-Saint-Denis: un nom, une rue, une histoire. Colonel Warden (talk) 13:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep, but does need improvement. Clearly notable part of the world, could possibly be organised by street, rather than by person. Soupy sautoy (talk) 14:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Considerable improvement is needed--I assume it is intended   as a list of those streets named after notable  people, not about every street in the area.  It can be considered a summary article,because most of those streets are probably notable  in their own right.    DGG ( talk ) 01:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)   DGG ( talk ) 01:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, most of them (to wit, all the ones named for people in the "Writers" section) are just walkways or arcades in the Forum des Halles shopping center, not streets "notable in their own right". Deor (talk) 03:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete and Merge information to the individual articles where it belongs. WP:PRESERVE is met. As the nomination indicates this is cross-categorization of people/battles/etc. with no intrinsic connection and no one is claiming that the individual streets have notability. It seems to be just an anti-orphan article device, not useful. --Bejnar (talk) 04:27, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Individual streets may be notable, as the example of Rue de Rivoli, shows. And deletion and merge are incompatible recommendations - see WP:MAD. Colonel Warden (talk) 06:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * In that case, just delete. The majority of the streets are not notable. --Bejnar (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 14:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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