Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bonanza Springs, California


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The result was delete. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:41, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Bonanza Springs, California

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According to Durham it was "was founded as a resort; it became a camping place after the hotel burned down" (article text). I find no reference to it other than as a set of three springs, so I'm going to say this fails validation as a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 00:36, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * has it.
 * Uncle G (talk) 01:00, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I note that has a lot of the other ones such as Bartlett Springs, California (p.200), Howard Springs, California (p.95), and Hough Springs, California (p.197) too, so a quick first correction for all of these would be to just change "unincorporated community" to "set of springs". Uncle G (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:44, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:45, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:45, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment Sources here:          and  from 1882. However, only a couple of those discuss it as a community, and even then only in the sense of water rates. SportingFlyer  T · C  11:37, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - Keep - Clearly meets WP:GNG and "named natural features" of WP:GEOLAND, sustained coverage in independent reliable sources over a period of years. This well-known Mojave Desert oasis is an important source of water source for the Southern California arid lands. It is a Mojave Trails National Monument (California Landmark). While it may not be an important settlement, it definitely is an important spring (geographic/hydrological feature). There are many full articles on Newspapers.com on more historical info here:  – I haven’t yet searched on JSTOR. Below is what I’ve found on Google. I’ll add a few of the best sources to the article today or tomorrow.


 * News articles: Washington Post ; Los Angeles Times; Press Democrat; Press Democrat (diff article; Ukiah News ; Route 66 News; California Water News Daily; USA Today; Highland News; KCET; Lake County News; Three Valleys Water District; Victor Valley Daily Press; Bonanza Spring Study


 * Academic Journal articles: (Journal of) Environmental Forensics; (Journal of) Biodiversity and Conservation


 * Government reports: USGS/US Dept. of Interior Report on watering places in the Mojave Desert; BLM Report on Mojave Springs and Waterholes; BLM; National Park Service; National Parks Conservation Association - Netherzone (talk) 14:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * At least some of those are about a different Bonanza Springs, this is about the place in Lake County. SportingFlyer  T · C  18:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , this is my mistake - I had it the other way around! I will strike my !vote, as I was searching for the Bonanza Springs in the Mojave Desert. I had struck the sources above for the Lake County Bonanza Springs, which is NOT notable. I'll also remove the sources I added to the article. Thank you for pointing out this error on my part. Netherzone (talk) 20:26, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I mean, it is possible you've stumbled upon a yet to be created article! Also a couple of your sources posted here were about Lake County. SportingFlyer  T · C  20:46, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * My apologies: I stumbled across the Lake County place when checking this one out but forgot to mention it here. Mangoe (talk) 03:15, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. No post office.  Trivial coverage as a resort.  This non-WP:RS blog mentions Bonanza, Howard and other resorts (apparently Bonanza had a liquor license, which made up for Bonanza's lack of facilities compared to other nearby resorts). I checked out some of 's newspaper.com links and while there are many trivial mentions of Bonanza, I'm not seeing non-notable coverage.  To me, non-trivial coverage would be a non-promotional article that is solely about Bonanza in a WP:RS source.  Passing articles about water rates don't meet my definition of non-notable.  As there is no legal recognition and the coverage is trivial, neither #1 nor #2 of WP:GEOLAND are met. Cxbrx (talk) 16:26, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


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