Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bayberry, New York


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   redirect to New Rochelle, New York. If anyone wishes to merge the content, it's still there. Stifle (talk) 08:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Bayberry, New York

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The notability of the topic and the validity of the article are both in doubt. According to the article, this is a residential subdivision of just 200 homes, inside an incorporated city. Nothing in the article suggests anything unusual about this subdivision. The main sources cited in the article document that this place exists are maps that identify it not as "Bayberry", but "Bayberry Park." The one source that refers to "Bayberry" is in a discussion of the author's childhood in the introduction to a book -- a book that is not otherwise about Bayberry. Except for that book reference and the content sourced to it (which I added), the only substantive contributions to this article have been made by sockpuppets of Jvolkblum, a banned user with a long record of not being truthful. Considering the lack of verification and the relatively trivial nature of the subject, I submit that it is better for Wikipedia to delete the entire article than to retain it on the off chance that it might be OK. Orlady (talk) 17:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.   —Orlady (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

(KEEP - notable community and easily verifiable) The area is noted as a CU populated place and is well known in the region (example). It is frequently noted throughout the region, such as in the news (example). There is also a homeowners association (example). and day camp associated with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.15.226.232 (talk) 19:45, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * — 204.15.226.232 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. --Orlady (talk) 19:51, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete There is no indication that this has ever been more than a neighborhood, built in the 1950s as a subdivision in New Rochelle, New York. It's very upscale, and located between the Bonnie Briar Country Club and the Wykagi Country Club, and Sheldrake Lake.  Every city and town has subdivisions-- a real estate developer purchases acres of land, puts in infrastructure, marks off lots, offers them for sale, and makes a profit.  The sources indicate that a fellow mentioned that he grew up in the Bayberry Park section of town.  This is not a suburb, not an unincorporated community, not a place that once thrived as a town in days gone by -- it's a set of streets and houses, and the inherent notability of populated places does not extend to individual streets, nor collections of streets.  Maybe this can be merged to Sheldrake Lake, but my neighborhood and your neighborhood don't rate their own article on Wikipedia.  Mandsford (talk) 00:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to New Rochelle, New York, the city of which it's a neighborhood — neighborhoods in some places are definitely notable (see Pittsburgh neighborhoods, which have officially-designated boundaries), but there's nothing here that makes me see that this is a sufficiently-distinct neighborhood to get its own article. Nyttend (talk) 14:36, 6 October 2008 (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.