Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho


 * 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 delete. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:43, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

One hates to be a killjoy to collectors of weird town names, but this is another case of a name copied mindlessly from a map without looking at it. There is in fact no evidence that this was ever a populated place, even by the loose standards of GNIS; there is just nothing in the area of the spot designated but trees, hillside, forest road, and a creek. And I can find nothing that indicates there was ever anything there, even accounting for the likelihood that the location is a bit off. This one generates a huge mountain of false hits based on its inclusion in lists of goofy town names, and some sites claim that there is a lodge here, but from what I can tell it's on the opposite side of Cascade Lake; at any rate there are no buildings in the area. Book hits are unusually scanty and contain nothing official outside of gazetteer entries. It actually disappears from the topos for a few editions before it gets stuck back in, presumably from GNIS. In the end, the only thing I can find out about it is that it was a name on a map. Mangoe (talk) 14:54, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete The place does not actually exist.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:59, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 15:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete Yes, older USGS topos had a lot more detail, showing buildings and landmarks with colors and whatnot; newer ones have much fewer labels, with places apparently auto-generated from what they've got in the GNIS (e.g with marking the RR spurs of Articles for deletion/Susie, Washington still). The 2004 topo shows this in the sans serif font used for certain non-populated features. Reywas92Talk 18:56, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Very likely a paper town or copyright trap that never existed but was accidently picked up as an actual settlement.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 22:07, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete No sign of a populated place, my best guess would be that it refers to a nearby stream crossing. –dlthewave ☎ 14:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete does not pass WP:N and specifically WP:GEOLAND Lightburst (talk) 15:47, 19 March 2020 (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.