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The result was keep. Sarahj2107 (talk) 09:08, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bikeway selection[edit]

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I tagged this article with Template:How-to, but I am nominating it for deletion because I do not see how this article can be written as anything but a how-to guide and it is mostly unsourced. AHeneen (talk) 03:27, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cycling-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:36, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:36, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The article is poorly referenced, but that doesn't matter. What matters is if there are significant coverage from reliable sources. I found these, very quickly, among the 260,000 hits returned by google search: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. It seems that the subject is covered by every US State, many US municipalities, and many, many foreign government entities as well (I noticed Australia, Quebec and UK sources). The topic looks quite notable to me. Jacona (talk) 17:32, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But Wikipedia is not a how-to guide...that's the way this article is written and I don't see how the subject can be treated in an encyclopedic manner (ie. how it can ever be anything other than a guide). See WP:NOTGUIDE. AHeneen (talk) 20:59, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong keep or Merge with cycling infrastructure, the material is generally solid as presented. Only the first sentence is phrased like a "How To" manual; the rest simply documents what the sources state. The criteria for bikeway selection is a notable subtopic of cycling infrastructure. A comparable article would be: Road traffic safety --Zfish118^⋉talk 02:04, 29 May 2016 (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.