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A short, unremarkable street in Lower Manhattan with no notable features mentioned by the article or resources like the New York Times. SounderBruce23:35, 21 March 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. Contrary to what the the nominee says, a brief trawl through the New York Times throws up dozens of articles between 1853 and 1858 on the Albany Street Extension controversy alone. There's no set criteria for notability for streets other than
WP:GNG and the street certainly gets enough
WP:SECONDARY coverage to merit its own article.
Fiachra10003 (
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20:29, 28 March 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete Non-notable street. A controversy in the 1850s about extending it is hardly significant. Without a substantive reason of some kind of significance (political, social, cultural, etc.), a local road is just an instance of
WP:MILL.
MB02:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep, per Station1 and Fiacha10003 and Michael Bednarek. Small parks and short streets in core areas of major cities are notable. --
doncram00:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Incidentally, regardless of my !vote, and pace Station1, an entry in Moscow, or in Fierstein's Naming New York, for that matter, does not indicate notability, as they are both intended to be comprehensive listings of all named streets in Manhattan -- and I think it goes without saying that not all named streets in the borough are inherently notable.
Beyond My Ken (
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00:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. There are very good reasons for assuming that almost all streets in the centres of major cities should be considered notable. --
Necrothesp (
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13:41, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Even a one-block stub in the suburban reaches of Jacksonville? Or a small alley in the middle of Witchita? You can't make every street notable, or else we'll have a bloat problem on our hands. SounderBruce14:06, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
I wouldn't refer to Jacksonville or Wichita as major cities! Not in a world context (which is what I was referring to; but to clarify, national capitals and cities like New York that have similar world status). Neither did I say every street in the city (I said in the city centre). Neither did I mention alleys. --
Necrothesp (
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15:42, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per above. Several Manhattan streets are not notable. This is not one of them. Even though being listed in a book doesn't necessarily indicate notability, Albany Street has historical importance, as proven by the recent article additions by Beyond My Ken. Even short, historically important streets like
Doyers Street can have articles since notability is not temporary.
epicgenius (
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15:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
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
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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.
A short, unremarkable street in Lower Manhattan with no notable features mentioned by the article or resources like the New York Times. SounderBruce23:35, 21 March 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. Contrary to what the the nominee says, a brief trawl through the New York Times throws up dozens of articles between 1853 and 1858 on the Albany Street Extension controversy alone. There's no set criteria for notability for streets other than
WP:GNG and the street certainly gets enough
WP:SECONDARY coverage to merit its own article.
Fiachra10003 (
talk)
20:29, 28 March 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete Non-notable street. A controversy in the 1850s about extending it is hardly significant. Without a substantive reason of some kind of significance (political, social, cultural, etc.), a local road is just an instance of
WP:MILL.
MB02:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep, per Station1 and Fiacha10003 and Michael Bednarek. Small parks and short streets in core areas of major cities are notable. --
doncram00:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Incidentally, regardless of my !vote, and pace Station1, an entry in Moscow, or in Fierstein's Naming New York, for that matter, does not indicate notability, as they are both intended to be comprehensive listings of all named streets in Manhattan -- and I think it goes without saying that not all named streets in the borough are inherently notable.
Beyond My Ken (
talk)
00:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. There are very good reasons for assuming that almost all streets in the centres of major cities should be considered notable. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
13:41, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Even a one-block stub in the suburban reaches of Jacksonville? Or a small alley in the middle of Witchita? You can't make every street notable, or else we'll have a bloat problem on our hands. SounderBruce14:06, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
I wouldn't refer to Jacksonville or Wichita as major cities! Not in a world context (which is what I was referring to; but to clarify, national capitals and cities like New York that have similar world status). Neither did I say every street in the city (I said in the city centre). Neither did I mention alleys. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
15:42, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per above. Several Manhattan streets are not notable. This is not one of them. Even though being listed in a book doesn't necessarily indicate notability, Albany Street has historical importance, as proven by the recent article additions by Beyond My Ken. Even short, historically important streets like
Doyers Street can have articles since notability is not temporary.
epicgenius (
talk)
15:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply
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