Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Campaign Against Levels Motorway

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The result was Delete. Kevin (talk) 07:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Campaign Against Levels Motorway

Does not sufficiently assert importance of organization, and is currently focused around a single issue. However, the article claims it's been focusing on the issue for 16 years, which leads me to believe there may be evidence of notability out there. The original prod nom said "Does not assert its importance, and a distinct lack of reliable sources elsewhere: [1]", and an endorsing editor commented "I can't tell if this article is really about CALM, or is trying to promote its cause. Either way, the organization's scope is limited to protesting a single building project, failing WP:CORP." If the 1992 founding date is correct, though, it was working long before the current project was on the drawing boards. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: non-notable organization. DCEdwards ¹⁹⁶⁶ 20:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wales-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ORG. Eusebeus (talk) 22:23, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - this is a badly written article about a pressure group campaigning against New M4. Highway planning in UK is an extremely long-winded process, particlarly if the funding is cut; hence the foundation date is not incredible if there was a previous similar project. I know of a campaign fund against another road deriving from the 1990s. The proposal was abandoned; something similar was against suggested and again dropped, but it might rear its ugly head again in the future. On the other hand this seems to be a NN presure group. I would suggest that the article be merged with New M4, but there is still the question of whether that article does not fail WP:CRYSTAL. Peterkingiron (talk) 00:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as original prodder. I can't find a reference on their Web site for the 1992 founding date. There is a reference to a road being proposed around 1999, but even then I can't believe a firm route would have been decided so quickly. Planning in the UK usually works to timescales of centuries rather than days. A project not far from where I live ended up left half-completed on hiatus for 10 years, even though the route had been decided and the plans fully-costed and approved. Whichever way you cut it, this article is unreferenced, and there is a distinct lack of sources around to justify an article. 217.36.107.9 (talk) 09:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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