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The result was Redirect‎. We have two proposed targets, but no one supporting a different course of action. Please discuss on the Talk as no admin action and ergo no relist needed. Star Mississippi 00:49, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This is basically a local government planning construct, collectively determined by the City of Lincoln and North Kesteven and West Lindsey. It appears to have very little coverage outside of that local government grouping. The article, which looks closer to a list than an article, seems unclear as to what it is describing. The opening sentence, "Central Lincolnshire is the region of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands, England", seems very unclear to me. Then, everything listed, roads, railways, urban areas etc., is already covered in multiple other articles. The sourcing is mostly NOMIS/citypopulation.de data all of which could be moved into the relevant articles if wanted. KJP1 (talk) 17:28, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. KJP1 (talk) 17:28, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. Could we (slender) merge/redirect this into Lincoln, England#Built-up_area? There are already a couple of sentences for the built-up area with a redirect in, to which one could add a list of additional areas in [1] using that as a source. Alternatively, Lincolnshire#Urban_areas, with the same brief mention. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:29, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  In case I forget to return, happy to redirect/slender merge to any target in England that gains consensus. Espresso Addict (talk) 21:14, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Just found a subheading Lincolnshire#Central Lincolnshire with a single uncited sentence. This case study,[2] is independent of the councils involved in the organisation's set up and provides significant coverge of this definition of "Central Lincolnshire". There are other definitions and many uses of the term "central Lincolnshire" in a geographical context. Rupples (talk) 19:47, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  That (the subheading) seems to be in entirely the wrong place in the Lincolnshire article. Given the existence of Lincolnshire, Illinois -- to which I doubt this phrase ever refers -- I think we would be better deciding on a sensible target within England, rather than deleting it altogether and leaving the reader to the vagaries of the search engine. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:10, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Lincolnshire seems the obvious target. If we moved the section to Governance - which it formerly isn’t but it’s close - would that be a home for this? I still don’t think we’ll end up merging much as it’s basically, roads which run through Lincolnshire, biggish places in Lincolnshire, etc. KJP1 (talk) 20:48, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  WP:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about counties#Governance has Combined Authorities or partnerships, which may cover this. Rupples (talk) 23:14, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Economics and Geography. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:24, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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