Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bee Rock, California


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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:14, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Bee Rock, California

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This appears to be a fairly vague locale related to if not centered on the Bee Rock, noted by 1890s apiarists for being occupied by a large colony of the insects. Where exactly it was, I cannot determine. The supposed settlement never seems to consist of more than a single building and a school some distance to the south; the latter is long gone and barely recorded, but the building, or its successor, lives on as the the "Bee Rock Store", though some topos label it the "Bee Rock Hall". Other than that, there's a resortish ranch off to the west a ways, and several other perhaps more prominent features elsewhere in the state. At any rate I see no reason to consider this a notable settlement, or even a settlement at all. Mangoe (talk) 13:43, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:08, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:08, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep With a school (extant c.1899-c.1945) and numerous references in newspapers to people having lived there, it's difficult to assert that this wasn't a settlement. In any case Bee Rock, California is a notable location passing WP:GNG. Known for example for the camp site located there in the 60s (summary of the situation here), details for GNG here:, . This report talks in detail of the Bee Rock fault, three times mentioning it in relation to the "community of Bee Rock".Pontificalibus 09:51, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - I found enough coverage online (local, national and international) to establish that it's notable. Meets WP:GNG There's also info in the gov publication mentioned by above, as well as some historical photographs online. I've added a few things to help improve the article. Netherzone (talk) 20:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep In addition to what's already been found, Bee Rock's residents once got a semi-regular news section in a local newspaper (see ), continued to get some coverage in the 1950s, still had residents as of the 1970s at the latest, and there's a substantial article about the history of its school. I'd call all that both significant coverage and solid evidence that it was in fact a community. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:56, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep' The article has references about Bee Rock having people living there and is a community. Thank You-RFD (talk) 11:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


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