Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/County Route 66 (Dutchess County, New York)

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 Keep. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-11 00:55Z

County Route 66 (Dutchess County, New York)

County Route 66 (Dutchess County, New York) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Is a county route a notable enough road to be included in the Wikipedia? Computerjoe's talk 15:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. This is no different than a secondary highway, and it's been established that secondary highways are notable enough to be included, as are local freeways, etc. 23skidoo 16:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

  I wasn't sure if a policy/guideline/similar past AfD existed. Would you mind linking to it and if it seems valid I'll withdraw the nomination :) Thanks. Computerjoe's talk 18:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Reply: although they weren't the links I had in mind, the citations by V60, below, suffice. 23skidoo 23:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

How do links to WikiProjects suffice? Computerjoe's talk 16:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep, based on the rationale provided by 23skidoo. (jarbarf) 18:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep per WP:USRD, WP:NYSR, and WP:NYCR. V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 20:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per V60 et al, but see my comments on WT:USRD. --MPD ^{T / C} 22:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Looks can be deceiving. While the article is currently a stub, it is one of the main roads through the area of Dutchess County known as the Oblong, specifically in the historic Quaker Hill hamlet. This article needs to be expanded, not deleted. --Polaron | Talk 06:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Time to clear out the roadcruft. Edeans 06:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
  • So you advocate deleting the 5400+ road articles? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes. Past time to get started. Edeans
    • Still, some roads are truly notable. Edeans 02:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Excuse me? How un-wiki is that? And how do you respond to the over 25 WikiProjects that have been started for U.S. state highways? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Neither passing trivial mention: "On Friday nights, traffic backs up on Route 22, the main north-south highway" in the newspaper articles nor appearing on a road map along with all the other roads satisfy the requirement for being "a primary subject." Also there is no policy that all secondary roads are notable absent having multiple sources where they are a primary subject. It is great that some Wikipedia editors are fans of roads, but others may be fans of city streets, television masts, or games show episodes, and they won't get articles for them either. Start a "Roadapedia" and put this material there. A road going through an historic town in no way makes the road notable. Edison 16:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment Do you think Pennsylvania Route 999 is notable or not? Sure it is, and it better not be listed here.  V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 22:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Too late. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 00:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep per my comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota State Highway 127. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 00:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

To the ones who vote Delete Wikipedia is not paper.  V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 01:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep See WP:USRD/P for other such debates. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I'll go by precendent per WP:USRD/P.--Oakshade 22:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Per WP:USRD • master_son^{Lets talk} 14:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep. I was against having a New York county routes project from the beginning (even if it would sort of allow me to write an article on the street I live on), but since we already had a county routes project for California I felt the issue was settled. As such, this comes close to violating WP:POINT, as others have indicated. Daniel Case 19:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Notability of secondary highways and county roads has long been established and respected as precedent. Alansohn 23:50, 10 February 2007 (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.