Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basking Ridge, Arizona


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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 16:10, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Basking Ridge, Arizona

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This is sourced only to the GNIS database, which has proven unreliable for determining populated places. It took me a long time to figure out what this was, wasn't on any topo maps before 1983, but it turns out it's just a housing subdevelopment from the early 1980s (the GNIS database doesn't have many entries after 1984.) It's not a "populated place" per WP:GEOLAND #1 as it's not a standalone town or hamlet (if it's notable under this, then every subdivision in Phoenix would qualify), and it's not a notable neighborhood per WP:GNG, as all I can find are advertisements peddling houses. This is difficult to search for because there is a notable Basking Ridge, New Jersey which dilutes the results - I used "Basking Ridge" "Bell Road" and "Basking Ridge" "Scottsdale" in my WP:BEFORE. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:31, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:31, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:31, 7 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not meet WP:GEOLAND bullet-2, NN housing development. GNIS "source" is "Phoenix Housing Guide V. 6 #1. Dallas, Texas: Baker Publish Inc., 1983/1984" which was also the GNIS source in Articles for deletion/Autumn Ridge, Arizona and still can't be found. MB 16:42, 7 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Housing developments/subdivisions require sources to establish notability, which this does not have. Reywas92Talk 18:00, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete neighborhoods or subdivisions, are not notable without RS. Lightburst (talk) 00:21, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - just to correct some misconceptions regarding GNIS and whether or not they are a reliable source for this type of Gazetteer information. All the following information is taken directly from the USGS website (emphasis added is mine):


 * The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government.


 * Decisions of the BGN were accepted as binding by all departments and agencies of the Federal Government.


 * It serves the Federal Government and the public as a central authority to which name problems, name inquiries, name changes, and new name proposals can be directed.


 * The GNIS Feature ID, Official Feature Name, and Official Feature Location are American National Standards Institute standards.


 * The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates.  Onel 5969  TT me 02:19, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


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