Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Land drainage

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 keep. Consensus keep but I would prefer renaming the article, since "land drainage" should point to the general topic, not the UK term. Tone 20:09, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Land drainage

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WP:DICDEF of a UK legal term. No apparent notability; all searches for strings such as "'land drainage' uk" yield results related to the topic of drainage, not the legal term. Perhaps this should be redirected there after deletion. Sandstein 19:09, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Sandstein 19:09, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (selective) to Land Drainage Act. Clearly notable series of legislative acts. As the PTOPIC is not the act, possibly no redirect or move to title with DAB (legal).Icewhiz (talk) 19:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 19:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is not a dictionary definition. The current focus on a particular legal aspect in a particular country seems too narrow for such a broad concept and so it should be globalised. The primary topic for this title is the general concept, as detailed in numerous books such as Modern Land Drainage or Land Drainage. Andrew D. (talk) 19:45, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - a merge may be appropriate, but not to Land Drainage Act as that article is mostly a long list of red-linked statutory instruments. A better option would be to improve the existing article by any editor who has access to internal Environment Agency documentation or has library access to statutory instruments. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 21:17, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Velella: - I would suggest adding prose, explaining the acts and legal concept/bodies - prior to the list. We definitely can't keep this at the current title - it is not the WP:PTOPIC - and Land Drainage Act is an appropriate title + could be developed with prose.Icewhiz (talk) 21:23, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this is a fairly well known aspect, and there's both sourcing above and other content available, such as the particularly thrilling read of Inter-War Land Drainage and Policy in England and Wales paper. Land Drainage (UK) might be appropriate. Nosebagbear (talk) 22:26, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the Article. Firstly, the article subject is notable. Secondly, the article is not a dictionary definition. As I can see the article just need more expanding.Forest90 (talk) 12:18, 12 August 2019 (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.