Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bauxite Junction, Arkansas


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The result was delete, in the absence of any sources that verify any of the claims to notability. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 12:26, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Bauxite Junction, Arkansas

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GNIS claims that this is a "populated place". Every real reference to this says that it is the "station" where the Bauxite and Northern Railway meets the Union Pacific. Are railroad junctions and other such spots-on-the-rails notable in their own rights? If so, I can fill up a lot of pages with them. Anyway, there's no town or house or anything here except rails and trees, and what appears to be a alumina processing plant to the south. Mangoe (talk) 10:17, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:27, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:27, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. Neither the site for Arkansas nor the site for Saline County mention it. Nine Zulu queens (talk) 11:48, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Yes, many rail stations and termina are notable. This one is no exception. Plenty of coverage on Google Books sources. FloridaArmy (talk) 12:54, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There's no station building there, nor have passenger trains likely ever stopped there. "Station" in this case means "named spot on the line" which, a hundred years ago, would have needed someone to operate switches/signals. Mangoe (talk) 19:04, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Except its not just a "spot on the line. "The Aluminum Company of America and the Reynolds Metals Company use large volumes of crushed stone as a fluxing agent in refining crude ore in the production of aluminum at Bauxite Junction, Arkansas". It's been a busy junction and a rail yard was built at the site and it's discussed substantially in many reliable independent sources. "The carrier connects with the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) at the Bauxite Junction Yard. The yard is located on the MP's Arkansas Division, 18 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas. The yard is situated on the south side, parallel to the MP's double main track, and is jointly operated by the two carriers. It consists of eight east/west tracks, connected at both ends. The track grade in the yard descends from west to east at a rate of 0.55 percent. Cars are interchanged by MP train crews at ...". It's been involved in district court cases and in fatalities. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * If you could be bothered to reference this properly and make a claim of notability in the article, it would probably not even have been nominated for deletion. As it stands, I'm not going to vote keep. Deb (talk) 08:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete Existence is not notability. No inherent notability for geographic location because rail lines meet there. Needs multiple reliable and independent sources with significant coverage . Edison (talk) 17:57, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment for well-defined places, verification is sufficient and WP:N isn't relevant. However, I don't see sources that prove this is either a railway station or a populated place separate from Bauxite, Arkansas. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 23:09, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It's miles from Bauxite and is home to a rail junction. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:36, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete not every rail junction is notable. We lack an article on Utica Junction, Michigan, which was the railway stop to go to Utica, Michigan, about 10 miles from Utica by Utica Road. The area was not just a railway station, but an inhabited area, although it has since been incorpaorated into Roseville, Michigan, an article which does not adequately cover the unique and historic character of Utica Junction t present either.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:47, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * comment I am open to turning this into a redirect to the short line involved and editing that article accordingly (there's pretty much nothing in the current article that's usable). I really cannot see how the spot is independently notable, however. Mangoe (talk) 18:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Good idea. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:48, 18 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.