Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asher, Arizona


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:08, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Asher, Arizona

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A passing siding and nothing more. No buildings or other signs of a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 03:18, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep — without getting into the whole Post Office thing, I will note that it does indeed appear to have buildings/clear sign of settlement, mostly and unsurprisingly agricultural, per Google Maps. WhinyTheYounger (talk) 05:11, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Retracting keep vote in light of evidence presented below. WhinyTheYounger (talk) 03:42, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  10:42, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  10:42, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Leaning delete According to this article, the spot was only a railroad station until the 1950s, when a family opened a motel and small housing development on the site. The name Asher apparently stuck for the site, since a 1960 article uses it (and mentions the same family who opened the motel). The trouble is, the first article implies there was no community here before the 1950s, and whatever happened in the 1950s didn't really seem to get off the ground, since there sure isn't much at the site today. Interstate 8 would have bypassed the motel in the 1970s, and while there's something that could be a trailer park on aerial imagery from the 1990s, it's gone by the early 2000s. Without any evidence that this was a more permanent or otherwise notable settlement, I'm inclined to call it a short-lived locale and delete it. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 15:25, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Another rail stop from the steam engine days or passing siding, never a community of any kind. I discount that it ever had a class-3 post office; the source says Asher (Wellton) which I believe means the post office was in Wellton. The newspaper article says the "developer" was planning a motel, cafe, and 15 houses on 1/2 acre lots. I looked at the area with the Yuma County GIS app and didn't see the 15 lots, so I doubt his community ever got off the ground. MB 16:46, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with everyrthing User:MB noted; seems to be lacking enough information to meet WP:GNG10Sany1? (talk) 21:48, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. The post office reference was the only reference I could find that states that Asher had a post office.  As the reference seems to concern a proposed helicopter route, I question as to whether there actually was a post office at Asher. Barnes does not list Asher.  Searching Newspapers.com for "Wellton Asher in Arizona" found  and the article found by TheCatalyst31. Here's a passing trivial reference for Asher being a town. Here's an SP timetable that mentions Asher.  Asher appears in a 1926 map.  Asher is not listed in a 1934 Arizona Railroad Distance Guide, though Wellton is.  Asher was clearly a railroad station, so WP:STATION applies.  Other than one possibly suspect reference, there are no other references supporting the fact that Asher had a post office, so #1 of WP:GEOLAND is not met.  Asher has almost no coverage, the coverage that is present is trivial, so Asher does not meet #2 of WP:GEOLAND. Cxbrx (talk) 03:42, 24 November 2020 (UTC)


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