Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benwood Junction, West Virginia


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The result was delete. czar 07:50, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Benwood Junction, West Virginia

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I can find a lot of passing mentions to this place in rail contexts, but not much significant coverage. It seems to have been the junction and rail yard south of Benwood, West Virginia, but I can't find much significant written about it. Hog Farm Talk 01:46, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 01:46, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 01:46, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not meet WP:GEOLAND. MrsSnoozyTurtle 03:04, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * As an assumedly-populated unincorporated community, might it not meet "Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low." - or are unincorporated communities not legally recognized? BilledMammal (talk) 03:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There's some lengthy backstory to this sort of nomination. Essentially, a handful of editors created thousands of these claiming "unincorporated communities" based on a single database known as GNIS, which is largely unreliable, and the "unincorporated community" phrasing in this case is likely false.  Benwood Junction seems to have been a railroad junction/railroad work yard, not a community. Hog Farm Talk 03:34, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The sole source here is a GNIS record. The especial lie of the "unincorporated community" claim this time around is that the code given in the GNIS record is for a place that is located within an incorporated place, i.e. Benwood in this case.  This is a railway junction, with a yard (as stated by lots of things such as Railfan and Railroad magazine), at Benwood.   Anything about the railways in Benwood, West Virginia, such as the explanation of the loop from ISBN 9781439619377, goes in that article or in the article on whichever is appropriate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad or North Western Virginia Railroad.  The single sentence in this article is a falsehood not even supported by its single source.  Delete.  Uncle G (talk) 16:04, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


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