Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burch, Arizona


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The result was redirect to Gila County, Arizona.  Sandstein  09:09, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Burch, Arizona

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Another passing siding, formerly on the SP and now on the Arizona Eastern Railway, a mile or so south of their shop at the north end of the line. There's no siding there now and I can find no evidence that anyone considered this a settlement. Mangoe (talk) 15:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:59, 2 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Note Was a mining camp, had a population of 15 in the 1930s when this was written, but this was probably higher in the 1870s mining boom. A mention in Globe, Arizona might be appropriate.Pontificalibus 19:53, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: If redirect, where exactly to?
 * Redirect A temporary work camp at a mine is not a notable settlement or necessarily a legally recognized community, can be discussed in history/geography of nearby established city. Reywas92Talk 03:29, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Reywas92 recommendation. Lightburst (talk) 15:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Likely keep per [www.newspapers.com/image/583742615/] [www.newspapers.com/image/46152492/] (notes a station) and another article noting a pumping site - need to do more work, very surnamey and newspapers.com seems to be down for maintenance mid-research but seems to have been a populated place. SportingFlyer  T · C  06:38, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect or delete As per SportingFlyer, there are two trivial articles in newspapers.com: Smelter to be build near Globe and Suspect released in conjunction with murder. As per the nomination, the WPA Guide that stated that Burch had a population of 15.  Interestingly, a different edition of the WPA guide does not mention the population.  It does not appear that Burch had a Post Office or was otherwise legally recognized.  This location does not have "non-trivial coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources", but somehow I feel it is a level above the random stations that we have been seeing lately that clearly need to go. Cxbrx (talk) 05:38, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   12:10, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment possible redirect target Gila County, Arizona Lightburst (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Globe, Arizona. Or redirect to Gila County, Arizona.  Or delete.  Burch is not a legally recognized location.  Some versions of the WPA guide state that there was a population of 15 at Burch, but there is a lack of non-trivial coverage. Cxbrx (talk) 19:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep even though it's unclear whether or not there is a current population, in the 1930s there was a population of people. Notability isn't temporary. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 02:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)


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