Talk:Scarsdale Downs

response to deletion tagging of article
This article has been nominated for deletion by the User:Orlady who has raised a number of issues about New Rochelle neighborhoods in the recent past. The users arguments have been questionable at best, and appear to be geared towards provoking conflict with others (see Rochelle Park for the most recent example). This article does not warrant a deletion tagging. There is no question that the area is a recognized subsection / populated place within New Rochelle. The area is noted by the US governments geographic naming system (UGIS) which lists its geographic coordinates (40.983987, -73.782355‎) which shows that the area is clearly within New Rochelle. Users can easily tag the article as in need of additional sources, or even help improve the article themselves by contributing new information.--123.243.74.233 (talk) 16:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps there is "no question" in your mind that "the area is a recognized section" within New Rochelle, but there are no cited sources that substantiate this point, nor most of the other information in the article. Wikipedia requires reliable sources for verifiability, not the sure knowledge of contributors. The USGS GNIS page for this location lists the latitude and longitude and indicates that this is a "Populated Place" that was "Collected during Phase I data compilation (1976-1981), primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps, various edition dates, and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files." The maps cited as sources don't have labels for "Scarsdale Downs" (nor for any of the other neighborhoods listed in the article), nor do they show city, town, or village boundaries. Looking at those maps, I would conclude that Scarsdale Downs is part of Scarsdale. All in all, I don't see any basis here for an encyclopedia article. --Orlady (talk) 17:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)