Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aiken, Illinois


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The result was keep. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 06:33, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Aiken, Illinois

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All evidence I've found is that this was a point on a new-vanished C&NW line, not a town in any sense. Mangoe (talk) 04:26, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep. You can just search for it in Google maps and see it. There's not much, but there's something. Nearby Properties include the Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve and their website talks about "the nearby community of Aiken".
 * The Galena River trail has an Aiken Segment link
 * Other hiking blogs talk about the Aiken Trail
 * My understanding is that any populated place or historically populated place is presumed notable as per WP:GEOLAND and as I can see houses on google maps, for example 1461 S River Road, this appears to meet the criteria. CT55555 (talk) 05:27, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:29, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:29, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - Unable to locate any sources to support this was a populated place. No mention at The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Magnolia677 (talk) 07:26, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: I added some sources and content and a map I quickly found.  "The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois" was published in 1878, and Aiken wasn't established until about 1887.  I see a number of articles about a baseball team playing there too, its name was Aiken something or other.  Plainly amateur of course.--Milowent • hasspoken  14:48, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Could you link to some of the baseball articles? I'd really like to find a source to support that this place was populated. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:53, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Here is one (which I've added to the article) -- you will find it amusing because it is written from the standpoint of people wondering where Aiken was, with Mark Twain like impishness.  The baseball team probably played in Aiken as a central location for the surrounding local community -- this was not pro-baseball, just local teams of men playing.  Alas there are probably no "Aiken Red Stockings" uniforms around anymore.--Milowent • hasspoken  15:55, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 06:55, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment A search of Newspaperarchive.com came up with some stuff. A lot of it involves trains, a specific train wreck, and little stuff like people being from aiken or working in aiken. I don't know how useful it is.
 * bride from Aiken, Illinois
 * Employed in Aiken, Illinois
 * Mrs John Basten and daughters Myrtle and Marie were from Aiken, Illinois the basten's
 * here is an ad that lists a person as being from Aiken.
 * train wreck train wreck
 * train stuff train stuff
 * There's more, but it looks like it's all in the same vein. Jacona (talk) 13:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. Added references shows that it meets WP:GNG. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 12:05, 17 June 2022 (UTC)


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