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The result was no consensus. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:16, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Metropolitan Parkway (Detroit area)[edit]

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Per WP:GEOROAD: " Topic notability for county roads, regional roads (such as Ireland's regional roads), local roads, streets and motorway service areas may vary, and are presumed to be notable if they have been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which contain significant coverage and are reliable and independent of the subject."

Searches for the name in the Free Press turned up only businesses and trivial mentions at best. The other names were little better. The only source currently in the article is a case study which does not convey notability to the road itself. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:30, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:30, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:30, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Having grown up in the area, I know that this was one of the most significant thoroughfares going from east to west in the northern Detroit suburbs. Part of the difficulty in searching for sources is the myriad of names by which it is known. Detroit columnist Bob Talbert in 1999 wrote about the confusion surrounding the many names by which it is known:

  Many cited 16 Mile Road ... as the ultimate in confusion. It is Quarton in Birmingham, Big Beaver through Troy and becomes Metropolitan Parkway farther east." See here.

Fifteen years earlier, another columnist made a similar comment about the difficulty in navigating Detroit, citing "the six names for Sixteen Mile Road (Metropolitan Parkway, Sixteen Mile, Big Beaver, Quarton, Walnut Lake and Buno)." See here. Cbl62 (talk) 05:41, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Looking at this situation, and the analysis provided by Cbl62, I support keeping this article but by a very narrow margin. This is a very significant road to the area -- there's also at least one notable place located on the road -- Brooks Farm. Looking at this I'm confident sourcing exists somewhere, though given the type of routine coverage that exists around roads and the road's numerous names it is very difficult to locate. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:26, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:23, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep this seems WP:Notable, or at least borderline enough not to delete. The material in the article as well as discussion above support notability. Caleb Stanford (talk) 00:41, 15 November 2021 (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.