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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 delete‎. plicit 14:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of tallest buildings and structures in Colchester (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)
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It's not necessary to have this article for every single city in England. The definition of a skyscraper does vary but the lowest bar that I know of is 100m. The tallest building in Colchester is 43m, so we're not even halfway towards having a skyscraper. Colchester is a wonderful city but is it really known for it's tall buildings? I would argue that it isn't. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 13:36, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will copy the below additional rationales for deletion from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of tallest buildings in Lörrach:

  • This topic does not have WP:SIGCOV in WP:RS. Individual mentions of a handful of the individual buildings in this city do not automatically make an article about the heights of all of the buildings in that city a notable topic.
  • I see no evidence that the topic 'List of tallest buildings in Colchester' is covered as a group by reliable secondary sources but I am happy to be proved wrong here. All of the cited sources mention the buildings in isolation and none discuss this group of three buildings together.
  • No significant high-rise buildings under construction or even planned currently so little chance of future notability; no point in sending to draft.
  • The city is not the largest in the UK nor is it the capital.
  • I really do not believe that a building simply being more than 24m tall makes it notable. It's an incredibly low bar. Can you imagine the reaction if we set the bar so low on a similar list for Tokyo or Chicago? There would be literally thousands of towers in those lists.
  • The topic is already covered more than adequately at List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom, so this list is redundant. Yes, I am aware that none of the buildings in Colchester are actually tall enough to be in that list but that, if anything, speaks for just how non-notable this topic is! Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 13:39, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I must stress that setting the bar as low as 24 metres for inclusion is incredible and I've never seen a bar so low on these 'tallest buildings in x' lists. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 13:39, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • From the same stable as Central Colchester (AfD discussion), I see. And sourced to a tourism WWW site (which hasn't caught up with metric yet). I had a quick check, found some other guides to buildings in Colchester, and I was right. As a place that goes back to Roman times, no-one categorizes its buildings by how tall they are. They do things like doi:10.1080/03055477.2022.2153208 and The History and Description of the Walls of Colchester at the Internet Archive. Uncle G (talk) 15:03, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. A "list of tallest buildings and structures in x" article with only three entries is basically useless, not to mention a height of only 43 metres for the tallest building is hardly notable by Wikipedia standards. Procyon117 (talk) 17:37, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete In addition to the above, all of which I agree wth, this does not appear to be sourced to any reliable comprehensive listing, so in essence is "Here are some buildings in the area that I reckon are fairly tall, and I have arranged them in order of height, but I have no idea whether there are others in the borough that are taller, nor what the next tallest is and why I drew the line for exclusion where I have." Kevin McE (talk) 18:28, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I couldn't even find a reliable source for the tallest pair of buildings that specified their height or confirmed the fact they are the tallest. This is not a notable topic. ----Pontificalibus 06:52, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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