Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crater, Mendocino County, California


 * 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 delete.  MBisanz  talk 23:52, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Crater, Mendocino County, California

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No evidence that this is or has been a populated place; no evidence for notability. The county website at http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/ has no mention of it. Pam D  12:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: while hesitant to delete place names generally, this one certainly seems to be too obscure to carry on Wikipedia. There doesn't seem to be any indication this place actually exists, even. If we cannot prove this place exists, it shouldn't have an article. FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  12:52, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. The GNIS entry for this place (the first reference) describes it as a locale; locales are officially defined as a "place at which there is or was human activity", and while this occasionally can mean a community, we'd need references to back that up since it's more likely to mean something else. The only other reference we have suggests that this place was some sort of stop or waypoint along a railroad, though it's unclear from the source whether it was a station or something else. (Our article on the railroad suggests it's the site of a horseshoe curve, though it's unsourced; this source suggests it was a station.) I can't find any other sources about this place, and "possible location of a closed railway station" isn't enough evidence to show this place was a community at any point. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 12:36, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, the GNIS (Geographic names information system) definition for "locale" says "Place at which there is or was human activity; it does not include populated places..." (My emphasis.) That does not appear to support the statement that "this occasionally can mean a community". The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:23, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * While that is true, I've seen enough misclassifications to know that definition's not always accurate in practice (e.g. places listed as locales when they were marked as communities on state highway maps and had an active post office). TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:17, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete perhaps at best, still questionable for own article. SwisterTwister   talk  05:45, 17 May 2016 (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.