User talk:Maple2000
Towns and roads
[edit]I don't presume to know how many more times you're going to have to have this explained to you before you decide to try to understand it, but here goes again:
The core criterion that determines whether a topic gets a Wikipedia article or not is the presence or absence of reliable sources about the topic.
For example, a regional road does not get to have a one-line article just because it exists; if you cannot add substantial, properly referenced detail about why the road is notable, then it does not qualify. Similarly, an unincorporated community does not get to have a one-line article just because it exists; if you cannot add substantial, properly referenced detail about why the community is notable, then it does not qualify. A one-line article which just says that "Palermo is a community in Oakville" does not cut it — if you can't reference a real, reasonably long article about Palermo, which goes into substantial detail about Palermo's history, geography and culture as a distinct topic from Oakville as a whole, then Palermo does not need its own separate article
Long story short, unless you're prepared to put the appropriate effort into writing a real, keepable article about a local road or a neighbourhood or whatever, which features properly referenced detail about the topic beyond the mere fact that it exists, then do not start a new article. Bearcat (talk) 00:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
The article Iroquois Ridge South, Ontario has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Completely non-notable neighbourhood of Oakville, Ontario. With no information in the Oakville article, a redirect would just confuse a reader. Article created by a now blocked sockpuppet.
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Whpq (talk) 15:39, 1 November 2011 (UTC)