Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Berridale

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 01:50, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

Berridale

A rather small and unimportant place somewhere in Australia, the only notable thing about the place is that an alleged politician called George Ober grew up there; however, Ober does not seem to be verifiable ("George Ober" liberal and "George Ober" Australia both turn up nothing relevant on Google). If the questionable paragraph about Ober is removed, we're left with a place that is some distance from Canberra and has four distinct seasons -- Ferkelparade π 12:21, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Keep if only because we have kept all articles about towns and villages on Earth. Sjakkalle 13:02, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Remove any and all nonsensical parts of the article (even if that leaves the article nearly blank). Mark as geographical stub. And keep. Radiant_* 14:03, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Apart from the illformed sentence on the seasons and the dubious claim for one George Ober, what exactly is nonsensical about it? It's a genuine town, so deserves an article. Also generates 23,000 google hits - the place is also a popular tourist area, so the town's impact is larger than it's population. Average Earthman 14:40, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Those were the nonsensical things I referred to, and by my vote above I fully concur that it deserves an article. Radiant_* 15:19, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • What's wrong with the seasons bit? Kappa 21:11, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Nothing now I've rewritten it. Before it seemed to suggest 40 degrees heat and snow in summer. Average Earthman 09:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all small unimportant towns. Article needs to be cleaned up though. DaveTheRed 23:04, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I'ts the administrative centre of the shire, which is a very popular tourist destination, so not that unimportant. Average Earthman 09:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • I was merely quoting Ferkelparade's nomination. I make no judgements on this places significance, or lack thereof. DaveTheRed 19:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Real place. My dad once lived there. I'm going away for the weekend but I will work on it when I get back. Never heard of George Ober and I follow politics with a fair amount of interest Capitalistroadster 00:59, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all real places. We have articles about many places of a similar size, mostly in America. Rje 01:10, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Settlements are inherently notable. They arise for a reason, not because someone pitches a tent randomly. Chris 16:07, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all real places. RickK 08:10, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. All towns are notable.--Centauri 06:42, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:54, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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