Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alberta, Missouri


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  17:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Alberta, Missouri

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Likely GNIS error. GNIS calls it a populated place, but the state historical society calls it a short-lived rural post office. Google maps only has a couple barns and a business selling mobile homes at the site. An old 1953 topo map only has two or three buildings at the site. Local history book from 1919 mentions the post office closing, and someone being from near Alberta, but from all indications, this was only a closed fourth-class post office and nothing further. Yet another reason why it's a bad idea to mass-produce stubs from GNIS, especially when other sources don't call it a town. Hog Farm Bacon 18:33, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 18:33, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Bacon 18:33, 11 September 2020 (UTC)


 * delete Clarely just a post office, not a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 19:19, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep This article is a valid stub. This settlement need not be the size of a 'town' in order to be relevant to the encyclopedia.72.49.7.25 (talk) 14:07, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Reference shows that it was a post office operated out of a store. Nothing says it was ever a community. Glendoremus (talk) 20:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep the community exists and has a history. These small communities are a valid part of the local history of the area and should be expanded rather than deleted. Wikipedia isn't running out of room. Vsmith (talk) 13:45, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The point is, the community doesn't have evidence that it ever did exist. What you have is evidence of a 4th class post office. Mangoe (talk) 18:56, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Clinton, Missouri. All I can find on Newspapers.com is that the postmaster resigned. According to Google Maps there appears to be a trailer park here, but it uses the address of Clinton, so a redirect will work. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 21:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Street View suggests a business selling trailers, not a trailer park. I'm not convinced a redirect is helpful, if only because I don't believe it's mentioned in the Clinton article, and trailer park businesses are super common in the Midwest and probably don't even warrant a mention anywhere. Hog Farm Bacon 21:48, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's the Clinton location of Pitts Homes, which sells "manufactured homes". It's about 4 miles from the edge of town, so I'm not seeing this redirect either. Mangoe (talk) 15:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - obvious GNIS fuckup, as usual. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:03, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete doesn't seem to be any indication that it was a populated place. Eddie891 Talk Work 11:37, 24 September 2020 (UTC)


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