Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/County island


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ but rename. Said rename can either be done boldly by any editor, or alternatively discussed on the talk page. Daniel (talk) 06:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

County island

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The page shows no source for its term, or its definition. Sources that exist are seemingly isolated to a single state and primarily a single county in said state. There is not substantial evidence of notability of the term in wide or official use outside of a small regional area. If any amount is salvageable, perhaps it should be merged as a subsection of Unincorporated community.

In addition, the page attempts to be a list page, it is woefully incomplete, uncountable, and also includes places that show no indication that they are referred to by the term, making it rather ORy. Keith D. Tyler &para; 05:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Arbitrarily0   ( talk ) 22:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Lots of suggestions here, for an article move (with two different suggested new page titles) and also one for a Merge. I think this discussion needs more time. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm not seeing sources that use and define this term. JMWt (talk) 11:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That's because phrase matching doesn't find it. One has to know what sort of books to read.  This is known under the subject of "island annexation" in California law, with an extensive discussion in West's, and "town islands" in Wisconsin law, to name but two.  I found you a couple of California university professors, as well.  One of them is Dean McHenry.  Uncle G (talk) 14:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Maybe the title is wrong then? JMWt (talk) 17:19, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  12:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep but probably move to a more widely known term per nom and WP:COMMONNAME. Here is an article that notes that "Twenty-three states have specific unincorporated island provisions in their annexation laws." The problem of course is that the terminology in this area is as fragmented as the law, but from an initial search I'd suggest unincorporated island (218 hits on Google Scholar, used in statutory law of at least three states). An alternative term would be municipal underbounding, but it's not quite the same thing. As a last resort this could be merged to municipal annexation in the United States, but I don't think that would be especially helpful to readers or editors. -- Visviva (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a real and notable feature of municipal boundaries in the United States.  A move to unincorporated island is probably also a good idea.  Eluchil404 (talk) 02:19, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment this may be a case for WP:MERGE of any verifiable content into the Unincorporated areas article – Seems some sources do exist [1 ] [2 ]
 * PD Slessor (talk) 00:21, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep for the purposes of AfD, with a possible/probable move to a better title. Clearly notable, but also needs better sourcing. SportingFlyer  T · C  02:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.