Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brookshire, California


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The result was delete. Yunshui 雲 水 07:58, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Brookshire, California

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I live nearby and I have never heard of Brookshire, outside of seeing it on Google maps. No businesses or other properties nearby include Brookshire in their names. There is no sign anywhere for Brookshire. The name of this locale has not even been mentioned in any nearby newspapers. I don't think Wikipedia needs a page for this just because it is in the GNIS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naddruf (talk • contribs)
 * Delete utterly fails WP:V. Literally the only hits I get are false positives that just have the words "Brookshire" and "California" next to each other. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 05:08, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I noticed that someone said it could be a hoax. I don't think that could be accurate, because it was categorized in the Geographic Names Information System. I think it is more likely just a name created but never used.Naddruf (talk) 06:26, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:21, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:22, 9 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. I don't think we can base evidence of existence solely on GNIS. This seems to come up quite regularly; place names that are found only in the GNIS database and sites using that database.  Pages where the only information is coords and elevation is a red flag for a fictitious/erroneous entry for WP:GEOLAND cases. SpinningSpark 16:37, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - it might be a ghost town - I found a few book references but nothing else. Bearian (talk) 18:37, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Do you mind linking to those book sources? If it is a ghost town, then it should be kept per WP:GEOLAND and WP:NTEMP. SpinningSpark 13:51, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The ones I can see are from some magazines about mining. It seems to have been an oil drilling location. However it says nothing in these books beyond the price of the stock from this location. There are three other books, but I can't open them to see the reference. One is "Pisor's Registry of World Record Size Shells". One is about a pet store (which is listed from 1991; I'm very sceptical that this town existed then. The remaining one is "The Stickley Brothers: The Quest for an American Voice", which I searched inside the book and didn't find anything.
 * Delete per all. Nothing substantial on Google Books. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 22:27, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


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