Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo

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The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. Perhaps I'll merge it. dbenbenn | talk 20:37, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo

Prostitution-cruft, or encyclopedically notable? Which is it? --GRider\^talk 21:05, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - 800 google hits for "Boy's town", Mexico - but there is also a famous school for juvenile delinquents in Nebraska by that name, which was the topic of a 1930's movie w/ Mickey Rooney[1]... the school deserves recognition more readily than the sex zone. --BD2412 21:43, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • See Boys Town, Nebraska and Boys Town (1938 film). RickK 00:11, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
• I think its high time we established a Wikipedia policy for how notable a brothel has to be for inclusion. Until that time, delete. Jdcooper 22:27, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• If this article is correct then it's more than just a brothel, its a section of town. Nevertheless, I'm not sure how encyclopedic it is, and at the very least it should have some sort of disambiguation for Girls and Boys Town, which Boys Town is a redirect to. -R. fiend 23:49, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I know something about Nuevo-Laredo. That part of the town has an infamous reputation in southern Texas and is simply called La Zona Rosa (the Red Zone). It's a strip of former tourist motels and bars fully given over to prostitution, has been for decades at least, from what I was told. Sadly, it has played a significant economic role in the life of the city. Merge at most, no re-direct, this title belongs to the famous reform school for hooligans. Wyss 00:06, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and disambiguate. Or keep. Notable section of a townKappa 01:54, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Disambiguate. -Sean Curtin 03:45, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
• I'd support a disambiguate due to name similarity. But it is notable, and is quite well known in Texas. Apparently there was even a book made about it. (Full disclosure: I created the article.) --Holdek 03:57, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
• I think we need a disambig here; there's also a neighborhood in Chicago that goes by this title. Meelar (talk) 06:53, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Disambiguate: people are more likely to be looking for the movie or the boy's school. 23skidoo 15:21, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Disambiguate. There are a lot of important historical usages of the phrase "boys town" that merit their own articles, including the gay district of Chicago and various religious-run orphanages.--Gene_poole 00:50, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Renamed article. Boys Town is now a disambiguation and the (just created) Boy's Town a redirect to that. This article is now named Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo. Please review your votes, on whether to keep this article (and its concomitant entry on the disambiguation page), accordingly. Note that Nuevo Laredo is a somewhat short article. ☺ Uncle G 20:15, 2005 Mar 11 (UTC)

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