Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Springbank Cemetery Aberdeen

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 delete. I'm sorry but the delete !voters make a stronger case in this one. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Springbank Cemetery Aberdeen

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no indication of WP:notability. Sources prove existence - not notability. Google searches do not reveal anything significant. Disputed prod. noq (talk) 09:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and source better. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:37, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is WP:notable about it? You have added a couple of references to someone buried at the cemetery but the second one does not appear to mention the cemetery and the first only mentions it in passing. The claims made seem to be no different from hundreds of other cemeteries in the UK. noq (talk) 21:18, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, appears to be quite a typical cemetery. Nyttend (talk) 04:19, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jordanhill is a "typical" railway station. Are you going to nominate that article for deletion too? --Mais oui! (talk) 09:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - until someone can prove that our much-celebrated one-millionth article - Jordanhill Railway Station - is "notable", I take these "notability" disputes with an immense pinch of salt. Inconsistency, thy name is Wikipedia. --Mais oui! (talk) 09:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So your basis is WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS?noq (talk) 10:02, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-lawyering also leaves me profoundly unimpressed. And wp:otherstuffexists is not even policy, it is just an essay. Let's face it, Wikipedia is packed full of articles about "typical" cemteries, "typical" railway stations, "typical" biochemists, and "typical" lichens. So what? As long as it is decently referenced, I care not a jot. --Mais oui! (talk) 10:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the decent references? The first reference to google books shows a one line mention - hardly significant coverage, and the second reference does not mention it all. noq (talk) 13:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Almanac and gazetteer entries like railway stations, cemeteries, species, cities, and high school appear to have a quasi inherent notability based on outcomes. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 19:23, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and, the other article you talk about does not appear to have been discussed for deletion. noq (talk) 10:03, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, feel free to nominate it. I look forward to that AFD! --Mais oui! (talk) 10:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The burden would be on you, not him, as you are the one who seems to have an issue with it. bahamut0013^words _deeds 16:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have notified WikiProject Military history and WikiProject Death, and Talk:Commonwealth War Graves Commission.--Mais oui! (talk) 10:26, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no notability claim, not reliably sourced. If this changes during the AFD, feel free to ping. Fifelfoo (talk) 10:36, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. —AustralianRupert (talk) 10:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per the Commonwealth_War_Dead context as a distinct notability - as well as most cemeteries - however mundane or common for the average Afd punter - actually happen to be sufficiently notable in the WP:DEATH project - cheers Satu Suro 12:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: seems to lack any notability or significance. I'm really not swayed by the flamboyant WP:WAX vote for keeping, as the article completely fails the GNG (sources only prove that it exists and houses war dead). bahamut0013^words _deeds 16:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The sources listed do not grant any notability, and a Google Books search turns up only passing references along the lines of "he died and was buried in Springbank Cemetery." Google search turns up only directory-type listings and Google News finds nothing. I could find nothing at WP:DEATH about the notability (or not) of graveyards. --MelanieN (talk) 14:38, 6 January 2011 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.