Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackwater Beach, Delaware


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The result was delete. czar 05:29, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Blackwater Beach, Delaware

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The only reference to this I found that characterized it was a passing mention in a geological report describing it as a "resort community". The name doesn't appear on maps until the line of cottages by the water appears with it, and sometime by the early 2010s almost all the cottages disappear, and the original driveway is replaced by the sprawling Seagrass Plantation development. I'm not seeing how this is notable, especially with the lack of information. Mangoe (talk) 19:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:49, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:50, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete: Google maps. I believe it is the row of cottages to the east of West Beach in maps. Regardless, fails WP:GEOLAND. It seems to be/have been a very small beachfront neighborhood. Curbon7 (talk) 21:58, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Repurpose to Blackwater, Delaware, which is a notable Delaware community just south of this locality with no existing Wikipedia article. Blackwater's history goes back more than 100 years, there are 75 mentions on NewspaperArchive, and there are population figures going back at least as far as 1890. Much more than a stub can be written about Blackwater. The GNIS entry for Blackwater Beach appears to be incorrect, as the coordinates lead me to a body of water in Maryland. Firsfron of Ronchester  06:20, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * You don't need this article to write a different one with a different name. Mangoe (talk) 02:41, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:50, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge with Delaware. It can be listed as an unincorporated place in the Municipalities section. Heartmusic678 (talk) 18:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , about merging, this locale is not a Municipality, which the article defines as "A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate." Blackwater Beach has no corporate status or powers of self-government, which in the past for AfDs has meant that the locale has no legal recognition and thus does not meet #1 of WP:GEOLAND.  Geographic AfDs that are deleted are not often merged to a list in the state article, see recent AfDs like: Articles_for_deletion/Smothers,_Virginia, Articles for deletion/Packing House Corner, Delaware, Articles for deletion/Holiday Acres, Delaware and Articles for deletion/Piney Grove Manor, Delaware. Would you consider changing your vote? Cxbrx (talk) 12:22, 14 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. A non-notable locale. Newspapers.com refers to it as a swim area. GBooks refers to it as a resort community. JStor has an article about a snail at that location.  This AfD is about Blackwater Beach, not about Blackwater, Delaware, please feel free to start an article for Blackwater, Delaware, though I'm not so sure it will pass WP:GEOLAND.  Blackwater Beach has no legal recognition and thus does not meet #1 of WP:GEOLAND and has very little coverage, none of it notable, so #2 of WP:GEOLAND is not met.  Cxbrx (talk) 12:22, 14 August 2021 (UTC)


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