Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newfoundland, New Jersey

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 15:09, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

Newfoundland, New Jersey

It is a neighborhood of West Milford, New Jersey. Non-incorporated. Delete as non-notable.RJFJR 21:23, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

Regarding comments below, the phrase "neighborhood" is probably not the best one here, although it may be what people locally use. It's definitely not the same thing in any way as Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, which is a district within an urban setting, or most "neighborhood" articles in Wikipedia. Although I haven't been to this particular New Jersey community, if it is like many unincorporated communities, then it is probably a stand-alone, recognizable unincorporated community, with its own post office and zip code. Here's the Google search [1], for example. I know for a fact that it appears on the map as would a real "town". The culprit here is the strange, somewhat archaic boundaries of New Jersey municipalities, which quite often diverge from the actual community structures which have emerged over the last 100 years. Some "towns" in New Jersey are almost like sub-counties, drawing together several distinct unincorporated communities into a common governmental structure. -- Decumanus 23:30, 2005 May 9 (UTC)

Merge and redirect to West Milford, New Jersey. When and if neighborhood sections of that article grow too large, they can be split off. Meelar (talk) 21:52, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
Keep real places or merge as above. Kappa 22:15, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. New Jersey has many communities with distinct identities that are not incorporated but which everyone recognizes and distinct and which are on most maps. -- Decumanus 23:15, 2005 May 8 (UTC)
Keep. A Google search showed that this is a real place with a real community of interest. [2] Capitalistroadster 23:40, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Newfoundland, West Milford, New Jersey, in the spirit of Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, et al. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:05, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I always say keep real places, but as this is a neighborhood, move to Newfoundland, West Milford, New Jersey. Rick K 04:18, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Concur with Zzyzx and RickK. Move. Sjakkalle 07:45, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into West Milford, New Jersey and delete - Skysmith 10:52, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge and delete is a taboo vote, it is not in accordance with the GFDL license which requires the edit history kept if the content is used. Sjakkalle 12:33, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, we have hundreds of articles on neighbourhoods. - SimonP 13:55, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Merge into West Milford, New Jersey. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 16:27, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's not really a neighborhood, more of its own settlement within the borders of West Newton. --SPUI (talk) 02:30, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, or Keep as discussed above. I live in an area that has neighbourhood identities that cover several suburbs within the 'towns' that form the city. It's quite real for us. Peter Ellis 02:31, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
In it's present form, I'm inclined to Merge and Redirect to West Milford. It is a real place and has it's own ZIP code, so at the very least a redirect is appropriate. But if this is all there is to say about the place, it should be included in a Communities section in the West Milford article. If (or when) there is more to say about the place, then it can get broken out into it's own article. If it is merged, the content should be placed prominently in the West Milford article so people can understand the basis for the redirect. older≠wiser 12:31, May 14, 2005 (UTC)

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