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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oxford Furnace, New Jersey

: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. AfD isn't the proper venue for this discussion. None of the arguments point toward deletion. (non-admin closure) Logan Talk Contributions 00:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

=[[Oxford Furnace, New Jersey]]=

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More detailed coverage is in the Oxford Furnace article. No sense in having two articles on one topic. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 05:38, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

  • This looks like nothing more than an accidental duplication, which is solved by merging and redirecting. It shouldn't have been listed here. postdlf (talk) 11:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Merge / Redirect to Oxford Furnace which is the more comprehensive article. I'm not sure why the two articles existed in parallel, but a merge / redirect would address any relevant issues here. Alansohn (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:00, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Oxford Furnace. Dough4872 21:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Comment I am unsure about this one as there appear to be three different topics that could be under these two titles. There is the furnace itself, a physical structure that was the third iron smelting furnace built in NJ; the Historic District, which encompasses an area surrounding the Furnace; and the Village of Oxford Furnace, NJ, a postal village that existed within Oxford Township. I haven't yet found the history of the village in terms of dissolution/merger into the larger town, but there are sources([http://books.google.com/books?id=vXM9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=village+oxford+furnace&source=bl&ots=qjRq2ZzpnU&sig=nHZrC-jBytVKr5_K7xrEN2iQWts&hl=en&ei=tz9QTYbiI9CltweM1aS3AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=village%20oxford%20furnace&f=false] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iA9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1386&lpg=PA1386&dq=village+oxford+furnace&source=bl&ots=lzCfurcLrR&sig=3vO5McQXlSFNkJ9dzwDOLA3PHr0&hl=en&ei=Kj1QTe7EMo-Utwehkv2yAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=village%20oxford%20furnace&f=false]) treating the village as a separate entity. There are a great many of these small villages in NJ that had their own governments/mayors/etc. and were later absorbed into larger municipalities. Not knowing whether the Historic District and the defunct municipality overlap has me leaning toward one article about the furnace/Historic District at Oxford Furnace, and another about the former town. If there is a merger, there should be an allowance for a proper article about the Village of Oxford Furnace to be created at the Oxford Furnace, New Jersey title. Jim Miller See me | Touch me 22:08, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • I suggest this AFD be withdrawn or closed early, the articles tagged for possible merger, and then the article creators/editors can take their time figuring that out. There's simply nothing for AFD to decide here. postdlf (talk) 20:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

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