Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birkenhead built-up area

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The result was redirect‎ to List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:09, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Birkenhead built-up area

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Non-notable census area. Sourcing entirely to Nomis/ONS, with there only being one. The arguments are set out in detail at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfreton/South Normanton Built-up area and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Leamington Spa Built-up area, both of which concluded in Delete. Note that this is one of eight BUAs by the same author that are at AfD. The others being Burnley Built-up area / Accrington/Rossendale Built-up area / Barnsley/Dearne Valley Built-up area / Lancaster/Morecambe Built-up area / Ipswich built-up area / Norwich built-up area / Rhyl/Prestatyn Built-up area. KJP1 (talk) 17:38, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. KJP1 (talk) 17:38, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:38, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete only one passing mention in Google scholar, and a recent mention of a built up area around Birkenhead on the government website shows a completely different area[1]. Orange sticker (talk) 11:59, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Confusingly for the latest census they've redefined what built up area means. Previously built up areas were made up of built up area subdivsions. But for the latest census the subdivisions have been renamed built up areas and they form built up conglomerations together. But they havent released the data for conglomerations yet. Theres more information on it here [2]. Eopsid (talk) 17:19, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's not confusing at all once one realizes that this is a nonce concept made up by a computer for one statistical analysis, that never escaped its creator to be acknowledged by anyone else, and that even its creator has now discarded. Uncle G (talk) 03:16, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As with all of the rest, rationales already given at length in the two prior AFD discussions given in the nomination applying just as equally here, this is a concept that has never escaped its creator in what is now 12 years. The only thing coming even close to this grouping that actually is acknowledged by the world is the old hundred of Wirral, and not only do we already have an article on that (as ever with this article creator), that's not very close to this grouping at all. Delete. Uncle G (talk) 03:16, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. Respectable search term, no reason to make it harder for readers to find information. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:44, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This makes sense, agreed. Orange sticker (talk) 10:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the list at List of urban areas in the United Kingdom which includes it and explains the term. PamD 12:29, 10 February 2025 (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.