The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect‎ to National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.. I went with the least specific in the hopes this bothers the fewest people. asilvering (talk) 02:34, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Boulder Bridge exists, as does Ross Drive Bridge; I see no reason why we should have a one-line stub simply because these are listed on the NRHP together; even if expanded out this would still be a content fork of the two sub-articles. Hog Farm _Talk 05:54, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Transportation and Washington, D.C.. Hog Farm _Talk 05:54, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Redirect fine. FINE. I'm still shaking my head at this. Pointless. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 07:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Yes, pointless. Athel cb (talk) 09:39, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to the 2007 article Boulder Bridge which encompasses both as a U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing. The author who created this one in 2015 probably didn't notice the NRHP article was already in place. — Maile (talk) 16:20, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. This is here in case someone is searching using the formal NRHP name. Normally it would be a redirect, but as the nominator points out, there are two separate articles for Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge, and it's not clear where a redirect should point. (I had split the articles in 2015 since the two bridges are unrelated other than both being built in Rock Creek Park in the same decade; they carry different roads over different creeks.) It may be better to treat it as a disambiguation page. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Would redirecting to National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C. be better? The fact that this is a listing combining two separate things is mentioned there in a note. Hog Farm _Talk 21:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's actually a pretty good idea. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Here is a possible solution.

(1) - Keep the article named simply Boulder Bridge created by West Virginian 10-22-2007 It is technically correct in content and sourcing. And it's formatted correctly.

(2) - The article named Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge was created by Antony-22 10-22-2015. It is named correctly, but only contains one sentence and no sourcing.

(3) Need tech advice on how to do this, if it can be done.

Might be a good idea to first delete Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge.

Move Boulder Bridge to the title Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge, while keeping its editing history.

Since I've never performed such a article swap before, we need help from an admin who can perform this swap. — Maile (talk) 17:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• As I said above, the two bridges are fairly unrelated and it wouldn't be appropriate to cover them in a single article. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C. and fix the links there. This should not be its own page, and after a brief search that is clearly the best page to redirect to. SportingFlyer T·C 20:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to National Register of Historic Places listings in western Washington, D.C.. Ross Drive Bridge is west of Rock Creek, while Boulder Bridge straddles it. The NHRP listing is thus in both list articles, but the western one is the more appropriate redirect target. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Works for me. SportingFlyer T·C 04:14, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Ditto. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:44, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Clarification for everyone on how these two came to be listed as one. Please see NRHP Nomination Form. It was listed that way by the National Register of Historic Places. — Maile (talk) 15:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. We have 3 different Redirect target articles being suggested here, can we agree on one that is the most appropriate?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:33, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C.. This article is obviously not encyclopedic but the title itself is a reasonable search term. Esolo5002 (talk) 08:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect: to the NW Quadrant article. This could still be a search term if you look at the NRHP data. Oaktree b (talk) 15:46, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Fine. FINE. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 17:19, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.. I would have supported redirecting this to National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C., but 3/4 of the bridge pairing is in western Washington, D.C., compared to only 1/4 of the pairing within the upper NW quadrant. National Register of Historic Places listings in western Washington, D.C. would have been a suitable redirect target as well if it weren't in two separate lists. The point stands, however, that there do not need to be three articles on what are essentially only two topics. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:03, 16 November 2024 (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.