User:DandelionAndBurdock/Sandbox/Settlement Threshold

Content threshold for settlements
Since Wikipedia is not a directory, in addition to meeting the notability criteria for settlements, an article for a settlement should describe more than the settlement's existence. After naming the settlement, the article should provide at least one sentence of relevant prose accompanied by one reliable source.. The following are some examples of how this threshold may be met. These examples are not exhaustive and any encylopedic statement will suffice to meet the threshold.

• In the, Villageham had a population of 1,234.

• Place Hamlet is located on the banks of the, across a bidge from.

• Records of Named Place go back at least as far as the year 1900.

• Settlement's name means The House On The Hill.

• Soldiers were stationed on Populated Hill during the of 2028.

• In her book, Places, the travel writer  described Bunchofhouses as "Diminutive"

• An episode of the TV show  was filmed in Locationham.

• It was one the 50 villages were  was held in 1900.

If this threshold cannot be met - then it may be apopriate to blank and redirect the article to a "parent" article e.g. a larger populated area that the settlement could be considered part of. And if it is highly unlikely that the threshold will ever be met, then the article may be deleted.