Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freehold and Howell Plank Road

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The result was keep. —Darkwind (talk) 05:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Freehold and Howell Plank Road

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In my opinion, fails WP:GNG Uberaccount (talk) 22:33, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of turnpikes in New Jersey. Dough 48 72 23:43, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of turnpikes in New Jersey without prejudice to expansion of this article as additional material becomes available. Alansohn (talk) 19:53, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable turnpike, squeaks past GNG. [1], [2]. Notability is not temporary, even when that notability was 120 years ago. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:33, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I imagine if WP was around in 1860 (along with the internet and electricity) and this went up for AfD, it would be a speedy keep with comments like "are you kidding? It's one of the main roads of the state!". As the Bushranger said, Notability is not temporary.--Oakshade (talk) 02:24, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. We need to use a bit of common sense when evaluating historical topics, rather than expect them to have loads of sources readily available from a Google search. We have enough reliable sources already to be able to maintain a useful short article (and please let's not have the kneejerk reaction of a cry of "WP:USEFUL" - that essay doesn't apply here), and a major road established by state legislation will undoubtably have much more coverage in archives that are not readily available online. Oakshade sums up the situation well, except that I must point out that electricity has been around since about 10^–12 seconds after the Big Bang. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:22, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely correct. I should've said, "had electricity been successfully harnessed, regulated and mass distributed then... "--Oakshade (talk) 06:40, 15 April 2013 (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.