Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Old Rectory , Chidham

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The result was no consensus. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Old Rectory , Chidham

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No refs, no indencations of notability, and an internet search comes up with nothing Abce2|This isnot a test 03:12, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I came up with the following links [1], [2], [3]. Not many, but perhaps enough to establish notability? ArcAngel (talk) 05:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Huh. I looked everywhere for refs. Thanks for finding some.Abce2|This isnot a test 06:38, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, but if it's any consolation, I used Google to find them. :) ArcAngel (talk) 07:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete The building is listed, but only Grade II. Might be worth asking at
WP:HSITES re the notability of such buildings. I believe Grade I and Grade II* listed building have sufficient notability to sustain an article, but I'm not completely sure about Grade II listed buildings. Mjroots (talk) 07:26, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Man, all this over two sentences. I wish we would have originally redirected this to the Chidham talk page or userfied it to a sub page of the creator. We are spending ten times more on this article than the creator did.
talk) 07:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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It could still be userfied, I believe. ArcAngel (talk) 07:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 12:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can't see any scope to expand this beyond a stub. Might be worth mentioning in
Chidham though. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Delete Merge with
~~Chidham,~~ deleting the resultant redirect. This will probably merely involve adding the photo to that article, with the present content used in the caption. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:02, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Vote changed after having merged it as I had suggested, essentially by adding the photo. With 418000 grade II listed buildings we cannot have articles on all of them. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Grade II listed buildings are notable per se (this has been applied many times re articles about primary schools in listed buildings). It would be easy to add a few more words from the ref I've just added.
talk) 15:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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- Maybe Grade II listed status makes it notable but the article only has two sentences. Unless it is likely that an article can be created that is more than a stub it should probably be redirected.
  snigbrook (talk) 13:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Redirect to Chidham; where a mention of it exists. Setting a theoretical notability bar that "Grade II listed buildings and above are notable" is a little silly, in my view - the building clearly exists and clearly is Grade II, but there seems to be almost nothing else worth saying about it. In the situation where a building has notable characteristics but insufficient material to create a worthwhile separate article, the logical result is to discuss it in the context of a wider area. ~ mazca ^talk 10:52, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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