Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vehicle registration plates of 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.

Vehicle registration plates of New York

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I think that this is a bit too specific for Wikipedia. Any relevant information can be found at

• Speedy Keep. Nominated only four minutes after creation, much too trigger happy. MrPrada (talk) 21:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep! Just take a look at Category:Vehicle registration plates of the United States --Plate King (talk) 21:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. Although I know about the whole
  WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS philosophy, and am not 100% convinced of the viability of this subject matter, the fact it's one of a series of articles on substantially similar subjects leads me to lean towards keeping for now. If someone wants to pursue the question of whether such articles are viable as whole, then that's a discussion for another day. But I see no reason to single this one out at the moment. 23skidoo (talk) 21:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply
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• Keep the important information about New York License Plates. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dummy Dinkins (talk • contribs) 22:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete I agree with the nom, this is way too specific for Wikipedia. Anything pertinent can be merged with
  Vehicle registration plates of the United States. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 04:48, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply
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• Delete, these sorts of articles are worse than nothing. Yes, there are people who collect these things, and there very well could be an article on collecting license plates. But the amount of unverifiable detail that such articles could accumulate is, well, horrifying. If I was interested in something specific about New York or New Jersey or wherever plates, I would like Wikipedia to provide me with sources, like books or websites that I could trust. Blast Ulna (talk) 05:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • And there is
    U.S. license plate numbering and lettering to park some of the information in. Blast Ulna (talk) 05:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply
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• Keep the article. In the US the license plates are different from state to state, and significantly enough that each state can have an article on it. The articles on the nation cannot accommodate the information on all 50 states (and more). They can only hold the briefest summaries. Fg2 (talk) 10:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Change my vote above from procedural keep to content keep. Clearly notable, verified, and room to expand for vanity plates, etc., there is no reason to spam the main article with information from every state. This fork is a good fork. MrPrada (talk) 13:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This page, and similar pages for the other states, I don't believe are intended to serve as collectors' guides, but rather as documentation of historical events — the past issuance of automobile license plates. Although, granted, this article is in extremely rough form and will need a lot of cleanup and expansion. Qqqqqq (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This is important historical information that needs to be aggregated and not left behind paywalls. Information is meant to be free! Plus anything that screws with those ALPCA bastards is a good thing. --Campbell Showing (talk) 23:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure how this works but this article should be deleted since it has stolen material (text and photos) from several websites, including the ALPCA archives. [1] [2] [3] The New Jersey article does the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Battersea Bosco (talk • contribs) 01:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It would seem that the copyvio information should be deleted, rather than the entire page. Does a posting to a message board enjoy copyright protection? It also seems to only be the images that were stolen from 15q.net, in which case they should be tagged for speedy deletion. Qqqqqq (talk) 01:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They blagged some stuff from the ALPCA archives, which is password protected. This and the New Jersey article need to be deleted since it is proprietary information. We always loved American number plates and we think that it is not right to steal things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Battersea Bosco (talk • contribs) 02:01, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the goal of Wikipedia is to stop this idea of proprietary information, to provide access to information not hidden behind passwords.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have to ask if an article is basically made up of copyright violations does that mean we have to delete them and maybe start over? --Plate King (talk) 02:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. —Willirennen (talk) 09:17, 4 April 2008 (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.