Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desert Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona


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The result was redirect to Anthem, Arizona. Anything worth merging is available from the article history. Randykitty (talk) 14:37, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Desert Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona

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A rare example of geostub that didn't originate from GNIS, it's nonetheless a non-notable subdivision. Mangoe (talk) 16:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Arizona. Shellwood (talk) 17:19, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - The History section is entirely unsourced; the only coverage that I could find was of a youth detention facility of the same name. No evidence of notability here. (Note to closer: Please also remove entries from Template:Maricopa County, Arizona and List of places in Arizona (D) instead of just delinking.) –dlthewave ☎ 19:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete No way is this notable. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep: For one thing, I find the article interesting, as written. Also, I find some references in EBSCOHost via Wikipedia Library, by searching with quote marks on "Desert Hills, Arizona", for example as follows (though I am not sure if editors can see these if they have not first gone to https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/my_library/ and achieved log-in as a Wikipedia editor (no prior setup is required)):
 * in "A Blaze of Glory" about a horse "We were at a futurity [i didn't previously know of that kind of race] in Desert Hills, Arizona...."
 * and the first sentence of another article: "It’s a bit out of character for Jim Scott to take a few months off from entering up at the plethora of ropings near his Desert Hills, Arizona, home, but a December horse wreck that resulted in a few broken ribs and a fractured vertebra forced him to take a break in the waning months of his 88th year."
 * Rider's Digest, about Brenda Brown: Hometown: Desert Hills, Arizona Age: 49 Occupation: City of Chandler Riding resume: Introduced to horses by her husband of 11 years, a cutter.....
 * I conclude that it is a populated place, and Wikipedia is a gazetteer about populated places, so "Keep". --Doncram (talk,contribs) 01:26, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * WP:NGEO: populated places without legal recognition are considered on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the GNG. None of those mentions are beyond passing. It seems to be part of Anthem, Arizona and would be better mentioned there, if at all. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 07:50, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lord Roem ~ (talk) 09:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails GNG and NGEO.  // Timothy :: talk  04:34, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge and redirect to Anthem, Arizona. BD2412  T 12:22, 12 March 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.