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Sleaford, Newark-on-Trent

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There is no evidence that this ward is notable. There is no evidence that a "suburb" called Sleaford exists, and it is not included in List of United Kingdom locations: Si-Sm#Sl. There are several references which appear to be fascinating books about the history of Newark's elections, but which do not appear to mention Sleaford ward. All I can find is that it exists as a ward electing one councillor to Newark Town Council. As explained in the rather confusing "Geography" section, it is not a ward for elections to the next level of government, Newark and Sherwood District: see 2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election. There seems to be no accessible map showing the boundary of this ward. (The geog coords given lead to Bede House Lane, postcode NG24 1PY, which Mapit.com puts as being in Beacon ward for district council elections, but unfortunately Mapit.com does not mention wards at town council level).

As far as I can see, all we can verifiably say about "Seaford, Newark" is that is a ward electing one councilor to Newark Town Council, being one of 7 wards. That is not enough for a Wikipedia article.

The article Newark-on-Trent#Governance mentions the town council, stating that it has 18 councillors elected from 4 wards, with a reference to an archived 2011 source showing 5 wards. I suggest that paragraph should be updated to reflect the current situation, where there are 7 wards, perhaps showing the number of councillors per ward (ranges from 1 to 5), and that Sleaford, Newark-on-Trent (and probably the other wards) should redirect there. PamD 07:29, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. PamD 07:29, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK WP:SOFIXIT: I've updated the information about Newark Town Council (which was a red link until a few minutes ago) in Newark-on-Trent#Governance. PamD 07:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: If this article survives, either as an article or a redirect, it needs to be added to Sleaford_(disambiguation). PamD 07:51, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: I now see that the map referenced at currently ref 5, when zoomed in, shows the boundary of the ward, which appears to be the southern corner of the Bridge district council ward. But I doubt that even this is enough for an article. PamD 08:01, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. jlwoodwa (talk) 08:24, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:52, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wards have census data and may pass GEOLAND, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography#Ward articles and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/Archive 41#Wards. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:04, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Preferably delete. Second choice redirect to Newark-on-Trent#Governance where there is a list of the town council wards. The only facts supported by the article's references are that it exists (or existed? - the article seems to contradict itself) as a ward and elects a single councillor to Newark Town Council (a redirect to the main article). Current reference no.3 does not verify "Sleaford" as a named suburb of Newark. Nothing else turned up in searches. Rupples (talk) 20:54, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. I appreciate the complete deletion nomination but I just want to be clear on what the nominator is asking for. It sounds like it is not Deletion but a Merge/Redirect to Newark-on-Trent#Governance, is that correct?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:05, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:18, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from nominator in response to relisting comment: Redirection would be fine by me, now that I've added the list of wards to Newark-on-Trent#Newark_Town_Council (new subheading added just now too, for clarity). It should then be added to the dab page at Sleaford (disambiguation). PamD 10:41, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]