Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hundred Parishes (2nd nomination)


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The result was   speedy keep. per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete votes. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  17:23, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

The Hundred Parishes
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The Hundred Parishes is a recently invented project, this Wikipedia article is written by the secretary of the newly formed Hundred Parishes Society, who freely admits "the area as a whole has no formal recognition or status". As such this article is a lengthy essay about a whole number of parishes and geographical features in South East England that have no official connection. The previous AfD seems to have been only a procedural 'Keep'. As far as I can see, though there are obviously very many sources about the villages and attractions in Hertfordshire and Essex, there are almost none about The Hundred Parishes, an invented area. Sionk (talk) 10:54, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 11:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep The age of something isn't an indicator of its notability, which was established in the previous AfD. Why are we doing this again?  Dwpaul   Talk   12:31, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * This isn't being nominated because of age, it's being nominated because The Hundred Parishes is not a notable subject, lacking any reliable secondary coverage (apart from the local news article about the formation of the related Society). According to the Safron Walden Historical Society newsletter used in the article, it is a "vision" by a local historian to promote the area (he also authored the Wiki article). Sionk (talk) 14:11, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Nomination withdrawn, partly on the basis I did not notice it had already been AfD's when I nominated the article. I would have !voted "Delete" in the previous AfD if I'd had a chance, but if a number of editors think a local news article and a couple of historical society newsletters are sufficient to establish notability, then so be it. I don't want to be accused of wasting time and going over the same arguments. Sionk (talk) 14:59, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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